Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 16 June, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Choice Before Tyranny: Will We Let Oligarchs Rule or Take Back America?
Article: "The Choice Before Tyranny: Will We Let Oligarchs Rule or Take Back America?" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure" by Nick Hanauer.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "CEO pay slightly declined in 2022" by Josh Bivens and Jori Kandra.
Video: Ali Velshi: Resistance or bust: Military troops in U.S. cities signal a national inflection point with Thom Hartmann.
Article: "'Extremely disturbing and unethical': new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans" by Aaron Glantz.
Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.
Article: "Hoover Dam" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Article: "The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993".
Video: THP: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy....
Site: MoveOn.org.
Site: "Indivisible".
Article: "Vancouver 'No King' rally reinforces support for American protests against Donald Trump" by Sarah Grochowski.
Article: "Vance Boelter captured, charged in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers" by MPR News.
Article: "The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement" (Heritage Foundation - Project Esther) by Katie J.M. Baker.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Murkowski on Trump: "We are all afraid"" by Stef W. Kight.
Article: "Lisa Murkowski" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Susan Collins" by Wikipedia.
News - Trump's war on blue cities, Will Trump drag America into war with Iran? Foreign journalists are being refused to enter US due to views, Trump's humiliating parade and 60,000 peaceful protesters are commended...by the police.
Article: "Trump orders ICE to step up deportation efforts in Democrat-run cities" by Rebecca Falconer, Russell Contreras.
Article: "Trump Tells ABC News He’s Mulling an Attack On Iran — Says ‘We Could Get Involved’" by Kipp Jones.
Article: "Netanyahu Makes Explosive Claim That Iran Was Behind the Two Assassination Attempts Against Trump in Fox News Interview" by Joe DePaolo.
Article: "Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump criticizes Russia being booted from G7 " by Brett Samuels .
Article: "Trump says 'it's possible' US gets involved in Israel-Iran conflict" by Rachel Scott.
Article: "Blinken says Russia has received new ballistic missiles from Iran" by Patrick Wintour.
Article: "Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate Trump as he tries to justify air strikes on Fox News" by Eric Garcia.
Article: "Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests" by Catie McLeod.
Law: "First Amendment". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".
Article: "'Humiliating': Onlookers mock Trump's 'sad little tank parade' for low turnout" by David McAfee.
Post: "Well done, San Diego. #NoKings" by Mueller, She Wrote.
Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "McConnell Had the Power to Stop Trump and He Refused" by Jonathan Chait.
Article: "Alabamians join millions nationwide for “No Kings” protest" by Jacob Holmes.
Article: "Trump and Musk Are Suffering From Soros Derangement Syndrome" by Jamelle Bouie.
Post: "Teddy Roosevelt: “Walk softly and carry a big stick.”
Donald Trump: “Military parade so people won’t discuss your little stick.”" by Thom Hartmann.
Hour Two: Blue politicians were warned months before MN attacks - yet disgusting right-wing politicians were and ARE! amping up personal attacks...
Article: "Leaked memo warned officials 'vulnerable' to attacks — 'months' before shootings" by David McAfee.
Article: "'Truly Disgusting': GOP Senator Slammed For 'Depraved' Tweets After Shootings" by Ed Mazza.
Article: "Watch: Alleged MN Shooter Performs Unhinged Dance As He Gets 'Excited About Jesus'" by David Edwards.
Article: "Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident" by Joe Sommerlad.
Video: Moment Canadian PM Carney cuts off Trump at G7 press conference.
Article: "Cesar Chavez" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Minnesota shooting suspect went to homes of two more politicians, prosecutors say" by Jake Lapham, Mike Wendling.
Article: "Did Vance Boelter hate abortion? Shooter's friend reveals his alarming text before Minnesota shooting, ‘I may be dead…’" by Shweta Kukreti.
Article: "US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict" by Ben Johansen.
Who are we? We should all be stunned my treatment of Marine's immigrant wife.
Article: "'Oh my god!' MSNBC panel stunned by ICE treatment of US Marine's immigrant wife" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "DHS Secretary Kristi Noem attends ICE raid at Los Angeles County home " by Josh DuBose.
Article: "Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says" by Humeyra Pamuk.
Article: "‘No Kings’ demonstrator dies after being shot at Utah protest, police say" by Guardian.
Article: "Volunteer security stops woman with gun at Pueblo ‘No Kings’ rally" by Mackenzie Stafford.
Article: "Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory" by Lois Parshley.
Article: "Cleansing of the Temple" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." - Martin Luther King, Jr..
Article: "Israel-Iran live: Iran launches more missiles at Israel, IDF says - as Israel strikes TV station on air" by Sky News.
Video: Democratic Governors Testify on Sanctuary State Policies.
Article: "Dachau concentration camp" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Declaration of Independence". "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
Hour Three: All Kennedy’s people’s lies: Reporting on the false claims and conspiracy theories that shape our world is more essential than ever.
Article: "The Myths Promoted by a New CDC Vaccine Advisor" by NewsGuard's Reality Check.
Article: "Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China" by Josh Boak.
Article: "US exit from WHO could see fifth of budget disappear" by Ana Faguy, Dominic Hughes.
Article: "‘I am concerned’: How Susan Collins talks about Donald Trump as he targets Maine " by Billy Kobin.
Article: "NC man says his Jan. 6 pardon from Trump means child porn charges should be dropped too" by Ryan Oehrli.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Post: "Literally the Russian flag in the post. Two of them [picture]" by Adam Kinzinger.
Book: IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation by Edwin Black.
Article: "Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat" by Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman.
Article: "Mike Lee" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Suspect in Hortman’s assassination visited international hotspots, has ties to private security firms" by Peter Cox and Tom Scheck.
Article: "Erik Prince" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia hits former UK visa centre in Kyiv strikes" by Telegraph.
Video: Nuts! The General who Refused to Surrender.
Article: "Kompromat" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Killing of George Floyd" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2024 Republican National Convention July 15-18, 2024" by Visit Milwaukee.