Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 15 August, 2024

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Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: News...Hers are still bigger than his, Biden/Harris lower drug prices, Will Dems get the senate? Vance has a plan for menopausal woman...
Article: "Watch: Trump holds town hall in downsized North Carolina auditorium" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "Trump asks that sentencing in hush money case be postponed until after election" by Paula Reid and Casey Gannon.
Article: "'Womp womp:' J.D. Vance crowd size at Michigan rally spurs laughter" by Kathleen Culliton.
Article: "Trump's False crowd comparison with his Jan. 6 speech and the crowd at MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech" by Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman.
Article: "Trump falsely claims Harris crowd was faked" by Jake Horton, Shayan Sardarizadeh & Mike Wendling.
Article: "Biden policy will make 10 popular medicines less expensive for those with Medicare" by Guardian.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "The top 20 pharma companies by 2023 revenue" by Kevin Dunleavy.
Article: "Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Lower Prescription Drug Prices" by Kamala Harris.
Article: "US strikes deal to cut cost of 10 drugs for Medicare users" by Nadine Yousif.
Article: "Democrats Have New Hope in Battle for Senate Majority" by Lindsay Wise.
Tweet: "I'm curious how many postmenopausal women here on Twitter/X agree with JD Vance that their only purpose in life is to care for grandchildren?" by Thom Hartmann.
 
Article: "Groyper war, dark elves, bugmen: how the GOP ticket is reviving far-right beef" by Gaby Del Valle.
Article: "Joe Rogan again dings Trump by saying Harris 'nailed' major speech" by Gustaf Kilander.
Article: "'Weird' election turns to how Harris laughs and Trump does not laugh at all" by Zachary B. Wolf.
 
Will the Morbidly Rich Ever Go Back to Being Good American Citizens?
Article: "Will the Morbidly Rich Ever Go Back to Being Good American Citizens?" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Jeff Bezos's True Tax Rate Is 0.98%" by Jared A. Brock.
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 and David M. Rolf.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Mr. Justice Brandeis Great American by Irving Dilliard.
Book: The New Deal: A Modern History by Michael A. Hiltzik.
Article: "Billionaire bunkers: How the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse" by Elizabeth Stamp.
Article: "Joe Biden to propose new minimum tax on wealthiest Americans" by Aime Williams.
Article: "Corporation Income Tax Brackets and Rates, 1909-2002" by Jack Taylor.
Article: "The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class" by Marilyn Geewax.
Article: "For Richer" by Paul Krugman.
Youtube: Bewitched.
 
Article: "This Is How Trump Relies on Undocumented Labor for His Resorts" by Peter Wade.
Article: "EB-1 visa" ("Einstein" visa) by Wikipedia.
Article: "What is the Einstein visa? And how did Melania Trump get one?" by Joel Gunter.
Article: "Melania Trump's parents become U.S. citizens through 'chain migration' Trump wants to end" by AP.
Article: "Trump says 'drill, baby, drill,' but the record for US oil production isn't his" by Leah Sarnoff.
Article: "Kroger Gross Profit 2010-2024" by MacroTrends.
Article: "Kroger Profit Margin 2010-2024" by MacroTrends.
Tweet: "Americans spent 25% more on food at the start of 2024 compared to 2020. During that time the country's ten largest grocery and restaurant brands took their fattened profits and collectively spent $77 billion on stock buybacks and dividends. What's really driving inflation?" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Rupert Murdoch" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elon Musk" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tim Walz" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Part D late enrollment penalty" by Medicare.
Article: "Democracy Undone: The Texas Placebo Ballot Plot" by Thom Hartmann.
Case: "Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute".
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

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Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast   @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "A Joke about Ukraine invading Russia I found on Reddit:" by mucifer.
Article: "Ukraine says it seized as much land in a week as Russia has so far this year. Here's what we know" by Ivana Kottasová.
Article: "Ukrainian jets push boundaries in Kursk despite limited fleet" by Przemysław Juraszek.
Article: "Ukraine seizes 74 villages in Kursk as Russia claims to thwart further incursion" by ITVX.
Article: "British tanks used to drive back Putin's forces during Ukraine's attack in Russia" by Tom Watling, Kate Devlin, Askold Krushelnycky.
Article: "Lev Parnas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 902" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Ukrainians troll Russia with fake restaurant reviews in Kursk" by Jack Peat.
 
