Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 12 December, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Luigi Mangione: America's New John Dillinger?
Article: "Luigi Mangione: America's New John Dillinger?" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Fear in the C-Suite after UnitedHealthcare CEO gunned down" by Matt Egan.
Article: "Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.'s Killing" by Dionne Searcey and Madison Malone Kircher.
Article: "Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable" by Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz, J. Baxter Oliphant, Elisa Shearer.
Article: "Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden" by Lauren Aratani.
Video: Social Security Christmas Bonus: $2,826 Coming to SSI & SSDI Recipients - Check Your Date!.
Site: Daily Song.
Where is the corporate killing reckoning?
Article: "Where Is Our Corporate Reckoning?" by Qasim Rashid, Esq.
How much money has gone into the pockets of the health insurance industry that could, instead, have paid for healthcare...
Article: "Health Insurers' $371 Billion Windfall" by Helen Santoro.
Site: Penzeys Spices.
Law: "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986".
Article: "Pennsylvania governor: Reactions to slain UHC CEO are 'deeply disturbing.'" by Sam Woodward.
Article: "15 New Laws Signed In PA: AI Porn Rules, Workers Comp Payments, More" by Eric Heyl.
The final betrayal of Manchin and Sinema - Good riddance!
Article: "'Betrayal': Dems livid as outgoing senators deliver 'crushing blow'" by Erik De La Garza.
Will Wray "gum up the works" on his way out?
Article: "'Gum up the works': Trump backers furious over Christopher Wray's last action out the door" by Travis Gettys.
Quote: "I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction" - Clarence Darrow.
Article: "Radiating Death: How Walmart Displaces Nearby Small Businesses" by Nate Berg.
Article: "Henry Clay Frick" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alexander Berkman" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Russia's favorite asset, Trump, has been busy in ways the US media is stupidly ignoring!
Article: "Viktor Orbán's Shadow Diplomacy: A Puppet of Putin in Plain Sight" by Olga Lautman.
Article: "We will bury you" by Nikita Khrushchev.
Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.
Article: "Meta Donates $1 Million to Donald Trump's Inaugural Fund" by Sarah Frier and Bill Allison.
Article: "Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago" by Tom Gerken.
Canada threatens to cut electricity off to the United States if Trump does tariffs
Article: "Canada Threatens to Cut Power to U.S. Over Trump Tariffs" by Janna Brancolini.
Article: "UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH)" by Yahoo!Finance.
Article: "Humana Inc. (HUM)" by Yahoo!Finance.
Article: "The 100 Worst Things Trump Has Done Since Descending That Escalator" by The New Republic.
Article: "McGuire's payday is a shame, if not a crime" by Neal St. Anthony.
Article: "William W. McGuire" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Stephen J. Hemsley" by Wikipedia.
Article: "No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports " by Hannah Rabinowitz.
Article: "Eric Trump announces enormous new project in Saudi Arabia as the family business expands its global empire" by Geoff Earle.
Article: "Is Vladimir Putin the richest man alive? Elon Musk says president 'significantly' richer" by Christian Abbott.
Article: "Senator Lummis says Treasury should convert gold for Bitcoin reserve" by Vince Quill.
Article: "Gun violence in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "New Report Highlights U.S. 2022 Gun-Related Deaths: Firearms Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens, and Disproportionately Affect People of Color " by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Article: "Watch: Vance says school shootings are 'the reality we live in' at campaign rally in Phoenix" by Jonathan J. Cooper.
Article: "Executive 'hit lists' and wanted posters: NYPD warns about threats to executives" by Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Josh Margolin.
Article: "John Dillinger" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bonnie and Clyde" by Wikipedia.
Article: "entitlement" by Merriam-Webster.
Case: "Goldberg v. Kelly".
Article: "Ruben Gallego on 'The View': Here's what he said about rival Kari Lake's personal attacks" by Ronald J. Hansen.
Article: "Forget waiting for Democratic leaders, it's up to us to take the fight to Trump! " by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "The Capitulation Conga-Line Is Forming" by Bob Cesca.
Site: Tom Dwyer.
Article: "Wells Fargo" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John Dillinger" by Allan May and Marilyn Bardsley.
Hour Three: How Did Trump Win?
- Amee Vanderpool, Writer/Lawyer, Creator - SHERO newsletter on Substack @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
Article: "How Did Trump Win?" by Amee Vanderpool.
Article: "Conservative Partnership Institute" by Wikipedia.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "The Heritage Foundation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mark Meadows" by Wikipedia.
Article: "More than half of Americans think the U.S. is in a recession. It's not." by Emily Peck.
Article: "Libertarian Party National Platform 1980"
Book: Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean.
Book: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer.
Article: "Black Panther Party" by Wikipedia.
Looks like Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump are not citizens according to their dad Donald......
Article: "Analyst claims Alina Habba 'gave away the game' on Trump's plans in Fox News interview" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "Trump names Alina Habba counselor to the president, with other State Department roles" by Kelsey Walsh, Soo Rin Kim, and Lalee Ibssa.
Crazy Alert! In Texas, you may not own more than six dildos. Why 6?
Article: "Texas Prevents People From Owning More Than 6 Dildos. Now Lawmakers Want to Ban Sex Toys at Walmart" by Jody Serrano.
Article: "Amid Trump Tariffs, Farm Bankruptcies And Suicides Rise" by Chuck Jones.
Article: "Brian Thompson's UnitedHealthcare was Accused of Using Faulty AI to Deny Coverage to Elderly Patients a Year Before Fatal Shooting" by Manthan C.
Article: "Who is Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect?" by Madeline Halpert & Mike Wendling.
Article: "What we know about Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League grad charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing" by Jacob Shamsian, Jack Newsham, Katherine Long, Ana Altchek, Joi-Marie McKenzie, Sophie Kleeman, Kelsey Vlamis, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, Matthew Loh, Joshua Nelken-Zitser, Erin Snodgrass.
Article: "Luigi Mangione's Commonplace, Deplorable Politics" by Graeme Wood.
Article: "Ukraine's attack with ATACMS missiles on a military airfield in Russia's Taganrog will not go unanswered - Russian Defense Ministry" by Pravda EN.
Article: "Biden administration to allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine for first time since Russia's invasion " by Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann.
Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807".
Article: "Trump says he declassified Mar-a-Lago documents. Experts say it's unclear whether that will hold up." by Dareh Gregorian and Marc Caputo.
Article: "Mueller report" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's casino was a money laundering concern shortly after it opened" by CNN.