Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 11 April, 2024
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Thursday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Are Arizona Republicans just masochists? They just blocked an attempt by Dems to repeal the 1864 law!
Article: "Arizona Supreme Court reinstates near-total abortion ban from 1864" by Holly Honderich.
Article: "Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban" by Jack Healy and Kate Zernike.
Here are some other laws AZ had on the books in 1864
Article: "Here are some other laws Arizona had on the books in 1864" by Philip Bump.
Article: "Meet the 'pursuer of nubile young females' who helped pass Arizona's 1864 abortion law" by Monica Hesse.
Article: "W. Claude Jones" by Wikipedia.
Article: "OJ Simpson dead: Disgraced former NFL player dies at 76" by Lydia Chantler-Hicks.
Article: "Mark Fuhrman" by Wikipedia.
Crazy Alert! Revealed: Trump county chair is reportedly an ex-cop who threatened to kill his boss' wife
Article: "Revealed: Trump county chair is reportedly an ex-cop who threatened to kill his boss' wife " by Matthew Chapman.
Article: "Israel Gaza: Netanyahu making a 'mistake', says Biden" by BBC.
Article: "FAA Bill Includes 'Test Flight' for Banning Student Loan Forgiveness" by Olivia Rosane.
Bill: "S.1939 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024" by Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA].
Article: "Man dies after stealing a plane and crashing into the ground" by Sky News.
Bible: "Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." - John 14:12.
Article: "O. J. Simpson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rachel Bitecofer" by Wikipedia.
Book: "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game" by Rachel Bitecofer.
Event: 5 April 7pm: Powell's City of Books, Portland, Or. : Rachel Bitecofer in Conversation With Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Rachel Bitecofer" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mike Johnson is heading to Mar-a-Lago for 'election integrity' event with Donald Trump" by Alex Woodward.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine. @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "Another Russian Dissident Turns Up Dead in Kremlin Custody" by Shannon Vavra.
Article: "Russia weeks away from having 10:1 advantage in artillery over Ukraine, US general warns " by NV.
Article: "Russian airstrikes destroy Kyiv's largest power plant" by Svitlana Vlasova, Christian Edwards and Caitlin Danaher.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "GOP Rep. Mike Turner: Russian propaganda is 'being uttered on the House floor'" by Alexandra Marquez.
Article: "Hamilton Fish III" by Wikipedia.
Book: Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow.
Article: "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Assistance to Ukraine: A Deep Dive into the Data" by Elizabeth Hoffman, Jaehyun Han, Shivani Vakharia.
Site: LifeLine Ukraine Foundation.
Article: "US 'out of money' for Ukraine: six things to know about the aid standoff" by Joan E Greve.
Article: "European Parliament Blocks EU Council Budget Until Ukraine Gets its Patriots" by Kyiv Post.
Article: "Opinion: Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries" by more than 35 artists, activists, scholars and others.
Article: "Russia creeps forward as Ukraine strikes its air force and navy" by John T Psaropoulos.
Article: "Will Speaker Mike Johnson stand up to Trump and allow House vote on Ukraine aid?" by Trudy Rubin..
Article: "Ukraine war: Key power plant near Kyiv destroyed by Russian strikes" by Sarah Rainsford, Laura Gozzi.
Why Do Republicans Oppose Joe Biden's Efforts to Cancel Student Debt?
Article: "Why Do Republicans Oppose Joe Biden's Efforts to Cancel Student Debt?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Financial aid: A chat with Dave Stockman".
Article: "GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States" by Labor Party.
Book: Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream by Edward Humes.
Article: "List of land-grant universities" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Educational Legacy of Ronald Reagan" by Gary K. Clabaugh.
Article: "7 more states sue over Biden student loan plan " by Lexi Lonas.
Tweet: "What's that about paying loans back? [graphic of Republican Members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven]" by CAP Action.
Tweet: "Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven. [video]" by The White House.
Book: Thirteenth Man: A Reagan Cabinet Memoir by Terrel H. Bell.
