Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 18 December, 2023

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

Monday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Should Democrats Trade the Southern Border for Ukraine?
Article: "Should Democrats Trade the Southern Border for Ukraine?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Mo Brooks blasts Socialist Democrats' open border policies for helping kill Americans" by Elizabeth Patton.
Article: "Rand Paul touts efforts to increase legal immigration to US" by Bruce Schreiner.
Article: "Bilirakis Denounces Biden's Dangerous Open Border Policies on House Floor" by Gus Bilirakis.
Article: "Biden's Open Border America" by Tom Cole.
Article: "Biden's Border Blunders" by Tom Cole.
Article: "Gaetz Torches Mayorkas On Deceitful Agenda At The Border" by Ben Bergquam.
Article: "Congressman Good Introduces the Close Biden's Open Border Act" by Bob Good.
Article: "Joe Biden is Destroying America with His Open Border Policies" by Jessica Lycos.
Article: "Congressman John Rose calls out Biden Administration's open border policies" by John Rose.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene BLASTS Open Border Hypocrites In Congress" by Dinesh D'Souza.
Article: "Democrats' Open Border Problem" by Roger Williams.
Article: "Finland set to again shut its entire border with Russia" by Aljazeera.
Article: "Cruz: Biden Open Border Policy 'a Very Craven Political Decision'" by Trent Baker.
Article: "Marco Rubio: 'Nothing Compassionate' About Joe Biden's Open Borders Policies" by John Binder.
Article: "Rep. Jim Jordan: Biden's Deliberate Support of Illegal Immigration Could Lead to Impeachment" by Robert Kraychik.
Show: "Fareed Zakaria".
Article: "Rick Scott blasts Biden immigration policies: 'Americans don't want open borders'" by Fox News.
Article: "Hawley Says Biden's Open Borders Policies Have Created A "Moral Crisis"" by Josh Hawley.
Article: "How the Immigration Act of 1965 Changed the Face of America" (Hart-Celler Act) by Lesley Kennedy.
Article: "Rep. Lauren Boebert to Newsmax: Border Crisis 'Root Cause' is in White House" by Eric Mack.
Article: "In Escalation, Adams Says Migrant Crisis 'Will Destroy New York City'" by .Emma G. Fitzsimmons
Article: "Rand Paul said that Marco Rubio is for an 'open border'" by Amy Sherman.
Quote: "The Biden administration's failure to secure our southern border puts every American's security at risk, biden's open border policies have been a complete disaster, causing the worst border crisis we've seen in over 20 years. As the number of encounters continues to rise, drugs and weapons are flooding across our southern border, and Democrats have turned their backs on our Border Patrol agents and law enforcement." - Elise Stefanik.
Article: "Our National Security is at Risk Because Democrats have Turned Border Security into a Partisan Issue" by Ron Johnson.
Article: "Trump tells rally immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country'" by Chris Michael.
Article: "McCarthy heads to border as GOP puts Mayorkas on notice: 'He's utterly failed'" by Anna Giaritelli.
Article: "Sen. Tom Cotton insists 'the border is wide open' after Mayorkas claims border is secure" by Valerie Richardson.
 
Article: "Pope Francis Allows Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples" by Jason Horowitz.
Article: "Bracero Program" by Wikipedia. 

Trump offers more tax cuts to "rich as hell" guys and here's what Trump really wants to do.....
Article: "Trump Draws Cackles From 'Rich As HELL' Crowd At Private Club — Then Boasts 'We're Gonna Give You Tax Cuts!'" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Trump and his 3,500 suits: Prosecutor and author reveals in interview his portrait of 'Plaintiff in Chief'" by Robin Lindley.
Article: "What Trump wants to do to America" by Joyce Vance.
Article: "Kent State shootings" (May 4, 1970) by Wikipedia.
 
