Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 12 September, 2024

Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Trump's New Hero: The Strongman Who Crushed Democracy in Hungary
Article: "Trump's New Hero: The Strongman Who Crushed Democracy in Hungary" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript" by Riley Hoffman.
Article: "At CPAC, Hungary's Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights, migration" by Justin Spike.
Article: "Hungary's Mafia State Fights for Impunity" by Balint Magyar and Balint Madlovics.
Article: "Activists Fear Abortion at Risk in Hungary from Orban's Family-First Crusade" by Edward Szekeres.
Article: "Trump adviser: Orbán aims to 'make Hungary great again'" by Christian Keszthelyi.
Article: "Immigration threatens Christianity" by CathNews NZ.
Article: "Pro-Orban media moguls who destroyed Hungary's media now targeting European outlets" by Alison Mutler.
Article: "NEW REPORT: Freedom in the World 2020 finds established democracies are in decline" by Freedom House.
Article: "The Gruevski affair and how Viktor Orbán turned Hungary into a criminal state" by Hungarian Free Press.
Article: "Viktor Orbán and women in politics" by Hungarian Spectrum.
Article: "Orbán's dirty little trick: Conflating pedophilia with homosexuality" by Hungarian Spectrum.
Article: "What is behind Viktor Orbán's climate change doublethink?" by Fábián Tamás.
Article: "Trump, Orbán discuss 'peace mission 5.0' at Mar-a-Lago" by Brett Samuels.
Article: "Orbán's Next Victim: the Hungarian Science Academy" by Edit Zgut-Przybylska.
Article: "Ukraine funding, Orban's opposition set to dominate crucial EU summit" by John Psaropoulos.
Book: Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright.
Article: "Trump Refuses to Say If He Wants Ukraine to Defeat Russia" by Iain Marlow.
Article: "Hungary's Orbán: Christian Persecution Is 'Organized Attack on an Entire Culture'" by Thomas D. Williams.
Article: "Orban addresses conservative confab in Texas, setting the stage for Trump speech this weekend" by Michael Warren.
Article: "GOP strategist files sexual battery lawsuit against Matt Schlapp" by Jamie Gangel, Tierney Sneed and Elizabeth Stuart.
Article: "Trump placed hold on military aid to Ukraine well before he called its president" by Mark Sumner.
Article: "EU Parliament delivers Article 7 blow to Orban" by Rebecca Staudenmaier.
Article: "The Great Wall of Europe: Hungary splits continent in two with huge fence to stop migrants" by Nick Gutteridge.
Article: "Foreign Governments Sucking Up to Trump Spent Lavishly at His DC Hotel" by Russ Choma.
Article: "Connecting Fox News' Tucker Carlson, Hungary — and Trump" by Casey Michel.
Article: "How Viktor Orban Bends Hungarian Society to His Will" by Patrick Kingsley.
. Article: "Hungary's Judges Warn of Threats to Judicial Independence" by Benjamin Novak and Patrick Kingsley.
Article: "Orban and His Allies Cement Control of Hungary's News Media" by Patrick Kingsley.
Article: "At CPAC, Hungary's Viktor Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights, migration" by AP.
Article: "The Roma people's Hungarian hell" by Barbora Černušáková.
Article: "Govt to detain migrants in container camps" by pulse.
Article: "Parliament approves detention of all asylum-seekers " by pulse.
Article: "Tens of thousands join rally for Hungary's Orban before April vote" by Krisztina Than.
Article: "Hungary's anti-Soros posters recall 'Europe's darkest hours': Soros' spokesman" by Krisztina Than.
Article: "Who Is Viktor Orban, Really?" by Rod Dreher.
Article: "'The Most Dangerous Man in the European Union'" by Paul Lendvai.
Article: "Viktor Orbán's War on Intellect" by Franklin Foer.
Article: "Heather Heyer, victim of Charlottesville car attack, was civil rights activist" by Maev Kennedy.
Article: "Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to 'have your own media'" by Flora Garamvolgyi.
Article: "Hungarian prime minister says migrants are 'poison' and 'not needed'" by Guardian.
Article: "'A useful punching bag': why Hungary's Viktor Orbán has turned on George Soros" by Shaun Walker.
Article: "'We won't keep quiet again': the women taking on Viktor Orbán" by Shaun Walker.
Article: "Orbán deploys Christianity with a twist to tighten grip in Hungary" by Shaun Walker.
Article: "Hungary passes law banning LGBT content in schools or kids' TV" by Jennifer Rankin.
Article: "Could a New Far-Right Party Grouping Take Europe by Storm?" by Mihailo S. Zekic.
Article: "CPAC Just Decided to Not Let Any US Journalists Inside" by David Gilbert.
Article: "The American right's favorite strongman" by Zack Beauchamp.
Article: "It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary" by Zack Beauchamp.
Article: "'He's a tough man': Trump shrugs off concerns about Hungary's hard-right leader during White House visit" by Anne Gearan.
Article: "Saudi-funded lobbyist paid for 500 rooms at Trump's hotel after 2016 election" by David A. Fahrenthold, Jonathan O'Connell.
 
