Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Trickle Down Fascism: America is Suffering from an Epidemic of Political Bullying
Article: "Trickle Down Fascism: America is Suffering from an Epidemic of Political Bullying" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump to police: 'Please don't be too nice' to suspects" by ABC News.
Article: "The Most Important Thing to Know about Bullies and Predators" by Shawn T. Smith.
Article: "Rep. Jim Jordan accused of participating in OSU sexual abuse cover-up by ex-wrestler" by Liz Roscher.
Article: "Speaker Johnson announces top-line spending deal to avoid government shutdown" by Emily Brooks and Aris Folley.
Article: "President Trump is bringing new meaning to the phrase 'Bully Pulpit'" by Glenn C. Altschuler.
Articles: "Joe Scarborough".
Article: "61 things Donald Trump has said about women" by Jeva Lange.
Book: Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright.
Article: "Surviving Aggressive People: Practical Violence Prevention Skills for the Workplace and the Street" by Shawn T. Smith.
Article: "U.S. Army Unit Was Issued Bayonets to Prep for D.C. Protest Duty" by Anthony Capaccio.
Article: "There Is No National Emergency on the Border, Mr. President" by Alex Nowrasteh.
Article: "This may be Donald Trump's most damaging legacy" by Chris Cillizza.
Article: "Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims" by Paul LeBlanc.
Article: "Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit" by Zoë Richards.
Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.
Article: "Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed To Clear Way For Trump Church Photo-Op" by Tom Gjelten.
Article: "These Are the People Who Died in Connection With the Capitol Riot" by Chris Cameron.
Article: "Comer, Republicans' Investigative Chief, Embraces Role of Biden Antagonist" by Jonathan Swan and Luke Broadwater.
Article: "In Veterans Day Speech, Trump Promises to 'Root Out' the Left" by Michael Gold.
Article: "Negotiating with Bullies" by Bill Eddy.
Article: "'Rattled' Trump rushed to the bunker as protesters surrounded the White House: report" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Americans demand arrest of Michael Flynn after he 'jokes' about assassination in Washington, DC with his new gun " by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Trump wanted staffer 'executed' for leaking he rushed to bunker during protest: ex-aide" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Close to 1,000 migrant children separated by Trump yet to be reunited with parents" by Ted Hesson.
Article: "School bullying has risen in areas that supported Trump" by Kathiann Kowalski.
Article: "Did Trump Retweet a Video Saying 'The Only Good Democrat is a Dead Democrat'?" by Bethania Palma.
Article: "The Day Shithole Entered the Presidential Lexicon" by Ibram X. Kendi.
Article: "Richest 25 Americans reportedly paid 'true tax rate' of 3.4% as wealth rocketed" by Adam Gabbatt.
Article: "Trump tells congresswomen to 'go back' to the 'crime infested places from which they came'" by William Cummings.
Article: "Detention Camps, "Vermin" Rivals, and a Government Purge: Trump Wants to Go Full Authoritarian" by Caleb Ecarma.
Article: "The baseless Joe Scarborough conspiracy theory that Trump keeps pushing, explained" by Katelyn Burns.
Article: "'They're rapists.' President Trump's campaign launch speech two years later, annotated" by Amber Phillips.
Video: Trump mocks reporter with disability.
Article: "'You have no balls': Hunter Biden derails GOP vote to hold him in contempt" by Jordain Carney and Anthony Adragna.
Article: "Trump Lawyer Argues Presidents CAN Order Seal Team 6 To Assassinate Rivals In Stunning Appeals Courtroom Exchange" by Tommy Christopher.
Quote: "You're saying a president could sell pardons, could sell military secrets, could order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival?" - Judge Florence Pan.
Article: "A Livid Jamie Raskin Kicks Off Hearing Where Hunter Biden Made Surprise Appearance by Quoting Comer's Media Hits" by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: "Dem At Blockbuster Hunter Biden Hearing Spends Five Solid Minutes Beating Up Chairman Over Invitation To Testify" (Jared Moskowitz) by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Revealed: Prebuttal of the GOP's Debate Trashing President Biden & Progressives" (Biden achievements) by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Biden-Harris Record" by White House.
Violent political threats are surging as we enter 2024 - Trickle down fascism?
Article: "Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy" by Sarah Ellison, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Patrick Marley.
Article: "What to watch for in the final GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses" by Gregory Krieg, Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno and Daniel Strauss.
Article: "Final sprint to the Iowa caucuses" by Aditi Sangal, Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury and Tori B. Powell.
Why is the Trump campaign keeping track of those who don't endorse him? Trickle down Fascism?
Article: "Trump Campaign 'Keeping Track' of Republicans Who Don't Endorse Before Iowa Caucus in Pressure Campaign" by Isaac Schorr.
