Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 13 May, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Progressive Townhall Meeting - Full Hour w/calls
- Representative Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Congressmember (D-WA, 7th District) / Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Senior Whip-Democratic Caucus/ Ranking Member of the Immigration subcommittee. @RepJayapal @PramilaJayapal
Article: "AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland's Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say" by Ryan Grim.
Article: "AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon " by Ryan Grim.
Article: "Jayapal Introduces Bill to Improve Transparency in Health Care"(HOT Act) by Pramila Jayapal.
Article: "Lina Khan" (chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) by Wikipedia.
Article: "DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company" by Heather Vogell.
Article: "President Biden departs Seattle after attending fundraising events" by KIRO 7.
Article: "Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack" by Peter Baker.
Article: "UN Food Chief Says Northern Gaza Suffering 'Full-Blown Famine'" by Brett Wilkins.
Article: "57 House Democrats urge Biden to prevent Israeli offensive in Rafah" by Reuters and Jacob Magid.
Article: "Equal Rights Amendment" (ERA) by Wikipedia.
Site: Equal Rights Amendment.
Article: "Democrats just got one step closer to making gender equality a constitutional right" by Anna North.
Site: Gay and Lesbian Pages.
Article: "Jayapal, Dingell, Sanders Introduce Medicare for All Act of 2023" by Pramila Jayapal.
Site: Medicare For All Household Savings Calculator.
Article: "Zachary Shrewsbury" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2024" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Jimmy Carter: the first (and only) US president to identify Israeli apartheid" by Yvonne Ridley.
Article: "US report on Israel is damning but cautiously equivocal - here are the key passages" by Mark Stone.
Article: "Jamaal Bowman may be the most endangered Squad member. He doesn't seem alarmed." by Bryan Metzger.
Article: "How Rep. Summer Lee Cruised to Victory " by Ryan Grim.
Article: "Capitol cop Harry Dunn, UDP-backed Sarah Elfreth neck-and-neck ahead of primary" by Marc Rod.
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Act".
Bill: "H.R.671 - Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2023 " by Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4].
Article: "The Social Security 2100 Act" by John Larson.
Article: "Congressional Progressive Caucus Progressive Proposition Agenda for 2025" by Progressive Caucus.
Site: Susheela Jayapal for Congress.
Article: "Arms maker BAE Systems makes record profit amid Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars" by Jasper Jolly.
Article: "Michael Chertoff" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Enough of the price gouging please': Pet store worker says Blue Buffalo dog food increased by $22 in 3 years" by Braden Bjella.
Article: "Companies are using inflation to price-gouge Americans – and making it worse" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Medicare to start negotiating prices for 10 drugs. Here are the medications." by Aimee Picchi.
Article: "Some Medicare drug prices will drop under new law, insulin co-pays to be capped" by Caitlin Granfield.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "3 Bob Fergusons file for crowded WA Governor's race as filing week comes to a close" by Shauna Sowersby.
Article: "Automatic Refunds Makes It Into FAA Bill After Much Debate" by Meghna Maharishi.
Hour Two: Is Private Equity as Dangerous to Your Dog as Kristi Noem?
Article: "Is Private Equity as Dangerous to Your Dog as Kristi Noem?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "On the brink: Clear Channel saddled by debt" by Todd Pruzan.
Article: "'No end in sight': Blackstone boss worries another term for President Biden would be 'four more years' of debt misery — as former President Trump pulls ahead in polls, are his fears founded?" by Bethan Moorcraft.
Article: "Many Americans can't afford vet care. Is a new business model to blame?" by Luisa Beltran.
Article: "Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?" by Stephen J. Dubner.
Article: "Monopoly in Media: How Big Money Controls the Stories We Tell" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "ER Doctors Call Private Equity Staffing Practices Illegal and Seek to Ban Them" by Bernard J. Wolfson.
Article: "Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies" by Anna Claire Vollers.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou.
Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Private Equity Vets Are Coming for Your Kitten" by Chris Bryant.
Site: Carlyle.
Article: "A Short History of Financial Deregulation in the United States" by Matthew Sherman.
Article: "America has lost half its public companies since the 1990s. Here's why" by Nicole Goodkind.
Article: "Why Is Talk Radio So Right-Wing? (And How Can The Left Compete?)" by Nathan J. Robinson.
TV: "Shark Tank".
Article: "NBER Working Paper Series: Owner Incentives And Performance In Healthcare: Private Equity Investment In Nursing Homes" by Atul Gupta, Sabrina T. Howell, Constantine Yannelis, Abhinav Gupta.
Article: "What Happens When Investment Firms Acquire Trailer Parks" by Sheelah Kolhatkar.
Article: "How a Last-Minute Lobbying Blitz Watered Down a Climate Bill Tax" by Alan Rappeport.
Article: "Private Equity Is Gutting America — and Getting Away With It" by Brendan Ballou.