Article: "Trump says he will be a dictator only on 'day one' if elected president" by Chris Michael.
Article: "Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants" by Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves.
Article: "Holdomor" by Anne Applebaum.
Article: "Great Famine (Ireland)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "In Escalation, Adams Says Migrant Crisis 'Will Destroy New York City'" by Emma G. Fitzsimmons.
Quote: "No One in This World... Has Ever Lost Money by Underestimating the Intelligence of the Great Masses of the Plain People" - H. L. Mencken.
Article: "Meet the woman working to stop the far-right creator money machine" by Taylor Lorenz.
Article: "Florida Will Require Employers to Use E-Verify" by Charles S. Caulkins and Connie Yang.
Quote: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin.
Movie: "The Saxon Charm".
Video: Medicare Advantage routinely denies reimbursements for necessary care, hospital execs say.

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Hour Two: Ex-FBI is asking if Trump handed over missing Russian intelligence to Putin?
Article: "Ex-FBI official raises specter missing intel file under Trump was handed to Russia" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "'Who needs Pravda?': CNN's Tapper hammers Trump over his 'stunning' new Putin praise" by Tom Boggioni.
 
Article: "Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say" by Brian Ross, James Gordon Meek, Randy Kreider.
Article: "Key points from CNN's report on a missing binder full of intelligence on Russia" by Zachary B. Wolf.
Article: "Rand Paul Goes To Russia And Delivers Letter For Trump, Marking Our Era Of Irony" by Ron Elving.
Article: "CNN's Jake Tapper: Nation Is "Stunned" To See Trump Cite Putin As A "Character Witness"" by Tim Hains.
 
Does Christmas hold the promise of "light" after "dark"?
Article: "Does Christmas Hold the Promise of "Light" After "Dark"?" by Thom Hartmann.
 
Article: "Researchers discover 9000-Year-Old 'Stonehenge-Like' Structure in Lake Michigan" by JJ Shavit.
Video: Laurence Tribe: Biden should transfer frozen Russian bank assets to Ukraine.
 
The new CBS smear to harm Biden by promoting known lies about Hunter is "below the belt"
Article: "CBS News Smears the Justice Department to Smear Hunter Biden (How Herridge works for Jim Jordan)" by David in NYC.
 
Article: "Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment" by BBC.
Article: "Can a socialist ex-marine fill Joe Manchin's seat in West Virginia?" (Zach Shrewsbury) by Chris Stein.

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Hour Three: Alabama is executing a man with a method vets deem to cruel to euthanize pets - why?
Article: "Alabama will execute a man in a method veterinarians deem too cruel to euthanize pets" by TheCriticalMind.
 
"Smishing" Is the newest way scammers are conning you for your info - here's how to protect yourself
Article: ""Smishing" Is The Latest Way Scammers Are Trying To Get Your Info. Here's How To Protect Yourself" by BuzzFeed.
 
Article: "Key Moments From Corey Lewandowski's Testimony Before Congress" by Nicholas Fandos and Maggie Haberman.
Video: July 12, 1960 - John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson Primary Debate, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA.
Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.
Article: "October 7, 1960 Debate Transcript: The Second Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate".
Video: Kennedy vs. Nixon: The second 1960 presidential debate.
Article: "Kate Cox case: what led to the Texan fleeing the state for an abortion?" by Ava Sasani.
Article: "'Stunning' threat in Texas abortion case steps up Paxton criminalization crusade" by Mary Tuma.
Article: "Greatest Generation" by Wikipedia.
Video: "From the November 12, 2023, edition of NBC's Meet The Press". "In honor of our great Veterans on Veteran's Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American Dream. The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within. Despite the hatred and anger of the Radical Left Lunatics who want to destroy our Country, we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Article: "Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump's 2025 Immigration Plans" by Charlie Savage, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.
Law: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".
Article: "Bernie Sanders demands answers on Israel's 'indiscriminate' Gaza bombing" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner.
Article: "Exclusive: Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise 'dumb bombs,' US intelligence assessment finds" by Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis.
Article: "Bernie Sanders votes against Ukraine aid package, citing unconditional funding for Israel" by Sarah Mearhoff.
Quote: "To 'eliminate' or destroy Hamas, Israel will have to destroy the root cause of Hamas, its reason for existence. " - Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe.