Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 18 March, 2024
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Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Issues of the Day
- 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 (official) @PramilaJayapal (campaign)
Article: "Congress scrambles to avert shutdown after weekend delay" by Mychael Schnell.
Article: "The rare gambit that could force the House to pass Ukraine aid" by Aaron Blake.
Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.
Article: "House Democrats' foreign aid discharge petition goes live" by Andrew Solender.
Article: "House Democrats face tough odds of forcing foreign aid vote" by Andrew Solender.
Article: "Discharge Petition No. 9: Motion to Discharge a Committee from the Consideration of a Resolution" (for bill H.R. 5673) by James P. McGovern.
Bill: "H.R.5673 - Responsible Legislating Act" by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2].
Article: "Affordable Connectivity Program: The ACP Is Winding Down" by FCC.
Article: "Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll" by Aaron Blake.
Article: "Jayapal Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United" by Pramila Jayapal.
Article: "Filibuster" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court's Direction" by Adam Liptak.
Article: "Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel." by Maria Abi-Habib and Sheera Frenkel.
Article: "Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V to the 1980 Convention), 28 November 2003" by UN.
Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rahm Emanuel's Next Scandal? Chicago's Public Housing" by Eve Ewing.
Article: "Chicago Closed 50 Schools 10 Years Ago. What's Happened Since Then?" by Becky Vevea.
Site: YouAreWithinTheNorms.
Article: "Vladimir Putin on invading Poland, the war in Ukraine, American 'spies' and Russia joining NATO" by Sky News.
Hour Two: What Americans are Missing About the TikTok Crisis
Article: "What Americans and the Media are Missing About the TikTok Crisis" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Why Trump's Backtrack on the TikTok Ban is Deadly to Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Transparency: The First Step to Fixing Social Media" by Peter Krass.
Article: "Improvement of Social Isolation and Loneliness and Excess Mortality Risk in People With Obesity" by Jian Zhou, Rui Tang, Xuan Wang et al.
Article: "Down the (White) Rabbit Hole: The Extreme Right and Online Recommender Systems" by Derek O'Callaghan, Derek Greene, Maura Conway, Joe Carthy, Pádraig Cunningham.
Book: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge M.D.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss.
Article: "New Economy Titans, Old School Tactics" by Mike Tanglis.
Article: "23 House Dems ask Facebook about role of weapons ads in wake of Jan. 6 insurrection" by Lauren Feiner.
Article: "Porn addiction is ruining lives, but scientists aren't convinced it's real " by Daniel Van Boom.
Article: "Weight stigma as a risk factor for suicidality" by Paula M. Brochu.
Article: "Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols: Phase I Report." by Wartella EA, Lichtenstein AH, Boon CS.
Article: "Social Media and Suicide: A Public Health Perspective" by David D. Luxton, Jennifer D. June, Jonathan M. Fairall.
Article: "Obesity associated with a higher risk for dementia, new study finds " by NIA.
Article: "YouTube, the Great Radicalizer" by Zeynep Tufekci.
Article: "What's Facebook's Deal With Donald Trump?" by Ben Smith.
Article: "140 Officers were Injured in Capitol Riot, Officials Say" by Police Mag.
Article: "Studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, and withdrawal symptoms" by Your Brain on Porn.
Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ticketmaster" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump lawyers say he can't post bond covering $454m civil fraud judgment" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Donald Trump secures $92m bond as he appeals E Jean Carroll verdict" by Victoria Bekiempis.
The sneaky snakey world of Donald Trump's America...
Article: "The sneaky snakey world of Donald Trump's America" by Lucian K. Truscott IV.
Article: "US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates, records reveal" by Jacqueline Sweet.
Is America getting acclimated and inured to his calls for violence?
Article: "Trump just sent 'a call to his supporters' to repeat Jan. 6: former GOP governor " by David McAfee.
Article: "Trump's 'violent language' is 'meant to scare people into submission': GOP strategist" by Sky Palma.
Article: "'Flummoxed' White House reporter says Trump's 'bloodbath' warning was about more than cars" by David McAfee.
Article: "'SHOULD BE PROSECUTED!' Trump Doubles Down On Call for Liz Cheney to Be Jailed, Ex-Congresswoman Fires Back" by Joe DePaolo.
Article: "How the Russia Inquiry Began: A Campaign Aide, Drinks and Talk of Political Dirt" by Sharon LaFraniere, Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo.
Site: Dr. Bandy Lee.
Article: "Famine Is Projected for Northern Gaza, Experts Say" by Gaya Gupta and Shashank Bengali.
Article: "Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok" by Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan.
Article: "Steven Mnuchin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin Have Reportedly Secured Billions from Saudi Government" by Ken Meyer.
Article: "After 15 Months in U.S. Prisons, She Now Sits in Russia's Parliament" by Valerie Hopkins.
Article: "Maria Butina" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rachel Bitecofer" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Project 2025".
Article: "Trump vows to indemnify the police. Experts say that's already reality in most departments. " by Marianne LeVine and Isaac Arnsdorf.
Article: "Stasi" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Schutzstaffel" (SS) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump's Stormy Daniels hush-money trial officially delayed by 30 days after judge accepts lawyers' requests following fresh document dump" by Kelly Laco.
Hour Three: How Boeing succeeded in not having oversight from the FAA?
Article: "Did you know that by executive order in 2017 The orange maggot loosened regulations on aircraft manufacturing" by kimbutgar.
Article: "Did Trump Executive Orders Further Weaken FAA Oversight?" by Marisa Garcia.
Are Pharma Dems doing Trump's dirty work on drug prices?
Article: "Pharma's Dems Are Doing Trump's Dirty Work On Drug Prices" by Helen Santoro.
Article: "Pharma's Secret Middlemen Are Poisoning Health Care" by Helen Santoro.
Article: "Mehdi Hasan on the Risk of the Media Normalizing Trump's Fascism & Dangers of TikTok Ban" by Democracy Now!
Article: "Saturday Report 3/16/24 - When did it become a crime for two consenting adults to have an affair?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "'Agenda 47': What Trump Has Promised If He Wins In 2024" by Frankie Taggart.
Site: Public Citizen.
Everyone in the country should see this video...
Video: Literally every woman in the country should see this video. Share it everywhere! #DemocratsDefendWomen.
Article: "Jeff Yass" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's TikTok ban reversal comes after meeting megadonor who has stake in TikTok" by Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa .
Article: "Jim McGreevey" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "I go to my local public library and I am pulling out the guard catalogue look of the word "homosexuality" and it said underneath, "See psychiatric illness"" - Jim McGreevey.
Article: "Putin hails illegal annexation of Crimea after claiming election win" by Vicky Wong.
Article: "Gun ownership boomed during the pandemic. Meet some of the reluctant firearm owners." by Nate File and Massarah Mikati.
Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.
Documentary: "Hitler's Circle of Evil".
Article: "20th Amendment "The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January..."
Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort—a "Grave Counterintelligence Threat"—to His Campaign" by David Corn.
Article: "Joe Madison" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley lands spot on Boeing's board" by CBS News.
Article: "Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley leaves Boeing board, opposing federal aid" by Reuters.
Video: Boeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).
Article: "John Oliver calls for new leadership of Boeing: 'Fix the culture that you have destroyed'" by Guardian.