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Event: Oct 9: Darien, Il: Thom Hartmann Book Signing Even - Hidden History of the American Dream.
Article: "screw the pooch " by dictionary.com.
Article: "Jack Ruby" by Wikipedia.
Article: "VP debate hosted by CBS News set for Oct. 1 between Vance and Walz" by Stefan Becket, Nidia Cavazos, Taurean Small, Aaron Navarro.
Article: "Bomb threats reported at multiple buildings in Springfield, Ohio" by Alex Presha.
Article: "Springfield, Ohio, where Trump made false claims about migrants, receives bomb threats" by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: "Donald Trump to return to Tucson for second Arizona visit in a month" by Stephanie Murray.
Article: "A Statement From Linda Ronstadt" by Linda Ronstadt.
 
Conservative billionaire Leonard Leo announces plan to crush liberals
Article: "Conservative billionaire Leonard Leo announces push to 'crush liberal dominance' in US" by Martin Pengelly.
 
Article: "JD Vance responds to Taylor Swift, flunks test of self-awareness" by Steve Benen.
Article: "Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Calls Trump 'Most Serious Threat to Rule of Law in a Generation' While Endorsing Kamala Harris" by Jamie Frevele .
Article: "Alberto Gonzales" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Study: Bush led U.S. to war on 'false pretenses'" by AP.
Quote: "As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.
Article: "Trump Doesn't Understand Tariffs, But He Knows Enough to Be Menacing " by David Atkins.
Video: Lawrence: Donald Trump is proposing the 'worst economic policy in U.S. history'.
Article: "130 Percent of Trump's China-Tariff Revenue Is Now Going to Angry Farmers" by Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca.
Article: "Boston Tea Party" (1773) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" (11-point plan) by Alexander Hamilton.
Site: "USITC Tariff Database".
Article: "List of tariffs in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden hits Chinese electric cars and solar cells with higher tariffs" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Why Is the Republican Party Known as the GOP?" by Christopher Klein.
Site: perplexity.
Article: "Election 2024 Polls: Harris vs. Trump" by Nate Cohn.
Article: "Why the 2005 Social Security Initiative Failed, and What it Means for the Future" by William A. Galston.

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Hour Two: Russian stuff blowing up: Russia launches Kursk counter attack
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast   @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "Russia counterattacks against Ukraine in Kursk border region" by Sophie Tanno, Darya Tarasova, Svitlana Vlasova and Gul Tuysuz.
Article: "Russian Army Confirms Kursk Counteroffensive, Says Recaptured 10 Villages" by The Moscow Times.
Article: "Russian Forces Are Stepping Up Attacks on Strategic City, Ukraine Says" by Andrew E. Kramer.
Article: "Putin Cuts Ukraine's Power" by Keith Johnson.
Article: "US and UK pledge almost $1.5 billion to help Ukraine during diplomats' visit to Kyiv" by Matthew Lee, Illia Novikov.
Article: "What are Storm Shadow missiles and why are they crucial for Ukraine?" by Frank Gardner.
Article: "United States sent long-range missiles to Ukraine in secret February supply delivery" by The Journal.
Article: "Iran's ballistic missile transfer to Russia will accelerate lifting of restrictions on strikes against Russia" by Daryna Vialko.
Article: "Ukraine strikes Moscow in biggest drone attack to date " by Reuters.
Article: "Drone attack reported in Russia's Murmansk region, home to Olenya air base" by Oleksandra Bashchenko.
Article: "Russian drone 'violated NATO airspace' on night time raid on Ukraine, Romania says" by William Mata.
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: Russia launches Kursk counter attack" by quaoar.
Article: "Russia-Ukraine war: Red Cross confirms three of its staff killed as Zelenskiy blames Russia – as it happened" by Amy Sedghi, Ben Quinn.
 
