Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 2 December, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: News...including Will Kash Patel come after the media? You Betcha!?
Article: "White House defends Biden’s pardon of son Hunter amid bipartisan criticism – live" by Chris Stein.
Article: "Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years" by Sharon LaFraniere and Julie Tate.
Article: "Bombshell whistleblower report flags Trump DoD pick for drunken strip club antics" by Brad Reed.
Article: "5 Most Shocking Details From The New Yorker’s Pete Hegseth Whistleblower Report" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Joe Scarborough Plays Back Kash Patel Threat To ‘Come After’ Journalists THREE Times For ‘Apologists’" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Who is Kash Patel, Trump’s pick for FBI director? " by Jack Forrest,.
Article: "Whitehouse Leads Senate Delegation to Baku for COP29" by Sheldon Whitehouse.
Article: "How a second Trump term could destroy Medicare as we know it" by Helaine Olen.
Article: "McCain hated Obamacare. He also saved it." by Emmarie Huetteman.
Article: "In Argentina's barrios, rising poverty stalks Milei's austerity drive" by Nicolás Misculin and Miguel Lo Bianco.
Article: "Macron’s government on brink of collapse after forcing budget past parliament" by Peter Allen.
America’s Future Hangs on a Democratic Party Decision
Article: "America’s Future Hangs on a Democratic Party Decision" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "America's 4th Turning Has Arrived — Which Path Will We Take?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "As the Fourth Great Turning Unwinds, Technology is Speeding Up the Process" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “As the Fourth Great Turning Unwinds, Ukraine has become the George Floyd of the World - comments“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Can American Democracy Survive Fox "News"?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Have Zoomers Ushered in the Fourth Turning?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Giving the Game Away: Democratic Strategists and the Failure of the Party “ by Jared Yates Sexton.
Article: “Caucus Members“ by Problem Solvers Caucus.
Article: “Half of Democrats (Never Mind Republicans) Think We’re in a Recession“ by Harold Meyerson.
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: Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History by Peter Turchin.
Article: "The End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration" by Peter Turchin.
Book: The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End by Neil Howe .
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “On deportations, Trump expects a ‘bloody story’ in second term“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class“ by Marilyn Geewax.
Article: “The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win“ by Peter Turchin.
Article: “Democrats plan to choose new party chair in February“ by Michael Scherer.
Article: "Who Might Be the Next Chair of the Democratic Party?" by Simon J. Levien.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "3 years later, Jan. 6 pipe bomber mystery still unsolved" by Luke Barr.
Article: "Hunter Biden" by Wikipedia.
Article: "President Biden issues pardon for son Hunter, claiming he was 'unfairly prosecuted' on gun and tax charges" by Dylan Donnelly.
Article: "Rep. Garcia: Why Did Saudi Government Give Kushner $2 Billion?" by Robert Garcia.
Article: "Ivanka's Trademark Requests Were Fast-Tracked In China After Trump Was Elected" by Tommy Beer.
Hour Two: Just Plain Cruel Alert! Ken Paxton wallows and revels in cruelty
Article: "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Christian ministry that helps the homeless" by Friendly Atheist.
Bible: "Matthew 25".
Bible: "The Sermon on the Mount".
Bible: "32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me." - Matthew 25.
Bible: "37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." - Matthew 25.
Will most media get banned first?
Article: "CNN Anchor Warns Americans Not to ‘Dismiss’ As ‘Bluster’ Elon Musk’s Latest Threat" by Alex Griffing.
Article: "Donald Trump Jr says his father may ban mainstream media journalists from the White House press briefing room" by Rhian Lubin.
Article: "After non-endorsement, 250,000 subscribers cancel The Washington Post" by Elahe Izadi.
Article: "How 'major mainstream news outlets' are 'sanewashing' Trump's 'highly abnormal rants': analysis" by Alex Henderson.
What's to become of church and state separation?
Article: "Separation of church and state? Religion in public schools is being tested by Christian conservatives" by Erik Ortiz.
Article: "Ongoing Lawsuits: FFRF and Coalition Sue Over Law Requiring the Ten Commandments in Classrooms" by FFRF.
Article: "Groups Sue Oklahoma Over Public School Requirement to Teach Bible in Schools" by Chris Walker.