Article: "Biden administration again bypasses Congress for weapons sale to Israel" by AP.
Article: "Senate Democrats scoff at Biden's Israel arms sale" by Ellen Mitchell.
Article: "Poll shows split over US involvement in Middle East" by Lauren Irwin.
Article: "The Ghost Budget: Paying for America's Post 9/11 Wars" by Linda Bilmes.
Book: The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Linda J. Bilmes.
Article: "Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "In Ukraine, U.S. tax dollars are funding more than just military aid" by Aliza Chasan.
Site: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Article: "Yemeni civil war (2014–present)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Yemen war: Joe Biden ends support for operations in foreign policy reset" by BBC.
Article: "Congress and the Trump Administration Spar Over U.S. Arms Sales to the Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen" by American Journal of International Law.
Article: "Jair Bolsonaro" (Brazil) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza" by Democracy Now!
Article: "Biden tells Israel not to 'repeat mistakes' made by US after 9/11" by Julian Borger.
Article: "Liz Cheney warns America won't survive Trump 'torching the Constitution' if elected " by Joey Nolfi.
Documentary: Beyond Utopia .
Article: "14th Amendment section 3, July 9, 1868 "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Article: "Lancet Study Finds 40 Percent of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Could Have Been Avoided" by Elliot Hannon.
Article: "Public policy and health in the Trump era" by Steffie Woolhandler, David U Himmelstein, Sameer Ahmed, Zinzi Bailey, Mary T Bassett, Michael Bird et al.
Hour Two: In 41 US states, the most wealthy 1% pay lower tax rates than everyone else
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "BIG: Donald Took Foreign Cash In WH" by Mary L Trump.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." (foreign emoluments clause).
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 section 1. "The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them." (domestic emoluments clause).
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." (foreign emoluments clause).
A Top EU official is saying - Trump vowed he'd 'never' help Europe if it's attacked - 'By the way NATO is dead,' the former (and potential future) US president added in private meeting.
Article: "Trump vowed he'd 'never' help Europe if it's attacked, top EU official says" by Eddy Wax.
Article: "David Pecker, the tabloid king: meet Trump's friend and fixer" by Lucia Graves.
Article: "fairness doctrine" by Matt Stefon.
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Article: "October 7, 1960 Debate Transcript: The Second Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate".
Video: Kennedy vs. Nixon: The second 1960 presidential debate.
Quote: "where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." - Thomas Gray.
Quote: "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?" - Thomas Jefferson.
Wisdom School Alert! The Motivation Code Revealed
Article: "The Motivation Code Revealed" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump can't speak during closing arguments in NY civil fraud trial, judge says" by Lauren del Valle, Kristen Holmes, Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins and Kara Scannell.
Article: "Pardon of Richard Nixon" by Wikipedia.
Video: ""This is Treason!" Lyndon Johnson Everett Dirksen Phone Call November 2 1968".
Article: "A Four-Decade Secret: One Man's Story of Sabotaging Carter's Re-election" by Peter Baker.
Documentary: The Insurrectionist Next Door.
Article: "Biden up 7 points over Donald Trump in 2024 popular vote, poll shows" by Social Links for Josh Christenson.
Article: "Who are the Democrats running for president in 2024?" by Reuters.
Article: "Judge Luttig explains why Donald Trump is disqualified from the presidency" by Jordan Rubin.
Article: "Yacht Ownership's Tax Benefits: IRS 179 Deduction & Accelerated Depreciation" by Katie Flanagan.
Article: "Florida House calls for constitutional convention on balancing the federal budget" by Jacob Ogles.
Site: "Convention of States".
Article: "FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Absolutely astonishing what the Florida Republicans are up to WRT abortion...
Article: "Abortion, Every Day (1.9.24): Florida bill would ban abortions for children unless they're about to die" by Jessica Valenti.
Law: "Comstock laws" (1873).
Crazy Alert! Tennessee appears to have their own George Santos
Article: "Republican Rep. Andy Ogles faces serious ethics complaint" by Walter Einenkel.
Article: "Donald Trump: "If I Don't Get Immunity, Then Crooked Joe Biden Doesn't Get Immunity," "Joe Would Be Ripe For Indictment"" by Tim Hains.
Article: "Trump's false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years" by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.
Law: "Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution".
Movie: "Bank of Dave".
Hunter in Farmer's World Alert! ADHD: Learning How to Handle Criticism & Self-Doubt
Article: "ADHD: Learning How to Handle Criticism & Self-Doubt" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World 3rd Edition" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Florida school district removes dictionaries from libraries, citing law championed by DeSantis" by Judd Legum.
Article: "Tulsa race massacre" (1921) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fact Check: Schumer Shares Stage at 'March for Israel' Rally with Pastor Known for Antisemitic Remarks?" by Nur Ibrahim.