Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Plantation Politics of MAGA America: Is This the Future We Want?
Article: "The Plantation Politics of MAGA America: Is This the Future We Want?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "When Donald Trump Had a Choice, He Chose Nonunion Labor for His Construction Projects with IBEW" by Kenneth Quinnell.
Article: "Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back transgender protections and end DEI programs" by Geoff Mulvihill, Ayanna Alexander,Kimberlee Kruesi.
Post: "I thought I was going to take today off social media other than posting about Martin Luther King Jr, but when I saw this video of Musk, my heart stopped! This is America in 2025? As a Jewish person I'm horrified, but I want folks to see what they voted for. [video]" by Malena.
Article: "'Django Unchained': Samuel L. Jackson on playing a 'hateful negro'" by Anthony Breznican.
Article: "Project 2025 Exposed" by GLAAD.
Article: "Four States Consider Bills to Punish Abortion Patients As Murderers " by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act ten years ago. Voter suppression has surged." by Victor Ray.
Article: "Landmark Civil Rights Cases Decided by the Supreme Court" by Terrence M. Franklin, Sandra Chan, Christopher W. Schmidt.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Bible: "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words." Matthew 6:6-7.
Bible: Matthew 25:31-46: The Sheep and the Goats.
Article: "How Gerrymandering Tilts the 2024 Race for the House" by Michael Li, Peter Miller, Madison Buchholz.
Article: "White students to no longer be majority in U.S. public schools" by AP.
Article: "Trump decries immigrants from 'shithole countries' coming to US" by Eli Watkins and Abby Phillip.
Article: "President-Elect Trump Nominates Lori Chavez-DeRemer for DOL Secretary and Linda McMahon for Education Secretary" by CUPA-HR.
Article: "Comparing the GOP Platform and Project 2025 on K–12 Education" by Paul E. Peterson.
Article: "Project 2025 Would Dramatically Cut Federal Funds for Schools. Then What?" by Mark Lieberman.
Article: "Finance, Budget Committees Launch Joint Investigation into Donald Trump's Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil" by Senate Committee on Finance.
Article: "Voting Rights and Restrictions in Pre-Emancipation America" by Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt.
Article: "Book ban attempts soared 65% in 2023" by Naaz Modan.
Article: "A Century Later, Restrictive 1924 U.S. Immigration Law Has Reverberations in Immigration Debate" by Muzaffar Chishti and Julia Gelatt.
Article: "Thomas wants the Supreme Court to overturn landmark rulings that legalized contraception, same-sex marriage" by Adam Edelman.
Article: "Trump's Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers" by Eyal Press.
Article: "Trump and Musk discussed firing striking workers. The UAW is now seeking an NLRB investigation" by Tom Krisher.
Article: "Donald Trump didn't put his hand on the Bible during his oath of office. He's still the president." by Samantha Putterman.
Article: "JD Vance joined Republican letter urging DOJ to enforce Comstock Act to ban mailing abortion pills " by Samantha Putterman.
Video: Vigilantes Inc. — Full Movie.
Article: "Elon Musk performs bizarre 'Hitler salute' at Trump inauguration rally" by Joshua Taylor, Debadrita Sur (video).
Video: "Ex-officer speaks out after Trump pardons men who beat him".
News...rewarding political violence, Fetterman partying with J6th rioter...say what?! America voted for corruption and the Trump expansionism begins...
Article: "President Trump orders hiring freeze on federal positions, including IRS openings" by Kelly Wiley.
Article: "IRS says it has clawed back $1 billion from millionaire tax cheats" by Aimee Picchi.
Article: "'Rewarding Political Violence,' Felon Trump Pardons Jan. 6 Insurrectionists" by Jessica Corbett.
Article: "Elon Musk performs bizarre 'Hitler salute' at Trump inauguration rally" by Joshua Taylor, Debadrita Sur.
Article: "Donald Trump Rolls Back Biden-Harris Rule to Lower Drug Costs for Millions of Americans" by DNC.
Article: "Experts alarmed by Trumps' crypto meme coins: 'America voted for corruption" by Callum Jones.
Article: "Trump Flirts With Sending Military Into Mexico to Fight Cartels in Wild Oval Office Moment: 'Stranger Things Have Happened'" by Isaac Schorr.
Article: "'We are the dominant predator': GOP lawmaker justifies US right to take Greenland " by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: "Did Trump put his hand on the Bible? Here's what to know about the tradition." by Aliza Chasan.
