Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 11 December, 2023

Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show

Monday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Could MAGA Republicans Plunge the World into a "New Dark Age"?
Article: "Could MAGA Republicans Plunge the World into a "New Dark Age"?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "he said of Russia" by .
Article: "Bolton's Book Is a Terrifying Warning About What Trump Could Still Do" by Jim Townsend.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump tells Ukraine conference their nation was invaded because 'there is no respect for the United States'" by Michael Birnbaum, Jose A. DelReal.
Article: "Is this the end of the West as we know it?" by Anne Applebaum.

Article: "Zelensky arrives in US to plead for continued Ukraine war aid" by AFP.
Article: "Javier Milei sworn in as president in 'tipping point' for Argentina" by Tom Phillips and Facundo Iglesia.
Article: "Republican senator says Ukraine may have to cede land to Russia to end war" by Sam Levine.
Article: "Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts order that allowed pregnant woman to have abortion" by Maegan Vazquez, Pradnya Joshi.
Article: "Pregnant woman sues Kentucky for right to have abortion" by AP.
Article: "This concrete can eat carbon emissions" by Oliver Franklin-Wallis.
Article: "Latest Polls: President: General Election" by 538.
Article: "Mike Johnson likens himself to Moses telling Christian nationalists God charted his path to speaker" by David Badash.
 
According to Josh Hawley, Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell don't want people exposed to A-bomb tests to have medical care. Why?
Article: "'Morally, this is obscene': GOP divided over stripping compensation for radiation victims from NDAA" by Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk.
 
Documentary: Atomic Homefront.
Audio: Liz Cheney: Trump Should Go to Jail if Convicted.
Article: "Trump calls for police to shoot shoplifters as they leave the store" by Candy Woodall.
Article: "Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte urges people to kill drug addicts" by Guardian.
Article: "Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About 'Organized' Shoplifting" by Eduardo Medina.
Video: Michael Cohen: the former President "actually thinks he's like a God. Like a Pagan God.".
Article: "Members of Texas Republican party free to associate with Nazi sympathizers" by Erum Salam.
Article: "Julian Assange" by Wikipedia.
Video: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy....
Article: "US university presidents face firestorm over 'evasive' answers on antisemitism" by Lauren Gambino.
Article: "Stefanik criticized for support of Trump after push against campus antisemitism" by Martin Pengelly.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: "What Bush Knew Before Sept. 11" by Pete Brush.
Article: "Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of 'something big'" by Agencies.

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Hour Two: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Author Dignity In A Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All Of Us   @RepRoKhanna Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.
Book: None Dare Call It Treason by John A. Stormer.
Article: "California Enacts Law Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Based On Off-Duty Marijuana Use, Effective 2024" by Kathryn J. Russo, Matthew F. Nieman.
Article: "Lawmakers reintroduce SAFE Banking Act, a bill the cannabis industry hails as a lifeline" by Stefan Sykes.
Article: "Trump broke the law by using military funds for border wall, appeals court rules" by Maura Dolan.
Article: "California joins a growing movement to teach media literacy in schools" by Sequoia Carrillo.
Video: Laurence Tribe: Biden should transfer frozen Russian bank assets to Ukraine.
Article: "House panel subpoenas Vanguard, Arjuna in ESG 'collusion' probe" by Emily Wilkins.
Article: "US Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness plan" by Jessica Parker, Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: "How Millions of Borrowers Got $127 Billion in Student Loans Canceled" by Stacy Cowley.
Article: "These Student Loan Forgiveness Updates Will Impact 9 Million Borrowers Or More" by Adam S. Minsky.
Site: U.S. Term Limits.
Article: "The wildly expensive, chaotic race for Dianne Feinstein's California Senate seat, explained" by Christian Paz.
Article: "The 2024 California U.S. Senate Race: Where It Currently Stands" by Evan Symon.
Article: "Social market economy" by Wikipedia.
Book: Progressive Capitalism: How to Make Tech Work for All of Us by Ro Khanna.
Article: "US Senate Republicans block Ukraine, Israel aid bill over border dispute" by Patricia Zengerle.
Article: "The Outrageous New Way Big Pharma is Trying to Rip Us All Off" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Fed's interest rate history: A look at the fed funds rate from the 1980s to the present" by Sarah Foster.
Article: "US sends Israel 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs for Gaza war, report" by MEO.
Article: "Israel Gaza war ceasefire bid blocked by US at UN Security Council" by Reuters.

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Hour Three: Moses Mike Johnson and ties to Christian Nationalist groups
- Peter Montgomery, Senior Fellow-People for the American Way (PFAW) / Managing Director - Right Wing Watch   @petemont   @peoplefor   @rightwingwatch
Article: "American Moses: Mike Johnson at the National Association of Christian Lawmakers Gal " by Kyle Mantyla.
Article: "Norman Lear" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Texas activist David Barton wants to end separation of church and state. He has the ear of the new U.S. House speaker." by Robert Downen.
Article: "Jim Garlow" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tony Perkins" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mike Johnson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alliance Defending Freedom" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Seven Mountain Mandate" by Wikipedia.
 
Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.
 
Why the conservative/political witch hunts at Harvard and other colleges will harm education
Article: "Former Obama adviser: Don't let politicians take over Harvard" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Penn president resigns; Stefanik vows Harvard and MIT next" by Bianca Quilantan.
Article: "Harvard Boards Reportedly Weighing Claudine Gay's 'Mishandling' Against Letting Elise Stefanik Win" by Caleb Howe.
Article: "ACLU History: Taking a Stand for Free Speech in Skokie" by ACLU.
 
Crazy Alert! - Tucker Praises Alex Jones For his Claims The Feds 'Cooked The Bomb' For the World Trade Center
Article: "Tucker Praises Alex Jones For The 'Precision' Of His Predictions As He Claims The Feds 'Cooked The Bomb' For the World Trade Center" by Alex Griffing.
 
Article: "ACLU History: Taking a Stand for Free Speech in Skokie" by ACLU.
 
Article: "Elon Musk goes to war against X users who dare tell the truth" by Mark Sumner.
Article: "Elon Musk fact-checked on X by his own system - but claims it has been 'gamed by state actors'" by Sky News.
Article: "Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones" by AP.
Article: "Too Funny: Twitter/X's "Community Notes" Algorithm Corrects Elon Musk. Twice." by Rule of Claw.
 
Geeky Science - Matcha Green Tea helps older people's brains!
Article: "Matcha green tea might help improve perception of emotions and sleep quality in elderly adults with cognitive decline" by PsyPost.
 
Movie: "There Will Be Blood".
Book: Oil! by Upton Sinclair.
Movie: "Operation Finale".
TV: "All the Light We Cannot See".
TV: "Transatlantic".
Article: "Tuberville Finally Drops Sweeping Hold On Military Promotions After 10 Months" by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Site: Tom Dwyer.
Article: "Seven dirty words" by George Carlin.
Book: The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dale Bredesen.
Article: "Diabetes: Stopping metformin could increase dementia risk, study shows" by Eileen Bailey.
Article: "Revealed: Prebuttal of the GOP's Debate Trashing President Biden & Progressives" (Biden achievements) by Thom Hartmann.