Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 14 April, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Is the Second Republican Great Depression Knocking at America's Door?
Article: "Is the Second Republican Great Depression Knocking at America's Door?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Jingye completes acquisition of British Steel" by British Steel.
Article: "World War II Dates and Timeline" by Holocaust Encyclopedia.
Article: "Crashing the Economy: Trump's Blueprint for Power and Profit" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Here Comes the Republican Santa Scam Again" by Thom Hartmann
Article: "Why Trump Is Wrong & Alexander Hamilton Was Right About Tariffs" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Crisis Chronicles: The Credit and Commercial Crisis of 1772" by James Narron and David Skeie.
Article: "How four decades of tax cuts fueled inequality" by James B. Steele.
Article: "The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the seasons of history tell us about how and when this crisis will end" by Neil Howe.
Article: "Americans could owe $6.5 trillion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and that's just the interest" by Rachel Layne.
Article: "10-year Treasury yield tops 4.5% after surge this week that's worrying Wall Street and the White House" by Hakyung Kim, Sawdah Bhaimiya.
Article: "Billionaire Ray Dalio: 'I'm worried about something worse than a recession'" by Russell Leung.
Article: "China's steel decision is 'act of hybrid warfare designed to punish UK and Donald Trump'" by Marco Giannangeli.
Article: "US dollar's haven status under threat, fund managers warn" by Olaf Storbeck, Kate Duguid and Sam Fleming.
Article: "Warning lights flash for US consumer strength as credit defaults rise" by Joshua Franklin and Gregory Meyer.
Article: "Liquidity worsens in $29tn Treasury market as volatility soars" by Kate Duguid, Harriet Clarfelt, Costas Mourselas.
Article: "European travellers cancel US visits as Trump's policies threaten tourism" by Eva Xiao, Philip Georgiadis, John Burn-Murdoch, Claire Bushey.
Article: "Sell-Off in U.S. Bonds and Dollar Raises Questions About 'Safe Haven' Status" by Colby Smith.
Article: "China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies" by Keith Bradsher.
Article: "Full Array of Republican Tax Cuts Could Add $9 Trillion to the National Debt" by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Article: "Forget tariffs — Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly" by Phelim Kine, Ben Lefebvre and Marcia Brown.
Article: "US consumer sentiment plunges on tariff fears, inflation expectations jump" by Lucia Mutikani.
Article: "These unusual market moves show trust in the dollar may be breaking" by Tim Wallace.
Article: "'The damage is done': Trump's tariffs put the dollar's safe haven status in jeopardy" by Richard Partington.
Article: "Carney's Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs" by Dean Blundell.
Article: "China's Financial Weapons: Treasurys, Yuan Devaluation" by Chelsey Dulaney.
Article: "Panic of 1857" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Panic of 1907" by Federal Reserve History.
Law: "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act" (1930).
Article: "Trump and El Salvador's president speak at White House amid backlash over deportations – US politics live" by Lucy Campbell, Yohannes Lowe.
Article: "Trump charmed Bill Maher. The comedian's fans don't find it funny." by Dan Diamond.
Article: "President Trump Expands Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum" by Shelby L. Colson, Jennifer L. Parry, Jing Zhang, Warren S. Payne, Timothy J. Keeler.
Article: "Trump Signals New Tariffs on Chips, Calling Exclusions Temporary" by Tony RommAna Swanson and Tripp Mickle.
News...Gov. Josh Shapiro almost hammer attack?, Sanders & AOC draw 20,000 in Trump state, DOJ refuses to bring back the innocent for Salvadorian Prison, and Trump demand revenge on TV network.
Article: "Pennsylvania arson suspect plotted to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro with a hammer: report " by Brad Reed.
Article: "Attack on Paul Pelosi" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bukele rejects returning Maryland man Trump officials mistakenly deported" by Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Dan Diamond.
Article: "Sanders and AOC Draw Crowd of 20,000+ in Utah—A State Trump Won by Over 20 Points " by Jake Johnson.
Article: "DOJ Argues Courts Have 'No Authority' to Direct Trump to Bring Home Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador" by Caleb Howe.
Article: "'Pay a big price!' Trump pressures FCC head to 'impose maximum punishment' on TV network" by David McAfee.
Article: "Meta Wants to Tilt Its AI to the Right" by John Herrman.
Article: "Federal Funds Rate - 62 Year Historical Chart" by Macrotrends.
Article: "U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democrats" by Joint Economic Committee Democrats.
Article: "Secret Bukele Deal Lies Behind Trump's El Salvador Deportations" by Jose Olivares and Ryan Grim.
Site: El Faro.
Article: "Justice Department to drop all charges against man it called a top MS-13 gang leader" by Michael Kosnar.
