Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 22 April, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: News...
Article: "What is Earth Day, when is it and what has it achieved?" by Mark Poynting & Maddie Molloy.
Article: "Russia Issues Furious Warning After Ukraine Aid Bill" by Ellie Cook.
Article: "Newsom targets Arizona — and Alabama — over abortion restrictions" by Christopher Cadelago.
Article: "Opening Arguments Tomorrow. What To Expect" by KeithDB.
Article: "Trump trial: Highlights from opening statements and first witness testimony" by AP.
Article: "NY prosecutors ask court to nix Trump's bogus appeal bond; it uses fake accounts, a shady surety" by Wilson Dizard III.
Article: "'You All Moved a Mountain': Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote to Join UAW" by Olivia Rosane.
Article: "House approves $61bn aid for Ukraine – what we know so far, and what happens next" by Yang Tian.
Article: "Hakeem Jeffries emerges as Congress' shadow speaker" by Andrew Solender.
Why Homelessness Stalks America Like the Grim Reaper
Article: "Why Homelessness Stalks America Like the Grim Reaper" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "American Community Survey B25004 Vacancy Status" by US Census.
Article: "Real Median Personal Income in the United States" by FRED.
Article: "Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States" by FRED.
Article: "Household Experiences In America During The Delta Variant Outbreak" by NPR.
Article: "Where are foreigners not allowed to buy real estate? List of countries with conditions and restrictions" by Realting.
Article: "More Bans On Foreigners Buying Real Estate — But Will That Fix The Housing Crisis?" by Shaun Lavelle, Riley Sparks, Ginevra Falciani.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Underwater: How Our American Dream of Homeownership Became a Nightmare by Ryan Dezember.
Article: "Real estate restrictions: Countries limiting property ownership for expats " by Asaël Häzaq.
Article: "A contrarian take on the US inflation freakout" by Tej Parikh.
Article: "Purchase an investment property with Mynd" by Mynd.
Article: "The Danger of Foreign Buyers Gobbling Up American Homes" by Dan Barnabic.
Article: "US Population by Year" by Multpl.
Article: "International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate" by National Association of REALTORS® Research Group.
Article: "With Oregon homelessness case headed to Supreme Court, spotlight falls on Portland lawyer, unhoused people in Grants Pass" by Nicole Hayden.
Site: "National Home Rental Council".
Article: "Is Wall Street upending Nashville neighborhoods? These professors want to know" by Mike Reicher.
Article: "How the Composition of Wealth Differs, from the Middle Class to the Top 1%" by Nick Routley.
Article: "The cost of housing is tearing our society apart" by Derek Fidler, Hicham Sabir.
Article: "Meet Your New Landlord: Wall Street" by Ryan Dezember, Laura Kusisto.
Article: "Homelessness Rises Faster Where Rent Exceeds a Third of Income" by Zillow Research.
Law: "Taft-Hartley Labor Act", 1947.
Article: "Mike Johnson Urged a Religious Test for Politicians" by David Corn.
Article: "Americans without health insurance – statistics & facts" by Statista.
Article: "Homelessness in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Andrzej Duda" (Poland) by Wikipedia.
Law: "Title 22—Foreign Relations and Intercourse".
Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kristi Noem Rips Mike Pence For Having 'Failed' Trump Since Threat-Filled Jan. 6" by Ben Blanchet.
Article: "Kristi Noem: It's a 'tragedy' not to force rape victims to give birth" by David Edwards.
Article: "Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why." by Heather Vogell, Haru Coryne, Ryan Little.
Hour Two: What the Hell is going on in Louisiana with child labor?
Article: "What the HELL is Going On in Louisiana?" by bilboteach.
Article: "Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits" by James Finn.
Article: "Update: Thuggish Takeover of Ohio School Board Continues" by David Pepper.
Site: Pepperspectives.
Quote: "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" - attributed to Thomas Aquinas.
Will the Supreme Court help Trump?
Article: "Supreme Court may seek 'middle position' in case that could toss some Trump charges: WaPo" by Matthew Chapman.
