Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 2 May, 2024

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Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus.)   @repmarkpocan
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals she will try to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week and claims he is part of 'MUGA' (Make Ukraine Great Again)" by Morgan Phillips.
Article: "US House votes to pass antisemitism bill in response to campus protests" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Called 'Disgusting' by Fellow Republicans" by Ewan Palmer.
Article: "A Guide to Voter Caging" by Justin Levitt.
Article: "Voter Purges" by Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.
Article: "As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections" by Ali Swenson, Christine Fernando.
Article: "What's in the House-passed Build Back Better bill? Paid leave, universal pre-K and more" by Joey Garrison and Ledyard King.
Video: Sunday Morning: Drowning in plastic waste.
Article: "More aid is supposed to be entering the Gaza Strip. Why isn't it helping?" by Julia Frankel.
Article: "New Corporate Minimum Tax Ushers In Confusion and a Lobbying Blitz" by Alan Rappeport.
Article: "After Israel Aid Vote, Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza" by Robert Jimison.
Article: "New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Biden and Trump each supported by 50% of registered voters" by Kevin Conway.
Article: "Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump win election, reports say" by Robert Windrem.
Article: "Trump Has Called Climate Change a Chinese Hoax. Beijing Says It Is Anything But." by Edward Wong.
Site: Rewiring America.
Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "Bad Faith".
Article: "Seven Mountain Mandate" by Wikipedia.
Site: Supreme Court of the United States: Contact Us.
Article: "Steve Womack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Preamble to the Constitution of the United States".
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Site: "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact".

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Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine.   @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "Surprise F-16 Update Issued by Ukraine" by Ellie Cook.
Article: "Ukraine to receive all F-16 fighter jets from Denmark - ambassador" by Ukrinform.
Article: "Russia says U.S.-built F-16s could 'accommodate' nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine" by Reuters.
Article: "Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine" by Michael Williams, Arlette Saenz and Kevin Liptak.
Article: "Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine" by Michael Williams, Arlette Saenz and Kevin Liptak.
Article: "Ukraine Invasion Day 799: drone strike on the Rosneft oil refinery in Ryazan City" by annieli.
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: ATACMS destroys Russian training site" by quaoar.
Article: "WATCH: Shocking Footage Captures Russian Missile Strike Using Cluster Munitions on Odesa" by Kyiv Post.
Article: "Macron vows to send TROOPS to Ukraine if Putin's forces break through front lines and Zelensky asks for reinforcements - further raising the risk of NATO going head-to-head with Russia" by Chris Jewers and Afp and Reuters.
Article: "The US accuses Russia of using chemical choking weapons in Ukraine." by Pakalolo.
Article: "As Ukraine Loses Ground, Baltic Countries Ask: Are We Next?" by Yaroslav Trofimov.
Article: "Taurus KEPD 350" by Wikipedia.
 
Article: "Cheney's Energy Task Force mapped Iraq's oilfields during 2001".
Article: "Behind Israel's 'end game' for Gaza: Theft of offshore gas reserves" by Betsey Piette.
Article: "Major oil reserve said found on Golan" by ToI Staff.
Article: "Israel awards gas exploration licences to Eni, BP and four others" by Ari Rabinovitch and Steven Scheer.
Article: "Great Replacement" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Jews will not replace us': Why white supremacists go after Jews" by Yair Rosenberg.
Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The 'very fine people' at Charlottesville: Who were they?" by Glenn Kessler.
 
The New GOP "National Ballot Security Task Force" is Ready to Harass Voters
Article: "The New GOP "National Ballot Security Task Force" is Ready to Harass Voters" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump's Calls for an "Army" of Poll Watchers Are Renewing Fears Of Voter Intimidation" by W.J. Hennigan and Vera Bergengruen.
Article: "NJ's 1981 vote: Armed men at the polls" by Erik Larsen.
Article: "Voter Purge Rates Remain High, Analysis Finds" by Kevin Morris.
Article: "As Texas Lawmakers Attack Voting Rights, GOP Official Aims to 'Build an Army' of Poll Watchers " by Jessica Corbett.
Article: "Minnesota's Democracy for the People Act Unpacked" by Caroline Sullivan.
Article: "Arizona 2023 Election Procedures Manual Challenge (Arizona Free Enterprise Club)" (Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Fontes) by Democracy Docket.
Article: "Minnesota Election Misinformation Penalty Challenge " (Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Ellison) by Democracy Docket.
Article: "Republicans Are Suing for the Right To Harass Election Workers" by Marc Elias.
Article: "Threats to Ballot Access: New Report Examines Risks of Wrongful Voter Removals Across the Country" by Dēmos.
Article: "Protecting Voter Registration: An Assessment of Voter Purge Policies in Ten States" by Dēmos.
Article: "Florida's secretary of state is blocking federal monitors from entering polling sites" by Patricia Mazzei and Glenn Thrush.
Article: "Trump's Allies Ramp Up Campaign Targeting Voter Rolls" by Alexandra Berzon and Nick Corasaniti.
Article: "Trump and the RNC say they will recruit 100,000 poll watchers. Experts are skeptical" by Erin Mansfield.
Article: "The votes that won Joe Biden the presidency" by Alyssa Fowers, Atthar Mirza, Armand Emamdjomeh.
Article: "Trump takes control of the RNC with mass layoffs, restructuring" by Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey, Marianne LeVine.
Article: "In Florida, voters of color and young voters have had ballots flagged for possible rejection at higher rates than others" by Elise Viebeck, Beth Reinhard.
Article: "Stormy Daniels' former lawyer testifies in Trump's hush money trial" by Kara Scannell, Lauren Del Valle and Jeremy Herb.
Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript - read the full sexist exchange here" by Melanie Ehrenkranz.
Article: "From the river to the sea" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Wipe Gaza off the face of the earth': The statements made by Israeli politicians on which South Africa supports its genocide case" by Antonio Pita.
Article: "Secretary Blinken's Travel to Türkiye, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank, Bahrain, and Egypt" by Matthew Miller.
Article: "Hamas Studies a Gaza Cease-Fire Offer From Israel, and Hints at Progress" by Adam Rasgon, Hwaida Saad and Thomas Fuller.
Article: "Kristi Noem's story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor" by Martin Pengelly, Ramon Antonio Vargas.
Article: "Kristi Noem blames 'fake news' for the outrage over shooting dog Cricket who 'wasn't a puppy' and was 'put down' because she killed livestock" by Katelyn Caralle.
Article: "Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled" by Laura Strickler, Ken Dilanian and Peter Alexander.
Article: "Aileen Cannon Orders Classified Documents Evidence to be Made Public" by Sean O'Driscoll.
Article: "Dorothea Dix Hospital" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gaza Strip" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Camp David Accords" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany" by Wikipedia.
 
