Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 25 March, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Will the GOP's Ukraine Aid Block Kick-Off Another Worldwide War?
Article: "Will the GOP's Ukraine Aid Block Kick-Off Another Worldwide War?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement" by AP.
Article: "Breaking: This Moscow Fire Could Spark the Big One" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Russian forces torture Moscow terror suspect by hooking his genitals up to 80v battery leaving him foaming at the mouth - and feed another his own EAR: Battered men appear in court as new footage emerges of the slaughter that killed at least 140" by Frankie Elliott and Will Stewart and Katherine Lawton.
Article: "Yellen says House GOP delay on Ukraine aid is "a gift to Putin"" by Jacob Knutson.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson" by Andrew Solender.
Article: "Russian TV airs fake video blaming Ukraine for Moscow attack" by Adam Robinson, Olga Robinson and Shayan Sardarizadeh.
Article: "Putin's strategy has weakened Russia" by Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness.
Article: "Why is Kaliningrad at the center of a new Russia-NATO faceoff?" by Daniel S. Hamilton and Adrianna Pita.
Article: "Trump met with a billionaire GOP donor with a big stake in TikTok just days before he publicly tried to save the app" by Madison Hall.
Article: "Russia" by Chatham House.
Article: "The West must now consider the possibility of a Russian political collapse" by Stephen Collinson.
Article: "Kremlin says Russia 'in a state of war' in Ukraine for first time" by News Wires.
Article: "'Massive' Russian air attack hits Western Ukraine, Kyiv; Poland says its airspace violated" by France 24.
Article: "The Baltic States as Targets and Levers: The Role of the Region in Russian Strategy" by Mark Galeotti.
Article: "Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant" by AP.
Article: "Just How Much Trouble Is Vladimir Putin In?" by Politico.
Article: "Transnistria begs Putin to 'protect' it against Moldova" by Denis Leven.
Article: "Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine" by Reuters.
Article: "Russia stages major airstrike on Ukraine; one missile enters Polish airspace" by Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich.
Article: "Russians lower flags in mourning, suspects charged in deadly concert-hall attack" by Reuters.
Article: "Russia's Strategic Failure and Ukraine's Secure Future" by Antony J. Blinken.
Article: "European leaders call for stronger defence ties after Trump's Nato remarks" by Dan Sabbagh.
Article: "How Bush's Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry" by Dilip Hiro.
Article: "Russia's Unprecedented War Budget Explained" by Boris Grozovski.
Article: "Russia's Economy Goes All In on War" by Georgi Kantchev.
Article: "Breaking: This Moscow Fire Could Spark the Big One" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Osama Bin Laden: Profile of a Terror Leader" by ABC News.
Book: "A Charge To Keep" by George W. Bush.
Article: "America has Ignored GOP Crimes to Seize the White House Long Enough - It's Time to Put this One in Prison" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The President's Daily Brief" (Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US) by Thomas S. Blanton.
Article: "Bush Wanted To Invade Iraq If Elected in 2000" by Russ Baker.
Article: "George W. Bush Was AWOL, But What's "Truth" Got to Do With It?" by Dan Froomkin.
Article: "Moscow theatre siege: Questions remain unanswered" by Artem Krechetnikov.
Article: "Moscow attack: Did Russia ignore US 'extremist' attacks warning?" by Gordon Corera.
Article: "Mohamed Atta" by Biography.com.
Article: "Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este" by Britannica.
Article: "Reichstag fire" by Britannica.
Article: "Hospital Worker: I Saw Osama" by CBSNews.
Article: "How Russia Blundered into Chechnya" by John B. Dunlop.
Article: "The Perils of Counterinsurgency: Russia's War in Chechnya" by Mark Kramer.
Article: "The Kremlin says Russia is in a 'state of war' in Ukraine" by Yuliya Talmazan.
Article: "Taiwan Confirms US Troops on Front-Line Islands Near China" by Micah McCartney.
Article: "In First Remarks on Attack, Putin Tries to Link Assailants to Ukraine" by Anton Troianovski.
Article: "Russia Has Suffered Other Major Attacks in Recent Decades" by The New York Times.
Article: "What we know about ISIS-K, the group that claimed responsibility for the Moscow attack." by Eric Schmitt.
Article: "Death Toll Rises to 133 in Moscow Concert Hall Attack" by Paul Sonne and Ivan Nechepurenko.
Article: "What the CIA knew before 9/11: New details" by Chris Whipple.
Article: "Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of 'something big'" by Agencies.
Article: "Bush Rejects Taliban Offer On Bin Laden" by John F. Harris.
Article: "Trump wins reduction in $464m bond and has deadline extended" by Sky News.
Article: "Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'No one's ever seen a bond this size': Eric Trump criticises $454m judgment against his father" by Edward Helmore.
Article: "Trump Claims Companies Won't Secure His $500 Million Bond—But Even Bigger Ones Were Paid In These Cases" by Alison Durkee.
The Ronna McDaniel Bomb: NBC executives show their loyalty to revenue over country...
