Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 3 April, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Tariff Tantrum: Trump Plays Yosemite Sam With the Global Economy
Article: "Tariff Tantrum: Trump Plays Yosemite Sam With the Global Economy" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Why Trump Is Wrong & Alexander Hamilton Was Right About Tariffs" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "United States Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated imports by country in 2022" by World Bank.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton with John Huey.
Article: "Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia" by Dave Lawler, Barak Ravid.
Article: "Biden finalizes increases to some of Trump's China tariffs" by Katie Lobosco.
Article: "'Sit Back, Take It': Trump Treasury Secretary Warns Tariffed Countries Not To Retaliate" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "'Get on the bandwagon': Trump slams 'unbelievably disloyal' GOP senators in overnight rant" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system" by Trade Dept.
Article: "Steel Mill Products - showing HTS codes requiring licenses as of July 3rd, 2024 (* indicate codes that have been discontinued)" by Trade Dept.
Article: "Dow drops 1,400 points, S&P 500 loses 4% as stock market rout on Trump's tariffs worsens: Live updates" by Brian Evans, John Melloy, Pia Singh.
Article: "White House defends not including Russia, North Korea on tariffs" by Alex Gangitano.
Tweet: "Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.
So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is." by James Surowiecki.
Article: "How Are Trump's Tariff Rates Calculated?" by Tony Romm, Ana Swanson and Lazaro Gamio.
Article: "Trump's 'idiotic' and flawed tariff calculations stun economists" by Richard Partington.
Video: "American Empire Is in Decline": Economist Richard Wolff on Trump's Trade War & Tariffs.
Article: "Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs" by Lauren Gambino.
Article: "Elon Musk's PAC alters video with $1m woman saying she was paid to vote" by Mary Papenfuss.
Musk says there are planned Social Security arrests coming - Could Retirees be the next to be sent to deadly Salvadoran prison? And oh, BTW, when will Musk be arrested for the fraud he committed in WI?
Article: "Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources" by Katherine Faulders, Will Steakin, Alexander Mallin.
Article: "Elon Musk's PAC Edits Video After $1M Giveaway Recipient Says She Was Paid to 'Vote'" by David Gilmour.
What to know about Saturday's nationwide protests - Hands Off!
Article: "What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests" by April Rubin.
The Trump administration doesn't care if wrongly deported man is sitting in a Salvadoran Prison because he was no "father of the year" because of traffic tickets. Wow.
Article: "J.D. Vance: Wrongly deported man was no 'father of the year' partly due to traffic tickets" by David Edwards.
Article: "Senator Booker Made History" by notksanymore.
Article: "Rand Paul warns tariffs could cause GOP 'decimation.' He has a point." by Aaron Blake.
Law: "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act" (1930).
Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Frank Luntz" by Wikipedia.
Video: 'Hide Me!' Sheryl Sandberg Plays Victim While Students Kidnapped.
Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.
Article: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (GATT) by Wikipedia.
Book: "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" by Thomas L. Friedman.
Article: "Have Two McDonald's-Containing Countries Ever Been at War with Each Other?" by Alex Kasprak.
Article: "How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Atlantic City Casinos, but Still Earned Millions" by Russ Buettner and Charles V. Bagli.
Article: "U.S. Grants Boeing License To Sell 10 707's To China" by Richard Witkin.
Article: "China's Boeing 707 Lookalike: The Story Of The Shanghai Y-10" by Justin Hayward, Dr. Omar Memon.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Harley-Davidson" by Wikipedia.
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: "Russian stuff blowing up: Russian strategic bomber crashes" by quaoar.
Article: "Ukraine Invasion Day 1,135: Putin remains unwilling to commit to general ceasefire" by annieli.
Article: "Putin to call up 160k more Russians for conscription as WW3 fears rise" by Ciaran McGrath, Rebecca Robinson.
Article: "Marking the third anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, Ukraine" by Diplomatic Service of the European Union.
Article: "Srebrenica massacre" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rwandan genocide" by Wikipedia.
Article: "If Not Atlantic Editor Jeff Goldberg, Who Did Pete Hegseth's Group Chat Think "JG" Was?" by Kase Wickman.
