Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 24 February, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Progressive Town Hall (full hour w/calls)
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Author - Dignity In A Digital Age @RepRoKhanna
Article: "Zelensky Sets Somber Tone as Ukraine Marks War Anniversary" by Maria Varenikova.
Article: "Ukraine war anniversary: Europe discusses fighting Russia without US" by Ap.
Article: "German election 2025: The winners and losers" by Chris Lunday.
Article: "Collective defence - Article 5" by NATO.
Article: "Marshall Plan" by Wikipedia.
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight
Article: "Bernie Sanders kicks off 'fighting oligarchy' tour with dire warning" by Sarah Ewall-wice.
Article: "Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy" by Julia Conley.
Article: "Do Americans approve or disapprove of Donald Trump?" by 538.
Article: "Trump's Approval Falls and Could Collapse Over Inflation" by Ed Kilgore.
Quote: "In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions." - Abraham Lincoln.
Book: The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition by Mario Puzo.
Article: "Here's how many billions Elon Musk's companies are making from U.S. taxpayers" by Io Dodds.
Article: "Greenpeace organizations go to trial on high-stakes SLAPP lawsuit that could redefine protest rights" by Gujari Singh.
Article: "Bandy X. Lee" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United campaign finance ruling" by Lauren Sforza.
Quote: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson.
Article: "Trump Used Blank Sheets of Paper as Conflict-of-Interest Documents?" by David Emery.
Article: "Georgia Republican faces town hall backlash over DOGE's 'chainsaw approach' to government cuts" by Syedah Asghar and Zoë Richards.
Bill: "H.R.22 - SAVE Act" by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21].
Article: "Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "U.S. centenarian population is projected to quadruple over the next 30 years" by Katherine Schaeffer.
Article: "Project 2025" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John Fetterman Faces Backlash After Breaking With Democratic Colleagues" by Ewan Palmer.
Hour Two: A battle cry for Democracy - Our justice system is being hijacked. The free press is being strangled. The federal government is being dismantled from within. We are in a crisis!
- Michael Cohen, principle of Crisis-X (crisis management company) / previously, served as personal attorney to former president Donald. J. Trump / formerly Executive VP-Trump Organization & Special Counsel to Donald J. Trump / Author-of 2 books, most recently "Revenge" / Host-Mea Culpa With Michael Cohen podcast / Co-Host, The Political Beatdown / Political Commentator @michaelcohen212.bsky.social
Article: ""A Battle Cry For Democracy"" by Michael Cohen.
Article: "Michael Cohen warns Trump 'already owns' Libs' and outlines strategy that 'won't work'" by Niamh Kirk.
Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLT.
Video: Live with Jim Acosta - Michael Cohen.
Substack: "Jim Acosta".
Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "William Barr" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jamie Raskin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Eric Swalwell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Harry Dunn (police officer)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Michael Fanone" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Anthony Scaramucci" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Norm Eisen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Harry Litman" by Wikipedia.
Article: ""Billionaires Are Playing Whack-a-mole With Our Government!"" by Michael Cohen.
Article: "Idaho Republican town hall meeting descends into chaos after private security guards forcibly remove heckling woman" by James Liddell.
Article: "The Who's Who on Kash Patel's Crazy Enemies List " by Timothy Noah.
Article: "Trump's Attorney General Pick Admits There Is an Enemy List After All" by Malcolm Ferguson.
Newsletter: "Democracy Docket" by Marc Elias.
Case: "Patel et al v. Stewartson".
Article: "Trump, GOP will 'collapse' in 30 days, predicts James Carville" by MSNBC.
Hour Three: Reichstag Fire 2.0: Will Trump Use a Crisis to Kill Democracy?
Article: "Reichstag Fire 2.0: Will Trump Use a Crisis to Kill Democracy?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations" by Alexandra Hutzler.
Article: "Gabbard's sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm as Trump's pick to lead intelligence services" by David Klepper, Ellen Knickmeyer, Edith M. Lederer.
Article: "What is the Islamic State group and what attacks has it inspired?" by Ellen Knickmeyer, Eric Tucker.
Article: "The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule" by AP.
Article: "US must not become complacent to a growing terrorism threat, a Counterterrorism Center official says" by Eric Tucker.
Post: "Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)" by Timothy Snyder.
Article: "Living History: Plenty of Parallels between MAGA and the NAZI Movement" by Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer.
Book: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder.
Article: "Moscow theatre siege: Questions remain unanswered" by Artem Krechetnikov.
Article: "Reichstag fire" by Britannica.
Article: "It's a Spy novel starring Donald Krasnov" by Bill Addis.
Article: "How Russia Blundered into Chechnya" by John B. Dunlop.
Article: "The Perils of Counterinsurgency: Russia's War in Chechnya" by Mark Kramer.
Article: " 'It's Over!' James Carville Tells Dan Abrams the Trump White House Will Suffer a 'Massive Collapse' in 'Less Than 30 Days'" by Kipp Jones.
Article: "Russia Has Suffered Other Major Attacks in Recent Decades" by New York Times.
Article: "What the CIA knew before 9/11: New details" by Chris Whipple.
Article: "Trump's Approval Rating Is Collapsing As Voter Disapproval Grows On Key Issues" by Jason Easley.
Article: "Sen. Bernie Sanders brings 'Fight Oligarchy' tour to Iowa City" by Megan Woolard.
Article: "Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of 'something big'" by ToI.
Article: "Barred from running for a third term, Trump keeps talking about it" by Zac Anderson.
Article: "FBI managers are told 1,500 staff, agents will be moved from headquarters" by Jeremy Roebuck, Carol D. Leonnig, Perry Stein.
Is an American "uprising" in the works?
Article: "'American uprising' brewing as voters are 'mad as hell' at Elon Musk: analysis" by Brad Reed.
Trump shuts down US base in Greece at request of Putin & Erdogan
Article: "Trump shuts down US base in Greece" by Dylan Malyasov.
Article: "Trump and Macron 'both aim to dominate' in US talks before 'death grip' handshake" by Zahra Khaliq.
Article: "Million Man March" by Wikipedia.
Law: "ArtI.S6.C1.3.1 Overview of Speech or Debate Clause".
Article: "Kash Patel confirmed as FBI director after fears he will 'carry out Trump's bidding'" by Rhian Lubin.
Incoming German leader sends Europe a warning about Trump
Article: "'Have absolutely no illusions': Incoming German leader sends Europe a warning about Trump" by Brad Reed.
Sen. Chris Murphy "Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires."
Email:: "Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is. So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back..." by US Senator Chris Murphy (D - CT).
Article: "Trump administration to cut thousands of jobs at Pentagon and IRS" by Kayla Epstein.
Article: "Bloodbath: Joint Chiefs chair, CNO, Air Force vice chief, three top JAGs to be replaced " by Audrey Decker and Bradley Peniston.
Article: "Dan Caine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Charles Q. Brown Jr." by Wikipedia.
Quote: "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves" - attributed to Confucius.
Site: "Indivisible".
Site: 50501.
Article: "Tara Palmeri Warns Elon Musk Productivity Email 'Exposes Entire Federal System' to 'Foreign Adversaries'" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Enabling Act of 1933" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Can the UK shoot down nuclear missiles? Is Britain capable of stopping an attack?" by James Gray, Josiah Mortimer.
Video: My conversation with Michael Cohen: A recording from Thom Hartmann and Michael Cohen's live video.