Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 18 February, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: See No Nazis, Hear No Nazis: Is the Media Covering for Trump's Fascist Base?
Article: "See No Nazis, Hear No Nazis: Is the Media Covering for Trump's Fascist Base?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Why Is Donald Trump Jr. Following White Supremacists on Twitter?" by Charles Johnson.
Article: "Donald Trump's history with Adolf Hitler and his Nazi writings: ANALYSIS" by Jonathan Karl.
Article: "Putin Propaganda...from the Lips of JD Vance" by David Pepper.
Article: "History's Darkest Echo: When Mass Murderers and Presidents Think Alike" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Following in his father's footsteps, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted a white supremacist." by Jeet Heer.
Article: "How Trump Has Cultivated the White Supremacist Alt-Right for Years" by Ben Mathis-Lilley.
Article: "Trump's latest flirtation with Nazi symbolism draws criticism" by Brett Samuels.
Article: "14 words" by ADL.
Article: "88" by ADL.
Article: "doge" by Britannica.
Article: " JD Vance Says 'Jailing People for Dissenting Views' Is 'A Threat to Free Speech' — Amid Elon Musk's Call for '60 Minutes' Staff to Be Jailed" by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: "Musk's "Sieg Heil" Was a Test. We Failed." by Jim Stewartson.
Article: "Musk to Unions: The Nazis Are Coming" by Jim Stewartson.
Article: "Trump ignites political firestorm in South Africa over Afrikaner asylum status offer" by Kate Bartlett.
Article: "Republican Senate candidates promote 'replacement' theory" by Steve Peoples.
Article: "Trump said Hitler 'did some good things' and wanted generals like the Nazis, former chief of staff Kelly claims" by AP.
Article: "Trump Border Czar Asked DOJ To Investigate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" by Jason Easley.
Article: "Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute" by Tim Dickinson.
Article: "Donald Trump Jr. Says Media Likes to Use the "Gas Chamber" on Republicans" by Jeremy Stahl.
Article: "Bannon, Adviser Behind Travel Ban, Is Fan of Novel About Feces-Eating, Dark-Skinned Immigrants Destroying White Society" by Ben Mathis-Lilley.
Article: "The GOP's Nazi Problem Has Deep Roots" by Jeet Heer.
Article: "Right-wing extremism: Symbols, signs and banned organisations" by Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz.
Article: "Donald Trump Jr. stumbles out of father's shadow and into the spotlight with white nationalist interview" by Michael E. Miller.
Article: "Forest Service fires 3,400 people after 'deferred resignation' deadline passes" by Marcia Brown and Jordan Wolman.
Trump is now stunningly claiming that Musk in not working for DOGE..Are you serious? Is a secret? Who is routing around in our private info?
Article: "Huh? Trump White House Claims Elon Musk Doesn't Actually Work for DOGE in Striking New Legal Filing" by Joe DePaolo.
Social Security acting head abruptly exits after dust-up with Elon Musk's DOGE - What's going on at OUR social security office?
Article: "Social Security acting head abruptly exits after dust-up with Elon Musk's DOGE: report" by Daniel Hampton.
Article: "Analyzing Musk's claim that '150-year-olds' are collecting Social Security payments" by Jack Izzo, Grace Deng.
Apparently the oval office in now the place where Trump conducts "private business." There apparently is no self-interest for Trump and and, oh by the way, did you hear this in the media?
Article: "'Brazen Conflict of Interest': Trump Reportedly Held Oval Office Meeting to Forge Merger Involving Saudi Business Partner" by Kipp Jones.
Video: 'The telltale signs of a coup': Musk's power grab draws outraged backlash (Jamie Raskin, Rachel Maddow).
Site: 50501.
Site: "Indivisible".
BlueSky: "Laurence H. Tribe".
Article: "Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. plea to be removed from ballot in two swing states" by Lawrence Hurley.
Article: "2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary" by John Roberts.
Article: "Measles outbreak spreads in Texas. Where active cases are, symptoms to watch for" by Brandi D. Addison, Mateo Rosiles.
Article: "Bird flu latest updates: Wyoming confirms state's 1st human case of bird flu, bringing total to 70 across 13 states" by Kate Murphy.
Article: "US inflation got worse with rising groceries and gasoline prices" by Christopher Rugaber.
Quote: "You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLT.
Substack: "The Aggressive Progressive".
Article: "Minutemen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sean Duffy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Read: JD Vance's full speech on the fall of Europe".
Article: "Vance meets leader of Germany's far-right AfD, attacks European 'firewalls' against populism" by France24.
Article: "'Can't be saved': Former Canadian defense official says relationship with U.S. is over" by Brad Reed.
Movie: "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Site: The Lincoln Project.
Site: Daily Song.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Youtube: "Louise & Thom Hartmann" (songs).
Article: "Hundreds of Nuclear Experts Fired with no Regard to National Security" by David Obelcz.
Hour Two: Panic in Ukraine and all our former European friends as we abandon them and Democracy worldwide
Article: "Elon Musk faces criticism for encouraging Germans to move beyond 'past guilt'" by Rachel Treisman.
Article: "'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary'" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Vance's real warning to Europe" by Gideon Rachman.
Article: "'Panic' in Ukraine as leaked confidential Trump peace plan astounds: report " by Brad Reed.
Article: "List of countries by GDP (nominal)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "List of countries by population (United Nations)" by Wikipedia.
