Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 9 February, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Author - Dignity In A Digital Age @RepRoKhanna Article: "House Democrats plan their 2024 comeback on abortion, economy and contrast with GOP" by Riley Beggin, Ken Tran.
Article: "House vote to impeach Mayorkas fails in stunning defeat for Republican leaders" by Annie Grayer.
Article: "Republicans' standalone Israel aid bill fails in House vote" by Guardian.
Article: "After twin failures, Johnson confronts new doubts as US House leader" by David Morgan.
Article: "2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Powerful committee chair joins growing list of House GOP retirements" by Andrew Solender, Victoria Knight.
Article: "Ro Khanna Introduces A New Political Reform And Anti-corruption Plan To Clean Up Corruption In Washington" by Ro Khanna.
Article: "How popular is Joe Biden?" by FiveThirtyEight.
Article: "Presidential Job Approval Related to Reelection Historically" by Jeffrey M. Jones.
Article: "Senate advances aid package for Ukraine and Israel" by Madeline Halpert.
Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Capitol mob built gallows and chanted 'Hang Mike Pence'" by Jill Colvin.
Article: "NATO Allies Pressure Hungary Over Blocking Sweden's Accession" by Henry Ridgwell.
Article: "Congress approves bill barring presidents from unilaterally exiting NATO" by Maegan Vazquez.
Bill: "H.R.9246 - Stop Wall Street Landlords Act of 2022" by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17].
Article: "'The Last Thing Americans Need Is A Bezos-Backed Investment Company Further Consolidating Single-Family Homes' — US Rep. Ro Khanna Says, Housing Should Not Be 'A Speculative Commodity'" by Kevin Vandenboss.
Article: "Biden on Hur: 'How the hell dare he'" by Jennifer Haberkorn and Jonathan Lemire.
Article: "Garland Reveals Biden's Classified Doc Investigation Is Complete" by Bradley Cortright.
Article: "Barr releases redacted Mueller report" by Morgan Chalfant,Olivia Beavers and Jacqueline Thomsen.
Article: "Presidents and Their Prosecutors" by Peter Baker.
Article: "Mueller finds no conspiracy, but report shows Trump welcomed Russian help" by Chris Megerian.
Article: "14th Amendment section 3, July 9, 1868 "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Case: "Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000)".
Article: "John Roberts SHOCKED By Prospect Of Presidential Elections Decided By 'Handful Of States' " by Joe Patrice.
Article: "The Economic Bill of Rights" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Article: "Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions: Interactive Map" by KFF.
Article: "Israel Aid Bill Fails in House as Progressives Slam 'Blank Check for Netanyahu'" by Jake Johnson.
Hour Two: The Shameful Failure of Yesterday's SCOTUS 14th Amendment Arguments
Article: "The Shameful Failure of Yesterday's SCOTUS 14th Amendment Arguments" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "On this day, Congress approved the 14th Amendment" by NCC.
Article: "Roger Taney" by Matthew Pinsker.
Article: "Court Packing Controversies" by Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
Article: "Trump attorney says Kavanaugh will 'step up' in ballot cases" by Lauren Irwin.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Samuel Nelson" by Oyez.
Case: "Trump v. Anderson: oral arguments".
Article: "The terrorizing style in American politics" by Philip Bump.
Article: "Kavanaugh will 'step up' to keep Trump on ballots, ex-president's lawyer says" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Commerce Clause" by Wikipedia. "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes"
The two cases — Trump retaining classified documents and Biden retaining them — are utterly different....Plus the role Garland played.
Article: "About last night's bombshell" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Merrick Garland may have cost President Biden the election…and sunk democracy" by jdaron23.
Article: "Robert Hur Is A Partisan Hack Piece Of Sh*t Who Wishes He Had A Case Against Joe Biden" by Evan Hurst.
Crazy Alert! Ron DeSantis and the GOP want Florida schools to teach the "threat of communism"
Article: "Florida schoolkids may have to study 'threat of communism in the US'" by Richard Luscombe .
Article: "The far right is scaring away Washington's private hacker army" by John Sakellariadis.
Article: "Internet Research Agency" (Yevgeny Prigozhin troll farm) by Wikipedia.
Youtube: "Jake Broe" (Ukraine war).
Book: Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal.
Book: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen.
Quote: "Telling the truth about the past helps cause justice in the present. Achieving justice in the present helps us tell the truth about the past." - James W. Loewen.
Case: "Bush v. Gore", 2000."
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Screams "Liar" At Joe Biden During SOTU; POTUS Taunts GOP Over Medicare & Social Security Sunset Proposals" by Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson.
Book: I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams.
Article: "MAGA Radio Host Says He Threatened GOP Senator Over Border Bill Support" by Justin Baragona.
Article: "Jesse Kelly Is Not 'Popular' Pundit Who Threatened GOP Senator: Sources" by Justin Baragona.
Book: Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Book: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality by Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Article: "Joseph Chilton Pearce" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Supreme Court hears historic case on removing Trump from ballot" by Dan Berman, Tori B. Powell and Aditi Sangal.
Hour Three: Is the GOP in Kansas requiring pink triangles in a new anti-trans bill?
Article: "Republicans are redefining the word 'equal' in an Iowa anti-trans bill" by Erin Reed.
Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896 (separate but equal).
Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.
Smartmatic is suing OAN - they busted the CEO!
Article: "Smartmatic files a defamation suit alleging that OAN engaged in criminal activity." by Pakalolo.
Article: "'Dominion wins but the public loses': Fox settlement avoids paying the highest price" by Sam Levine.
Fascism Fear Fear Fear Alert! Hannity confesses migrant "beat down" on his show was a lie. Surprised?
Article: "Hannity Addresses 'Migrant' Beatdown That Happened on His Show: 'Statements Made by Curtis' Were 'Not True'" by Charlie Nash.
Article: "As syphilis cases continue to surge in the US, recent federal efforts aim to tackle the alarming trend" by Deidre McPhillips.
Article: "Book of Daniel" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Here's How Much Money Tucker Carlson Is Really Worth" by Sam Silverman.
Article: "If you drive an expensive car you're probably a jerk, scientists say" by Rob Picheta.
Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Postal Reorganization Act of 1970" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Scores of GOP lawmakers support Matt Gaetz resolution saying Donald Trump not insurrectionist" by Clyde Hughes.
Article: "The Constitution is not a suicide pact" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dancing plague of 1518" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Saint Vitus' dance" by Wikipedia.
Book: Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins.