Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 26 August, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Is "Othering" Human Nature's Deadliest Instinct?
Article: "Is "Othering" Human Nature's Deadliest Instinct?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Holodomor Basic Facts" by HREC.
Article: "'We can sleep when we're dead': Walz rallies Wisconsin sprint to Election Day" by Jacob Fischler.
Book: The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann.
Speech: "President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)".
Article: "The Distinctiveness of Human Aggression" by Rob Henderson.
Article: "J.D. Vance: "The Left Has Increasingly Become Explicitly Anti-Child And Anti-Family"" by Tim Hains.
Are Republicans losing the culture war and now running against their own policy on abortion & immigration?
Article: "Are Republicans losing the culture wars? " by Juan Perez Jr. and Andrew Atterbury.
Article: "Vance says Trump would veto a national abortion ban" by Alexandra Marquez.
Article: "'Women aren't stupid' enough to believe Vance's US abortion ban veto promise, says Warren" by Ramon Antonio Vargas.
Article: "Trump Calls for Increased Immigration: 'We Need More People, Especially With A.I. Coming'" by Chris Menahan.
Is Trump bailing on the debate? Afraid of the "prosecutor?"
Article: "'Why would I do the debate against Kamala Harris on that network?' Trump raises new doubts" by David McAfee.
Article: "Gish gallop" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Attorney General James Wins Landmark Victory in Case Against Donald Trump" by Letitia James.
Substack: "Mary Trump".
Article: "A Demographic and Legal Profile of January 6 Prosecutions" by Michael Ricciardelli.
Article: "Biden vs. Trump vs. RFK Jr. polls" by The Hill.
Article: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Allegedly Had Affairs With 37 Women in 2001" by Dan Amira.
Article: "RFK Jr. details medical abnormality that he says was a parasitic worm in his brain" by Aaron Pellish.
Article: "RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery" by Rachel Treisman.
Article: "Involuntary Manslaughter" by Legal Dictionary.
Article: "Trump watched Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot unfold on TV, ignored pleas to call for peace" by Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan.
Article: "Donald Trump Accused of Committing 'Massive Crime' With Reported Phone Call" by Jordan King.
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Article: "Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act" by AP.
Article: "Trump disavows Project 2025, but he has long-standing ties to some key architects" by Vaughn Hillyard and Alexandra Marquez.
Article: "Agenda 47" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2024 GOP Platform" by GOP.
Article: "Bonobos Join Chimps as Closest Human Relatives" by Ann Gibbons.
Article: "Black Sea Bass Change Sex for Survival" by Kirk Moore.
Video: Watch Clint Eastwood Speak at Republican National Convention.
Video: Clint Eastwood Explains RNC Speech, Talking to Chair With 'Invisible Obama'.
Article: "Liz Truss lettuce" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is engaged in official oppression of primarily Latino and Black voters with the big lie of voter fraud.
- Gabriel Rosales, Texas LULAC State Director @LULAC
Event: LULAC press conference today.
Article: "Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids" by Edgar Sandoval.
Article: ""LULAC says its members were target of latest Ken Paxton voter fraud search, calls for federal probe"" by Rick Hasen.
Article: "LULAC condemns Paxton's election fraud raids as "intimidation"" by Kayla Guo.
Article: "Texas AG Ken Paxton's raids searching for voter fraud condemned as effort to suppress Latino vote " by Paul Flahive.
Article: "Latino civil rights leaders accuse Ken Paxton of using election fraud raids to intimidate voters" by Taylor Goldenstein.
Article: "LULAC says its members were target of latest Ken Paxton voter fraud search, calls for federal probe" by Taylor Goldenstein.
Article: "Texas officers raid house of 87-year-old woman who complained about poor ballot access" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Are "Election Police" & Black People in Shackles Coming to All Red States Everywhere?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Texas House of Representatives District 80" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Operation Eagle Eye (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "William Rehnquist" by Wikipedia.