Why the recall of 2 Orange conservative school board members matters...
- Darshon Smaaladen, Member Orange County, CA School Board.
Article: "2 Orange Unified Board members who advocated conservative causes recalled, removed from board" by Annika Bahnsen.

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Hour Three: As bird flu spreads to chicken, cats, cattle and a dolphins - How concerned should we be?
- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist - New England Complex Systems Institute / (per Dr. Feigl-Ding) "first whistleblower on the Covid pandemic" / former faculty member & researcher-Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.   @DrEricDing   @FAScientists
Article: "US Bird Flu Outbreak Spreads to Chickens, Cattle, Raises Concerns Over Human Infections" by Reuters.
Article: "This May Be Our Last Chance to Halt Bird Flu in Humans, and We Are Blowing It" by Zeynep Tufekci.
Article: "How humans can and can't catch bird flu" by Mariano Zafra, Anurag Rao and Jon McClure.
Article: "United Kingdom BSE outbreak" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Updated Interim Recommendations for Worker Protection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Reduce Exposure to Novel Influenza A Viruses Associated with Disease in Humans" by CDC.
Article: "The bird flu is uncontrolled, and it keeps showing up in the scariest places" by Dr. Hope Ferdowsian, Gene Baur.
Article: "Person in Texas diagnosed with rare bird flu after contact with cattle" by Madeline Halpert.
Article: "Texas vet who cares for 40,000 cattle said nearly every farm that had cows sick with bird flu also had sick workers: 'I had people who never missed work, miss work'" by Jonel Aleccia & AP.
Article: "Cats died after drinking raw milk from bird flu-infected cows" by Alexander Tin.
Article: "Dead Florida dolphin was infected with highly pathogenic bird flu" by Kaycee Sloan.
Article: "Spanish flu" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Genetic recombination" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Immunologic adjuvant" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bird Flu Highlights Concerns Around Raw Milk" by Alice Callahan and Dani Blum.
Article: "Are milk and ground beef safe from bird flu? What the latest testing tells us." by Natalie Rahhal.
Article: "Two possible bird flu vaccines could be available within weeks, if needed" by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Article: "From sewage to safety: Hospital wastewater surveillance as a beacon for defense against H5N1 bird flu" by Denis Nash, John Dennehy, Monica Trujillo, and Leopolda Silvera.
 
Event: July 9, 2024: DC: No to NATO, Yes to Peace.
Article: "GOP Rep. Mike Turner: Russian propaganda is 'being uttered on the House floor'" by Alexandra Marquez.
 
Geeky Science! 'Huff and puff' exercises slash risk of early death by 20 percent
Article: "'Huff and puff' exercises slash risk of early death by 20 percent" by StudyFinds.
 
Crazy Alert! Headline of the week - Trump decries lack of law & order in NY hours after leaving his own criminal trial
Article: "Trump Decries Lack of Law and Order in New York Hours After Leaving His Criminal Trial in New York" by Michael Luciano.
 
Article: "Project 2025" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Peter Thiel Once Wrote That Women Getting The Vote Was Bad For Democracy" by Emily Peck.
Article: "The Shocking GOP Plan to Dismantle the American Government Revealed" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Marine Le Pen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ruby Bridges: the six-year-old who defied a mob and desegregated her school" by Steve Rose.
Article: "Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces 'chaos' and hate speech" by NPR.
Article: "Boston Tea Party" by Wikipedia.
Article: "You Don't Shoot Your Dog" by Frank Schaeffer.
Article: "You Don't Shoot Your Dog. Part 2." by Frank Schaeffer.
Article: "Avian flu infects another commercial poultry farm in Michigan" by Rose White.
Article: "Ebola" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republicans turn to Ebola fears in campaign drive" by Charles Babington.
Article: "How Trump Gutted Obama's Pandemic-Preparedness Systems" by Abigail Tracy.
Article: "White House launches new pandemic office to be led by retired general" by Kanishka Singh.