Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 17 February, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: History's Darkest Echo: When Mass Murderers and Presidents Think Alike
Article: "History's Darkest Echo: When Mass Murderers and Presidents Think Alike" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Rise of Trump's Thugs?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "A European Declaration of Independence" by Andrew Berwick.
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLT.
Article: "14words" ("We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.") by ADL.
Article: "Trump Doubles Down On Ominous Napoleon Quote In Response To Report Administration Is 'Defying Court Order'" by ("He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.") David Gilmour.
Article: "'Stand back and stand by': New Trump statement seen as 'wink and nod' to MAGA extremists" by David McAfee.
Post: ""He who saves his country violates no law"." by Nayib Bukele.
Case: "Trump v. United States".
Site: FEC.
Article: "Line-item veto in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "USAID could slash staff to hundreds after placing most on leave" by Max Matza and James FitzGerald.
Article: "Presidents' Day" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. Here's why" by Chandelis Duster.
Article: "'No kings on Presidents Day' rings out from protests against Trump and Musk" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Judge expected to rule in 24 hours in case that aims to sharply curtail Musk's DOGE" by Tom Hals.
Since a whistleblower – Alexander Vindman – almost took Trump down with his first impeachment, Trump making sure that the whistleblower won't have a chance again.
Article: "Alexander Vindman" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump Demands SCOTUS Let Him Purge the Whistleblower Watchdog" by Lukium.
Article: "Trump Administration Wants The Supreme Court To Let The Firing Of Whistleblower Agency Head Proceed" by Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst.
Article: "Washington Post backs out of 'Fire Elon Musk' ad order" by Alexander Bolton.
Video: Where are our leaders? - PoliticsGirl.
Article: "Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue" by Aaron Gilchrist and Natasha Korecki.
Article: "Man with dwarfism from Massachusetts outraged over President Trump blaming D.C. plane crash on DEI" by Paul Burton.
Article: "The John Cornyn Houston Office Protest Never Lets Up " by Neil Aquino.
Article: "Andrew Mellon" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Irénée du Pont" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Despite pleas for veto, Utah Gov. Cox signs bill banning public unions from collective bargaining" by Katie McKellar and Kyle Dunphey.
Case: "Janus v. AFSCME" (union fees).
Article: "Allen Media overhaul of TV weather operations kicks up viewer storm" by Andrew Freedman, Donica Phifer.
Article: "Rob Sand" by Wikipedia.
Article: "World War III has officially begun, Ukraine's ex-top general says " by Ketrin Jochecová.
Article: "Valery Gerasimov" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Former Senior Adviser for the Federal Reserve Indicted on Charges of Economic Espionage" by DoJ.
Article: "Trump 'wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China'" by AP.
Article: "Oliver Cromwell" by Wikipedia.
Video: German Defense Minister calls JD Vance's speech 'unacceptable'.
The DOGE is seeking access to the IRS system - what could go wrong?
Article: "DOGE-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information" by Garrett Haake and Megan Lebowitz.
Hour Two: Has Trump has become master King of the US Senate?
Article: "Donald Trump has become master of the US Senate" by Sidney Blumenthal.
Article: "'Mouth-Breathing Idiot': White House Staffer Flames Matthew Yglesias Over Hegseth 'Bourbon' Myth" by Phillip Nieto.
Trump is handing Putin a "gift from the Gods"
Article: "Trump is handing the Kremlin a 'gift from the gods': Leading Putin critic" by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: "Magnitsky Act" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump Said He'd End Ukraine War in First 24 Hours. He Hasn't" by Brendan Cole.
Will MAG-ites fell betrayed over the mistreatments of vets? We'll see.....
Article: "'We call this a Pearl Harbor': 'Mistreated' Georgia vets 'betrayed' over Trump's layoffs" by Elizabeth Preza.
Article: "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Article: "Elon Musk's DOGE presence at the IRS raises concerns about taxpayer data security, refund delays" by Aimee Picchi.
Article: "The High Cost of Unplanned Oil Refinery Closures" by Emily Moore.
Article: "Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Brian Kemp on CDC layoffs: 'Government can stand a little rightsizing'" by Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam.
Article: "Dems demand Supreme Court follow through on push for binding ethics code" by Benjamin S. Weiss.
Article: "Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies" by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein.
Article: "Donald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says" by Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin, Alanna Durkin Richer, Lindsay Whitehurst.
Article: "Here's how Nixon's downfall forever changed the rules around presidential documents" by Greg Myre.
Article: "DOJ to pay Nixon estate $18 million for presidential papers" by UPI.
Article: "Literacy in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Helpful VA phone numbers" by VA.
Article: "White House veterans hotline still taking calls, but now merged with VA centers" by Rose L. Thayer.
Article: "Contact" by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Site: Department of Veterans Affairs: Office Of Inspector General.
Article: "Federalist 78: The Judiciary Department" by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "U.S. claims migrants held at Guantanamo are "worst of the worst." Their families say otherwise." by Perla Trevizo.
Hour Three: Will a right wing court protect us from a right-wing president?
Article: "A Right-Wing Supreme Court Won't Save Us From This Right-Wing President" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Anti-Trump 50501 Protests Break Out Across the Country" by Edith Olmsted.
Article: "RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day" by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: "Measles outbreak spreads in Texas. Where active cases are, symptoms to watch for" by Brandi D. Addison, Mateo Rosiles.
Australia bans foreigners from buying homes to bring down the price of housing?
Article: "Australia bans foreigners from buying existing homes" by Allegra Mendelson.
Trump just lost his MAGA following in Canada....
Article: "MAGA's Favorite Canadian Politician Says Country Will 'Seek Friends Elsewhere' While Blasting Trump: 'We Will Never Be The 51st State'" by Kipp Jones.
Article: "Could US criminals be sent to El Salvador's mega-jail?" by Vanessa Buschschlüter.
Video: Captain & Tennille MUSKRAT LOVE.
Article: "What is a provisional ballot? (2024)" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Jim Jeffords" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Article: "Last FAA Chief Quit Following Pressure From Elon Musk" by Ryan Grenoble.
Article: "Cause of deadly plane crash involving Mötley Crüe singer's private jet revealed" by Shane Galvin.
Article: "Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash" by Tara Copp.
Article: "Jackie Robinson becomes first African American player in Major League Baseball" by History.com.
Article: "Battles of Lexington and Concord" by Wikipedia.
Site: STUN (Shift The Unfit Narrative).
Article: "Supremacy Clause" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's new world order: Goodbye to international agreements, hello to isolationism" by Macarena Vidal Liy.
Article: "How many days until Election Day in US?" by days.to.
Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Vladimir Putin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Adolf Hitler" (Germany) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Francisco Franco" (Spain) by Wikipedia.