Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Betrayal of the American Dream: How Democrats Lost FDR's Middle Class
Article: "Betrayal of the American Dream: How Democrats Lost FDR's Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann.
Site: "The Democratic Party".
Book: The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.
Book: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Book: Agrarian Justice by Thomas Paine.
Book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Article: "The Class Politics of Race" by Zine Magubane.
Article: "Organize with the Democrats" by The Democratic Party.
Article: "Franklin Roosevelt's Re-Nomination Acceptance Speech (1936)".
Article: "In victory or defeat, reckoning with the racial politics of the 2024 election will help the country move forward" by Andre M. Perry, Anthony Fiano, Farah Khan, Hannah Stephens, Manann Donoghoe.
Article: "Some Democrats blame party's position on transgender rights in part for Harris' loss" by Matt Lavietes.
Article: "Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future." by National Research Council (US) Panel on Hispanics in the United States; Tienda M, Mitchell F, editors.
Article: "I'm the Governor of Kentucky. Here's How Democrats Can Win Again." by Andy Beshear.
Article: "Kentucky Governor Election Results" by NY Times.
Article: "Kentucky Presidential Election Results" by NY Times.
Article: "The State of America's Middle Class in Eight Charts" by Jason M. Breslow, Evan Wexler.
Article: "The State of the American Middle Class" by Rakesh Kochhar.
Article: "The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself." by Pete Davis.
Article: "Fact Check: We Checked the Claim that Harris Has Supported Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Undocumented Immigrants in Custody" by Anna Rascouët-Paz.
Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.
Article: "Trump demands Senate Republicans allow recess appointments as they elect new leader" by Kaia Hubbard.
Article: "MacKenzie Scott Sells $8B in Amazon Shares, Keeps Philanthropy Front and Center" by Nauman khan.
Article: "Reichstag fire" by Britannica.
Article: "John Thune elected new Republican Senate leader" by Rachel Looker and Sam Cabral.
Authoritarian News....Winter is coming...
Article: "Trump nominates Musk and Ramaswamy to lead new efficiency department – as it happened" by Philip Wen, Helen Sullivan, Maanvi Singh, Chris Stein, Léonie Chao-Fong, Yohannes Lowe.
Article: "Pete Hegseth" by Wikipedia.
Tweet: "THREAD: 1/? True story, @PeteHegseth was the subject of my first ever research book in 2017. I used to have to wake up early every weekend morning to watch Fox and Friends and hang on his every word." by will davis.
Article: "'Literally a Fox News host': Critics mock Trump's 'utterly unserious' Pentagon chief pick" by Daniel Hampton.
Article: "J.D. Vance Indicates Elon Musk's "Efficiency" Cuts Would Include Social Security" by Chris Walker.
Article: "Hey GOP! No One Voted to Cut Social Security " by Alex Lawson.
Bill: "H.R.5342 - Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023" by Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19].
Article: "Trump has promised to protect Social Security. His proposals could lead to benefit cuts in 6 years" by Tami Luhby.
Article: "Trump announces Musk will lead new Department of Government Efficiency" by Dave Lawler.
Tweet: "NEWS: John Thune, the No. 2 Senate GOP leader, says in interview Senate Repubs want to leverage the next US debt limit increase to force federal spending cuts and changes to Social Security and other entitlement programs." by Laura Litvan.
Article: "Does Rick Scott really want to relitigate his Medicare scandal?" by Steve Benen.
Article: "McConnell knocks GOP Sen. Rick Scott's plan to sunset federal programs amid sparring over entitlements" by Julie Tsirkin, Liz Brown-Kaiser and Rebecca Shabad.
Article: "Trump Selects Real Estate Investor Steven Witkoff as Middle East Envoy" by Monica Sager.
Article: "A Parade of Horribles" by Don Moynihan.
Article: "Ruthless Real Estate Tycoon Kushner Sees Gaza as "Valuable Waterfront Property"" by Grace Russo Bullaro.
Article: "Jack Smith Plans To Close Up Shop Before Trump's Inauguration" by David Kurtz.
Bill: "H.R.9495 - Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act" by Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24].
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Article: "fairness doctrine" by Matt Stefon.
Article: "Equal Time Rule" by Shannon K. McCraw.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "January 6 United States Capitol attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "September 11 attacks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joint Chiefs of Staff" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel" by Kit Maher and Kevin Liptak.
Article: "Mike Huckabee once said that 'there's really no such thing as a Palestinian'" by Andrew Kaczynski.
Article: "Donald Trump Cheers Elon Musk Over Firing Workers: 'You're the Greatest!'" by Aila Slisco.
Article: "Donald Trump Quips About Running for Third Term" by Andrew Stanton.
Speech: "A Rendezvous With Destiny", Franklin D. Roosevelt, 27 June 1936 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power."
