Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 4 January, 2024

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

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Did the Handmaid's Court Just Sentence Red State Women to Die?
Article: "Did a Handmaid's Court Just Sentence Red State Women to Die?" by Thom Hartmann.
Law: "Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985" (COBRA).
Law: "Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)".
Article: "President Bush Visits Cleveland, Ohio", July 10, 2007 by White House.
Article: "The Medicare Advantage Ripoff that Every American Should Know About" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Of Course They Want Us Dead" by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "Punish, Torture, Kill" by Jill Filipovic.
Article: "The Handmaid's Court" by Lucian K. Truscott IV.
Article: "Pushing for abortion ban was a "mistake", admits Polish prime minister" by Notes from Poland.
Article: "Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules" by Eleanor Klibanoff.
Article: "Abortion, Every Day (9.13.23): Republican running for Kentucky Governor agreed to criminalize contraception" by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "Yes, They Want You Dead" by Jessica Valenti.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Law: "Texas v. Becerra".
Article: "Reagan's Tax Cut Just Turned 40 — And It's Still The Most Important Tax Reform Since World War II" by Joseph Thorndike.
Article: "Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country" by France24.
Article: "Reagan Administration Health Policy" by Karen Davis.
Article: "Treating An Outbreak Of Patient Dumping In Texas" by Robert Reinhold.
Article: "Debate Prep: Fact-Checking the G.O.P. Candidates on Health Care" by Margot Sanger-Katz.
Article: "Mitt Romney says federal law requires hospitals to provide free care" by Dan Gorenstein.
Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (2022) (abortion).
 
Article: "Iowa student shoots six, one fatally, at high school" by Chloe Kim.
Article: "Trump's businesses received millions from foreign entities during his presidency, House report says" by Will Steakin.
Article: "Another covid wave hits U.S. as JN.1 becomes dominant variant" by Fenit Nirappil, Lena H. Sun.
Article: "Clinton and Trump are named in Jeffrey Epstein documents; no wrongdoing alleged" by David Jackson, Aysha Bagchi.
 
Is the corporate media Keeping the door wide open for Trump's fascist return?
Article: "Corporate Media Keeps Door Wide Open for Trump's Fascist Return" by Robert Reich.
 
Article: "Fresh off settling a lawsuit for price gouging, Chick-fil-A is doing it again" by Mark Sumner.
Article: "U.S. Aid to Ukraine by the Numbers" by Michael Crowley, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper.
Article: "Ukraine Aid Costs Pale In Comparison To The Price Of Appeasement" by Ben Ritz.
Audio: "Biden's 2024 Playbook" by Sabrina Tavernise.
Article: "Nashua, New Hampshire is the safest city in America, new study says—here's the full top 10 list" by Celia Fernandez.
Article: "Treaty of Versailles" by Wikipedia (28 June 1919, at the end of World War I).
Article: "Les Moonves: Trump's run is 'damn good for CBS'" by Eliza Collins.
Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.
Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.
Article: "Microchip wins $72 million federal CHIPS Act grant, Oregon's first, for Gresham expansion" by Mike Rogoway.
Article: "Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant" by Steven Scheer.

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Hour Two: Topic: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine.   @IttnerPhilip Youtube Article: "Ukraine war: What Russia's escalating air attacks mean" by James Waterhouse & Toby Luckhurst.
Article: "'Seething' Putin hammers Ukraine with massive missile and drone attacks" by Claudia Chiappa.
Article: "More Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner exchange brings home 230 Ukrainians" by quaoar.
Article: "Will Putin agree to a Ukraine ceasefire in 2024?" by Harriet Marsden.
Article: "Russian women are starting to demand Putin bring their men home from war in Ukraine" by Straits Times.
Article: "Any Day Now, Ukraine Will Finally Get Its F-16s" by David Axe.
Article: "Russia confirms Ukraine destroyed its warship in Crimea attack" by Al Jazeera.
 
