Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 13 February, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Bowing to the Butcher: Trump Grovels to Putin and Promises to Abandon Ukraine
Article: "Bowing to the Butcher: Trump Grovels to Putin and Promises to Abandon Ukraine" by Thom Hartmann.
Post: "BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine's sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It's also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin. [statement]" by News Eye.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Democratic leaders are pissed voters want them to do their job" by Oliver Willis.
Article: "Gutting aid, U.S. cedes soft power game to China" by David McBrayer.
Article: "US should not have made concessions to Russia over Ukraine, says German minister" by Dan Sabbagh, Eleni Courea.
Article: "Ukraine latest: Trump invites Putin to US after 90-minute call about 'ending war'" by Sky News.
Article: "Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Community Action Partnership says supplemental grant impacted by Executive Order" (LIHEAP) by Emily Moessner.
If Trump simply ignores the high court, is that the end of law?
Article: "Trump is the most lawless president in American history" by Robert Reich.
Where are all the protesters now?
Article: "Where Are the Protestors Now?" by ProfWriter101.
Thank God for Bernie!? He's starting a Trump Pushback tour...
Article: "U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to kick off Trump pushback tour in Nebraska, Iowa" by Aaron Sanderford.
Article: ""Disgusted" Democratic Voters Are Blowing Up Congress's Phones" by Malcolm Ferguson.
Article: "Scoop: Dems "pissed" at liberal groups MoveOn, Indivisible" by Justin Green, Andrew Solender.
Article: "Sheldon Whitehouse" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Chris Coons" by Wikipedia.
Site: "Bernie Sanders".
Article: "Elizabeth Warren" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Neville Chamberlain" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Munich Agreement" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Exclusive: Russia producing three times more artillery shells than US and Europe for Ukraine" by Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky.
Article: "Collective defence - Article 5" by NATO.
Article: "Transnistria" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Moldova" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Baltic states" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Open Burns, Ill Winds" by Abrahm Lustgarten.
Facebook: "Environmental Patriots of the New River Valley".
Article: "Why Sunflowers Are Ukraine's National Flower" by Antonia Mufarech.
Article: "Taraxacum officinale" by Gardeners' World.
Article: "Senate confirms RFK Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary" by Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett.
Site: "Indivisible".
Video: 'Very obviously Donald Trump's fault': Red states feel the pain of Trump's heedless funding cuts.
Video: Lawrence: Musk and Trump are lying about USAID because they can't find anything wrong with it.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford, Neil's Mother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" by Chris Bucher.
Article: "Romney: Republicans Didn't Vote To Impeach 'Whack Job' Trump Because They Were Afraid Of His Supporters" by Rusty Weiss.
Article: "Hegseth says of Ukraine negotiations "everything is on the table"" by Eleanor Watson..
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: "Pete Hegseth Crumbles When Asked What Russia Is Conceding to Ukraine" by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: "Hegseth Speaks in Brussels" (13 Feb 2025) by Rev.
Article: "Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as national intelligence director" by Rachel Looker.
Article: "Mueller report" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A Letter From the Editor: The Transatlantic Alliance's Existential Challenge" by Rym Momtaz.
Article: "Is Trump Stopping Section 8? Worried Recipients and Advocates Question Future Amid Shakeups" by Ivy Griffith.
Article: "Project Share: Receive up to $450 To Help Pay Your Energy Bills" by Idaho Power.
Case: "Griswold v Connecticut" (1965) (contraception for married couples).
Louisiana is trying to extradite a New York doctor. These Republicans will stop but nothing to punish women for getting abortions or helping women get abortions
Article: "Louisiana Signs Extradition Order for New York Abortion Provider" by Jessica Valenti.
Republicans Finally Reveal How They'll Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich
Article: "Republicans Finally Reveal How They'll Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich" by Malcolm Ferguson.
Article: "Here's the heinous way Republicans plan to fund tax cuts for the rich" by Emily Singer.
Musk's DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account! Why isn't this theft?
Post: "This is absolutely insane. Musk's DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!" by Chris Hayes.
Article: "Steve Bannon outlines his plan to 'deconstruct' Washington" by Z. Byron Wolf.
Quote: "Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State." - Project 2025.
Article: "Mike Lindell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rudy Giuliani" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gwen Stefani and her paycheque for The Voice are the reason Donald Trump ran for President" by Emma Kelly.
Movie: "Mad Max (film)".
Article: "People 'work out' why Elon Musk's son 'little X' told Trump to 'shush his mouth'" by Gregory Robinson.
Article: "Bonus Army" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Video: PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, January 19, 2025.
Article: "Deal close on Michigan's minimum wage for tipped workers, key lawmaker says" by Craig Mauger.
Article: "Ex-USAID head responds to allegation agency gave condoms to Taliban" by CNN.
Hour Three: The State Department is planning to give Musk's Tesla $400 million for "armored Tesla cars." Of course they are.
Article: ""Armored Tesla" (was) forecast to win $400 million State Department contract after Trump's election" by Ryan Grim, Jack Poulson.
Article: "State Department Removes Tesla's Name From Planned $400M Contract Amid Musk Scrutiny" by Chad de Guzman.
Article: "'Paperweights': Rachel Maddow unleashes mockery on $400M award for 'armored Teslas'" by Erik De La Garza.
A 'recipe for extinction': can the US's envied nature protections survive Trump and his 'God squad'?
Article: "A 'recipe for extinction': can the US's envied nature protections survive Trump and his 'God squad'?" by Oliver Milman.
Article: "Some federal workers are 'getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,' says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government" by Irina Ivanova.
Article: "What would NIH funding cuts mean for Alabama? 5 things to know" by Alaina Bookman.
Article: "Redstone Arsenal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alabama Power" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Public Service Commission approves 4.9% rate increase for Alabama Power" by Caleb Taylor.
Article: "Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28: What to Know About Boycott" by Suzanne Blake.
Events: February 17, various locations "Presidents Day protest" by 50501 (also events on other dates).
Article: "Events" by Indivisible.
Article: "John Fugelsang" by Wikipedia.
Video: The Lambeth Walk / Short Propaganda Film That Outraged Adolf Hitler 34534b.
Quote: "Only the Little People Pay Taxes" - Leona Helmsley.
Article: "Transcript: Wetiko and Politics, Dec 13 2006" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Democrats Hint at Government Shutdown to Stop Trump's Axing at Federal Agencies" by Minho Kim.
Article: "'Help me out': Pete Hegseth flubs motto of the United States in speech to troops" by David Edwards.
Article: "Gutting aid, U.S. cedes soft power game to China" by David McBrayer.
Article: "The Manchurian Candidate" by Wikipedia.
Article: "When a Young Trump Went to Russia" by Craig Unger.
Article: "Opinion: Trump's NATO hostility and Russia relations trace back to 1987" by Philip E. Auerswald.