Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: What is the Invisible Dark Force Destroying Everything?
Article: "What is the Invisible Dark Force Destroying Everything?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "60 Days into 2024 and Millionaires are Already Done Paying into Social Security" by John B. Larson.
Article: "Most Americans support a $15 federal minimum wage" by Amina Dunn.
Article: "Americans Support Raising Taxes on the Wealthy and Big Corporations" by Maryann Cousens.
Article: "More in U.S. See Unions Strengthening and Want It That Way" by Lydia Saad.
Article: "Poll Reveals Strong Bipartisan Support for Action on Housing Affordability" by NLIHC.
Article: "Analysis: How might the 'Citizens United' decision be undone?" by John Dunbar.
Article: "80 percent of Americans believe abortion should be legal; 70 percent approve Medicaid Funding".
Article: "Majority of voters support free college, eliminating student debt" by The Hill.
Article: "Attacking Monopoly Power Can Be Stunningly Good Politics, Survey Finds" by David Dayen.
Article: "America's complicated view on public funding for religious schools" by Linley Sanders.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Increasing Payroll Taxes Would Strengthen Social Security" by Kathleen Romig.
Article: "No Labels and the 'Problem Solvers' are Wolves of Wall Street in Sheep's Clothing" by Porter Mcconnell, Rion Dennis.
Article: "KFF Health Tracking Poll - May 2021: Prescription Drug Prices Top Public's Health Care Priorities" by Ashley Kirzinger, Audrey Kearney, Mellisha Stokes, and Mollyann Brodie.
Article: "Increasing share of Americans favor a single government program to provide health care coverage" by Bradley Jones.
Article: "What the data says about Americans' views of climate change" by Alec Tyson, Cary Funk, Brian Kennedy.
Article: "Do you support or oppose banning assault-style weapons?" by Statista.
Article: "Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, investigation reveals" by Lauren Aratani.
Article: "Secretary-General's special address on climate action "A Moment of Truth" [as delivered]" by António Guterres.
Article: "This city just made it illegal to advertise SUVs. Here's why." by Shannon Osaka.
Article: "DeSantis rejects climate change rationale for record-breaking rain" by Lori Rozsa.
Topic news...
Article: "Half a million immigrants could get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden" by AP.
Article: "EPA chief vows to take on Republican-led states over pollution rules rollback" by Oliver Milman.
Article: "South Carolina quietly canceled AP African American Studies. We wanted to know why." by Michael Harriot.
Video: Federal Officials Testify on Social Security Disability Benefits Challenges, June 18, 2024.
Article: "History of corporate law in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886.
Article: "1973 Chilean coup d'état" by Wikipedia.
Tweet: "Carville bets Trump a no show at debate, but why he'll likely be there [video]" by Morning Joe.
Article: "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) (Dreamers) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Cousin Chart—How to Calculate Family Relationships " by Jessica Grimaud.
Hour Two: Never back down: Rich and powerful exploit post-shame society
- John Fugelsang, Actor/Comedian & Radio Host-Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 - 9pm ET / 6pm PT / & host, The John Fugelsang Podcast (Apple) @JohnFugelsang @SXMProgress @sexyliberaltour
Article: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) Ellie (2001) Full Cast & Crew" by IMDb.
Site: Sexy Liberal tour.
Article: "Never back down: Rich and powerful exploit post-shame society" by Zachary Basu.
Article: "Nixon resigns" by History.
Article: "Were Most Conservative Supreme Court Justices Appointed by Presidents Who Lost Popular Vote?" by Nur Ibrahim.
Article: "Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers" by Laura Meckler, Michelle Boorstein.
Article: "James Madison And Church-State Separation" by Rob Boston.
Video: John Fugelsang on Thumping Bible Thumpers with His Upcoming Book, "Separation of Church and Hate".
Bible: "If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely[a] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise." - Exodus 21:22-25.
Bible: "But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband"— here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—"may the Lord cause you to become a curse[a] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries." - Numbers 5:20-22.
