Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Suspension of Reality — and Law: Trump Turns the U.S. Military into His Private Army
Article: "The Suspension of Reality — and Law: Trump Turns the U.S. Military into His Private Army" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Los Angeles Democrats clash with Trump administration amid ICE crackdown" by Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing.
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Article: "Hard Hat Riot" by Wikipedia.
Documentary: The Dark Money Game.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
RFK Jr to remove all members of CDC panel advising on US vaccines
Article: "RFK Jr to remove all members of CDC panel advising on US vaccines" by Reuters.
Article: "Sanders Warns RFK Jr.'s Purge of Vaccine Experts 'Will Lead to Preventable Illness and Death'" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Cambodian genocide" by Wikipedia.
On becoming a Democrat...
- Joe Walsh, Former U.S Congressman (R-IL, 8th district) / podcast host @walshfreedom.bsky.social
Article: "Joe Walsh says he's becoming a Democrat" by Sarah Fortinsky.
Article: "Conservatism" by Wikipedia.
Book: None Dare Call It Treason by John A. Stormer.
Book: The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.
Book: With No Apologies: The Personal and Political Memoirs of United States Senator Barry M. Goldwater by Barry M. Goldwater.
Book: Goldwater by Barry M. Goldwater.
Article: "The Dirty Game Republicans are Playing with Desperate People's Lives" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Springfield pet-eating hoax" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How climate change is driving hunger in Guatemala" by Trócaire.
Audio: Velshi: The Big, Beautiful Breakup. Ali Velshi is joined by host of 'The Thom Hartmann Program' Thom Hartmann, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Immigration Attorney Allen Orr, spokesperson for UNICEF James Elder, author Téa Obreht.
Audio: Velshi: Holding Court. Ali Velshi is joined by Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University Akhil Amar, President & CEO of International Rescue Committee David Miliband, Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast.
Article: "Originalism" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: "Mea Culpa, Thom, Mea Culpa" - Seton Motley who I've been debating for many many years wants to tell me I'm right...say what?!
- Seton Motley, President - Less Goverment @AltAltLeft
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."
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 clause 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
Law: "9th Amendment" "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.".
Law: "10th Amendment" "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people".
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.
Article: "John Fetterman" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joe Manchin" by Wikipedia.
Did Israel seize Greta Thunberg and her boat in an illegal act?
Article: "Israel's Seizure of Gaza Freedom Flotilla Called a 'Blatant Act of International Piracy'" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Los Angeles County, California" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Orange County, California" by Wikipedia.
Video: Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural "The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself" Speech.
Article: "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Obama's Invasion of Texas: When Partisanship Becomes an Extreme Sport" by Kurt Eichenwald.
Article: "Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories" by Wikipedia.
Site: Gay and Lesbian Pages.
Case: "Citizens United dissent" by John Paul Stevens.
Article: "Bill Cassidy" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Can Trump increase his power by amending the constitution?
- Viki Harrison, Policy Director for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties - Common Cause @commoncause.org
Article: "How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power" by Phoebe Petrovic.
Article: "Constitutional Chaos The Shadow Campaigns Aiming to Unravel Our Freedom" by Common Cause.
Article: "A Constitutional Convention With No Guardrails Is A Real Possibility – We Must Stop It" by Common Cause.
Site: Convention of States.
Article: "Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution" (Article V Convention) by Wikipedia.
Article: "When The U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt (And Why It Didn't Last)" by Robert Smith.
Article: "Lawmakers Undo Mistake, Reverse Constitutional Convention Progress" by Common Cause.
Law: "SJM 8008 - 2025-26 Rescinding prior applications for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States" (Washington).
Article: "How a proposed lawsuit would seek to require Congress to convene an Article V constitutional convention" by Phoebe Petrovic.
Article: "Global Gender Gap Report 2024" by WEF (USA 43rd).
Law: "Declaration of Independence". "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
Article: "The Federalist Papers : No. 44: Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States, January 25, 1788." by James Madison.
Article: "Trump warns 'any' protesters at military parade will be 'met with heavy force'" by Stacey Dec.
Article: "Br'er Rabbit" by Wikipedia.
Article: "10 Donald Trump Business Failures" by Time.
Article: "Trump intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard warns world on brink of 'nuclear annihilation' in terrifying video" by Jon Michael Raasch.
Article: "Josh Hawley criticized for posting fake Patrick Henry quote claiming US founded 'on the Gospel'" by Michael Gryboski.
Article: "Ted R. Weiland" by Amazon.
Article: "Body-worn camera footage shows Idaho police shooting autistic teen 16 seconds after arriving" by Patrick Smith.
Article: "Contact Us" by Congress.
Article: "Florida elections, 2025" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "the "Dark Enlightenment" philosophers of Silicon Valley" by Thom Hartmann.