Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 24 March, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: We're in the Final Act of America's Third Oligarchic Backlash
Article: "We're in the Final Act of America's Third Oligarchic Backlash" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Post: "US opposition politicians @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov gathered 86,000 people within a three day period in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. #3E #EndOligarchy" by Anonymous.
Site: "Indivisible".
Site: 50501.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.
Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.
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.".
Law: "Homestead Acts" (1862).
Law: "National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864".
Law: "Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 ".
Article: "United States Department of Agriculture" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Morrill Land Act" by Lincoln's Legacy.
Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.
Law: "Tillman Act of 1907".
Article: "Wall Street crash of 1929" (Black Thursday October 24) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Powell Memo".
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Act".
Article: "Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone" by Allan Smith and Peter Nicholas.
Article: "Microplastics, like Asbestos, Can Kill" by Thom Hartmann.
You Could Be Next:Trump Can Seize Your Devices and Then….Anyone — anyone — can be labeled a "security risk."
Article: "You Could Be Next: Trump Can Seize Your Devices and Then…." by Russ Baker.
Article: "Stop Mike Flynn - A Fight For Press Freedom" by Heidi Cuda.
Article: "US Supreme Court turns away casino mogul Wynn's bid to challenge NY Times v. Sullivan defamation rule" by Reuters.
Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles...
Article: "'Chilling effect on free speech:' Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles" by Rhian Lubin.
Site: NALC.
Article: "Eastern Gives Up Control Of Pensions".
Article: "Rep. Garcia draws scrutiny from Trump Justice official over his Musk comments" by Faith E. Pinho.
Article: "Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Florida's 1st Congressional District on April 1, 2025" (Gay Valimont) by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Florida's 6th Congressional District on April 1, 2025" (Joshua Weil) by Ballotpedia.
Article: "An election for a single state Supreme Court seat becomes the 'blockbuster' political fight of 2025" (April 1) by Fredreka Schouten and Arlette Saenz.
Article: "Fugitive Slave Act of 1850" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump is 'declaring war' on judicial system: Conservative former federal judge" by Lauren Irwin.
Hour Two: Trump/Musk and DOGE Attacks on Federal Workers Continues...
- Matt Biggs, President of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE) @ifpte.bsky.social
Article: "IFPTE Federal Sector Update on Trump/Musk and DOGE Attacks on Federal Workers - Week ending Mar. 21" by IFPTE.
Article: "IFPTE Expresses Disappointment in Passage of Continuing Resolution" by IFPTE.
Article: "Cloture vote on H.R. 1968 (A bill making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.)".
Bill: "H.R.1295 - Reorganizing Government Act of 2025" by Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1].
Article: "Comer Announces Full Committee Markup on March 25" by James Comer.
Article: "Full Committee Business Meeting" by Oversight and Government Reform.
Article: "How a second Trump term could destroy Medicare as we know it" by Helaine Olen.
Article: "Medicare Advantage's cost to taxpayers has soared in recent years, research finds" by Fred Schulte.
Shouldn't every Democrat do what Bernie and AOC are doing?
Article: "Sanders, AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight 'Oligarchy' in Denver" by Eloise Goldsmith.
Song: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan. "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
Senator Merkley launches a DOGE whistleblower portal....
Article: "Merkley launches DOGE whistleblower portal" by Filip Timotija.
Article: "Watch: Alexander Vindman says Trump-Zelensky call was 'improper'" by AP.
Article: "Reset your digital life by deleting all your social media accounts" by David Nield.
Article: "Free app to quickly remove your pics and posts on Facebook, Twitter and more" by Kim Komando.
Article: "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says " by Amy Sherman.
Article: "The burden of medical debt in the United States" by Shameek Rakshit, Matthew Rae.
Site: National Organization for Women.
Article: "Social Security's Death Warrant Was Just Signed — Are You Ready?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Here Is All the Money AIPAC Spent on the 2024 Elections" by David Moore, Donald Shaw.
Article: "AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland's Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say" by Ryan Grim.
Site: Poor People's Campaign.
Article: "Former U.S. attorney in Virginia found dead at 43" by Phil Helsel, Ken Dilanian and David Rohde.
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."
Case: "Trump v. Anderson" (Only Congress, not the states, can determine eligibility for federal office).
Article: "AOC, Bernie Sanders host rally in Greeley in first of two Colorado stops" by Gabrielle Franklin.
Article: "Liz Cheney campaigns with Kamala Harris in Ripon, birthplace of the Republican Party" by Chris Megerian, Michelle L. Price.
Article: "Mark Cuban" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: World News and the State of Democracy around the world...
Article: "Don Jr. was told the 'whole town' would show up for his Greenland arrival. It appears they did not" by Ariana Baio.
Article: "'Highly aggressive': Greenland leaders blast planned visit by Usha Vance, U.S. officials" by Kim Hjelmgaard.
Article: "'It sort of doesn't matter': Trump envoy unconcerned with Putin taking over Europe" by David Edwards.
Article: "Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker" by Greg Sargent.
Post: ""We request that you provide information regarding the decision-making procedure and justification, and immediately resume US support for this critical work." Note that we now have GOP Senators directly pressuring Rubio to reverse the State Department's decision here: ..." (tracking abducted Ukrainian children.) by Greg Sargent.
Article: "Turkish Court Orders Erdogan Rival Jailed Pending Trial On Corruption Charges As Protests Grow" by AP.
Article: "Popular Fury Grows in Turkey Against Tyrannical Erdoğan Emboldened by Trump" by Jon Queally.
Article: "FBI–King letter" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kent State shootings" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "If it takes a bloodbath now let's get it over with" - Ronald Reagan (April 8, 1970).
Article: "Netanyahu spy scandal leaves PM fighting on two fronts" by Henry Bodkin.
Site: The Guardian.
Site: Haaretz.
Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.
Video: Trump's talk about annexing Canada is serious, Trudeau warns business leaders.
Article: "Oil Cos. Buy Rights to Access Water Before Communities & Farmers" by Rachel Cernansky.
Book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Article: "Dismantling VOA could lead to dominance of anti-U.S. propaganda, director says" by Nancy Cordes.
Article: "Soft power" by Wikipedia.
Site: "Indivisible".
Site: 50501.
Event: 5 April: Hands off! day of action.
Movie: "A Face in the Crowd".
Article: "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act", 2003.
Video: Sanders says his rallies are meant to empower voters to 'not sit idly by'.
TV: "The West Wing".
Article: "Trump Golf Weekends' Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 Million" by S.V. Date.
Article: "IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA" by Josh Marshall.
Site: Social Security Works
Article: "Trump officials discussed a secret plan to attack Yemen in a group text chat." by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt.
Article: "Appeals court judge says Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act" by Jacob Rosen, Scott MacFarlane.