Site: Texas LULAC.
Article: "Hannibal Lecter" by Wikipedia.
Article: ""Did He Kill His Dog?" — No, Tim Walz Did Not Replace His Dog Scout With Another Dog Named Scout" by Elissa Noblitt.
Tweet: "Yes, this is Tim Walz tweeting about his dog Scout. Only problem is that these are two completely different dogs. [photos]" by Dustin Grage.
Article: "Republican senator promotes seemingly-debunked scandal over Tim Walz and his dog Scout" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Donald Trump lays wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery amid tussle over veteran support" by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: "New York Times: Daughters of foot doctor say he diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as 'favor' to Fred Trump" by Veronica Stracqualursi.
Business people are busy trying to figure out which politicians to bribe, now that the Supreme Court has legalized it:
Article: "Rise in election talk from US execs highlights policy uncertainty" by Medha Singh.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Video: Graham: Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted police should go to jail .
Video: Graham shrugs off Trump vow to be 'great' on reproductive rights.
Article: "Why Does CNN Keep Featuring "Undecided" Voters Who Are Anything But?" by Parker Molloy.
Article: "WATCH: Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention" by Adam Kemp.
Article: "Judge Merchan Reschedules Trump Sentencing For September" by Katelynn Richardson.
Article: "Harris and Trump campaigns in debate dispute over muting microphones" by Melissa Quinn.
Article: "Joe Biden Says Donald Trump Distracted Him During Debate" by Kaitlin Lewis.
Video: Trump Turns Away From His Base - David Feldman.
Article: "Democrats Handed Senate Boost as Jon Tester Five Points Ahead in New Poll" by Ewan Palmer.
Article: "Serfdom" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: "I was on the phone with RFK JR when he lost his mind..."
- Greg Palast, Investigative reporter-Guardian & New York Times / Author-"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" / His latest film about the latest attacks on the right to vote, Vigilantes Inc: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen, (narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen) debuts on September 6th. @Greg_Palast
Article: "I was on the phone with RFK Jr. When he lost his mind" by Greg Palast.
Tweet: "This is painful. This is horrible and feels a bit like a betrayal. But I have no choice. Bobby Kennedy Jr. was my friend and co-author. I feel terrible about revealing these things. But our democracy truly is in the balance…." by Greg Palast.
Article: "RFK Jr.'s endorsement of Trump sparks 'outrage' among some members of the Kennedy family. Here's what they've said." by David Artavia.
Movie: "Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Former Houston police captain accused of holding repairman at gunpoint in attempt to prove voter fraud" by AP.
Article: "Ken Paxton" by Wikipedia.
Book: Win Every Argument by Mehdi Hasan.
FBI informant's book predicts far-right violence: 'we should be afraid'
Article: "FBI informant's book predicts far-right violence: 'we should be afraid'" by Edward Helmore.
Book: White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us by Joe Moore.
Site: "Project 2025".
Site: "Project 2025: A Trump Dictatorship".
Site: "How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life".
Site: "Project 2025 Takedown".
Site: Ali Velshi.
Site: Lawrence O'Donnell.
Article: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump" by Meryl Kornfield.
Article: "Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates" by Jill Colvin.
Article: "Here's what Kamala Harris has to do in high-stakes sit-down interview" by David Jolly.
Article: "DNC Releases 2024 Party Platform to be Voted on at Convention " by DNC.
Article: "162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump" by Domenico Montanaro.
Article: "Trump's false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years" by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.
Article: "Ossoff debates empty podium as Perdue refuses to participate" by Marina Pitofsky.
Video: Georgia debate: Jon Ossoff addresses empty podium as Senator David Perdue skips event.
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Article: "Sonia Sotomayor" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Orrin Hatch once said there was "no question" Merrick Garland could be confirmed to the Supreme Court." by Alex Shephard.
Article: "List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States" by Wikipedia.