Site: vote.gov.
Article: "Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book says" by Martin Pengelly.
 
Crazy Alert! Donald Trump brought a 9/11 truther and self-proclaimed white nationalist conspiracy theorist to a 9/11 memorial event. The media mostly shrugged...
Article: "Donald Trump and the "Banality of Crazy"" by Brian Klaas.
Article: "Laura Loomer" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Obama tan suit controversy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "After a Bruising Debate, Trump Is Warmly Embraced in Lower Manhattan" by Shawn McCreesh.
Article: "Harris, Trump set politics aside at ceremony to commemorate 9/11 attacks" by Matt Viser, Maeve Reston.
 
Once Again, Grieving Parents Forced To Beg Bigots (Trump, Vance) To Stop Exploiting Their Child's Death
Article: "Once Again, Grieving Parents Forced To Beg Bigots (Trump, Vance) To Stop Exploiting Their Child's Death" by Robyn Pennacchia.
Article: "Ohio jury convicts man who caused first day of school bus crash that killed 11-year-old" by Bethany Bruner.
 
More proof Trump is a Russia asset
Article: "Trump's ex-FBI official: We have 'many reasons' to think ex-president is a Russian 'asset'" by Travis Gettys.
 
Article: "Trump Tells Christians 'You Won't Have to Vote Anymore' If He's Elected" by Michael Gold.
Article: "No, every Trump budget did not seek to cut Social Security and Medicare" by Glenn Kessler.
Article: "'You Are A Disgrace': At Debate, Kamala Harris Reminds Trump How World Leaders Really Feel About Him" by Bruce C.T. Wright.
Article: "Why did the US and allies invade Iraq, 20 years ago?" by BBC.
Article: "Why Is the Republican Party Known as the GOP?" by Christopher Klein.
Article: "Roberts: 'My job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat'" by CNN.
Article: "Chief Justice Roberts's lifelong crusade against voting rights, explained" by Ian Millhiser.

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Hour Three: Could the trillions in taxes, dodged by the uber wealthy, have paid for social security through 2100?
Article: "Wyden Says Trillions in Taxes Dodged by Ultra-Rich Could Fund Social Security Until 2100" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act" by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.
 
Wow - 67m people watched Trump meltdown and Kamala prevail in debate...
Article: "Harris-Trump debate watched by 67m people, beating pivotal Biden showdown" by Helen Sullivan Helen Sullivan.
 
Site: National Popular Vote.
Article: "Trump & the GOP's Big Lie 2.0: Their Plan to Shut Down America This Fall" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories" by .
Article: "Trump Will Not Apologize for Calling for Death Penalty Over Central Park Five" by Jan Ransom.
Article: "'No Vacancies' for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias" by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: "In 1927, Donald Trump's father was arrested after a Klan riot in N.Y." by Philip Bump.
Article: "'Drug dealers, criminals, rapists': What Trump thinks of Mexicans" by BBC.
Article: "Executive Order 13769" ("Muslim ban") by Wikipedia.
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Site: Patriotic Chickens.
Book: War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley D. Butler.
Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Congress and an Exemption from 'Obamacare'?" by Lori Robertson. "Congress members and staffers will be required to buy insurance through the exchanges"
Article: "In America, Liberal Is the New Mainstream" (list of policies the majority want) by Michael Moore.