Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Confederate Voter Intimidation 2.0: The GOP's Dark Strategy for Winning
Article: "Confederate Voter Intimidation 2.0: The GOP's Dark Strategy for Winning" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "William Rehnquist Is Unfit to Judge Florida's Recount" by William Ruha.
Article: "Florida voter has election fraud charges touted by DeSantis dismissed" by Miles Cohen.
Article: "Texas Republicans move to oust Ken Paxton, their own long-indicted, scandal-plagued state Attorney General" by Rob Beschizza.
Article: "County Reporting Status" by Florida Election Watch.
Article: "Democracy Undone: The Texas Placebo Ballot Plot" by Thom Hartmann.
Site: Texas LULAC.
Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "How we will stop 40,000 Vigilante Vote Challengers" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Texas AG Says Trump Would've 'Lost' State If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballots Applications Being Sent Out" by Jason Lemon.
Article: "Over 1 Million Florida Felons Win Right To Vote With Amendment 4" by Tim Mak.
Article: "Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids" by Edgar Sandoval.
Article: "Why did voter turnout drop in 2022 versus 2018? Strict voting laws, voter arrests, say voting rights advocates" by Douglas Soule.
Article: "In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote" by Lawrence Mower and Langston Taylor.
Article: "Arizona Republicans sue after Dem governor opens more voting locations" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "DeSantis-led red wave penetrates even once-blue Palm Beach County" by Carline Jean.
Article: "Trump says Republicans would 'never' be elected again if it was easier to vote" by Sam Levine.
Article: "Trump and Biden big losers, DeSantis big winner in 2022" by Michael Barone.
Video: Texas AG Blocking Black & Latino Voters w/ Gabriel Rosales - Thom Hartmann Program.
Video: Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo) .
Article: "Operation Eagle Eye (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "William Rehnquist" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Texas' voter suspense list tops 2.1 million. Here's what to do if you're on it" by Sarah Bahari.
Article: "Texas AG raids homes of Latino civil rights group members, setting up a voting rights showdown" by Suzanne Gamboa and Jane C. Timm.
Article: "Civil rights group calls for investigation into Paxton's 'election integrity' home raids" by Brooke Kushwaha.
Article: "Texas Purges 1,000 Non-US Citizens from Voter Rolls Since 2019 " by Ian Camacho.
Article: "1.1M ineligible voters removed from Texas voter rolls" by Ryan Chandler.
Video: 'Voter intimidation': Latino civil rights org demands DOJ investigate Texas raids.
Article: "How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother" by Greg Palast.
Dear Media, Kamala is not destroying Trump's masculinity - she's after his Patriarchy!
Article: "Kamala Harris is dead set on 'demolishing' Trump's 'masculinity': analysis" by Brad Reed.
MAGA is triggered by Doug Emhoff's daughter because she doesn't fit their "control of women" and is a free spirit...
Article: "'Paroxysms of rage': Analysis details why MAGA is so triggered by Doug Emhoff's daughter" by Adam Nichols.
Article: "Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad. Then the bullying began" by Michael Collins, Sam Woodward.
Article: "Trump defends JD Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comments" by Clarissa-Jan Lim.
Tweet: "I'm curious how many postmenopausal women here on Twitter/X agree with JD Vance that their only purpose in life is to care for grandchildren?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Here's what we know about Florida's 'Great Outdoors Initiative'" by Jamie Ostroff.
Article: "3 petitions oppose Great Outdoors Initiative, Jonathan Dickinson golf courses" by Gianna Montesano.
Article: "Environmentalist group protest against Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to develop 9 state parks" by Tynisa Senior, Brandon Beyer.
Article: "Florida agency postpones meetings about state park plans, citing 'overwhelming interest'" by Max Chesnes, Emily L. Mahoney.
Article: "Mueller Report" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Palestinian Healthcare Workers Chained, Starved, Sexually Abused: New HRW Report on Israeli Prisons" by Democracy Now!
Article: "More than a million names purged from Texas voter rolls, Gov. Abbott says" by Craig Huber.
Article: "Katherine Harris" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Vance says Trump would veto a national abortion ban" by Alexandra Marquez.
Article: "'Women aren't stupid' enough to believe Vance's US abortion ban veto promise, says Warren" by Ramon Antonio Vargas.
Hour Two: Satanic Temple clashes with the state of Florida over definitions - If religion is taught in schools then why can't they also teach in schools?
Article: "Satanic Temple clashes with the state of Florida over definitions" by Jay Waagmeester.
