Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 20 August, 2024

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Tuesday's Daily Stack

Thom is LIVE from the DNC in Chicago...
 
Hour One: Last night's DNC
Video: Democratic National Convention, Day 1.
Video: "Hillary Clinton Listens to DNC Crowd Chants "Lock Him Up" About Trump".
Article: "Protests have hundreds of Democratic National Convention delegates stuck in buses " by Alexandria Jacobson.
Article: "James Taylor was supposed to perform at the DNC last night. Here's why he didn't" by Rin Velasco.
Video: Mallory McMorrow speech at DNC features Project 2025 book outlining 'blueprint' for Donald Trump.
Video: Full speech: AOC speaks at 2024 DNC | USA TODAY.
Video: WATCH: First daughter Ashley Biden speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention | 2024 DNC Night 1.
Video: First Lady Jill Biden full speech at 2024 DNC (Aug. 19, 2024).
Article: "Read President Joe Biden's full speech from the DNC night one" by Sarah Gleason and Jeremy Yurow.
Video: FULL SPEECH: Biden in emotional DNC speech: 'I gave my best to you'.
 
Is the "Reagan Revolution's" Attack on America's Middle Class at an End?
Article: "Is the "Reagan Revolution's" Attack on America's Middle Class at an End?" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot" by Russell Kirk.
Book: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Rights Of Man" by Thomas Paine.
Law: "Statute of Artificers 1562".
Article: "Legalize It All" by Dan Baum.
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: "Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart" by David Leonhardt.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "What we learned from Reagan's tax cuts" by David Wessel.
Article: "New poll shows Clinton over Trump by double-digits" by Eric Bradner.
Article: "The Middle Class Is Shrinking" by Grow The Middle Class.
Article: "The tea party radio network" by Kenneth P. Vogel And Mackenzie Weinger.
 
Video: Rep. Crockett at DNC: 'Kamala Harris has a résumé; Donald Trump has a rap sheet'.
Video: Full Speech: President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address.
Article: "Trump posts fake AI images of Taylor Swift and Swifties, falsely suggesting he has the singer's support" by Elizabeth Wagmeister and Kate Sullivan.
Article: "Who Killed the Electric Car?" by Wikipedia.
 
Gabe Amo
- Gabe Amo, U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district   @RepGabeAmo
Article: "Gabe Amo" by Wikipedia.
Article: "President Biden Announces American Rescue Plan" by White House.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "Biden signs $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, unlocking funds for transportation, broadband, utilities" by Jacob Pramuk.
 
Article: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (GATT) by Wikipedia.
Site: World Trade Organization (WTO).
Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.
Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Fox board members subpoenaed in Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies" by Jon Passantino.
Article: "A strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP)" by Wikipedia.
Law: "First Amendment"
Video: WATCH: Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention | 2024 DNC Night 1.
Article: "Raskin to Vance: 'They tried to kill your predecessor'" by Sarah Fortinsky. "Someone should have told Donald Trump that the president's job under Article 2 of the Constitution is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not that the vice president is executed"
Substack: "Adam Kinzinger".
Article: "Liz Cheney" by Wikipedia.
Article: "DNC Releases 2024 Party Platform to be Voted on at Convention " by DNC.

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Hour Two: Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November - is voter suppression and stealing the vote the only way they can win now?
Article: "Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November" by David G. Savage.
 
Putin has decided that Russia is going to be a 'safe haven' for people who want to trade liberal Western ways for Russian 'moral values'
Article: "Putin has decided that Russia is going to be a 'safe haven' for people who want to trade liberal Western ways for Russian 'moral values'" by Chris Panella.
Article: "Conservative Family 'Disappointed' After Moving To Russia To Escape LGBTQ Ideology" by Favour Adegoke.
Article: "Pack your bags: Russia-loving Canadian family's escape from "woke" Canada backfires" by Mark Frauenfelder.
 
Article: "Was Last Night AOC's '2004 Obama Convention Speech'? Sure Why Not!" by Evan Hurst.
Article: "Hillary Clinton At 2024 Democratic Convention: We've Got Trump "On The Run Now"" by Tim Hains.
Video: Elvin Bishop - Sure Feels Good.
Article: "DNC Crowd Size Compared to RNC in Photos" by Aila Slisco.
Article: "JD Vance agrees post-menopausal women's 'purpose' is raising grandkids - unearthed comment" by Housnia Shams.
Subsite: C-Span 2024 Democratic National Convention.
Article: "The Gun Charges Against Hunter Biden Are Unusual. Here's Why." by Glenn Thrush.
Article: "Judge rejects latest attempt by Hunter Biden to dismiss tax-related charges" by Lucien Bruggeman.
Article: "John Dillinger" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." - Samuel Johnson.
Video: James Taylor - Obama Inaugural Concert 1/18/09.
Image: "Thom Hartmann's photo of the Obamas at the inauguration ball. 1." by Thom Hartmann.
Image: "Thom Hartmann's photo of the Obamas at the inauguration ball. 2." by Thom Hartmann.
Image: "Thom Hartmann in his tuxedo at the inauguration ball" by Thom Hartmann.
Video: Keb' Mo' - Put a Woman in Charge feat. Rosanne Cash (Official Music Video).
Video: Sister Act- I Will Follow Him.
Article: "'I gave my best to you': Biden receives 4-minute ovation during emotional DNC address" by Zeke Miller, Jonathan J. Cooper, Aamer Madhani, Darlene Superville.
Article: "Ann Richards" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: More from the DNC
Article: "Snapshot: Joe Biden, A Special Man" by Steven Beschloss.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: "Problem Solvers Caucus" by Wikipedia.
Article: "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. "The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right;"
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Article: "Georgia Website That Lets People Cancel Voter Registrations Briefly Displayed Personal Data" by AP.
Article: "Full speech by Sen. Raphael Warnock at the DNC | Watch" by AP.
Article: "How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia's Election Board Could Swing the Election" by Nick Corasaniti.
 
Article: "A Healed Femur Is the Earliest Sign of True Civilization" by Quote Investigator.
Article: "Lancet commission examines Trump's COVID response" by Erin Schumaker.
Article: "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says" by Amy Sherman.
Article: "Rick Scott" by Wikipedia.
 
PoliticsGirl joins Thom
- Leigh McGowan, PoliticsGirl   @IAmPoliticsGirl
Book: A Return to Common Sense: How to Fix America Before We Really Blow It by Leigh McGowan, due out September 17, 2024.
Book: Common Sense by Thomas Paine (full text).
Book: Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
Tweet: "Why would the @democrats invite social media people to the @DemConvention ???@creatorsforkamala" by PoliticsGirl.
 
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Article: "A Review of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in the US" by Caleb J. Jang, Henry C. Lee.
Article: "The Racial Makeup of America's Prisons" by Adriana Rezal.
Law: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".
Article: "Lung Cancer Deaths and Rates by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Year" by American Lung Association.
Article: "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Heart Disease" by CDC.
Article: "How Race and Ethnicity Impact Heart Disease" by Cleveland Clinic.
Article: "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) (Dreamers) by Wikipedia.
Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".
Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".
Article: "The Electoral College Explained" by Allyson Waller.
Quote: "Together, we set out to heal the land, a nation besieged by a deadly pandemic and beset by the awful and divisive rhetoric of a man too small for the office entrusted him or the task set before it." - Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Documentary: Vigilantes Inc: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen, (narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen) debuts on September 6th.