Article: "Pirate Equity: How Wall Street Firms are Pillaging American Retail" by The Center for Popular Democracy.
Article: "When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord" by Heather Vogell.
Article: "Largest U.S. radio company iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy" by Tom Hals.
Article: "Blackstone CEO Schwarzman received $896.7 mln in pay, dividends in 2023" by Reuters.
Article: "The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy" by Rogé Karma.
Article: "Why Your Vet Bill Is So High" by Helaine Olen.
Article: "The Private Option" by Marsha McLeod.
Article: "Warren, Baldwin, Brown, Pocan, Jayapal, Colleagues Unveil Bold Legislation to Fundamentally Reform the Private Equity Industry" by Elizabeth Warren.
Article: "Overdoses, bedsores, broken bones: What happened when a private-equity firm sought to care for society's most vulnerable" by Peter Whoriskey, Dan Keating.
Article: "The Eggplant that Ate Chicago" by .
Video: 1966 Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band - The Eggplant That Ate Chicago (mono 45).
Bill: "H.R.5648 - Stop Wall Street Looting Act" by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2].
Article: "Michael Cohen claims he paid hush money at Trump's direction" by Kayla Epstein, Madeline Halpert and Nada Tawfik.
Article: "Cohen has not yet looked at the jury as he answers prosecutor's questions" by CNN.
Article: "Trump Allies Take To Social Media From Inside Courtroom" by AFP.
News....Trump judge halts Biden's capping cc fees, Is Trump guilty of double dipping tax breaks? and another handmaiden tale looms - is a federal registry for pregnant women coming?
Article: "Trump-Appointed Judge Halts Biden Rule Capping Credit Card Fees" by Olivia Rosane.
Article: "Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows" by Russ Buettner and Paul Kiel.
Article: "Hunter Biden Charged With Evading Taxes on Millions From Foreign Firms" by Glenn Thrush and Michael S. Schmidt.
Article: "The Handmaid's Tale looms: Katie Britt's MOMS Act would create a federal register of pregnant women" by TheCriticalMind.
Crazy Alert! French government says Kristi Noem lied about cancelling meeting with Macron
Article: "French government says Kristi Noem lied about cancelling meeting with Macron" by Edward Helmore.
Movie: "Old Yeller".
Article: "Trump blasts Biden as 'total moron' before crowd of 100K at NJ rally: 'Whole world is laughing at him'" by Diana Glebova and Steve Janoski.
Article: "House GOP targets Biden's Israel weapons hold" by Mychael Schnell.
Article: "How William Rehnquist led to the new monumental challenge to presidential election rules " by Joan Biskupic.
Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote"(Al Gore won) by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.
Case: "Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000)".
Article: "Barr releases redacted Mueller report" by Morgan Chalfant, Olivia Beavers and Jacqueline Thomsen.
Article: "MTG Rages That Fox News Wants To "Control What Republicans Think," Wants To "Murder Tucker Carlson"" by Joe. My. God.
Article: "Trump breaks silence on Israel's military campaign in Gaza: 'Finish the problem'" by Vaughn Hillyard and Allan Smith.
Article: "Endorsements" by PDA.
Hour Three: Our falling IQ shows in the polls
- Sabrina Haake, Federal trial attorney (20+ years) specializing in First and 14th Amendment defense / Contributor to numerous law journals & publications including the Chicago Tribune @haake_sabrina
Article: "Our falling IQ shows in the polls" by Sabrina Haake.
Article: "Donald Trump is making America stupid" by Sabrina Haake.
Article: "Trump Signs Law Making Cruelty To Animals A Federal Crime" by Richard Gonzales.
Article: "The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here's the Full List." by Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka And Kendra Pierre-Louis.
Article: "Federal agencies reverse Trump limits on habitat protection" by John Flesher.
Article: "Trump Administration, in Parting Gift to Industry, Reverses Bird Protections" by Lisa Friedman.
Article: "Elephant trophy hunting, and Trump's reversal on it, explained" by Brian Resnick.
Article: "How did your Members of Congress score on animal protection issues in 2023?" by Sara Amundson.
Article: "White House Defends Voting 'No' on U.N. Resolution Supporting Palestinian Statehood" by Erica L. Green.
Article: "It's Time to Investigate Ginni Thomas" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin Have Reportedly Secured Billions from Saudi Government" by Ken Meyer.
Article: "How Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump Have Profited Off Their Dad's Presidency" by Jay Willis.
Article: "Usury" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Patty Murray" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Did Trump Say, 'I Love the Poorly Educated'?" by David Mikkelson.
Law: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..
TV: "Little House on the Prairie".
Article: "New Calvinism" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elon Musk" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mark Zuckerberg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bill Gates" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Nixon shock" by Wikipedia.
Case: "United States v. Google LLC (2023)".
Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.
Movie: "Idiocracy".