Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 20 March, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Silencing the Defenders: Trump's War on the Last Line of Resistance
Article: "Silencing the Defenders: Trump's War on the Last Line of Resistance" by Thom Hartmann.
Substack: "Adam Kinzinger".
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Associate Open Letter - Signatory" by lawyers.
Article: "Paul Weiss is latest law firm targeted by Trump administration" by Amanda Robert.
Book: "The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Spirit of the Laws by Charles de Montesquieu.
Newsletter: "Democracy Docket" by Marc Elias.
Article: "The 2024 Am Law 100" by ALM.
Article: "Law firm says Trump order targeting it specifically is attack on rule of law" by Ryan Lucas.
Article: "Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith" by Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer.
Podcast: "Trump's Showdown With the Courts".
Article: "Judges Fear for Their Safety Amid a Wave of Threats" by Mattathias Schwartz and Abbie VanSickle.
Article: "Trump's attacks on law firms alarm lawyers but most firms stay silent" by Mike Scarcella, David Thomas and Sara Merken.
Article: "Faced With Trump's Attacks, Public Figures Are Clapping Back Less and Less" by Brian Lowry.
Article: "What is the spring equinox?" by Simon King.
Article: "Trump calls for the impeachment of a judge, as lawsuits pile up" by Nina Totenberg.
Article: "Trump takes fresh stab at dismantling Department of Education with order signing at White House" by Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan.
Article: "Trump Will 'Greatly Minimize' Education Department With Executive Order—But Student Loans, Pell Grants Will Be Under Federal Control" by Sara Dorn.
Article: "What was Trump convicted of? Details on the 34 counts and his guilty verdict" by Stefan Becket.
Article: "Tom Arnold Claims Donald Trump Snorted Adderall on 'The Apprentice' Set" by Daniel Moritz-Rabson.
Article: "The Kristi Noem puppy-killing scandal, explained" by Li Zhou.
Article: "Everything We Know About the Alcohol Abuse Allegations Against Pete Hegseth" by Nikki McCann Ramírez.
Article: "Stephen Miller: Court has 'no authority' in deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members" by Brett Samuels.
Article: "'Absolute Nonsense': Bondi Blasted for Saying Judge Has 'No Right' to Question DOJ" by David Badash.
Article: "Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Florida's 1st Congressional District on April 1, 2025" (Gay Valimont) by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Florida's 6th Congressional District on April 1, 2025" (Joshua Weil) by Ballotpedia.
Article: "2025 New York's 21st congressional district special election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "An election for a single state Supreme Court seat becomes the 'blockbuster' political fight of 2025" (April 1) by Fredreka Schouten and Arlette Saenz.
Musk's Titanic: Are Greed, Lies, and the GOP sinking Musk and Tesla?
Article: "This Is How Tesla Will Die" by Will Lockett.
Article: "Financial Times Analysis: $1.4 Billion of Tesla Assets "Appear to have gone astray"" by Citizen Earth.
Article: "Could Elon Musk Face Margin Call Over Tesla Stock? What We Know" by Hugh Cameron.
Article: "'Dogequest' website doxes Tesla owners nationwide revealing their names and address - but raising privacy concerns" by Gustaf Kilander.
Looks like Big-GOP- Government "abduction" is continuing...and why are big-government officials checking out your social media to reject visas?
Article: "'Government abduction': Trump's DHS tries to deport Georgetown scholar legally in US" by Daniel Hampton.
Article: "US denies entry to French scientist over 'hateful' messages" by AFP.
Article: "NATO Ally Could Command 60,000 Strong Force in Ukraine: General" by David Brennan.
Article: "PM 'ready' to put troops on ground in Ukraine to protect peace" by David Mercer.
Article: "Poland announces military training plan for all men" by Adam Easton.
Article: "France's Macron proposes big rise in defence budget" by Paul Kirby.
Article: "Germany set to vote on historic increase in defence spending" by Frank Gardner.
Article: "France to Expand Nuclear Deterrent Amidst Europe's Uncertain Future" by James Gray.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation" (2014) by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (Iran nuclear deal) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump left Biden a NATO mess. Now he wants to take credit for the alliance's strength." by Ashley Pratte Oates.
Article: "Experts fear cascade of nuclear proliferation as Trump shakes alliances" by Patrick Tucker.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @ittnerphilip.bsky.social Youtube
Article: "Russia and Ukraine carry out attacks after Putin-Trump call" by George Wright.
Article: "Ukraine-Russia war latest: Huge blast at key airbase for Russian nuclear bombers after Ukrainian drone strike" by Sam Kiley, Arpan Rai, Alex Croft and Tara Cobham.
