Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 8 April, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday's Daily Stack
Hour One: White Rural Rage: The Secret Political Force Shaping America's Future
Article: "White Rural Rage: The Secret Political Force Shaping America's Future" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Geographic disparities in student debt by rural, suburban, and urban background" by Alec Rhodes.
Article: "AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states" by Stephen Ohlemacher.
Article: "8 Economic Indicators — Are Red or Blue States Better?" by Paul Chiariello.
Article: "Covid Deaths Skew Higher Than Ever In Red States" by KFF.
Article: "The Lever: J.D. Vance's Wall Street Tax Dodge" by Ohio Democrats.
Article: "Red States See Highest Rates of Covid Deaths" by Taegan Goddard.
Article: "Red States Have Higher Crime Rates Than Blue States" by Dr. Eric Ostermeier.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game" by Rachel Bitecofer.
Book: White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman.
Article: "There's a fascinating difference between income inequality in red states and blue states" by Barbara Tasch.
Article: "Red States Are Welfare Queens" by Benzinga.
Article: "America's 10 Most Polluted States" by Jen Alic.
Article: "Decades of Republican Mismanagement Have Left Red States Mired in the Past & at the Bottom" by Quaid.
Article: "Red States Have Higher Gun Death Rates Than Blue States. Here's Why" by Arianna Johnson.
Article: "The States Where Women Are Most Likely To Be Murdered By Men" by Melissa Jeltsen.
Article: "Red States, Blue States, and Divorce: Understanding the Impact of Conservative Protestantism on Regional Variation in Divorce Rates" by Jennifer Glass and Philip Levchak.
Article: "Red states have higher traffic death rates than blue states" by Jerry Hirsch.
Article: "Teen Pregnancy Is Higher in Red States Than in Blue States" by Kevin Drum.
Article: "Moochers Against Welfare" by Paul Krugman.
Article: "Watch: Biden touts new economic opportunity in rural America during Minnesota visit" by AP.
Article: "How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name" by Rachel Nuwer.
Article: "STDs higher in Red States?" by Glenn Thrush.
Article: "Violence and Abuse in Rural America " by Rural Health Information Hub.
Article: "The States With the Highest Poverty Rates" by Chris Gilligan.
Article: "Fact Sheet: The Biden Administration's Historic Investments To Create Opportunity and Build Wealth in Rural America" by White House.
Article: "Watch stunning first images of total solar eclipse in North America" by BBC.
Article: "Nip it in the bud" by Sue Nethercott.
Article: "Iowa caucuses" by Wikipedia.
News...Trump's $175M Bond deal scam, New Bird Flu is very troubling, how Ohio is trying to block Biden from the ballot and how the far-right is pressuring Netanyahu not to end Gaza war...
Article: "Trump declines to back nationwide abortion ban, says it should be left to the states" by Danielle Kurtzleben.
Article: "'This is not common': Experts floored by details of Trump's $175 million bond deal" by Brad Reed.
Article: "H5N1 now confirmed in 11 US farms. Cats die within 48 hours." by Adventurist.
Article: "Ohio May Try to Block Biden From Ballot" by bear83.
Article: "Far-right partners pressure Netanyahu not to end Gaza war" by DPA.
Article: "President Trump Pulls U.S. Out of 'Defective' Iran Nuclear Deal" by Tessa Berenson.
Article: "The Road To Red: How One Political Party Came To Dominate Idaho" by Boise State Public Radio News.
Article: "Collapsing Roofs, Broken Toilets, Flooded Classrooms: Inside the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation " by Becca Savransky.
Article: "'Priority No. 1': Bill would add $1.5 billion to fix, replace crumbling Idaho schools" by Becca Savransky.
Article: "Questions remain about Idaho's $2B school facilities bill. Here's how it could change" by Becca Savransky.
Article: "More Iowans approve of this state official's job performance than they do the governor's" by William Morris.
Book: The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals In An Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta.
Book: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy by Jim Wallis.
Movie: "Charlie Wilson's War".
Article: "An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America" by Tyler Austin Harper.
Article: "Israel's attacks on Gaza: The weapons and scale of destruction" by Hanna Duggal, Mohammed Hussein and Shakeeb Asrar.
Article: "Memo showing White House approved $8 billion to Israel is altered" by Loreben Tuquero.
Site: John Fugelsang.
Article: "Donald Trump allegedly wanted Marla Maples to abort Tiffany" by Abigail Miller, David Martosko.
Article: "GOP Rep. Mike Turner: Russian propaganda is 'being uttered on the House floor'" by Alexandra Marquez.
