Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 28 October, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Democracy Dies in Their Wallets: When Oligarchs Buy the News
Article: "Democracy Dies in Their Wallets: When Oligarchs Buy the News" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years" by AP.
Article: "Elon Musk's refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine attack in Crimea raises questions for Pentagon" by Tara Copp.
Article: "Harris's Silence on FTC Chair Shows Billionaires Are Winning the Election" by Schuyler Mitchell.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Tesla Wouldn't Be Tesla Without Stimulus Spending" by Brian Eckhouse.
Article: "'Washington Post' columnists push back against non-endorsement decision" by Juliana Kim.
Article: "Elon Musk's Twitter takeover partially financed by Saudi Arabia prince, sparking national security concern" by Jessica Schladebec.
Article: "Blue Origin and SpaceX lobby for dominance and government contracts in billionaire space race" by Taylor Giorno.
Article: "The Complete List of Jeff Bezos Companies" by Ivan Farkas.
Article: "America's top 10% controls 60% of the wealth. The bottom half holds 6%." by Daniel de Visé.
Article: "Russian Oligarchs' Investments in Elon Musk's X Raise Questions About Potential Putin Connections" by Natalie Korach.
Book: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder.
Tweet: "Do not obey in advance. Lesson 1, first page, of my pamphlet "On Tyranny"" by Timothy Snyder.
Videos: On Tyranny - Timothy Snyder.
Article: "A Guide to All of Trump's Indictments—and Where Each Case Stands" by Nik Popli.
The dark racist takeaways from the MSG rally
Article: "Racist remarks and playing to the base: key takeaways from Trump's MSG rally" by Hugo Lowell.
Article: "As Trump courts their vote, comedian at his rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico" by Alec Hernández.
New Elon Musk PAC ad calls Kamala Harris 'big ole C word'....Say What!?
Article: "New Elon Musk PAC Ad Calls Kamala Harris 'Big Ole C Word': 'The Worst Part? She's Proud Of It'" by Caleb Howe.
Article: "Adolf Eichmann" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joseph Goebbels" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Josh Riley" by Ballotpedia.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Article: "Medicare Savings Program (MSP)" by New York State Department of Health.
Article: "Medicare Savings Program 2024" by New York State Department of Health.
Article: "Does Puerto Rico vote for president? What to know about the island's role in the election" by Eric Lagatta, Sudiksha Kochi, Rebecca Morin.
Article: "'New level of weird': Tucker Carlson's 'creepy' daddy speech shakes up social media" by Erik De La Garza.
Article: "Breakup of the Bell System" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Silicon transistors" by Michael Riordan.
Article: "Bell Laboratories" by Britannica.
Article: "Here's how Trump says he'll help US businesses through tariffs and taxes" by Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco.
Hour Two: The radical plan to subvert our freedoms
- Brian Hansbury, Co-founder of The Media and Democracy Project @MAD_Democracy @FixMediaNow
Article: "Warning: Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership Weaponizes the First Amendment" by Jonathan R.
Article: "Project 2025's plan to criminalize porn has a sinister subplot" by Ryan Teague Beckwith. "Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children... has no claim to First Amendment protection... Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. "
Article: "Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill that deletes climate change from state law" by Steve Inskeep, Amy Green.
Article: "140 people who worked for Trump are involved in Project 2025" by Steve Contorno.
Article: "Leader of the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution " by AP. "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."
Article: "Right-Wing Think Tank Leader Promises Revolution, Warns of 'Bloodshed'" by Tim Dickinson.
Article: "Chevron Deference" (1984) by Jonathan Kim.
Case: "Loper Bright v. Raimondo".
Article: "Mandate for Leadership" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Latest: Trump calls media 'enemy of the American people'" by AP.
Article: "Brendan Carr (lawyer)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The DC bureaucrat who could deliver billions to Elon Musk" by John Hendel.
Article: "1973 oil crisis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Lean manufacturing" (just-in-time manufacturing) by Wikipedia.
Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.
Article: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (GATT) by Wikipedia.
