Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 19 June, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Chilling Republican Plan to Shut the Courthouse Doors on Average Americans
Article: "The Chilling Republican Plan to Slam Shut the Courthouse Doors on Average Americans" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "GOP Senate Version of the Big Beautiful Bill Includes an Ugly Attack on Courts' Ability to Protect Constitutional Rights" by Ilya Somin .
Book: Constitutional Law: Principles and Polices by Erwin Chemerinsky.
Article: "In Court, Trump Is Losing More Than He's Winning" by Zoe Tillman, Christopher Cannon.
Article: "Experts decry new language in tax-cut bill, say only billionaires could challenge U.S. government" by Bob Egelko.
Article: "The Judiciary Will Become Virtually Powerless in Protecting Your Rights if the Current Budget Bill Becomes Law" by Clint Bolick.
Article: "June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)" (Juneteenth 19th) by Heather Cox Richardson.
Article: "California Agricultural Production Statistics" by CDFA.
Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807".
Article: "Trump officials lift short-lived pause on ICE arrests at farms, hotels and restaurants" by Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Nicole Sganga.
88 is fascist-speak for a double of the 8th letter of the alphabet, H. As in Heil Hitler. So, of course, Trump just installed flagpoles in front of the White House that are exactly 88 feet tall. Not 75 or 80 or 90: 88.
Article: "Trump installs pair of 88-foot-tall new flag poles at the White House" by Erin Mansfield , Joey Garrison.
Are Democratic groups are finding their mojo?
Video: Republican Kidnappers.
Article: "'Homegrowns are next': Trump doubles down on sending American 'criminals' to foreign prisons" by Michelle Stoddart.
Article: "At least 5 elected officials have been arrested or confronted by police while protesting Trump's immigration policies " by Karina Tsui.
Article: "Reagan Appointee: Trump NIH Cuts Represent "Racial Discrimination"" by Malcolm Ferguson.
Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. for Winston Churchill: Trump changes up Oval Office decor" by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.
Article: "Stormy Daniels's Detailed Description of Donald Trump's Penis Explains a Lot" by Joanna Rothkopf.
Article: "Anti-Trump protest draws 2,000-plus" by Michael Picarella.
Site: Ukraine Defense Support.
Event: July 1, 2025: Vopli Vidopliassova in Seattle – North American Tour – Charity Concert: 40 Years from Ukraine to the World 2025.
Article: "Death toll rises after Russia's deadliest attack on Kyiv for months" by Joel Gunter, Jessica Rawnsley.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: ""No Kings" protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration" by Carrie Shepherd.
Article: "This MAGA-led California city council just lost its fight on banned books" by Anabel Sosa.
Article: "New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2025 (June 10 Democratic primary)" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "NJ primary 2025: What the numbers reveal" by Colleen O'Dea.
Article: "Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away" by Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen.
Article: "David Hogg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Greta Thunberg" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Video: Legacy Management Demolishes Decommissioned Nuclear Reactor in Piqua, Ohio.
Site: Beyond nuclear.
Article: "Recall Of Members Of Congress" by Mary M. Janicki.
Article: "DHS places new limits on lawmakers visiting ICE facilities" by Rebecca Beitsch.
Article: "N.J. mayor wanted ICE detention center inspected before 4 detainees escaped. 'I told you so ...'" by Steve Strunsky, Jelani Gibson.
Article: "Trump administration to close LGBTQ+ suicide hotline program next month" by Mary Kekatos.
Article: "The Supreme Court's incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained" by Ian Millhiser.
Article: "Trump's self-funded $100K change to the White House that's NEVER been done in history" by Geoff Earle.
Article: "Trump's hand bruise becomes internet obsession — why are these marks showing up more frequently?" by The Economic Times.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @ittnerphilip.bsky.social Youtube
Article: "Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 16 people" by Shaun Walker, Patrick Wintour, Pjotr Sauer.
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: Death toll in attack on Kyiv rises to 28" by quaoar.
Article: "Putin told to declare full war on Ukraine as Kremlin hardliners despair" by Kieran Kelly, Daniel Hardaker, Peter Ostropolsky.