Article: "Melania Trump's inauguration hat spawns hilarious memes online: 'She looks like the Hamburglar'" by Kaleigh Werner.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley.
Article: "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Article: "Return to normalcy" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "Less government in business and more business in government" - Warren Harding.
Article: "Trump Grants Clemency to 1,500+ Jan. 6 Insurrectionists; Elon Musk Is Accused of Giving Nazi Salute" by Democracy Now!
Article: "Trump Makes Odd Remark About Elon Musk's Familiarity With Pennsylvania Voting Machines" by Leigh Kimmins.
Hour Two: News...Trump makes it easier to fire non-loyalists, cancels women's reproductive health and ends our participation in WHO...
Article: "Trump reclassifies thousands of federal employees, making them easier to fire" by Martin Pengelly, George Chidi.
Article: "Spoils System" by Britannica.
Law: "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" (1883).
Article: "Biden repeals Schedule F, overturns Trump workforce policies with new executive order" by Nicole Ogrysko.
Article: "Government's reproductive rights resource goes dark hours into new Trump administration" by Erik De La Garza.
Article: "'Grievous wound': Public health expert decries Trump's day one order" by Erik De La Garza.
Site: Indivisible.
Site: Democratic National Committee.
Article: "Trump's Ally Lummis Pushes to Sell Some of the Fed's Gold to Buy Bitcoin" by Teresa Xie.
Article: "'The Reign of Terror Against Crypto Is Over' Inside crypto's victory lap party at Trump's inauguration." by Matt Stieb.
Article: "The Successful British Counterfeiting Of American Paper Money During The American Revolution" by Eric P. Newman.
Article: "TikTok ban suspended for 75 days, but Trump order may not be legal" by Ben Lovejoy.
Article: "Tulip mania" by Wikipedia.
Did a fake letter by Russian trolls get Trump started on Greenland?
Article: "Trump's Greenland noise started with a fake letter sent by Russians" by annieli.
Article: "Oklahoma Gov. Said High School Students Need College, Trade School or Military Offer To Graduate?" by Grace Deng.
Article: "The Complicated Story Behind Jane Fonda's 'Hanoi Jane' Nickname" by Mahita Gajanan.
Site: Free Speech TV.
Site: Sirius XM - Progress.
Article: "Powell Memo".
Article: "FEMA camps conspiracy theory" by Wikipedia.
Site: Daily Song.
Article: "Immigration enforcement operations taking place in Bakersfield area, local officials say " by Jose Franco, Jenny Huh.
Article: "A surprising immigration raid in Kern County foreshadows what awaits farmworkers and businesses" by Sergio Olmos.
Article: "How to Protect Yourself During an Immigration Raid" by ACLU Texas.
Hour Three: Trump fired her for "making DEI policies a priority"
Article: "Trump Fires The Female Coast Guard Commandant" by redtravelmaster.
Here's what all good anti-trumpeters need to do...
Article: "Twenty Lessons On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder.
Article: "First lawsuits against Trump admin target DOGE" by Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney.
Article: "Immigrants' Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order" by ACLU.
Site: MoveOn.org.
Site: Move to Amend.
Article: "Rosa Parks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Everything you need to know about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles" by Jack Warrick and Murray Scullion.
Article: "Tesla is being investigated for securities and wire fraud for self-driving claims" by Andrew J. Hawkins.
Article: "Thomas Carlyle" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Great man theory" by Wikipedia.
Site: SMART Elections.
Substack: SMART Elections.
Site: Election Truth Alliance (Youtube).
Article: "UN 'deep alarm' over racism in Hungary as new fascist militia targets Roma" by Bernard Rorke.
Site: WeatherNation.
Article: "Trump claims a 'massive' mandate, but presidents often overread their victories" by Domenico Montanaro.
Site: Radioing.com (ham radio).
Article: "The Sturmabteilung: Hitler's Unofficial Army Of Thugs" (brownshirts) by Gina Dimuro.
Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump Orders Security Clearances to Be Given to Whomever He Wants" by Hugh Cameron.
Article: "Trump's Monsters' Playbook: Lies, Fear, and the Cult of Dehumanization" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The American Revolution" by Library of Congress.
Article: "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" (11-point plan) by Alexander Hamilton.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Andrew Jackson" (Old Hickory).
Article: "Andrew Jackson was called 'Indian killer.' Trump honored Navajos in front of his portrait." by Eli Rosenberg.
Article: "Panama" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Panama Canal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Speech on the War with Mexico" by Abraham Lincoln.
Article: "Polk's Mexican War" by Edward G. Lengel.