Article: "Welcoming The Stranger In Our Midst: 10 Bible Verses" by James Macintyre.
Article: "Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's $44.9bn pay deal despite legal hurdles" by Lawrence Matheson.
Article: "Why Eisenhower Added 'Under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance During the Cold War" by Becky Little.
Article: "The 3 Richest Americans Hold More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Of The Country, Study Finds" by Noah Kirsch.
Events: 2024: "Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Save the World Tour" w/ Stephanie Miller, John Fugelsang, Hal Sparks, and Frangela (incl. Sat Jun 22 - Denver, Sat Sep 07 - Portland, OR).
Article: "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" by Joe Rosenthal.
Article: "The predetermined defeat of Democrats' big voting rights bill" by Andrew Prokop.
Article: "Why one lawmaker keeps pushing for a new military draft" by Leo Shane III.
Article: "US House Passed Bill Automatically Registering Men 18-26 Years Old for Draft?" by Jack Izzo.
Is any woman in Idaho going to feel safe to become pregnant?
Article: "Idaho GOP Platform Calls IVF 'Murder'" by Jessica Valenti.
Geeky Science! Did you know intermittent fasting supercharges "natural killer" cells that destroy cancer?
Article: "Intermittent fasting may supercharge 'natural killer' cells to destroy cancer" by StudyFinds.
Article: "Florida is hit by once-in-a-millennium rainfall triggering floods" by Bethan Sexton.
Video: Johnny Cash Hurts Donald Trump - David Zapen.
Article: "Bannon tells Tucker he's not afraid of jail, it's time for war as reactions pour in over conviction by D.C. jury" by Chris Donaldson.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Walter Cronkite" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America." - attributed to LBJ.
Article: "Kidnapped, abused, humiliated – the Ukrainian children stolen by Russia" by Tom Watling.
Article: "Attacks against civilians in Ukraine 'unconscionable', Security Council hears" by U.N..
Article: "Putin denies planning to revive the Russian empire after declaring that Ukraine is not a real country and sending troops there" by Sinéad Baker.
Article: "Republicans tapped him to negotiate a landmark deal on the southern border. Then they tore him apart." by Riley Beggin.
Article: "Republicans kill border bill in a sign of Trump's strength and McConnell's waning influence" by Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V.
Article: "Senate Republicans block border security bill as they campaign on border chaos" by Sahil Kapur and Kate Santaliz.
Article: "Pro-Israel Recipients" by Open Secrets.
Article: "Gaza health ministry says Israeli hostage rescue killed 274 Palestinians" by Thomas Mackintosh.
Hour Three: Why Americans think crime is so bad
Article: "Why so many Americans have misconceptions about crime trends" by Judd Legum.
Article: "Les Misérables (musical)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump portrays rampant crime in speech at Black church in Detroit" by Isaac Arnsdorf.
Article: "Detroit ends 2023 with fewest homicides in 57 years" by City of Detroit.
Article: "ABC Host Fact-checks Tim Scott: Violent Crime 'Actually Down' Under Biden" by David Edwards.
Article: "These Are the People Who Died in Connection With the Capitol Riot" by Chris Cameron.
Article: "George Conway: GOP 'addicted to lies under Trump'" by Lauren Sforza.
Hunter In a Farmer's World Alert! ADHD: Practice Keeping On Task
Article: "ADHD: Practice Keeping On Task" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Les Moonves: Trump's run is 'damn good for CBS'" by Eliza Collins.
Article: "Debategate" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Peter Alexander Temporarily Replaces Kristen Welker on 'Meet the Press' as She Welcomes Baby No. 2" by Samantha Agate.
Article: "'Last Week Tonight': John Oliver Compares Trump To "A Hamster In An Attack Helicopter" As He Unpacks Conservatives' Project 2025" by Glenn Garner.
Article: "The Pentagon ran a secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic, an investigation finds" by Reuters.
Article: "Hawley slams China for costing world 'thousands of lives and billions of dollars' with coronavirus response" by Charles Creitz.
Article: "Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised" by Deb Riechmann.
Documentary: Rather.