'Stealing food money from our soldiers': Troops reportedly go hungry as budget diverted
Article: "'Stealing food money from our soldiers': Troops reportedly go hungry as budget diverted" by Carl Gibson.
Crazy Alert! Right-wingers are hoping "Maybe there is a DEI situation" with the plane that flipped. Do they mean perhaps a non-white man could have been in the cockpit?
Article: "'Maybe there is a DEI situation': Right-wing media hosts speculate on upside-down plane" by David Edwards.
Article: "The British Policy of Appeasement toward Hitler and Nazi Germany" by Holocaust Encyclopedia.
Article: "Rep. Cori Bush Ousted By AIPAC-Backed Primary Challenger" by Daniel Marans.
Article: "AIPAC Unleashes a Record $14.5 Million Bid to Defeat a Critic of Israel" by Nicholas Fandos.
New law could see me regulated just like women - will men be fined for ejaculating "without and intent to conceive?"
Article: "New US law could see men fined £8000 for ejaculating 'without intent to conceive'" by Abigail O'Leary News Reporter, Phoebe Tonks Overnight Reporter and Nelson Espinal.
Article: "Men Face $1,000 Fine if They 'Discharge Semen' Under New Bill" by Sophie Clark.
Article: "Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens" by Selena Simmons-Duffin.
Site: MoveOn.org.
Article: "Did Trump end the federal investigations into Musk? I made FOIA requests to find out" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Incitatus" (Caligula's Horse) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Watch: 'I have nothing to do with Project 2025,' Trump says" by Kenichi Serino.
Article: "All the times Project 2025 has appeared in Trump's executive orders" by Katie Hawkinson.
Article: "Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue to get their jobs back" by Katelyn Polantz and Manu Raju.
Article: "Ex-USAID head responds to allegation agency gave condoms to Taliban" by CNN.
Article: "Elon Musk Says Team Behind CBS's '60 Minutes' Deserves 'A Long Prison Sentence'" by Marita Vlachou.
Article: "The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "30 Bonneville Power workers get jobs back amid hundreds of layoffs and buyouts" by Jake Goldstein-Street.
Article: "Murray: Trump layoffs leave Hanford nuclear site with 'skeleton crew'" by Jayati Ramakrishnan.
Article: "ALEC" by Common Cause.
Article: "History of ACORN in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "House Republicans Release a Roughly $3 Trillion Budget Outline" by Andrew Duehren.
Article: "United States Marshals Service" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US judge will not block Elon Musk from firing federal workers, accessing data" by Jack Queen and Tom Hals.
Article: "Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers" by History.com.
Hour Three: Hegseth wants to ban military from contacting MRFF
- Mikey Weinstein, Founder & President - Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) @militaryreligiousfreedom.org
Video: MRFF's Open Video Rebuking Sec. Def. Hegseth's Apparent Effort to Ban Military From Contacting MRFF.
Article: "West Point Orders All Minority Clubs To Immediately Disband; Army-wide Memo Implements Anti-trans Executive Order" by Mikey Weinstein.
Article: "Emergency Video Message From Mikey Weinstein For Service Members Fearful Of Being Given Illegal Orders By The MAGA DOD Or MAGA Superiors" by Mikey Weinstein.
Article: "MRFF's Mikey Weinstein Interviewed on "Background Briefing" with Ian Masters: MAGA's "Affirmative Action for White Losers, Drunks and Incompetents"" by MRFF.
Article: "Amendment Banning Contact With Military Religious Freedom Group Passes House" by Deirdre Pelphrey.
Article: "MRFF VICTORY!!! Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Removes New Testament Bible Verse "Nickname" from Facebook Post After Phone Call with Mikey Weinstein" by MRFF.
Article: "Trijicon, Inc. Offers to Voluntarily Remove Scripture References on all Products Destined for U.S. Military" by Trijicon.
Article: "Uproar over Vandenberg briefing spurs Air Force mandate on 'religious neutrality' " by Jeremy Thomas.
Article: "MRFF Helps Native American Service Member, Told to Dress Up Like an Indian, Stop Commander's "Puritan Pilgrim" Thanksgiving Event" by MRFF.
Article: "Elon Musk's dream comes true: The federal board that protects workers does not exist, at least for now " by Chris Isidore.
Article: "Weather Underground" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pope Francis has 'bilateral pneumonia' but remains in 'good mood', Vatican says" by Sky News.
Article: "U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to kick off Trump pushback tour in Nebraska, Iowa" by Aaron Sanderford.
Article: ""We Are Not Desperate": Trump's Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Blasts Off to $1 Million Ahead of Election" by Naomi Feinstein.
Article: "Modeling the Future of Religion in America" by Pew Research Center.
Article: "DeJoy announces plans to step down as USPS postmaster general" by Jory Heckman.
Article: "Biden signs USPS reform legislation into law, as agency seeks higher mail prices" by Jory Heckman.
Article: "USPS letter carrier union members reject tentative contract deal" by Jory Heckman.
Article: "What Is AuDHD?" by Jennifer Gerlach.
Article: "USAID could slash staff to hundreds after placing most on leave" by Max Matza and James FitzGerald.
Article: "The American farmers at the heart of Trump's war with USAID who are struggling to survive" by James Cirrone.
Article: "Four Freedoms (Rockwell)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Science And The Problem With Chikumbutso's "Free Energy" Claims" by L.S.M Kabweza.