Geeky Science! The cicadas are coming in a big way since 1803
Article: "The cicadas are coming, and some may become 'flying saltshakers of death'" by Jason Bittel.
Article: "Donald Trump's ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed" by Business Insider.
Article: "Michael Cohen case shines light on Sean Hannity's property empire" by Jon Swaine.
Article: "The Ben Carson Years at HUD: Did He Make a Difference?" by Clare Trapasso.
Article: "William Barr" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jeff Sessions" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Marcia Fudge" by Wikipedia.
Site: The Chavis Chronicles.
Article: "Sharecropping" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Industrial Workers of the World" (IWW, Wobblies) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Eugene V. Debs" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Montana Republicans just raised your property taxes for a third time" by Melissa Romano, Ed Stafman, Marilyn Marler, Denise Baum, Donavon Hawk.
Article: "Rupert Murdoch buys $200m Montana cattle ranch from Koch family" by Luke O'Neil.
Article: "Meet The Millionaire 'Cowboy' And Ex-Navy SEAL Being Primed To Take On Sen. Jon Tester" by Chris D'Angelo.
Article: "Yellowstone (American TV series)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dennis Kucinich" by Wikipedia.
Book: Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman.
Article: "Trump Voters Hold a More Favorable View of Putin Than They Do Biden: Poll" by Aaron McDade.
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: "UAW conquers hostile political terrain with Tennessee win" by Nick Niedzwiadek.
Article: "Dutch deliver three more F-16s for training Ukrainian pilots in Romania" by Bart Biesemans.
Article: "European Coalition Hopes To Start Deliveries Of F-16s To Ukraine In The Summer" by David Cenciotti.
Article: "Report says Greece could ship F-16s fighter jets to Ukraine" by Tim Martin.
Video: Labyrinth of Peace.
TV: "The Plot Against America (miniseries)".
Article: "Magna Carta" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bonus chapter to The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Judith Butler" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: A new study shows how 50 years of tax cuts have failed America
Article: "50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says" by Aimee Picchi.
Article: "Warren G. Harding" by .
Article: "Is the "Horse & Sparrow" Economic Scam Returning?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trickle-down economics" by Wikipedia.
Senator Jon Osoff nails it!
Tweet: "I'm going to be brief so y'all can get to the video: Every. Word. Is. Fact. [video of Jon Ossoff]" by Dittie.
Article: "Trump's lawyer says he 'did not commit any crimes' in opening statement" by José Díaz-Balart.
Article: "Illinois considers law allowing medically assisted death" by Carrie Shepherd.
Article: "Donald Trump snub: The reason why the US President does not wear a wedding ring" by Melanie Kaidan.
x Article: "Trump Never Attended Any of His Children's High School or College Graduations?" by Alex Kasprak.
Republican Senator John Kennedy is the new Joe Lieberman-style advocate for the health insurance industry in the Senate, helping them keep their obscene profits high
Article: ""Senator, Saying It Doesn't Make It True"" by Wendell Potter.
Article: "Republican primary: Michele Morrow defeats incumbent State Superintendent Catherine Truitt" by Liz Schlemmer.
Article: "GOP Candidate Who Called for Obama's Execution Proceeds to Double Down" by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: "Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Weather Underground" by Laura Lambert.
Article: "Red Brigades" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Assassination of Jovenel Moïse" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Haiti" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Haiti Independence Debt" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Buffalo Soldier (song)" by Bob Marley.
Article: "Haiti has the World's Second Largest Iridium Deposits" by Graham G. Henry.
Article: "What Are The Major Natural Resources Of Haiti?" by WorldAtlas.
Book: Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico by Ed Morales.
Article: "1978 California Proposition 13" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "Man would not be man if his dreams did not exceed his grasp… If I remember the sunflower forest it is because from its hidden reaches man arose. The green world is his sacred center. In moments of sanity he must still seek refuge there…" - Loren Eiseley, The Invisible Pyramid.
Article: "The Influence of Exposure to Nature on Inpatient Hospital Stays: A Scoping Review" by Keegan Guidolin, Flora Jung, Fayez Quereshy et al.