Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 6 January, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump's Monsters' Playbook: Lies, Fear, and the Cult of Dehumanization
Article: "What Does It Mean To 'Prorogue Parliament': Justin Trudeau Resigns 40 Years After His Father" by Sarah Tan.
Substack: "Open Letters - Anne Applebaum".
Article: "Reichstag Fire" by Holocaust Encyclopedia.
Substack: "Letters from an American - Heather Cox Richardson".
Substack: "Lucid - Ruth Ben-Ghiat".
Substack: "The Haake Take - Sabrina Haake".
Substack: "Thinking about... Timothy Snyder".
Article: "Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livelsberger’s Political Minifestos?" by Josh Marshall.
Article: "Trump blames ‘open borders’ for New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks" by Alex Gangitano.
Post: "With the Biden “Open Border’s Policy” I said, many times during Rallies, and elsewhere, that Radical Islamic Terrorism, and other forms of violent crime, will become so bad in America that it will become hard to even imagine or believe. That time has come, only worse than ever imagined. Joe Biden is the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER. What he and his group of Election Interfering “thugs” have done to our Country will not soon be forgotten! MAGA" by Donald J Trump".
Book: The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans.
Book: Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans.
Substack: "And Another Thing! - Joy Reid".
Substack: "Bette Dangerous - Heidi Siegmund Cuda".
Substack: "MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy - Jim Stewartson."
Site: "The Rachel Maddow Show".
Site: "Velshi".
Article: "Trump and GOP allies falsely blame New Orleans attack on immigration failures" by Rebecca Shabad.
Article: "'It Was Torture': An Abu Ghraib Interrogator Acknowledges 'Horrible Mistakes'" by Fresh Air.
Site: "Radical Reports - Teddy Wilson".
On the 4th anniversary - Just a reminder - January 6th undermined the trust in the Democratic process and serves as a stark warning about the fragility of Democracy.....
Article: "January 6 United States Capitol attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Capitol riots timeline: What happened on 6 January 2021?" by BBC.
Article: "What to know about South Korea's martial law and the impeachment vote threatening its president" by Foster Klug.
Article: "Brazilian police formally accuse former President Bolsonaro and aides of alleged 2022 coup attempt" by Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Mauricio Savarese.
Biden signs Social Security Fairness Act into law
Article: "Biden signs Social Security Fairness Act into law" by Julia Reinstein.
Article: "Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act: When Do Higher Payments Start?" by Gabe Whisnant, Aliss Higham.
Article: "Trump camp insiders say he's looking to 'jettison' key part of campaign pledge: report" by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
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."
Book: The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara W. Tuchman.
Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.
Article: "Monroe Doctrine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump wants to commit the U.S. to bitcoin. Here's what might happen if he does." by Brady Dale.
Article: "How likely is the strategic Bitcoin reserve, and how could it impact Bitcoin's price?" by Dominic Basulto.
Article: "Eric Trump Promises the 'Most Pro-Crypto President' in History" by Ismaeel Naar, Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany.
Article: "Cryptocurrency" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bitcoin " by Wikipedia.
Article: "What is a polar vortex, the weather event causing winter storms in the US?" by Al Jazeera.
Quote: "The long arc of history bends towards justice" - Martin Luther King Jr..
Hour Two: As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity
Article: "As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity" by Rex Huppke.
Article: "Saturday Report 1/4/25 - Is the "Scarlet F" coming to Trump? " by Thom Hartmann.
Do Americans want Judge Merchan's role as a guardian of justice?
Article: "Judge Merchan is a Guardian of Justice" by MuellerSheWrote.
Say, What Alert!? Do "rich people get to do things" like beat up women and break laws, the rest of us can't?
Article: "'Rich people get to do things': Alan Dershowitz argues Diddy should not be in jail" by David Edwards.
Article: "How Does AIPAC Shape Washington? We Tracked Every Dollar." by Akela Lacy.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Video: THP: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy....
Article: "A Case Of 'Being There'?" by CBSNews.
Law: "Tillman Act of 1907".
Article: "'American carnage': U.S. Capitol Police officers recount violence they suffered during Jan. 6 riots" by Carmen Russell-Sluchansky.
Article: "Social Security Update: When New Benefits Will Go Into Effect" by Suzanne Blake.
Article: "How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Ku Klux Klan" (KKK) by Wikipedia.
Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Windfall Elimination Provision" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Social Security Amendments of 1983: Legislative History and Summary of Provisions" by John A. Svahn and Mary ROS.
Article: "Dan Rostenkowski" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Schiff doesn't want to set 'precedent' with Jan. 6 pardon" by Tara Suter.
Article: "Jan. 6 committee chair says he'd accept preemptive pardon if Biden offers" by Sarah Fortinsky.
Article: "Highlights: Congress certifies Trump's presidential election victory" by NBC News.
Article: "Rupert Murdoch" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elon Musk" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" by Wikipedia.
Video: Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity.
Quote: "I Fear the Day That Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction" - attributed to Albert Einstein.
Site: Indivisible.
Site: Move to Amend.
Hour Three: Policing White Supremacy
- Mike German, Former FBI Agent / Current Brennan Center for Justice Fellow / Author of the new book out today, "Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within" @rethinkintel.bsky.social
Article: "Patrick Henry's Speeches & Writings" by Red Hill.
Article: "Matthew Livelsberger Alleged Manifesto: Read Full Email Sent to Retired Soldier" by Jesus Mesa.
Article: "Cops Bought Dylann Roof Burger King Hours After Charleston Shooting" by Simon McCormack.
Article: "NYPD Sends 'Literal Army' to Escort UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione as Eric Adams Looks On" by Anshul Panda.
Law: "U.S. Code Title 18 Part I Chapter 113B § 2331".
(5) the term "domestic terrorism" means activities that—
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended—
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
The Cybertruck bombing was an act of MAGA Terrorism, but the media refuses to call it that because it's a white Trump supporter
Article: "Vegas bombing was an act of "MAGA Terrorism"—why won't media call it that?!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Quote: "There are 756 American billionaires and according to sandyhook.org there are an average of 12 American children who die due to gun violence every single day. At that rate it would take 63 days for there not to be billionaires in America right now. And that's who's being protected. Not you. Not your kids." - opradea.
Article: "Multiple injuries, 3 deaths including shooter in Wisconsin school shooting" by Lauren Irwin.
Article: "2025 New Orleans truck attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What to expect as the 119th Congress is sworn in amid speakership uncertainty" by Lauren Peller, John Parkinson, and Allison Pecorin.
Article: "Biden to ban offshore oil, gas drilling in vast areas ahead of Trump term" by Reuters.
Article: "Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. Tesla and SpaceX benefit from it" by Rachel Barber .
Article: "2024 Tesla Cybertruck TOTY Review: The No-Hype, No-Spin True Truck Test" by Alexander Stoklosa.
Article: "Elon Musk Completes Twitter Takeover With Help From Saudi Prince" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "What is BYD? How a battery maker beat Tesla to become the world's largest EV company" by James Purtill.
Article: "Tesla existed before Elon Musk: Founders on how they pitched the idea" by Stephen Edelstein.
Law: "Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022".
Article: "10th Amendment" "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"
Article: "Supremacy Clause" by Wikipedia.
Video: 'Carter is arguably the most misunderstood' president: Jonathan Alter.
Transcript: "All In With Chris Hayes MSNBC December 31, 2024 ".
Article: "A Four-Decade Secret: One Man's Story of Sabotaging Carter's Re-election" (Iran hostages) by Peter Baker.
Article: "America Must Never Forget what Trump & the GOP Did On April 7th, 2020" by Thom Hartmann.