Article: "Biden's first 2024 campaign ad highlights threats to US democracy" by Rachel Leingang.
Book: Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier by Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey.
Book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D..
Book: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté.
Article: "Governor Newsom Announces World-Leading Science & Technology Research Center in Los Angeles" by Gavin Newsom.
 
Is a fear of MAGAts threatening to make the law "merely optional?"
Article: "Fear of MAGA backlash is threatening to make enforcing law 'merely optional': columnist" by Adam Nichols.
Article: "Fear of MAGA "backlash" is no reason to let Donald Trump make an illegal run for president" by Amanda Marcotte.
Article: "US House majority whip Tom Emmer endorses Trump for president" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Rep. Steve Scalise is latest top Republican to back Trump for president" by Ryan King .
Article: "What We Know About the Attack on Nancy Pelosi's Husband" by Amanda Holpuch.
Article: "Did Trump Promote Goya Foods from the Oval Office?" by Bethania Palma.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Article: "Kellyanne Conway Violated the Hatch Act 60 Times, Ethics Watchdog Claims in New Lawsuit" by Alexandra Hutzler.
Article: "Ivanka Trump violated the Hatch Act eight times in just over 48 hours" by Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel.
 
Classroom Strategies for Dealing with ADHD
Article: "Classroom Strategies for Dealing with ADHD" by Thom Hartmann.
 
Article: "Tracking Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot" by Lazaro Gamio and Mitch Smith.
Video: Is This the End of America?: A Conversation with Journalist Ahmed Baba - PoliticsGirl.
Article: "Project 2025" by Wikipedia.
Book: Trump and Hitler: A Responsible Consideration by Horace Bloom.
Article: "Howard Stern: Trump Ran for President as a 'Gimmick' to Get a Pay Raise on 'The Apprentice' (Video)" by Jon Levine.
Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.
Book: "The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Siberia's ice is melting, revealing its past and endangering its future" by Ruby Mellen, Natalya Saprunova.
Article: "Clathrate gun hypothesis" by Wikipedia.
Documentary: Last Hours.
Article: "The Inflation Reduction Act – implications for climate change, air pollution, and health" by Sanjay Rajagopalan, Philip J. Landrigan.

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Hour Three: Court OKs mass vigilante vote challenges
- Greg Palast Investigative Journalist, Author & Filmmaker. His latest film in the making is: LONG KNIFE: Osage Oil and the new trail of tears. (Go GregPalast.com to watch the 100-second teaser)
  @Greg_Palast
Article: "Conservative Group Wins Legal Victory Over 2020 Voting Challenges in Georgia" by Nick Corasaniti.
Video: Vote Vigilante vs Major Turner.
Movie: "Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Court Approves Vigilante Mass Voter Challenges: Devastating Threat To 2024 Election" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Operation Eagle Eye (United States)" by Wikipedia.
 
Video: The Cardinal 1963 Tom Tryon & Romy Schneider.
 
New Study Reveals Surprising Link Between Exercise And Brain Size
Article: "New Study Reveals Surprising Link Between Exercise And Brain Size" by Nikhil Pandey.
 
Article: "Crystal radio" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden's 'urgent budget request' includes $14B for border security" by Victor Nava.
Article: "Republicans to blur faces in January 6 footage as 'we don't want them charged'" by Edward Helmore.
Article: "AP fact check rates GOP claim Pelosi blocked National Guard on Jan. 6 'false'" by Dominick Mastrangelo.
Article: "Nikki Haley Walks Away With the Debate, and the Attention of Trump-Averse Republicans" by Philip Elliott.
Article: "Nikki Haley's Medicare Advantage" by WSJ.
Article: "Which Countries Did Germany Invade During World War 2?" by World Population Review.
Article: "Second Chechen War" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump reveals how he would end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours" by Jessica Kwong.
Article: "The carbon footprint of SpaceX" by Ellen Phiddian.
Article: "Steel Returns To Sparrows Point As Wind Farm Company Plans Turbine Plant" by CBS Baltimore.
Article: "Vice President Harris Launches Nationwide "Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour" to Mobilize Students and Young People in the Fight for Their Rights" by White House.