Article: "WHOA! Ronna McDaniel's Debut on NBC's Meet the Press is an Unmitigated Disaster For Both NBC and Her" by News Corpse.
Article: "Chuck Todd blisters NBC brass on air for Ronna McDaniel hire following Welker interview" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "NBC News hires former GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel" by Tobi Raji.
Article: "Pax Sinica" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding 'an immediate ceasefire' during Ramadan" by UN.
Article: "Islamic State – Khorasan Province[a] (ISIS–K or IS–KP)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Islamic State" (ISIS) by Wikipedia.
Article: "How Ukraine war distracted Moscow from Isis-K threat" by Polina Ivanova, Christopher Miller, Benjamin Parkin, Humza Jilani.
Article: "Breaking: This Moscow Fire Could Spark the Big One" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's 'bloodbath' tirade contained a warning on Chinese cars. Here are the facts." by Kathryn A. Wolfe.
Article: "France raises terror alert level after Moscow attack " by Šejla Ahmatović .
Article: "Fact Check: Has Macron Promised to Deploy Troops to Ukraine in 2024?" by Tom Norton.
Article: "Gangs rule Haiti's capital. Some say they're ready to overthrow the government too " by CNN.
Article: "Wagner Group" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Animated maps reveal true level of devastation in Ukraine" by Paul McQuiston.
Article: "Russia's economy is surprisingly tiny. Here's why it matters so much to you" by Chris Isidore.
Article: "Ukraine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Newt Gingrich" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Bush v. Gore", 2000. "The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States"
Article: "Lewis F. Powell Jr." by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jeffrey Epstein" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine's power sector, a sign of possible escalation" by Hanna Arhirova, Jim Heintz.
Hour Two: How the GOP is going to slash social security
Article: "Days After Trump Calls for Social Security Cuts, Congressional Republicans Release Plan to Slash Benefits by $1.5 Trillion" by Linda Benesch.
Article: "Trump hush money case updates: Judge rules trial will start April 15" by Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, Olivia Rubin, and Emily Shapiro.
Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.
Crazy Alert! Satanists are at it again: You can't have it both ways. Either every religion gets to speak or no religion speaks....
Article: "A Michigan commissioner wants to prevent Satanists from giving an invocation" by Friendly Atheist.
Book: "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, Jan. 10 1776.
Article: "The Crisis" "THESE are the times that try men's souls" by Thomas Paine.
Book: Rights of Man by Thomas Paine.
Letter: "to Benjamin Rush, 23 September 1800" "I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." by Thomas Jefferson.
Letter: "to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822" "We are teaching the World the great truth, that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson, that Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government." by James Madison.
Book: "The American Revolution of 1800: How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction - and What This Means Today" by Dan Sisson with Thom Hartmann
Article: "Equal Rights Amendment" by Britannica.
Article: "Constitutional Convention (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Argentina's Milei announces 50% currency devaluation and large cuts to public spending" by Mar Centenera.
Article: "James Madison And Church-State Separation" by Rob Boston.
Article: "Thousand points of light" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's Truth Social posts 'beautiful' comparison to Jesus during court hearing" by David Badash.
Hour Three: WTF! DeJoy Continues to Destroy the Post Office...
- Alexandria Jacobson, Investigative Reporter - Raw Story @alexandriajnews @RawStory
Article: "Letter carriers face bullets and beatings while postal service sidelines police" by Alexandria Jacobson.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.
Bill: "H.R.7629 - Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2024 " by Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1].
Bill: "S.3356 - Postal Police Reform Act of 2023" by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL].
Bill: "H.R.3005 - Postal Police Reform Act of 2023" by Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2].
Article: "Biden to nominate former Labor secretary to US Postal board" by David Shepardson.
Article: "Gordon Sondland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.
Article: "SCOTUS to hear arguments about mifepristone. The impact could go far beyond abortion, experts say" by N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Krystal Nurse.
Law: "Comstock laws" (1873).
Article: "Anthony Comstock" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)" (contraception for married couples).
Article: "Eisenstadt v. Baird" (1972) (birth control for unmarried women) by Wikipedia.
Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973) (abortion legal).
Article: "James C. Ho" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife's shadowy connections" by Melissa Segura.
Are Red States Coming For No-Fault Divorce? You betcha.....
Article: "Red States Are Coming For No-Fault Divorce" by Marcia Zug.
Article: "In abortion pill case, U.S. Supreme Court may undermine drug regulator" by AFP.
Law: "19th Amendment, August 18, 1920. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
The GOP wants to make sure children know, "there is no such thing as a free lunch"
Article: "Republican budget proposal would do away with universal free school lunches" by Kenneth Niemeyer.
Hunter in a Farmer's World Alert! ADHD is Viewed as "Bad" Because Only "Bad" People Have Been Studied
Article: "ADHD is Viewed as "Bad" Because Only "Bad" People Have Been Studied" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun to leave as firm faces safety crisis" by Theo Leggett.
Article: "My Supplement List" by Thom Hartmann.