Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 21 April, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Pope uses final speech to blast Trump policies: 'How much contempt?'
Article: "'Evil is being defeated by God': Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrates after Pope's death" by David Edwards.
Article: "Pope uses final speech to blast Trump policies: 'How much contempt?'" by Krystina Alarcon Carroll.
Article: "Pope Francis: tributes paid after head of Catholic church dies aged 88 – latest updates" by Tom Ambrose, Jane Clinton.
Article: "Meeting with Pope John Paul II" by Thom Hartmann.
Image: "Thom and Louise Meet Pope John Paul II" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Is America an Autocracy Now? " by Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
They're Doing It in Broad Daylight—Because They Think No One Will Stop Them
Article: "They're Doing It in Broad Daylight—Because They Think No One Will Stop Them" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump Is Dismantling Our Democracy. We Must Come Together And Act Before It's Too Late." by Chris Murphy.
Article: "Justice Department fires immigration lawyer who argued case of mistakenly deported man" by Evan Perez.
Article: "Get Out by Good Friday, Feds Say to Afghan Christians" by John McCormack.
Article: "Idahoans rally for change at STEP UP! Day of Action" by CBS2.
Article: "Murkowski on Trump: "We are all afraid"" by Stef W. Kight.
Article: "'Can't even guard and secure her own bag': DHS head Kristi Noem mocked after purse stolen from DC restaurant " by Katherine Huggins.
As El Salvador's president proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans with Maduro's 'political prisoners' Justice Alito slams SCOTUS for blocking Trump to send more prisoners there.
Article: "El Salvador's president proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans with Maduro's 'political prisoners'" by Reuters.
Article: "Justice Alito slams Supreme Court for blocking Trump's deportation of Venezuelans" by Graeme Massie.
Law: "Magna Carta".
Article: "Hostage diplomacy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "A government of laws, and not of men." - John Adams.
Article: "Axis powers" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jeffrey Sachs" by Wikipedia.
Article: "NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard" by Wikipedia.
Video: 'Don't trust America': Jeffrey Sachs' European Parliament speech goes viral amid Trump tariff war.
Article: "Address concerning the events in Ukraine" by Vladimir Putin.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump's tariff storm — for now" by Jeff Stein, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Cat Zakrzewski.
Article: "El Salvador proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans for Venezuelan 'political prisoners'" by Reuters.
Article: "Hybrid warfare" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Robert Hanssen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Robert Baer" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Maryland Attorney General" by Anthony G. Brown.
Article: "Chris Van Hollen" (senator, D-MD) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Angela Alsobrooks" (senator, D-MD) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jamie Raskin" (D, MD-8) by Wikipedia.
Article: "How the next Pope is chosen" by BBC.
Article: "Pope Francis skips public meeting with JD Vance, sends deputy to lecture Vance on compassion" by quaoar.
Article: "Pope blesses Easter crowds from popemobile in first significant appearance since illness" by Sky News.
Hour Two: Shipping volumes from China to the U.S. are currently lower than they were in May 2020 (during worst of Covid) - We're not looking at a slowdown — we're staring down a potential economic heart attack...
Article: "Shipping: China cargo bookings expected to plunge as US trade war intensifies" by Adam Yanelli.
Article: "Shoppers warned they will pay for shipping disruption from tariffs" by Marieta Marinova, Isabella Fish.
Article: "Trump claims 'big progress' in tariff talks with Japan after surprise appearance at negotiations" by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar.
Article: "Trump ramps up attacks on Powell, demands 'loser' Fed chair lower rates 'NOW'" by Kevin Breuninger.
Article: "Dow slides more than 950 points as Trump rips Fed Chair Powell, reigniting investor worries: Live updates" by Lisa Kailai, Han Sean Conlon.
Speech: "Economic Outlook" by Jerome H. Powell.
Article: "Gold" by Trading Economics.
Article: "Stocks tumble and dollar hits three-year low as Trump bashes Powell again " by John Towfighi.
Article: "Is the Second Republican Great Depression Knocking at America's Door?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Great Depression" by Wikipedia.
Pete Hegseth's latest 'stunning security failure' - There is a full blown meltdown at the Pentagon. Republicans should have known better...
Article: "'What a disaster!' Internet shocked by Pete Hegseth's latest 'stunning security failure'" by David McAfee.
Article: "'Full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon': Hegseth reportedly 'unlikely to remain in his role'" by David McAfee.
Article: "Pete Hegseth responds to latest Signal scandal — with attack on Democrats " by Krystina Alarcon Carroll.
Article: "Trump's Unfit and Unqualified Defense Secretary Must Resign After Sharing Critical Military Secrets AGAIN" by DNC.
Article: "Nuremberg trials" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Louisiana mom went for routine ICE check - now she is in detention over 100 miles away" by Josh Marcus.
Article: "Louisiana mom went for routine ICE check - now she is in detention over 100 miles away" by Josh Marcus.
Article: "Battles of Lexington and Concord" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Benjamin Franklin" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "Benjamin Franklin" - Ken Burns.
Article: "Russian-occupied territories" by Wikipedia.
Video: Trump still wants Canada as 51st state, White House tells CBC News.
Article: "Mark Carney unveils a plan to Trump-proof Canada" by Mickey Djuric.
Article: "America's struggling wine industry is getting crushed by global tariffs and Canada's retaliation to them" by Curtis Bunn.
Site: The Organic Wine Company.
Article: "Rachel Maddow Showcases How Resistance Against Trump Is Growing Nationwide | Video" by .
Article: "Hundreds gather for second 'Hands Off!' protest this month" by Coloradoan.
Article: "US Senate Judiciary Committee asks Trump to detail rationale for firing 18 IGs" by David Shepardson.
Hour Three: Trump declares he's the, "greatest friend American capitalism ever had," but I have some news for him.
Article: "Trump Goes On All-Caps Easter Posting Spree, Angrily Calls Himself 'GREATEST FRIEND AMERICAN CAPITALISM EVER HAD!'" by Caleb Howe.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.
Video: "Canada's old relationship with the US is over", says Carney.
Article: "Trump sues CBS over '60 Minutes' interview with Harris. Legal experts call it 'frivolous and dangerous'" by CNN.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Book: Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever by Rick Wilson.
Article: "Ivanka Trump's love for Goya beans violates ethics rules, say US rights groups" by AP.
Article: "Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom" by David Ingram.
Article: "A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data" by Headshot of Jenna McLaughlin.
Article: "House Democrats land in El Salvador to push for return of Kilmar Ábrego García" by Joseph Gedeon, Anna Betts.
Article: "Pump and dump" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rupert Murdoch's lie machine: How right-wing media turned racism into a political weapon for profit" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Gulag" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Supreme Court's Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One" by Mark Joseph Stern.
Book: Healing ADD : Simple Exercises That Will Change Your Daily Life by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "trump" by Cambridge Dictionary.
Article: "Enrique Tarrio" by Wikipedia.
Site: Indivisible Greater Vancouver - events.
Article: " Aisha N. Braveboy: State's Attorney" by Prince George's County.
Article: "Zelensky's 'always looking to purchase missiles' — Trump dismisses Ukraine's request to buy Patriots" by Tim Zadorozhnyy.
Book: Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate by Eugene Finkel.
Article: "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" by Wikipedia.
Book: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.