Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 16 May, 2024

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

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Why are Republicans Quicker to Steal Our Votes than to Take Our Guns?
Article: "Why are Republicans Quicker to Steal Our Votes than to Take Our Guns?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Article 22" by EU.
Article: "Charter Of Fundamental Rights Of The European Union" by EU.
Article: "Democracy and electoral rights" by European Comission.
Article: "New Zealand: A Bill Of Rights Perspective" by Andrew Hawke.
Article: "Japan" by Freedom House.
Article: "South Korea" by Freedom House.
Article: "Taiwan" by Freedom House.
Article: "Which "Nobody Knew at the Time" Will it be This November? " by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Will SCOTUS Remove the Threat of Trump or be as Political & Corrupt as Bush v Gore Was?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Right to take part in public affairs, voting rights and access to public service" by Australian Human Rights Commission.
Article: "Dissertation on First Principles of Government" by Thomas Paine.
Article: "November 6, 2018 General Election" by Georgia Secretary of State.
Law: "52 USC 20501: Findings and purposes".
Article: "Government & Elections" by AARP.
Article: "Voting Rights Groups Sue Texas for Failure to Disclose Records Related to Voter Purges" by ACLU Texas.
Article: "Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy" by Ali Velshi.
Article: "Five Truths About Voter Suppression" by Connor Maxwell, Danielle Root.
Article: "Voter Purge Rates Remain High, Analysis Finds" by Kevin Morris.
Article: "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008" by U.S. Census Bureau.
Law: "H.R.2 - National Voter Registration Act of 1993" by Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2].
Article: ")The Right to Vote" (Canada) by Jim Young.
Article: "Voting Rights Roundup: Michigan college students sue over GOP's thinly veiled voter suppression law" by Stephen Wolf.
Article: "Protecting Voter Registration: An Assessment of Voter Purge Policies in Ten States" by Demos.
Article: "Voting & Election Statistics" by Pennsylvania Department of State.
Article: "Voting age for European elections" by European Parliament.
Law: "Title 42, Section 1973gg".
Article: "Four Witnesses Dispute Word of Rehnquist" by Ronald J. Ostrow, James Gerstenzang.
Article: "The Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. What Happened Next in These 8 States Will Not Shock You." by Dana Liebelson.
Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Voter Identification Law in Indiana" by David Stout.
Case: "Husted v. Randolph".
Site: "The Congress Project".
Article: "GOP candidate improperly purged 340,000 from Georgia voter rolls, investigation claims" by Erin Durkin.
Article: "The GOP's Attack on Voting Rights Was the Most Under-Covered Story of 2016" by Ari Berman.
Article: "Almost 1 million Florida voters declared inactive after law purging voter lists" by WMNF.
Video: How Trump Could Win 2024… w/ Greg Palast.
Video: The Decades Long Fight For Democracy Inside Ali Velshi w/ Ali Velshi.
Article: "Shelby v Holder: An Explainer" by Rock the Vote.
 
Article: "Trump lawyer yells at Michael Cohen in cross-examination over call about Stormy Daniels" by Dan Mangan.
Article: "Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to two US presidential debates" by Edward Helmore.
Article: "Biden Calls for Debates With Trump Where Mics Will Automatically Shut Off" by Chris Walker.
Site: Gary Sinise Foundation.
 
Why is cable news refusing to report on big oil deals?
Article: "Alleged 'deal' offer from Trump to big oil could save industry $110bn, study finds" by Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor.
Article: "Cable News Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs " by Olivia Rosane.
 
Video: Joe: In a close race, the blocking and tackling can win it.
Article: "NYT blasts Biden for avoiding interviews" by Kierra Frazier.
Article: "The League's History Sponsoring Presidential Debates" by League of Women Voters .
Article: "The Kennedy-Nixon Debates" by History.com.
 
Crazy Alert! Fox-so-called-news Hannity demand that CNN not fact check Trump in debate. Why?
Article: "'Not your show': Fox's Hannity mocked for demanding CNN not be allowed to fact-check Trump" by Matthew Chapman.
 
Article: "At least 9 GOP lawmakers are at Trump trial, which could be a problem for Republicans" by Rebecca Beitsch.
Article: "GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump" by Summer Concepcion.
Article: "Larry Hogan, Maryland's Former Governor, Wins G.O.P. Senate Primary" by Jess Bidgood.
Article: "Angela Alsobrooks Wants to Be Maryland's First Black Senator" by Maggie Astor.
Article: "Just 50 Families Have Spent $600 Million On The 2024 Elections So Far" by Molly Redden.
Article: "The Birth of a Nation" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "The Birth of a Nation (1915)".
Article: "100 years ago, the first White House film screening sparked nationwide protests" by Dick Lehr.
Article: "China's Xi Jinping rolls out red carpet for close friend Putin in strong show of unity" by CNN.
Article: "The Saudi & Putin Scheme for Screwing Biden's Election Hopes" by Thom Hartmann.
Video: Trump 'prowls' behind Clinton during presidential debate – video.