Article: "Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate" by Lexi Lonas.
Article: "Ten Commandments Monument Controversy" by Emilie Kraft.
Article: "Roy Moore" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Conservative activist funded $1.8 million propaganda campaign to flatter Clarence Thomas" by Travis Gettys.
Republicans are waking up to Democracy
Article: "More than 230 former Bush, McCain, Romney staffers sign letter endorsing Harris-Walz ticket" by Charles Jay.
Article: "Trump's fines & settlements over the years".
Article: "Virginia removes 6,303 'noncitizens' from voter rolls, fueling fraud allegations" by Suzanne Gamboa.
Site: LULAC of Nebraska.
Geeky Science! How trees help your heart
Article: "Living in tree-filled neighborhoods may reduce risk of heart disease, study shows" by Kaitlin Sullivan and Anne Thompson.
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;"
Article: "German woman given harsher sentence than convicted rapist for calling him 'disgraceful rapist pig' " by Katherine Donlevy.
Movie: "Malcolm X".
Article: "Malcolm X's Final Words Before Being Murdered" by Leon Wilczek.
Article: "Tim Walz Suddenly Stops Campaign Rally After Noticing Someone Needs Help" by Kaitlin Lewis.
Article: "Kamala Harris Suddenly Stops Rally After Noticing Someone Needs Help" by Jenni Fink.
Article: "Benjamin Rush" by Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography.
Article: "Religious views of Thomas Jefferson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden to push for Supreme Court ethics reform, term limits and amendment to overturn immunity ruling, sources say" by MJ Lee and Devan Cole.
Video: "This is Treason!" Lyndon Johnson Everett Dirksen Phone Call November 2 1968.
Article: "Lyndon Johnson declines nomination for re-election (1968)" by Alpha History.
Article: "Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799" by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Article: "Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Prosecutors defer to judge on Trump bid to delay hush money sentencing" by Luc Cohen.
Hour Three: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
- Michael Lewis, Non-Fiction Author / Journalist - His best selling books include: The Big Short / The Blind Side / The Big Risk and more, his latest is "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon".
Article: "Sam Bankman-Fried, a personal verdict" by Michael Lewis.
Book: The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis.
Article: "Sam Bankman-Fried" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump baffles GOP by endorsing 'Eric' in the Missouri Senate primary — a race with three Erics" by Marc Caputo.
Article: "Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt beats former Gov. Eric Greitens in GOP Senate race" by AP.
Article: "Sam Bankman-Fried is being moved to a new prison" by Allison Morrow.
Article: "SBF's mom argues he's too autistic for prison, says she's 'genuinely' fearing for his life ahead of sentencing " by Ben Kochman.
Article: "Best Crypto Exchanges and Apps for August 2024" by Alex Lielacher.
Article: "Cryptocurrency" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bitcoin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Michael Lewis' Sam Bankman-Fried book nets $5 million from Apple, as Hollywood cashes in on mogul's story" by Martha Ross.
Article: "Trump Camp Spends Tens of Thousands to Air Ads In and Around Mar-a-Lago" by Sam Stein.
Law: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"..
Article: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." by AP.
Law: "Article VI, Clause 3: Historical Background on Religious Test for Government Offices". "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.".
Article: "Top 5% of taxpayers would get nearly half the benefit if Trump tax cuts are extended" by Tami Luhby.
Article: "Flag contest winning design unveiled" by Maine Secretary of State.
Article: "Pine Tree Flag" (An Appeal to Heaven Flag) by Wikipedia.
Book: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell.
Article: "Woman alleging rape by Donald Trump when she was 13 abruptly cancels news conference due to threats" by UPI.
Article: "Lancet Study Finds 40 Percent of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Could Have Been Avoided" by Elliot Hannon.
Article: "Wound-dependent leg amputations to combat infections in an ant society" by Erik.T. Frank, Dany Buffat, Joanito Liberti, Lazzat Aibekova, Evan P. Economo, Laurent Keller.
Article: "Ann Wigmore" by Wikipedia.
Book: Why Suffer? by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republican group cites notorious Dred Scott ruling as reason Kamala Harris can't be president" by Gustaf Kilander.
Site: BlueVote.
Article: "Jill Stein's Ties to Vladimir Putin Explained" by Aleks Phillips.
Article: "Here's what a new trove of Russian Twitter accounts tell us about Moscow's support for Jill Stein" by Casey Michel.
Site: Casey Michel.
Article: "What Happened to Jill Stein's Recount Millions?" by Charles Davis.