Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: This Is How Democracies Die: One Man, One Cell, No Charges
Article: "This Is How Democracies Die: One Man, One Cell, No Charges" by Thom Hartmann.
Post: "7/ You may not think this case matters to you. But Abrego Garcia was legally in the U.S., just like all the rest of us. His status as an immigrant doesn't matter as a matter of law. If Trump can lock up or remove ANYONE - no matter what the courts say - we are all at grave risk." by Chris Murphy.
Article: "The Nazi Camp System: Terminology" by United States Holocaust Museum.
Law: "The Constitution of the United States".
Law: "Declaration of Independence".
Law: "Magna Carta".
Article: "Thousands of innocent people jailed in El Salvador's gang crackdown" by Amna Nawaz.
Case: "24A949 Noem v. Abrego Garcia (04/10/2025)".
Tweet: "Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough." [video]" by Aaron Rupar.
Law: "5th Amendment" "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. ".
Law: "6th Amendment" (speedy trial, witnesses, defense).
Law: "7th Amendment" "In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved...".
Law: "8th Amendment" "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.".
Article: "Tax Day" by Wikipedia.
Article: "April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day - When did it start and why it is celebrated in MLB?" by Prashant Talreja.
Article: "'Open the pod bay door, HAL' — here's how AI became a movie villain " by Bob Mondello.
Site: 50501. Next National Day of Action: April 19th
Article: "Nuremberg trials" by Wikipedia.
If you were ever skeptical about the value of boycotts, check out what’s going on with Target right now
Article: "It's Only A Flesh Wound: Target Keeps Hemorrhaging As Blowback From Ditching 'DEI' Continues" by Robyn Pennacchia.
Trump lobs new threat against Harvard one day after it defied his demands
Article: "Trump lobs new threat against Harvard one day after it defied his demands" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Columbia University Sold its Soul for $400 Million" by Jack Crosbie.
Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.
Elon is stealing data on Americans that he can monetize
Article: "A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data" by Jenna McLaughlin.
Article: "Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution" by Erica L. Green.
Article: "Marco Rubio" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pam Bondi" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kristi Noem" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Paul Ryan Throws Granny Off Cliff In Ad Refused By Wisconsin TV Station (VIDEO)" by Sabrina Siddiqui.
Article: "Ice agents are out of control. And they are only getting worse" by Trevor Timm.
Article: "Sanctuary city" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Federal Officers Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab People In Portland, DHS Confirms" by Jonathan Levinson, Conrad Wilson, James Doubek, Suzanne Nuyen.
Article: "SS (Schutzstaffel or Protection Squad)" by Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
Article: "The Sturmabteilung: Hitler's Unofficial Army Of Thugs" (brownshirts) by Gina Dimuro.
Article: "Tren de Aragua" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Colorado video shows Tren de Aragua gang beating apartment complex worker in extortion bid, company says" by Christina Coulter.
Article: "8 people arrested in Mobile, tied to Tren de Aragua now pending deportation: FBI" by Haylee Kennedy.
Article: "White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department" by Jennifer Scholtes and Megan Messerly.
Video: "Trump: If Supreme Court said bring somebody back, I would".
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." (foreign emoluments clause).
Article: "Samuel Chase" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban all public events for gays - why?
Article: "Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights" by Justin Spike.
Article: "Budapest" by Wikipedia.
TV: "FBI: International".
Biggest political event in Idaho just took place - Thanks Bernie!
Article: "Photos: Biggest political event in Idaho history we think. 12,500 in Nampa" by Donkees.
Article: "‘It’s a dire time’: Bernie Sanders, AOC draw 12,000-plus to Idaho rally" by Sarah Cutler.
Letter: "to Edgar Newton Eisenhower" by Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 8, 1954. "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security ... Their number is negligible and they are stupid"
Article: "Richard Bandler" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Robert Anton Wilson" by Wikipedia.
Video: Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel.
Video: 'HANDS OFF! Protest in Huntington, West Virginia | April 5, 2025.
Article: "'Nonsense': CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks Stephen Miller's claim about mistakenly deported man" by CNN.
Article: "Stephen Miller Egregiously Misrepresented a Supreme Court Order While Trump Nodded Along" by Damon Root.
Article: "Montgomery bus boycott" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Delano grape strike" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump ‘looking into’ legality of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, White House says" by Kevin Breuninger.
Article: "Judge says E Jean Carroll allegation Trump raped her is ‘substantially true’ in court dismissal" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes" by Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price, Jill Colvin.
Article: "We Created a Monster: Trump Was a TV Fantasy Invented for 'The Apprentice'" by John D. Miller.
Hour Three: Who is going to win the trade war? And what will be the toll on Americans?
Article: "In latest salvo against tariffs, China assails ‘peasants in the U.S.’" by Lily Kuo.
Article: "People Are Calling Out JD Vance For His Offensive Comment About The US Borrowing Money From "Chinese Peasants," And It's Shocking Even For Him" by Michaela Bramwell.
Article: "China suspends rare earth exports, kneecapping US industry reliant on Beijing’s ‘monopoly’" by Caitlin Doornbos.
Article: "Unpacking China’s Naval Buildup" by Alexander Palmer, Henry H. Carroll, and Nicholas Velazquez.
Article: "China orders airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries amid trade war: Report" by AFP.
Article: "Russia’s Palm Sunday Massacre" by Elena Davlikanova.
Article: "Musk and Doge’s USAid shutdown likely violated US constitution, judge rules" by Hugo Lowell and Joseph Gedeon.
Article: "American People's Foreign Policy: USAID's Role in Apartheid South Africa" by ADST.
Article: "Elon Musk Went To School In Rolls-Royce, Says Father Errol, Dismisses Claims Of "Unhappy Childhood"" by NDTV.
Article: "Ukraine war briefing: Captive Chinese soldiers appear before the press in Kyiv" by Guardian.
Article: "Nato should be worried about Donald Trump" by Eliot Wilson.
Article: "White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups" by Matthew Lee, Farnoush Amiri.
Quote: "You've convinced me. Now go out and make me do it." - FDR.
Article: "George Washington's Integrated Army" by Phillip S. Greenwalt.
Article: "Military history of African Americans" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Crispus Attucks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Boston Massacre" by Wikipedia.
Site: STUN (Shift The Unfit Narrative).
Why would Trump sabotage the G7 condemnation of the missile strike on Ukraine?
Article: "Trump sabotages planned G7 condemnation of Russian missile strike on Ukraine: report " by Matthew Chapman.
Crazy Alert! ChatGPT explains how it could "take over the world":
Article: "Psycho AI reveals how it will take over the world – and humans will 'hand it the reins'" by Joshua Whorms.
Video: Attorney General Kris Mayes joined Rachel Maddow on MSNBC to discuss how Trump and DOGE are impacting Social Security recipients in Arizona and what our office is doing to combat the funding disruptions.
Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.
Bible: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" - Matthew 6: 25-27.
Book: Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham.
Article: "Trump’s ‘F**king Gross’ Cabinet Meeting Has Critics Cringing So Hard" by Lee Moran.
Article: "Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority" by AP.
Article: "Susan Crawford says ‘courts are not for sale’ after Elon Musk spends millions in Wisconsin Supreme Court race" by Alex Woodward.
Article: "The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world" by David Robson.