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Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast premiering soon   @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "Ukraine Invasion Day 813: ATACMS missiles were used for strikes on Crimea." by annieli.
Article: "Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive" by James Gregory and James Waterhouse.
Article: "Zelenskiy says situation is 'difficult' on visit to Kharkiv; Putin calls China relationship an international 'stabilising factor' – live" by Martin Belam, Ben Quinn, Jonathan Yerushalmy.
Article: "The man behind the battle to return Ukrainian children from Russia" by Molly Hunter, Ostap Hunkevych, Ed Flanagan and Bianca Britton.
Article: "Vyshyvanka Day" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia 'captures villages' in north-east Ukraine as more than 1,700 people flee" by AP.
Article: "Russia masses huge 510,000 troops on Ukraine frontline as expert sends 'bleak' warning" by Rebecca Robinson.
Article: "Bizarre moment Antony Blinken sings and plays guitar in a Kyiv bar to celebrate giving more U.S. aid to Ukraine after Congress signed off on $61 billion" by Nikki Schwab.
Article: "Striking Russia with US weapons is a decision for Ukraine, says Antony Blinken" by Isabella Bengoechea.
Article: "Ukraine 'has the right' to use British weapons inside Russia, Cameron says" by Joshua-stein.
Law: "28 U.S.C. § 3002 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 28. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 3002. Definitions".
"(15) "United States" means--
(A) a Federal corporation;
(B) an agency, department, commission, board, or other entity of the United States; or
(C) an instrumentality of the United States. "
Article: "Fact check: False claim legal statute defines US as a private company" by Molly Stellino.
Article: "Fact Check: Birth Certificate Does NOT Create A Fictitious Legal Entity 'Straw Man' Owned By The State" by Sarah Thompson.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 10. "No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility."
Article: "Executive Order 6102" by FDR. "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States."
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power ... To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;..."
Article: "The JFK QAnon Cult Is Heading Back to Dallas for Another 'Second Coming'" by David Gilbert.
 
Is Trump planning on throwing out vaccines for school? What would happen?
Article: "'Threat is very real': Conservative says Trump's school plans would put 'children at risk'" by Matthew Chapman.
 
Governor Kay Ivey is making it harder for an employer to embrace a union
Article: "Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs law punishing union-friendly employers" by TheCriticalMind.
 
Article: "5 things to know about Eugene Scalia, Trump's new labor secretary with a famous dad" by Alexia Fernández Campbell.
Book: "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" by Ralph Nader.
Article: "Federalist society" by Wikipedia.
Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.
Article: "Fritz Thyssen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia's jamming of American weapons in Ukraine is showing the US what it needs to be ready for in a future fight" by Chris Panella, Jake Epstein.
Article: "17% of Voters Blame Biden for the End of Roe" by Claire Cain Miller, Ruth Igielnik and Margot Sanger-Katz.
Article: "Illinois sues Trump Tower over Chicago River water use" by BBC.
Article: "List of U.S. states and territories by population" by Wikipedia.
Video: President Joe Biden on the Howard Stern Show (FULL INTERVIEW).
Article: "Full Transcript of Biden's State of the Union Speech" by New York Times.
Video: WATCH: Full 2024 State of the Union address | MSNBC.
Article: "2024 Maryland Senate - Hogan vs. Alsobrooks" by Real Clear Politics.
Article: "Automatic Refunds Makes It Into FAA Bill After Much Debate" by Meghna Maharishi.
Article: "FAA Bill Includes 'Test Flight' for Banning Student Loan Forgiveness" by Olivia Rosane.
Article: "House Passes FAA Reauthorization, Sending It to Biden" by Yuval Rosenberg.
Article: "Senate passes $105bn FAA bill to curb dangerous airplane close calls and improve bad customer service for air travelers" by Mary Clare Jalonick, AP.

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Hour Three: Ron DeSantis makes "Climate Change Isn't Real" official law in over heated Florida
Article: "Ron DeSantis Makes "Climate Change Isn't Real" Official Florida Law" by Hafiz Rashid.
Article: "Miami's fight against rising seas" by Amanda Ruggeri.
Article: "Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill erasing the term 'climate change' from Florida law" by Florida Phoenix.
 
Sanders is warning that the high price of some drugs can bankrupt our healthcare system
Article: "Sanders Warns 'Unjustifiably High' Prices of Weight Loss Drugs Could Bankrupt US Health System" by Julia Conley.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
 
Movie: "Bad Faith".
Article: "Cyrus the Great in the Bible" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Cyrus the Great" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Why Trump Reigns as King Cyrus" by Katherine Stewart.
Article: "Trump supporters have gathered outside the courthouse" by Kara Scannell, Lauren Del Valle, Jeremy Herb and Kaitlan Collins.
Tweet: "The "Manson Girls" held vigil every day outside Charles' 1971 trial, just like Mike "Squeaky" Johnson and his GOP friends are doing today for their cult leader. [photo]" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Florida Gov. DeSantis signs human trafficking law that raises stripper age to 21" by NBC6.
Article: "Legal Age to Work in Alabama" by Job-Applications.com.
Article: "It's time to get serious about the problem of feral cats. Here's why" by Len Lisenbee.
Article: "No 'Easy Answer' To Growing Number Of Stray Dogs In The U.S., Advocate Says" by Samantha Raphelson.
Article: "The battle to control America's 'most destructive' species: feral pigs" by Stephen Robert Miller.
Article: "Invasive species in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Site: Move to Amend.
Substack: "Zapen's Newsletter" by David Zapen.
Article: "Behind Israel's 'end game' for Gaza: Theft of offshore gas reserves" by Betsey Piette.
Article: "House Dems Launch Investigation Into Trump's Meeting With Oil Executives" by Dharna Noor.
Article: "Chevron to buy Noble for $5 billion in stock, biggest oil deal since price crash" by Jennifer Hiller.
Article: "What Is The Medicare Donut Hole Coverage Gap?" by Anna Baluch.
Book: Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean.
Article: "Texas' 17th Congressional District election, 2024" by Ballotpedia.
Site: Mark Lorenzen for Congress.
Article: "Mark Lorenzen" by Ballotpedia.