Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Putinization of America: Who's Driving America Now—And Why Are the Rest of Us Gagged in the Trunk While the Billionaires Floor It?
Article: "America Now—And Why Are the Rest of Us Gagged in the Trunk While the Billionaires Floor It?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Hungarian Model" by Anne Applebaum.
Article: "Protests, poisoning and prison: The life and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny" by Emma Burrows, Dasha Litvinova.
Article: "Warren Buffett saw the selloff coming and hoarded cash, analyst says, as markets await his next move — 'patience is more than a virtue, it's a weapon'" by Stuart Dyos.
Article: "Crashing the Economy: Trump's Blueprint for Power and Profit" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Introduction to Corruption in Russia" by Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto.
Article: "Vladimir Putin: how much is Russian president's net worth?" by Harriet Marsden, Richard Windsor.
Article: "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure" by Nick Hanauer.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Law: "The Constitution of the United States".
Article: "Elon Musk's fat new government contract will make your blood boil" by Oliver Willis.
Article: "Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family" by Tresa Baldas.
Article: "President Trump Issues Executive Order to Halt FCPA Enforcement" by Holland & Knight.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene makes stock market play days before tariffs" by Sonya Gugliara.
Video: THP: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy....
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "US top court allows Trump to use wartime law for deportations" by Brajesh Upadhyay.
Site: Blue Sky.
Bill: "H.R.22 - SAVE Act" by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21].
Trump want to bring to make the world bow to him - will China?
Article: "'One stop shopping!' Trump gloats that tariff panic has nations scrambling to make deals" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs" by Ana Swanson, Alexandra Stevenson, Damien Cave, Jeanna Smialek.
Article: "Trump's dispute with China is decades in the making" by David Charter.
Article: "China reserves firepower for Trump trade battle" by Eleanor Olcott, Edward White.
Article: "China says it will never accept US 'blackmail' in escalated tariff threats" by Reuters.
Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.
Article: "Trump seeks to undermine CHIPS Act as business leaders, Republicans defend the billions in domestic investments" by Joseph Konig.
Article: "Permanent normal trade relations: U.S. and China" by Wikipedia.
Crazy Alert! Trump tells Israeli Prime Minister that Nazis treated Jews well when they "were in distress" - you just can't make this up...
Article: "'Nazis did nice things for their captives?' Trump's flippant remark leaves critics aghast" by Matthew Chapman.
Article: "With ousting of admiral to NATO, Trump administration has fired at least nine senior officers" by Eleanor Watson.
Article: "1990 report: Ivana Trump told her lawyer Donald Trump kept Hitler speeches beside bed" by CNN.
Executive Order: "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-based Opportunity" by Donald J. Trump.
Article: "Reconstruction era" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's "Hitler's Birthday" Gift: The Death of American Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.
Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807".
Site: 50501. Next National Day of Action: April 19th
Article: "Dead cat bounce" by Wikipedia.
Article: "CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX)" by yahoo!finance.
Article: "Chinese Military Wraps Intimidation Drills Off Taiwan" by Dzirhan Mahadzir.
Article: "Putin once asked Elon Musk to not activate Starlink over Taiwan as a favor to Xi Jinping: report" by Matthew Loh.
Article: "Taiwan to have satellite internet service as protection in case of Chinese attack" by Helen Davidson.
Hour Two: Trump is planning a massive military parade in DC - is this Authoritarian Envy?
Article: "Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C. " by Tom Sherwood.
Article: "Trump planning huge $100million US military parade on his BIRTHDAY that will snake through Washington DC" by Sayan Bose.
Article: "Pentagon Prepares for Trump to Go Berserk" by Ken Klippenstein.
Article: "15 times Donald Trump praised authoritarian rulers " by Chris Cillizza and Brenna Williams.
Article: "US supreme court blocks ruling that 16,000 fired federal workers must be rehired" by Robert Tait.
Quote: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." - attributed to Theodore Roosevelt.
Trump is amassing B-2 bombers for Iran strike - Will war be how Trump distracts the world from his tariffs?
Article: "War between US and Iran has never been closer – and Tehran won't back down to Trump, warns ex-UK ambassador" by Lydia Doye.