Article: "How US students get a university degree for free in Germany" by Franz Strasser.
Article: "Student Loan Statistics" by Chamber of Commerce.
Article: "GI Bill created generation of business leaders" by Mary Paulsell.
Article: "Ronald Reagan – the Out–House President" by Jerry Anderson.
Article: "Congress Wants To Ban Mass Student Loan Forgiveness For This Group" by Adam S. Minsky.
Article: "Student loans forgiveness a slap in the face to millions" by Bethany Mandel.
Article: "Morrill Land Act" by NDSU.
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.
Article: "Trends in U.S. Study Abroad" by NAFSA.
Article: "Biden Student Loan Forgiveness: Plan 'B' Relief Could Reach Millions This Fall, But It's Not Certain Yet" by Eliza Haverstock.
Article: "Ronald Reagan Is Giving 'Em Heck" by Steven V. Roberts.
Article: "8 Countries Where US Students Can Study For Free In Europe" by Helen Scarr.
Article: "Born of Controversy: The GI Bill of Rights" by VA.
Article: "My students pay too much for college. Blame Reagan." by Devin Fergus.
Bible: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. " - Ephesians 6:12.
Article: "A Boundless Threat? The Rise of Organised Crime in the UK" by Cathy Haenlein and The Lord Evans of Weardale.
Article: "Enron scandal" by Wikipedia.
FISA let's the federal government spy on Russians here in the United States and abroad, so of course Trump and the Putin koch are opposed to it
Article: "Who runs the House? Donald Trump runs the House" by Mark Sumner.
Article: "US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales" by Richard Luscombe.
Book: Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow.
Article: "The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force - but myths obscure the real value of DEI" by Adia Harvey Wingfield.
Article: "Black unemployment seems to be rising. But other indicators of Black employment are strong." by Mitchell Hartman.
Article: "Magna Carta" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How Crude Smallpox Inoculations Helped George Washington Win the War" by Dave Roos.
Article: "More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says" by Julian Gill.
Article: "Study Reports Over 64,000 Pregnancies Related to Rape Post Roe v. Wade" by Noël James.
Article: "Jobs created during U.S. presidential terms" by Wikipedia.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Why are we still suffering inflation? Monopoly power!" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Greedflation: corporate profiteering 'significantly' boosted global prices, study shows" by Phillip Inman.
Article: "Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "'No Vacancies' for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias" by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: "Tim Scott" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "Django".
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting.
Article: "Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings" by Nathan Layne, Ned Parker, Svetlana Reiter, Stephen Grey and Ryan McNeill.
Hour Three: Finally! US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales
Article: "Justice Dept. finalizes rules to close 'gun show loophole'" by Perry Stein.
Law: "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act".
Geeky Science! Will we soon be able to see the beginning of time? What will it look like?
Article: "Could a telescope see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains" by Adi Foord.
Song: "Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell. "We are stardust"
Fascist Alert! The rich are getting second passports, citing risk of instability
Article: "The rich are getting second passports, citing risk of instability" by Robert Frank.
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Article: "Ford Bronco" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Nathan Wade Resigns From Trump Case After Judge's Ruling" by Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim.
Article: "Barr releases redacted Mueller report" by Morgan Chalfant, Olivia Beavers and Jacqueline Thomsen.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Act".
Video: "This is Treason!" Lyndon Johnson Everett Dirksen Phone Call November 2 1968.
Article: "Gulf of Tonkin incident" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Flint-Area Workers Stage Income-Tax Protest" by AP.
Bible: "As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. " - Ecclesiastes 11:5.
Bible: "Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." - Genesis 2:7.
Article: "Ordeal of the bitter water" by Wikipedia.
Article: "RFK Jr.'s Campaign Fires Staffer Who Revealed the Goal Is to Reelect Donald Trump" by Bess Levin.
Article: "MSU Health Care joins forces with HAP to deliver enhanced Medicare options in Michigan" by MSU Health Care.
Article: "Boeing retirees are being pushed into a Medicare Advantage plan run by Aetna." by pnwmom.