Article: "Did Lindsey Graham Say Republicans Would Get 'Destroyed' if They Nominated Donald Trump?" by Dan Evon.
Article: "Fact Check: Yes, JD Vance Once Called Trump 'America's Hitler'" by Aleksandra Wrona.
Article: "Lauren Boebert has easily won her primary race in Colorado. What now?" by Sheila Flynn, John Bowden.
Article: "RFK Jr now seeks deal with Harris for administration role in exchange for endorsement – after making same offer to Trump" by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: "Street food: Robert F Kennedy Jr boasts of 'a freezer full of roadkill'" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "RFK Jr. details medical abnormality that he says was a parasitic worm in his brain" by Aaron Pellish.
Article: "RFK Jr: How anti-vaccine misinformation has shaped his 'truth-teller' candidacy" by Rachel Schraer.
Article: "Jill Stein 2016 presidential campaign" by Wikipedia.
 
JD Vance says Amazon gave money to Black people to burn down big retail stores to increase Amazon's profits. This is insane! Racist!
Article: "'Did they vet this dude at all?': Newly unearthed J.D. Vance audio shocks analysts" by Travis Gettys.
Tweet: "I'm curious how many postmenopausal women here on Twitter/X agree with JD Vance that their "whole purpose" in life is to care for grandchildren?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "George Adamski" by Wikipedia.
 
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: "2024 Venezuelan presidential election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Read the full transcript and listen to Trump's audio call with Georgia secretary of state".
Article: "Robber baron (industrialist)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gilded Age" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What the Term 'Flying Monkeys' Means When We Talk About Narcissism" by Adam England.
Article: "Donald Trump Says He Will Go to Venezuela if He Loses Election" by Flynn Nicholls.

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Hour Three: Project 2025 is not just national - they are going Local...
- David Pepper, lawyer, writer (his latest book is "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual For Every American"), political activist, former elected official, and adjunct professor-University of Cincinnati College of Law / served as Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party between 2015 and 2021 & writes a regularly on Substack   @DavidPepper
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "Cartoon Tuesday. Plus, a New Whiteboard with an Old Reminder" by David Pepper.
Article: "Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers" by Laura Meckler, Michelle Boorstein.
Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (2022) (abortion).
Article: "Chevron Deference" (1984) by Jonathan Kim.
Article: "Supreme Court curbs federal agency power, overturning Chevron precedent" by Ann E. Marimow.
Article: "Alabama IVF ruling: What does it mean for fertility patients?" by Kayla Epstein.
Article: "Meet Tim Walz: Kamala Harris' VP pick who first called Trump 'weird', who had children through fertility treatments and gets car sick" by Sarah Ewall-wice.
Article: "United States Senate election in Ohio, 2024" by Ballotpedia.
 
Article: "Elon Musk's Babies Were Conceived Via IVF And Surrogacy - Is It The Future Of Reproduction?" by Alex Zhavoronkov.
Article: "Elon Musk's transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child" by David Ingram.
Article: "Meet Jeff Yass, the billionaire ByteDance investor donating to Republicans who flipped against the TikTok ban" by Clint Rainey.
Article: "How Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly became the world's richest person" by Shannon Molloy.
Article: "Choate Rosemary Hall" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ivanka Trump" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Epic of Gilgamesh".
 
Geeky Science! 'We should have better answers by now': climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating
Article: "'We should have better answers by now': climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating" by Jonathan Watts.
 
Article: "Harris campaign laughs at Trump with mock press release: "Donald Trump to Ramble Incoherently"" by Carla Sinclair.
Documentary: Last Hours.
Article: "Clathrate gun hypothesis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Permian-Triassic extinction event" by Wikipedia.
Article: ""Doctor Who" travels time to troll Donald Trump" by Matthew Rozsa.
Article: "The Real 'Mad Men' of the 60s Come to Life in a Short Documentary" by Diana Shi.
Article: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
Article: "Watch: Biden, Harris hold first event since his 2024 exit" by 2024 exit The Hill.
Article: "Nonpartisan blanket primary" (Jungle primary) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Washington gubernatorial election, 2024" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "'Cover the news': Writer for outlet that got Trump leaks rips 'baffling' decision to not publish" by Carl Gibson.
Article: "Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024" by Ballotpedia.