Site: World Trade Organization (WTO).
Article: "Biden finalizes increases to some of Trump's China tariffs" by Katie Lobosco.
Trump's plot to unleash the military on Americans exposed
Article: "Leaked video reveals ex-Trump official's plot to unleash military on Americans " by Brad Reed.
Article: "'Hear That Mr. Speaker?' Trump Vows to Invoke 1798 Alien Enemies Act for Mass Deportations, Tells Mike Johnson 'Get Ready' At NYC Rally" by Phillip Nieto.
Law: "12th Amendment section 1" "...But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice...".
Law: "Alien Enemies Act".
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".
Article: "17 states sue to block California's Advanced Clean Fleets rule" by John Kingston.
Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford, Neil's Mother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" by Chris Bucher.
Is there an uptick in "chatter" about Civil War?
Article: "Feds see uptick in online chatter among extremists preparing for 'civil war' " by Betsy Woodruff Swan.
Article: "Alan Berg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ballot drop boxes set on fire in Oregon and Washington: police" by Andrew Foran.
Article: "Judicial review" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Lindsey Graham slams repeated 'Hitler crap' comparisons to Trump" by Asher Notheis.
Article: "Fact Checking a Claim That Fox News Says Its Programming Is 'Entertainment,' Not News" by Alec Dent.
Article: "fairness doctrine" by Matt Stefon.
Site: Lawyers Without Rights.
Article: "Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline" by OpenLearn.
Article: "Dachau concentration camp" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jeff Bezos" by Wikipedia.
Article: "U.S. judge ends Amazon challenge to $10 bln cloud contr" by David Shepardson.
Hour Three: The Madison Square Rally
- Dr. Justin A. Frank, MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science-George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch) @JustinFrankMD
Article: "Trump's Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults" by Jill Colvin, Michelle L. Price.
Article: "Frontotemporal dementia" by Mayo Clinic.
Article: "Elon Musk is suing to stop the government from enforcing labor laws. The Supreme Court might agree with him" by Michael Hiltzik.
Article: "Four Takeaways From a Times Investigation Into China's Expanding Surveillance State" by Isabelle QianMuyi XiaoPaul Mozur and Alexander Cardia.
Article: "Peter Thiel" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Palantir Technologies" by Wikipedia.
Both Elon Musk and JD Vance say that they want to cut Social Security to balance the budget. It's like two Santa Claus's came back to bite them
Article: "Bombshell: Vance and Musk say Social Security cuts, and more, WILL happen if Trump elected on audio" by justmy2.
Article: "Musk Says Trump Win Would Result in 'Hardship' for Some Americans" by Naomi LaChance.
Article: "What's the national debt by president?" by Ben Luthi, Julie Sherrier.
Article: "How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years" by Thom Hartmann.
Leonardo DiCaprio speaks out about the election
Video: The devastation that our country recently experienced from Hurricanes Helene and Milton shows the continued threat of unnatural disasters caused by climate change. We need leaders who are equipped to enact climate policies that will help save the planet, and that's why I'm casting my vote for @KamalaHarris on November 5. She has helped lead the most significant climate action in U.S. history, and under her leadership we will be able to accomplish ambitious goals on climate policy that will move our country forward. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and join me in voting for Kamala in this election. by leonardodicaprio.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Video: A Night at the Garden.
Article: "Speech at Madison Square Garden" by George Wallace.
Article: "Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John F. Kelly" by Wikipedia.
Law: "25th Amendment Section 4" (presidential succession). "Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President."
Article: "The Offshoring of U.S. Jobs Increased on Trump's Watch" by Shawn Donnan.
Article: "Musk Has Regularly Talked to Putin, Faced 'Implicit Threats': Report" by Charisma Madarang.
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Article: "Alien and Sedition Acts of the United States". "old, querulous, Bald, blind, crippled, Toothless Adams."
Podcast: "Shadow of South Africa's apartheid rears its head in the 2024 U.S. Election" by Joy Reid.
Article: "Trump–Raffensperger phone call" by Wikipedia.