Book: The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley.
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.
Article: "Section 230" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bluesky Quadruples Its Moderators" by Nick Koutsobinas.
Article: "Elon Musk Threatens Alexander Vindman With Execution In Bizarre Post" by Troy Matthews.
Book: Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021 by Angela Merkel.
Article: "What Sherrod Brown says went wrong in his Senate race — and for Democrats" by Manu Raju and Clare Foran.
Article: "Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago" by Tom Gerken.
Site: Bluesky.
Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.
Article: "RFK Jr. on ultraprocessed food: The science on food dyes, glyphosate, and seed oils" by Gabrielle M. Etzel.
Article: "RFK Jr.’s health nomination, Froot Loops controversy explained" by Liz Jassin.
Article: "Howard Dean" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: The Autocracy Model
- David Pepper, lawyer, writer (author of "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual For Every American") and "Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines"), political activist, former elected official, and adjunct professor-University of Cincinnati College of Law / served as Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party between 2015 and 2021 & writes a regularly on Substack @DavidPepper
Article: "The Autocracy Model" by David Pepper.
Article: "Trump taps Musk to lead a 'Department of Government Efficiency' with Ramaswamy" by Elena Moore, Camila Domonoske, Jeongyoon Han.
Article: "Ken Martin (politician)" by Wikipedia.
Despair Is Not an Option, So Here's What We Must Do
Article: "Despair Is Not an Option, So Here's What We Must Do" by Bernie Sanders.
According to Bernie, Elon Musk is right about some things...Is he?
Article: ""Elon Musk is Right" Bernie Sanders" by Somchai.
Article: "Meet the megadonors pumping over $2.5 billion into the election" by Clara Ence Morse, Luis Melgar, Maeve Reston.
Article: "George Gascón" by Wikipedia.
Article: "‘I do not support the death penalty’: Why the prosecution in Laken Riley’s murder trial asked for life in prison" by Eric Levenson.
Article: "Woke Georgia DA Deborah Gonzalez pummeled in re-election bid after refusing Laken Riley murder case " by Rich Calder.
Article: "Update: DA Mike Schmidt Concedes in Primary Election Marked by Big Spending, Progressive Upsets" by Courtney Vaughn.
Article: "The Red Shift: Anomalies In Electronic Voting Trend Overwhelmingly In One Direction" by National Election Defense Coalition.
Article: "Unadjusted Exit Polls for 2020 Presidential and Senate Races Show Inexplicably Political Red-Shift Pattern Similar to Prior US Elections" by Ron Baiman, Peter Peckarsky, Jonathan D Simon.
Article: "Are U.S. Elections Legitimate? The History of Electronic Voting" by Bob Fitrakis.
Article: "Charted: U.S. Median House Prices vs. Income" by Omri Wallach.
Article: "The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic" by Brandy Schillace.
Article: "Nazi book burnings" by Wikipedia.
Where is direction being given by the Biden administration?
We are just handing over our country to a hostile Facsist invading force. A bloodless coup as the republicans put it. If this were an invading army wouldn’t the president be giving us some direction? Calling us “to arms”, not killing weapons but tactics to respond to our fellow citizens who voted to take us down this path?”
He has pardoned his son, full well knowing his son may not survive once power has been transferred. He is “obeying in advance”. (as Timothy Snyder has explained in his book, “On Tryanny”.)
And why are we not getting some grand and inspiring speeches from Biden or Kamala or Waltz. Some daily leadership on how we must persever this transition to authoritarian power, how we can advance and resist.?
We are left to just figure this out for ourselves. I feel abandoned by this administration to accept what is dished out as future atrocities. And as far as I can see there will be no fair election four years from now.
Can anyone show us who and where we can get direction on how to participate in the onslaught after Jan 20th?
Timothy Snyder had been my go to. Who else?? Where else can we get direction?
Is Trump the only “leader” who has the balls to never give up? And although his directives are by mob boss style we need directive by lawful style on how to navigate the next administration. Then again the rule of law is no longer applicable is it?
We will need to brave resistance on our own to what is clearly harmful to others.
All I have heard are crickets when asking for the past 6 months, what plan do we have for the chaos after the election no mater who wins or loses?