Article: "Medvedev — on the negotiations between Trump and Putin: "There's only Russia and America in the dining room"".
Article: "Trump and Putin's Ukraine talks yield no Russian concessions" by Sara Bounaoui.
Article: "Putin puts Trump call on hold as he talks to Russian oligarchs 'instead': report" by David Edwards.
Article: "Trump Wants to Take Over Ukraine's Nuclear Plants. What Would That Mean?" by Constant Méheut.
Article: "Zelensky tells Russia to drop 'unnecessary' demands ahead of peace talks" by Vicky Wong.
Article: "Trump proposes US ownership of Ukraine's nuclear plants" by Laura Kelly.
Article: "How to decode a head-spinning few days of Ukraine war diplomacy" by Stephen Collinson.
Article: "Trump admin. cuts funding for program that tracked Ukrainian children abducted by Russia" by Ailsa Chang, Tinbete Ermyas, Marc Rivers.
Video: Dr. Irwin Redlener & Caring for Ukraine's Future with the Children of Today (On the Edge Episode 39).
Site: Ukraine Children's Action Project.
Article: "How Eisenhower and Congressional Democrats Balanced a Budget" by Rudolph G. Penner.
Article: "Social Security Administrative Expenses" by SSA.
Why did Citibank take orders from Trump to freeze bank accounts illegally?
Article: "Court Docs Reveal Citibank Froze Nonprofits' Accounts on FBI's Request" by Zane McNeill.
Article: "Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in 'green bank' grants" by Michael Phillis, Matthew Daly.
Leland Dudek needs to resign for using his Social Security role for retribution against the state of Maine...
Article: "Chellie Pingree Calls On Leland Dudek To Resign From Social Security Role" by Arthur Delaney.
Article: "Social security system in Russia" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Education in Russia" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dismantling VOA could lead to dominance of anti-U.S. propaganda, director says" by Nancy Cordes.
Article: "T-Mobile Takes Coverage Above and Beyond With SpaceX" by T-Mobile.
Article: "TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off" by Samantha Cole.
Video: Trump coziness with Putin seen in U.S. backing off countering Russian sabotage in Europe: Report - Rachel Maddow.
Article: "Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk" by Martha Bellisle.
Article: "DOGE targets U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including massive Florida facility" by Jim Grimes.
Article: ""Impeachment Is a Remedy for a Runaway President": Rep. Al Green on Why He Disrupted Trump's Address" by Democracy Now!
Article: "Is California richer than Russia?" by Gwendolyn McClain.
Article: "Belarus" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Serbia protests: How much trouble is Aleksandar Vučić in?" by Una Hajdari .
Article: "Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage" by Eric Lipton.
Hour Three: Could the Post Office face closing?
- Mark Dimonstein, President - American Postal Workers Union (APWU) (representing more than 200,000 employees of the U.S. Postal Service and approximately 1,500 employees in the private-sector mailing industry.) @apwu.bsky.social
Article: "Statement by APWU National Executive Board on DOGE and the USPS" by APWU.
Article: "USPS chief speaks out on four changes and warns post offices could DISAPPEAR after mass delays and disruptions" by Arshi Qureshi.
Article: "Wells Fargo offers framework for postal privatization" by Save the Post Office.
Bill: "H.Res.70 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization." by Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8].
Site: Take Action: Defend Our Public Postal Service!
Article: "Paul Revere" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Musk speaks at JPMorgan event attended by CEO Dimon, source says" by Nupur Anand.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Video: History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED (Ruth Ben-Ghiat).
Article: "Members of Congress refused entry to USAID agency shuttered by Trump administration".
Article: "Judge declines to bar DOGE from US Institute of Peace after standoff" by Mike Scarcella, Tim Reid and Humeyra Pamuk.
Site: Project 2025 Tracker.
Article: "V for Vendetta (film)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John Roberts made Trump's authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy" by Steven Greenhouse.
Article: "Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issues historic slapdown to Trump over deportation of 'monster' migrants" by Geoff Earle.
Poem: "The Clattering Train" by Edwin J. Milliken.
Article: "Postal Clause" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer" (The President did not have the inherent authority to seize private property in the absence of either specifically enumerated authority under Article Two of the Constitution or statutory authority conferred on him by Congress) (1952).
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLT.
Case: "Clinton v. City of New York" (1998) (line-item veto unconstitutional).
Article: "Presentment Clause" by Wikipedia.
Article: "EPA Patent Information" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Chevron Deference" (1984) by Jonathan Kim.