Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 20 January, 2025

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

Monday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: The Morbidly Rich: A New Name for an Old Problem
Article: "The Morbidly Rich: A New Name for an Old Problem" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Household Count in the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles)" by FRED.
Article: "Here Comes the Republican Santa Scam Again" by Thom Hartmann
Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Article: "F. Scott Fitzgerald" by .
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 Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Donald Trump, crypto billionaire" by Felix Salmon.
Article: "Biden warns of dangers of oligarchy taking shape in US" by Alys Davies.
Article: "Should Federal Minimum Wage Be Raised Above $7.25? Trump's Treasury Pick: 'No Sir'" by Eloise Goldsmith.
Article: "Do we need more 'masculine energy' at work?" by Jo Ellison.
Article: "Economic Inequality Seen as Major Challenge Around the World" by Richard Wike, Moira Fagan, Christine Huang, Laura Clancy, Jordan Lippert.
Article: "Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa.", June 27, 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Article: "What is Addiction" by Psychology Today.
Article: "What is Anxiety" by Psychology Today.
Article: "What is Depression" by Psychology Today.
Article: "Morbid Wealth" by David R Clawson.
Article: "Wealth of US 'oil-garchs' went up 15% in nine months as industry figures plan Trump inauguration party" by Dharna Noor.
Article: "Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report" by Ed Pilkington.
Article: "Visualizing Wealth Distribution in America (1990-2023)" by Marcus Lu, Miranda Smith.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Second inauguration of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.
Poem: "The Masque of Anarchy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Site: KPFK.

Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump
Article: "Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 committee in effort to guard against 'revenge' by Trump" by Colleen Long, Zeke Miller.
Article: "Joe Biden pardons own family members and public servants to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump" by Sky News.
Article: "Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years" by Erik Ortiz.

Why AOC won't attend inauguration "I don't celebrate rapists."
Video: Why AOC is not at the inauguration. "I don't celebrate rapists".

Quote: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr..

Article: "14th Amendment section 3, July 9, 1868 "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Article: "Column: A lengthy list of Trump's disastrous business deals — compiled by his newest business partners" by Michael Hiltzik.
Article: "Pentagon officials discussing how to respond if Trump issues controversial orders" by Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky.
Book: "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" by Ralph Nader.
Article: "Trump Makes Odd Remark About Elon Musk's Familiarity With Pennsylvania Voting Machines" by Leigh Kimmins.
Article: "Hoarding disorder" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pituffik Space Base" by Wikipedia.
Article: "As Trump renews push for Greenland, mineral wealth takes centre stage" by Reuters.
Article: "The final frontier: how Arctic ice melting is opening up trade opportunities" by Nicolas LePan.
Article: "Trump's threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First" by CNN.
Article: "All the major legal battles Elon Musk and his companies are facing" by Bloomberg.
Case: "United States v. Google LLC (2023)".
Case: "United States v. Google LLC (2020)".
Site: "SiriusXM".

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Hour Two: Your reminder that the President of South Korea is still in jail. In fact, he is in solitary confinement. Did South Korea just witness its own January 6 moment?
Article: "Dumpling Soup, Dried Radish and Cabbage Kimchi: South Korean Leader's Life in Jail" by Choe Sang-Hun.
Article: "Has South Korea just witnessed its own January 6 moment?" by Raphael Rashid, Justin McCurry.

Article: "Did Trump put his hand on the Bible? Here's what to know about the tradition." by Aliza Chasan.
Article: "The Inaugural Address", January 20, 2025 by Donald J. Trump. "Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history, and I've learned a lot along the way."
Article: "Fact-checking President Trump's 2025 inaugural address" by Glenn Kessler.
Article: "Abraham Lincoln" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Woodrow Wilson" by Wikipedia.

Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's governing Liberal Party saying "I'm running to fight for Canada."
Article: "Chrystia Freeland to run for leader of Canada's Liberal Party" by Laura Blasey and Nadine Yousif in Toronto.

Article: "The Drought That Felled Assad" by Tarique Niazi.
Article: "Angela Merkel to receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis" by UNHCR.
Article: "Trump's inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders" by Adriana Gomez Licon.
Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
Article: "Fahrenheit 451" by Wikipedia.
Site: In These Times.
Site: The Progressive.
Site: The New Republic.
Site: Mother Jones.
Article: "Krupp" by Wikipedia.
Article: "IG Farben" by Wikipedia.
Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.
Article: "The People's March: Photos Show Large DC Protest Before Trump Inauguration" by Mandy Taheri.
Article: "Trump vows to take back Panama Canal, talks of 'Manifest Destiny' in space" by Matt Spetalnick.
Article: "Charlie Kirk" by Wikipedia.
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Film: "Vigilantes, Inc. America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen".
Site: Free Speech TV.
Book: Tiny Little Cracks: Powerful Poems for Your Pocket Collection: Post-Pandemic Predicaments by Dr Carol J Graham.
Substack: "Lucid - Ruth Ben-Ghiat".
Substack: "Thinking about... Timothy Snyder".
Article: "Why did flags fly at full-staff for Trump's inauguration?" by Harriet Sinclair.
Site: Greg Palast.
Article: "George Carlin" by Wikipedia.
Image: "Sweden: We tax our billionaires 55.5%. Netherlands: We tax ours 49.5%. Germany: We tax ours 47.475%. United States: You tax your billionaires?".
Article: "Unveiling the Role of Flying Monkeys in Narcissistic Abuse: Understanding Their Tactics and Motivations" by Narcissist Abuse Support.
Article: "Gilded Age" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States Treasury security" by Wikipedia.
Article: "When The U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt (And Why It Didn't Last)" by Robert Smith.
Article: "U.S. National Debt by President" by Kimberly Amadeo.
Article: "Jude Wanniski: Taxes and a Two-Santa Theory" by Bruce Bartlett.
Article: "Interest Costs on the National Debt" by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Quote: "But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Hour Three: 'Shock and awe': Trump plans 100 immediate executive actions. Here's what could be coming.
Article: "Family waiting to cross border learns their CBP One appointment is canceled" by Arelis R. Hernández.
Article: "'Shock and awe': Trump plans 100 immediate executive actions. Here's what could be coming." by Joey Garrison and Lauren Villagran.
Article: "Day 1 Of Trump 2: Here's What To Expect and It's Mostly Horrifying" by Prem Thakker.

Article: "Georgia probes alleged plot to overthrow government" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "David Hogg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Parkland high school shooting" by Wikipedia.
Video: The Night of the Long Knives: Hitler's Rise to Power.
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Abe Fortas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "When Can You Fly the American Flag Upside Down?" by American Flags.
Article: "Leader of the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution " by AP. "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."
Article: "Arkansas purchases 815 acres of land for nearly $3 million to build new prison" by AP.
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: "President Trump's America First Priorities".
Article: "Seven deadly sins" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Birthright citizenship in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "14th Amendment section 1, July 9, 1868 "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Article: "Tom Bodett" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Melania Trump's inauguration hat spawns hilarious memes online: 'She looks like the Hamburglar'" by Kaleigh Werner.
Video: McDonald's Hamburglar commercial 1986.
Article: "Weather Underground" (Weatherman) by Wikipedia.
Book: The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes.
Quote: "It's all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps." - Martin Luther King Jr.