Article: "Trump blames Zelensky again: "Millions dead because of 3 people"" by Dave Lawler, Barak Ravid.
Site: Fighting Oligarchy Tour.
Hour Two: Corruption at an Epic scale at Social Security exposed
Article: "Social Security is now an immigration enforcement tool" by Emily Peck.
Article: "Social Security Will Exclusively Use X To Tell You That You're Too Dead To Get Benefits" by Gary Legum.
Why is the Trump envoy 'saluting' Putin ahead of deadly missile attack: Well....because....'Putin Is Playing Them!'
Article: "Morning Joe's Jonathan Lemire Slams Trump Envoy for 'Saluting' Putin Ahead of Deadly Missile Attack: 'Putin Is Playing Them!'" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Trump Called Out by Reporter on Air Force One for Saying Russia Attack Was 'Mistake': 'Was It Unintentional?'" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Trump uncorks furious rant blaming Zelensky for Ukraine war -- and not Putin" by Brad Reed.
Pigeon Alert! IM-PECK-ABLE Timing as Pigeon lands on Fox-So-Called-News Reporter's head....
Article: "Moment bird lands on Fox News reporter's head in middle of live TV report as he yells 'what's going on!'" by Charlotte Maracina.
Article: "MSNBC" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis' Deepens as Bukele Refuses to Release Maryland Resident" by Julia Conley.
Article: "From peddlers to presidents: Inside El Salvador's Palestinian community" by Inigo Alexander.
Article: "Nayib Bukele" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump says the US could deport 'homegrown criminals' to El Salvador jail" by Sky News.
Law: "8th Amendment" "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.".
Case: "24A949 Noem v. Abrego Garcia (04/10/2025)".
Article: "Trump in excellent health, says White House doctor" by Madeline Halpert.
Article: "Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants" by Dasha Burns and Myah Ward.
Article: "Blackwater (company)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joe Madison" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "The difference between a moment and a movement is sacrifice. Some of us aren't willing to sacrifice, so we rely on others to do so." - Joe Madison - "The Black Eagle".
Article: "US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease. Is Europe ready?" by David Shimer. "Since taking office, Trump has not approved a single military aid package for Ukraine".
Article: "China's heavy stealth jet completes second test flight" by Dylan Malyasov.
Article: "Bernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: 'We can't just let this happen'" by Victoria Clayton.
Article: "Black Monday (1987)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Wall Street crash of 1929" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2008 financial crisis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Quantitative Easing (QE)" by Investopedia.
Article: "Quantitative Tightening (QT)" by Investopedia.
Article: "Dramatic sell-off of US government bonds as tariff war panic deepens" by Phillip Inman and Jasper Jolly.
Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.
Speech: "Address at the Democratic State Convention, Syracuse, N.Y. September 29, 1936" by Franklin D Roosevelt. "Let me warn you and let me warn the Nation against the smooth evasion which says, "Of course we believe all these things; we believe in social security; we believe in work for the unemployed; we believe in saving homes. Cross our hearts and hope to die, we believe in all these things; but we do not like the way the present Administration is doing them. Just turn them over to us. We will do all of them- we will do more of them we will do them better; and, most important of all, the doing of them will not cost anybody anything.""
Hour Three: Trump supporters say, 'We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.' OK - Let's take a look.
Article: "'Suffering' Under President Obama" by Teri Carter.
Article: "'Trump's Death Spiral is Pulling Us into a Fascism Like the World has Never Seen'" by Bandy X. Lee.
Book: The Psychology of Trump Contagion: An Existential Danger to American Democracy and All Humankind by Bandy X. Lee.
Article: "Immigration Raid in Nebraska Devastates Local Agriculture Industry and Families" by American Immigration Council.
Article: "US bond yields rise, dollar down as turbulent week comes to an end" by Caroline Valetkevitch.
Article: "Home Price to Median Household Income Ratio (US)" by Longtermtrends.
Article: "Leftist Group 'Families Over Billionaires' Undermining Trump Admin In Cahoots With Billionaires" by Audrey Streb.
Substack: "Greg Palast".
Article: "Is "Othering" Human Nature's Deadliest Instinct?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Emily Randall makes history as first LGBTQ+ Latina in Congress" by Trudy Ring.
Article: "They Followed the Rules. Now Thousands of Migrants Are Told, 'Leave.'" by Miriam Jordan, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz.
Law: "5th Amendment" "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. ".
Article: "Donald Trump's failed business ventures indicate lack of economic knowledge" by Regina Martinez.
Substack: "Abortion, Every Day" by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "Conservatives Are Building a New Generation of Anti-Abortion Voters" by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C. " by Tom Sherwood.
Article: "Trump planning huge $100million US military parade on his BIRTHDAY that will snake through Washington DC" by Sayan Bose.