Article: "Zelensky warns 'many' China soldiers are on Russia frontlines as two captured in shock escalation" by Chris Hughes.
Article: "Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump Tariff Adviser Peter Navarro Invented His Very Own, Fictional Economics Expert" by Charles P. Pierce.
Video: The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster.
Article: "Scoop: Schatz expands holds to more than 300 Trump nominees" by Stephen Neukam.
Article: "The Villages, Florida" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump-Stronghold The Villages in Florida Holds Large 'Hands Off!' Rally" by Mandy Taheri.
Article: "Donald Trump's sister says he's an 'unprincipled phoney'" by BBC.
Article: "Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book says" by Martin Pengelly.
Video: Mary Trump: "Cruelty Was a Currency" in Trump Family | Amanpour and Company.
Article: "Trump: I could 'shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters'" by Jeremy Diamond.
Speech: "President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)". ("military-industrial complex")
Book: "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" by Thomas L. Friedman.
Site: Funding the Future - Richard Murphy.
Videos: Richard Murphy.
Article: "Shroud of Turin" by Wikipedia.
Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "'No words': Trump ripped after 'dishonorable' snub of fallen US soldiers " by Erik De La Garza.
Video: Lithuania holds ceremony to honor US soldiers killed during training exercise .
Article: "Trump digs in over call to soldier's widow: 'I didn't say what the congresswoman said'" by Ben Jacobs.
Article: "New Report Alleges Trump Didn't Want 'Wounded Guys' in a Military Parade: 'Doesn't Look Good For Me'" by Virginia Chamlee.
Hour Three: The Reckless Billionaires Who Got Us Here - name them all...
- David Pepper, Former Chair-Ohio Democratic Party (2015-2021) / lawyer, Author of many books (including "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual For Every American" & previously "Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines"), Adjunct professor-University of Cincinnati College of Law / His column Pepperspectives is available on Substack.com @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
Article: "Name Them All: The Reckless Billionaires Who Got Us Here " by David Pepper.
Article: "Musk berates Trump trade guru Navarro as a 'moron' amid tariff turmoil" by Sophia Cai.
Article: "Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority" by AP.
Article: "Walz says Rulli disrespects his constituents by not meeting with them" by David Skolnick.
Tweet: "When we are talking about places like Zanesville, this is getting real. Thanks to Gov Walz and all those willing to talk." by Timothy Snyder.
Article: "Ohio gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Vid shows vast Chinese EV mega factory bigger than a CITY with its own football ground pumping out a MILLION cars a year" by Emma Crabtree.
Article: "South China Sea" by Wikipedia.
Article: "China's push into deep-sea mining gathers speed" by Regina Lam.
Bill: "Ohio Senate Joint Resolution 3: Application to the Congress of the United States for a Convention of the States under Article V of the Constitution...".
Videos: Alan Lomax.
Trump cuts are cutting off the maintenance on the Joint Polar Satellite System that is the backbone of three- and seven-day forecasts for hurricanes and tornadoes - what could go wrong?
Article: "NOAA Halts Upkeep of Critical Weather Satellites" by Scott Waldman & E&E News.
Article: "Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels" by Dan De Luce, Ken Dilanian and Courtney Kube.
Article: "Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas Don't Give a Damn About "Ethics" on the Court" by Branko Marcetic.
Article: "U.S. farmers voted for Trump are feeling the pain from shutdown of federal programs Where do they go from here?" by Maurie Backman.
Article: "Don't Bail Out Farmers Again" by Eric Boehm.
Article: "Hurricane Helene" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rob Portman" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Aluminium" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Aluminium oxide" (Alumina) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's sweeping global tariffs, including 104% against China, due to take effect – business live" by Adam Fulton.
Article: "Anti-Trump protests hit cities worldwide – in pictures" by Diana Ramirez-Simon.
Article: "Could Trump weaken the dollar to curb record trade deficit?" by Timothy Rooks.
Article: "'Hands Off!' protest draws hundreds" by Adam Krebs.
Article: "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." (April 4, 1968) by Wikipedia.
Quote: "If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." - Martin Luther King, Jr.