Article: "China's richest man is under fire over conspiracy theories that say he's secretly promoting Japan" by Matthew Loh.
Hour Two: Did RFK Jr's campaign just weigh in for Trump?
Tweet: "#Spoiler4Trump
Rita Palma, NYS director for RFK Jr's campaign, gives away the playbook for the campaign's mission - it's shady AF!!
@ritamollerpalma openly admits the plan is take electoral votes from Biden in blue states, in order to force a contingent election so that the Republican controlled House elects our next president — Donald Trump. [video]" by Christopher Webb.
There were 12 mass shootings in America this past week - did you know?
Article: "Mass Shootings in 2024" by Gun Violence Archive.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Applauds Russia for 'Protecting Christianity'" by Nick Mordowanec.
Article: "Trump to Sue Hush-Money Judge in Last-Ditch Attempt to Delay Trial" by Amanda Yen.
Article: "Trump sues hush money judge in last-ditch effort to stop criminal trial" by Alex Woodward.
Article: "The internet is having a blast with these photos of Melania Trump looking peeved at a fundraiser" by Kelly McClure.
Article: "Donald Trump Shares Adoring Melania Trump Video After Fundraiser Mockery" by Rachel Dobkin.
Crazy Alert! Rudy Giuliani says earthquakes are targeting "communist" states in America. Seriously?
Article: "Rudy Giuliani Says Earthquakes Targeting 'Communist' US States" by James Bickerton.
Article: "Rush Limbaugh" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How Spanish-Language Radio Helped Radicalize A Generation Of Miami Abuelos" by Lautaro Grinspan.
Article: "Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren't two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor" by Chris Quinn.
Article: "Rick Boucher" by Wikipedia.
Article: "White House open to ending LNG export pause in push for Ukraine aid, sources say" by Jarrett Renshaw, Patricia Zengerle and Timothy Gardner.
Article: "White House talks down prospect of LNG deal with Johnson" by Kelsey Brugger, Carlos Anchondo.
Article: "Wendell Willkie" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US" by Martin Pengelly.
Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Donald Trump 'delusional' for comparing himself to Nelson Mandela, family say" by Jacob Phillips.
Poem: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. ""Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
Article: "Statue of Liberty" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "National Federation of Independent Business" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States Chamber of Commerce" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: The press continues to normalize Trump
Article: "Why is the Press Making Trump Seem More Normal?" by Dan Pfeiffer.
Trump's RNC Chair includes Ukraine in Llst of US adversaries - why? More Putin talking points?
Article: "Trump's RNC Chair Includes Ukraine in List of US Adversaries" by BumRushDaShow. Joe Biden's feckless leadership has shown China, has shown Ukraine, has shown Iran, that they can feel free to be much more aggressive on the world front to the point where even they will try and meddle with our elections here."
Article: "Top Republican warns pro-Russia messages are echoed 'on the House floor'" by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Abigail Hauslohner.
Article: "Will Mike Johnson be removed as speaker? Marjorie Taylor Greene issues warning over Ukraine aid" by Marina Pitofsky.
Article: "'It was shocking': Family of murder victim furious over Trump lie about speaking with them" by Alex Henderson.
Video: GOP Rep. French Hill says Ukraine aid is "critical" and it should have "passed months ago".
Article: "The Story Behind the Poem on the Statue of Liberty" by Walt Hunter.
Article: "Frederick Douglass and Chinese Immigration" by Re-imagining Migration.
Article: "George Washington Carver" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Andy Kaufman" by Wikipedia.
Last week Trump was Jesus, this week he is Mandela - what will he be next week?
Article: "Trump: Would be a "great honor" to be jailed for gag order violation" by Shauneen Miranda.
Article: "'Put his behind in jail': MSNBC host pounces on Trump after new 'unhinged' judge attack" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "'Trump is scrambling': Biden campaign pounces on rival's attempted abortion pivot" by Brad Reed.
Article: "'Put his behind in jail': MSNBC host pounces on Trump after new 'unhinged' judge attack" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "Project 2025".
Article: "The Shocking GOP Plan to Dismantle the American Government Revealed" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Container ship APL Qingdao loses power and slows to a halt near NYC's Verrazzano Bridge 12 days after cargo vessel crash in Baltimore left six dead" by Mitchell Goodbar.
Article: "East Palestine crash prompted rail safety bill. Why it stalled." by Christa Case Bryant.
Article: "Recognition of Israel" by Harry Truman Library.
Book: The People's Almanac by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace.
Documentary: The Truth vs. Alex Jones.
Article: "Peter Navarro" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Faith under fire: Russia's war on religion in Ukraine's occupied territories" by Martin Fornusek.