Article: "Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks" by ABA.
Executive Order: "Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse" by Donald J. Trump.
Article: "Law Firm Skadden Arps Agrees to Provide $100M in Pro Bono Work to Avoid Trump Sanctions" by Democracy Now!
Article: "Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Law Firm to Pay $4.6 Million in Case Tied to Manafort and Ukraine" by Kenneth P. Vogel and Matthew Goldstein.
Trump knows the old saw that we've recently seen acted out by Putin and Netanyahu: When you're in political trouble, just start a war. Is he getting ready to bomb Iran?
Article: "A War is Coming … Where Will the Blow Fall First?" by Malcolm Nance.
Article: "US moves B-2 stealth bombers to Indian Ocean island in massive show of force to Houthis, Iran" by Brad Lendon, Haley Britzky and Avery Schmitz.
Article: "US B-2 strike force massing in Brit island is aimed at IRAN…as clock ticks down on Trump's chilling nuclear deadline" by James Halpin.
Article: "Killing the Iran nuclear deal was one of Trump's biggest failures" by Tom Collina.
Article: "Usha Vance Photo Op Effort In Greenland Took Embarrassing Turn: Report" by Ron Dicker.
Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.
Article: "Strauss–Howe generational theory" by Wikipedia.
Say What?! A Nobel Peace Prize winner gets US visa revoked for criticizing Trump.
Article: "Nobel Peace Prize winner — and Trump critic — gets U.S. visa revoked" by Brad Reed.
Article: "John James (Michigan politician)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republican congressman from Michigan won't meet with voters—so Dems are doing it for him " by Kyle Kaminski.
Article: "American Veterans Fighting in Ukraine Struggle with the Politics of Abandonment" by Katie Livingstone.
Article: "Trump reportedly charging millions for guests to dine with him at Mar-a-Lago" by Marina Dunbar.
Article: "House Republicans move to block vote on Trump's tariffs" by Daniel Desrochers, Meredith Lee Hill and Doug Palmer.
Video: Commerce Secretary: Trump is "not going to back off" on tariffs.
Article: "Howard Lutnick" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Myth of Free Trade: The Pooring of America by Ravi Batra.
Hour Three: 10 rules for dealing with Trump's demands for capitulation
Article: "10 rules for dealing with Trump's demands for capitulation" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Speaker Johnson suffers a defeat in his push to block parents in the U.S. House from proxy voting" by Lisa Mascaro And Leah Askarinam.
Article: "Anna Paulina Luna" by Wikipedia.
Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.
Article: "1990 report: Ivana Trump told her lawyer Donald Trump kept Hitler speeches beside bed" by CNN.
Book: How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley.
Article: "Outspoken Fascism Scholars Leave Yale for Canada" by Ryan Quinn.
Article: "Mallory McMorrow" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Michigan lawmaker Mallory McMorrow joins competitive 2026 US Senate race" by Léonie Chao-Fong.
Article: "Gabe Evans" by Wikipedia.
Book: Red Storm Rising: A Suspense Thriller by Tom Clancy.
Whoa...Every Republican on the Senate Finance Committee Voted to Continue The DOGE Destruction of Social Security
- Alex Lawson, President - Social Security Works / Strengthen Social Security @alaw202 @socialsecurityworks.org
Event: 5 April: Hands off! day of action.
Article: "Wyden Statement Following Finance Committee Vote on Bisignano Nomination to Lead Social Security" by Ron Wyden.
Article: "Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE" by Tara Siegel Bernard.
Article: "How Social Security Administration Cuts Affect You" by David Dayen.
Article: "Social Security nominee falsely claims no DOGE contacts, Democratic senator says" by Lisa Rein.
Article: "1936 United States presidential election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Frank Bisignano" by Wikipedia.
Article: "DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse" by Makena Kelly.
Article: "Treasury Secretary Bessent tells countries not to retaliate after sweeping 'Liberation Day' tariffs" by Ashley Carnahan.
Article: "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says " by Amy Sherman.
Article: "Tesla Wouldn't Be Tesla Without Stimulus Spending" by Brian Eckhouse.
Article: "Tesla PE Ratio 2010-2024 | TSLA" by macrotrends.