Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 14 January, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: News...Jack Smith's report, Hegseth confirmation, Musk buying TicTok, and judge in healthcare ceo killing case tied to big healthcare...
Article: "Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel" by David Smith.
Article: "JUST IN: Jack Smith Report Insists Evidence Against Trump 'Sufficient' for Conviction If Not for 2024 Victory" by David Gilmour.
Article: "NYTimes obtains Jack Smith Report. Read it here.." by OzPerspective.
Article: "Jack Smith's report demands Merrick Garland be held accountable for failing America!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Hegseth could lead troops who'd face getting fired for actions he's done in the past" by Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor.
Article: "Trump defense nominee ordered three gin and tonics for breakfast: witness" by Brad Reed.
Article: "China mulls selling TikTok to Musk as US sale-or-ban deadline looms" by Prashant Rao and Paige Bruton.
Article: "Live updates: Pete Hegseth questioned on misconduct allegations and views on women at Senate confirmation hearing" by NBC News.
Article: "'You Were Still Married, Correct?' Pete Hegseth Hammered For Cheating on Multiple Ex-Wives in Wild Senate Hearing Clash" by Colby Hall.
Article: "2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan" by Wikipedia.
Law: "S.J.Res.34 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services"".
Article: "2017 Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal repeal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pete Hegseth Ignores Rape Probe and Boasts: God Saved Me" by Dan Ladden-Hall.
The Grievance Machine: How Republicans Weaponize Fear to Win
Article: "The Grievance Machine: How Republicans Weaponize Fear to Win" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Lancet commission examines Trump's COVID response" by Erin Schumaker.
Article: "COVID: This Month 4 Years Ago Trump & Kushner Put Together a Deadly, Evil Plan" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "It's Time to Investigate Ginni Thomas" by Thom Hartmann. Article: "The Memo That Hijacked American Democracy — And How Democrats Can Take It Back" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump and Allies Launch Barrage of Negative Ads" by Wesleyan Media Project.
Article: "New Evidence Confirms Russia's Bounty on American Troops" by Olga Lautman.
Article: "The People's Cabinet" by Timothy Snyder.
Article: "Trump Labor Secretary Condemned for 'Despicable' Efforts to Roll Back Unemployment Benefits, Paid Leave in Coronavirus Stimulus" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "You Want a Real Email Scandal? Take a Look Back at the Bush-Cheney White House." by Kevin Drum.
Article: "A Four-Decade Secret: One Man's Story of Sabotaging Carter's Re-election" by Peter Baker.
Article: "Trump's lies are winning as Democrats fall into a deadly trap" by John Stoehr.
Article: "A pandemic plan was in place. Trump abandoned it — and science — in the face of Covid-19" by Jason Karlawish.
Article: "Time for Senate Democrats to get tough" by Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman.
Article: "Inside Trump Treasury nominee's past life as 'foreclosure king' of California" by Sam Levin.
Article: "Scathing report on US withdrawal from Afghanistan blames Trump and Biden" by Reuters.
There are so many lies and BS coming from Trump, Musk, et al that California had to launch a website to rebut them. Will it work?
Site: California Fire Facts.
Article: "Speaker Mike Johnson suggests 'conditions' needed on disaster aid for LA wildfires" by Lauren Peller.
Article: "Trump Looked Up How Many Votes He Got in Wildfire-Torn Area Before Agreeing to Provide Disaster Aid, Officials Claim" by Vanessa Etienne.
Article: "New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid" by Nicole Acevedo.
Article: "Canadians join the fight against Los Angeles-area wildfires" by The Canadian Press.
Article: "Firefighters from Ukraine, Mexico and prison: Who is helping battle LA blazes?" by Nicole Acevedo.
Article: "Mike Johnson Gives Update on Capitol Flags for Donald Trump Inauguration" by Monica Sager.
Article: "No Evidence Taylor Swift Donated $10M to California Wildfire Fund" by Jack Izzo.
Article: "Benefits" by medicaid.gov.
Article: "Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State" by KFF.
Hour Two: more news
Article: "FBI did not interview Hegseth accuser ahead of hearing, people familiar say" by Liz Goodwin, Abigail Hauslohner.
Article: "The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth is a whitewash—and that's on purpose!" by Garrett M. Graff.
Article: "FBI Director Confirms Agency Sent Tips from Kavanaugh Tip Line to Trump White House Without Investigation" by Sheldon Whitehouse.
Article: "Luigi Mangione Judge Married to Former Healthcare Executive" by Ken Klippenstein, Dan Boguslaw.
Here they come - Trump allies launch $20M effort to convince working class to back tax plan
Article: "Trump wants to extend his 2017 tax cuts — and more. Here's what that could mean for you." by Aimee Picchi.
Article: "Reconciliation (United States Congress)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump allies launch $20M effort to convince working class to back tax plan" by Jake Johnson.
Democrats Will Regret Helping to Pass the Laken Riley Act
Article: "Democrats Will Regret Helping to Pass the Laken Riley Act" by Michelle Goldberg.
Article: "Hurricane Sandy" (2012) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hurricane Katrina" (2005) by Wikipedia.
Article: "2011 Joplin tornado" by Wikipedia.
Video: 'You were still married, correct?': Kaine grills Hegseth on past affair.
Article: "Hegseth's views on women in combat, infidelity and more — in his own words" by Lolita C. Baldor.
Article: "No Evidence Musk's Starlink Network Was Used To 'Rig' 2024 Election" by Anna Rascouët-Paz.
Article: "Braver Angels" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gulf of Tonkin incident" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fact-checking misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires and California water policy" by Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough.
Article: "Employment Guidance for the District of Columbia National Guard" by Christopher C Miller, 4 January 2021.
Article: "Read: Jack Smith's final report on Trump's Jan. 6 case".
Site: "Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection".
Article: "New: Summary of Final Jan. 6 Report" by David Pepper.
Article: "Saltwater intrusion in California" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: "It Takes Chutzpah"
- Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator (D-OR) & Author of the new book (out yesterday) "It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change" @wyden.senate.gov
Article: "Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'Cover-Up'" by David Johnston.
Article: "Tulsi Gabbard" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2024 United States telecommunications hack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Musk: Beijing's acceptable ally" by Nathan Bomey.
Article: "Donald Trump Wants an 'External Revenue Service': What to Know" by Natalie Venegas.
Book: Stella by Peter Wyden.
Article: "IBM and the Holocaust" by Wikipedia.
Article: "An Overview of Clean Energy Tax Legislation in the Inflation Reduction Act" by Rob O'Neill, Eric Rohner, Matt Kaden, Jon Blitman, Keegan McClure.
Site: Meidas Touch News.
Site: ProPublica.
Article: "Office of Digital Strategy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What We Know About California Fires Suspect as LAPD Make Arson Arrest" by Khaleda Rahman.
Article: "Trump slams his VP, says Pence 'didn't have the courage' to decertify results of presidential election" by Brooke Singman.
Article: "Abundant Life Christian School shooting" (Madison, 2024) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.
Article: "Prosecutors seek 15-year prison sentence for Menendez after bribery conviction" by Larry Neumeister.
Article: "Homeless Population Grows for Ninth Straight Year" by Jack Harvel.
Article: "Oregon has 3rd highest homelessness rate in the country" by Nicole Hayden.