Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 1 May, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Medical Bills, Student Loans, Broken Lives: Reparations for a Rigged Economy?
Article: "Medical Bills, Student Loans, Broken Lives: Reparations for a Rigged Economy?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "U.S. automakers and health care costs: build them all in Canada?" by kaisen.
Article: "Forgiving Student Debt Isn't Giving a Gift - It's Righting a Wrong" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Medicare Advantage Trap: What They Don't Tell You" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure" by Nick Hanauer.
Article: "Linda McMahon Puts Student Loan Borrowers in a Chokehold" by How We Fight Back.
Article: "GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States" by Labor Party.
Trump has launched his own propaganda site paid for by us. Dictator propaganda involves a combination of censorship, the creation of a cult of personality, and the dissemination of misleading or biased information.
Article: "White House Launches Its Own Drudge Report, Prompting Slap Back From Drudge" by Charlie Nash.
Donald Trump's New Order Sparks 'Martial Law' Concerns
Article: "Donald Trump's New Order Sparks 'Martial Law' Concerns" by Sophie Clark.
Furry Alert! The GOPer who authored the anti-furry bill has no evidence that schools gave litter boxes to kids who identify as cats? Surprised?
Article: "GOP Lawmaker Admits He Has No Evidence Schools Gave Litter Boxes to Students Who Identify as Cats After Authoring Anti-Furry Bill" by Charlie Nash.
Quote: "the lifelong failure who failed at running a real estate empire, and failed at running casinos, and failed at running an airline, and failed at running a football team, and failed at fighting a pandemic, and failed at selling steaks, and failed at selling water, and failed as a father, and failed as a husband, has failed to preserve the strong economy he inherited from Joe Biden." - Jeff Tiedrich.
Article: "Little Rock Nine" by Wikipedia.
Executive Order: "Strengthening And Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals And Protect Innocent Citizens" by Donald J. Trump.
Article: "Elon Musk Went To School In Rolls-Royce, Says Father Errol, Dismisses Claims Of "Unhappy Childhood"" by NDTV.
Article: "Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts" by Marisa Peñaloza, Hansi Lo Wang.
Article: "G.I. Bill" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine finalizes minerals deal with U.S." by quaoar.
Article: "Seven takeaways from US-Ukraine resources deal" by Paul Kirby, James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Putin announces ceasefire to protect Moscow parade from Ukrainian attack" by Peter Dickinson.
Article: "New details emerge of Russian general killed in car bombing near Moscow" by Yuliia Taradiuk.
Article: "Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia launches deadly drone attack on Odesa - officials" by George Wright.
Article: "Trump said he could stop the Ukraine war in 24 hours. After 100 days, a deal still eludes him" by Holly Ellyatt.
Article: "Ukraine war: Why Kherson and Mariupol are key to Russian success" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump shrugs off shortage fears over China tariffs: 'Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30'" by Steven Nelson.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Site: GoodRx.
Is Trump a pathological liar or is he believing those who lie to him?
Article: "Trump's ludicrous tattoo tirade ought to raise a lot of questions" by Dan Froomkin.
Bernie trolls Trump - My size was bigger than yours...and guess what? It was!
Article: "Sanders mocks Trump's crowd size at 100th-day event in Michigan" by Lauren Irwin.
Video: Trump slump wipes out $6 trillion: People cut snacks & drinks in recession fears.
Article: "Trump brags to NASCAR drivers that friend Charles Schwab made $2bn from stock market chaos" by Zack Palomo.
Article: "Trump's 'F**king Gross' Cabinet Meeting Has Critics Cringing So Hard" by Lee Moran.
Article: "Wisconsin progressive talk radio chain Civic Media drops Earl Ingram, Dominic Salvia shows" by Chris Foran.
Article: "Haymarket affair" by Wikipedia.
Book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Article: "Trump did not put his hand on the Bible at inauguration. Here's what to know about the tradition." by Aliza Chasan.
Article: "Stop Subsidizing the 'Sport of Kings'" by Jason Russell.
Article: "David Jolly" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elián González" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "537 Votes".
Article: "Ronald Reagan's Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America" by .
Article: "Media Matters exposes Bennett: "[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down"" by Andrew Seifter.
Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.
Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia's Medvedev threatens to nuke US, UK, Germany, Ukraine if Russia loses occupied territories" by Alexander Khrebet.
Article: "What minerals does Ukraine have and what are they used for?" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Crimea" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to a Foreign Government
Article: "New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to a Foreign Government" by Vivian Nereim and Eric Lipton.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." (foreign emoluments clause).
Article: "Rep. Garcia: Why Did Saudi Government Give Kushner $2 Billion?" by Robert Garcia.
Article: "Trump is using the presidency to seek golf deals. Hardly anyone's paying attention" by Mohamad Bazzi.
Article: "The Biggest Billionaire Winners And Losers Of Trump's First 100 Days" by Chase Peterson-Withorn.
Trump is selling pardons again? More proof that the rich get away with everything and the poor go to prison...
Article: "Trump Pardons Donor's Son For Stealing $10M From Doctors And Nurses" by Susie Madrak.
Article: "Did Trump Say 'I Have Done More For Christianity Than Jesus'?" by Snopes Staff.
Article: "Trump Would Not Concede 'MS-13' Letters Were Digitally Added" by Shawn McCreesh and Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
Article: "Attack on Pearl Harbor" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fu-Go balloon bomb" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans" by Ana Faguy.
Article: "Degrowth" by Wikipedia.
Article: "U.S. economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter as Trump policy uncertainty weighed on businesses" by Jeff Cox.
Article: "Woman sentenced to prison for stealing and selling Biden's daughter's diary" by AP.
Article: "US supreme court seems open to religious public charter schools" by Rachel Leingang.
Article: "What Does It Mean That Amy Coney Barrett Served As A 'Handmaid' In A Religious Group?" by Jemima McEvoy.
Article: "The People Carrying Out Musk's Plans at DOGE" by NYT.
Article: "Why so many top Republicans want to go to war in Mexico" by Zack Beauchamp.
Article: "The U.S. strengthens border security with Mexico using armored vehicles and evaluates attacks on cartels" by Nicolle.
Article: "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Article: "Donald Trump under fire for mocking disabled reporter" by BBC.
Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript - read the full sexist exchange here" (access hollywood tape) by Melanie Ehrenkranz.
Article: "Trump defends 2017 'very fine people' comments, calls Robert E. Lee 'a great general'" by Jordyn Phelps.
Article: "How Many Times Has Trump Cheated on His Wives? Here's What We Know" by Melina Delkic.
Article: "Why Ivana Trump Was Buried at Bedminster Golf Course: 3 Theories" by Margaret Hartmann.