Article: "How the Ukrainians – with no navy – defeated Russia's Black Sea Fleet" by Brian Glyn Williams.
Article: "Operation Spiderweb: a visual guide to Ukraine's destruction of Russian aircraft" by Artem Mazhulin, Oliver Holmes, Lucy Swan, Laure Boulinier, Arnel Hecimovic.
Article: "Russian Tu-160 Bombers Launch First Ever Strike on Ukraine: Why Now?" by Military Watch Magazine.
Article: "Will Israeli strikes impede Iran's defense exports to Russia? " by Agnes Helou.
Video: China sends mystery planes to Iran and joins war against Israel.
Article: "Russia is intensifying its focus on Shahed OWA-UAV operations by launching ever-increasing numbers, expanding production capabilities and refining tactics." by Matthew Bint, Fabian Hinz.
Article: "Ukraine left in lurch as Trump rushes out of G7 without meeting Zelenskyy" by Patrick Wintour.
Article: "Carney Announces Can$2 Bn In Military Support For Ukraine" by AFP.
Article: "Zelensky, Lagarde talk use of frozen Russian assets" by Ukrinform.
Article: "Over 40% of Ukrainian forces' weapons domestically produced, Zelensky says" by Kateryna Hodunova.
Quote: "The long arc of history bends towards justice" - Martin Luther King Jr..
Article: "The Tunguska Event" by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Article: "U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence " by Mariel Ferragamo, Diana Roy, Jonathan Masters, and Will Merrow.
Article: "How the US has shifted military jets and ships in the Middle East" by .
It'd be dangerous to give up billionaire and corporate money for general elections, but Bernie says Democrats should do that now for primaries
Article: "Bernie Sanders leads charge for Democrats to break up with billionaires" by Alex Samuels.
Article: "Pro-Israel PAC notches striking electoral victories with Bush, Bowman defeats" by Patrick Svitek.
Article: "AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon" by Ryan Grim.
Astonishing: Give Trump a million dollar donation and you get to become an Army officer, complete with uniform and everybody must salute you! You, too, can play war if you're a large enough Trump donor!
Article: "Army gives shady offer to tech bros so they can play soldier" by Lisa Needham.
Article: "GBU-43/B MOAB" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tulsi said Iran not building nukes. One senator after another ignored her." by Branko Marcetic.
Article: "Jesting, McCain Sings: 'Bomb, Bomb, Bomb' Iran" by Don Gonyea.
Article: "Iran-US Relations In The Post-9/11 Days: Problems And Prospects" by Kashif Mumtaz Ghumman.
Article: "Leavitt: Trump to decide on Iran action in next 2 weeks" by Brett Samuels.
Article: "Thursday: Thor's Day" by Vigdis Hocken.
Article: "Recall Of Members Of Congress" by Mary M. Janicki.
Hour Three: What does it mean to be a Purposeful Warrior?
- Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for the great state of Michigan and a candidate for Governor of MI jocelynbenson.bsky.social
Article: "Trump attacks Michigan Secretary of State with false claim; Benson quickly responds" by Matt Durr.
Article: "Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jocelyn Benson" by Wikipedia.
Book: None Dare Call It Treason by John A. Stormer.
Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Stochastic terrorism" (Stochastic violence) by Wikipedia.
Article: "2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Edmund Pettus Bridge" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Selma to Montgomery marches" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Green Light teams" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dien Bien Phu: Did the US offer France an A-bomb?" by BBC.
Article: "Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)" by Britannica.
Article: "Tucker Carlson confronts Ted Cruz on Iran as Maga rift erupts into public view" by Joseph Gedeon.
Article: "The Young Turks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Not our war': bipartisan US lawmakers back resolution to block involvement in Iran" by Chris Stein.
Article: "Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — May 2025" by David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer August Faragasso.
Article: "Iran nuclear deal framework" by Wikipedia.
Article: "These Trump Loyalists Are Pleading Against Iran Strike—As Trump Dismisses GOP Divisions" by Sara Dorn.
Article: "Curtis Yarvin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mother Jones: Technofascist Takeover".
Article: "JD Vance" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident" by Joe Sommerlad.