Article: "Robber baron (industrialist)" by Wikipedia.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: "Jesse Watters' Mother Disinvites Him From Thanksgiving Dinner After Trump Win: 'Apparently There Wasn't Enough Room'" by Benjamin Lindsay.
Hour Two: What will the "Warrior Board" do? Retribution?
Article: "Trump looks to create a new 'warrior board' so he can purge military generals: report" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Dan Scavino" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's 'Mar-a-Lago Trio' Broke Law in Plan to Monetize Veterans' Medical Records: Report" by Jon Jackson.
Quote: "Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State." - Project 2025.
Article: "Trump Plans Squad to Fire the Generals He Hates" by Zachary Folk.
As Trump vows to ditch the Paris Agreement and regulations the world gets warmer and more hazardous
Article: "Trump has vowed to gut climate rules. Oil lobbyists have a plan ready." by Evan Halper, Josh Dawsey.
Article: "PFAS may be contaminating drinking water for up to 27% of Americans – study" by Tom Perkins.
Article: "2024 virtually certain to be the warmest year and first year above 1.5°C" by Copernicus.
Article: "Cop 29 live: Argentina's negotiators ordered to withdraw from climate summit" by Matthew Taylor, Damien Gayle.
Article: "People moved to Asheville to escape extreme weather. They forgot its tragic history." by Laura Paddison and Holly Yan.
Article: "Jack Smith Plans To Close Up Shop Before Trump's Inauguration" by David Kurtz.
Article: "Mueller Report" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump taps John Ratcliffe, his former director of national intelligence, to lead CIA" by Luis Martinez.
Article: "Trump picks Bill McGinley to serve as his White House counsel" by Katelyn Polantz,.
Article: "Donald Trump Tells Allies He Wants Robert Lighthizer As His Trade Czar" by Brian Schwartz.
Article: "Trump says he will give RFK Jr. a major health role. Here's what that means for patients, drugmakers" by Annika Kim Constantino.
Article: "Warren: Trump transition 'already breaking the law'" by Tara Suter.
Article: "Mike Johnson Pleased To Report Election Not Tainted By Fraud This Time" by Arthur Delaney.
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: "What Happens When a Buffett Buys Your Town?" by Sean Cooper.
Article: "Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice and IVF" by Nick LaLota.
Article: "On abortion, I will always advocate for life" by Mike Lawler.
Article: "Comstock Act of 1873" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Vance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills" by Dan Diamond, Meryl Kornfield.
Article: "Problem Solvers Caucus" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Putin masses troops in southern Ukraine for 'offensive in defiance of Trump warning' not to escalate war" by Nicholas Cecil.
Article: "The $787.5 million settlement Fox agreed to pay is a lot. But its net cost will likely be much less " by Jeanne Sahadi.
Article: "What is Bluesky? 700,000 new users sign up to X rival after Trump's election win" by Andrew Williams,Emma Loffhagen,Alan Martin,Saqib Shah and William Mata.
Post: "A tale of two platforms: BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed" by John Burn-Murdoch (thread).
Article: "Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X" by The Guardian.
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 American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Hour Three: Is Putin Blackmailing Trump?
Article: "'Mind-blowing!' Russia said to have enacted 'bodacious threat of blackmail' against Trump" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Bluesky hits #1 on the App Store as users continue to flee Elon Musk's X" by Matt Binder.
Article: "First signs of backlash? Trump sidelines Musk at toothless commission" by Oliver Willis.
Article: "Homeland Security Act of 2002" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.
Article: "Guantanamo Bay detention camp" (Gitmo) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse" by Wikipedia.
Article: "When Will We Stop Letting Our Presidents Lie America Into Wars?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Donald Trump Has 'Obligations' to Those Who Brought Him to Power—Putin Ally" by Jordan King.
Article: "Trump Thinks Putin Is His Friend. The Russians Just Issued a Humiliating Statement to the Contrary." by Fred Kaplan.
Site: Indivisible.
Substack: "Professor Timothy Snyder".
Substack: "Lucid" by Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
Article: "Just how many concentration camps will you need, Mr President?" by Neil Mackay.
Article: "Trump's former chief of staff says he fits 'fascist' definition and prefers 'dictator approach'" (John Kelly) by Eric Bradner and Kate Sullivan.
Article: "John F. Kelly" by Wikipedia.
Crazy Alert! Do Republicans have a "weird homoerotic fascination" with Putin?
Article: "Boris Johnson Warns Some Republicans Have 'Weird Homoerotic Fascination' With Russia's Vladimir Putin" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings" by Nathan Layne, Ned Parker, Svetlana Reiter, Stephen Grey and Ryan McNeill.
Article: "How Russian Money Helped Save Trump's Business" by Michael Hirsh.
Article: "Donald Trump Jr. admitted a decade ago that many family assets come from Russia" by Brennan Weiss.
Article: "Rep. Garcia: Why Did Saudi Government Give Kushner $2 Billion?" by Robert Garcia.
Article: "List of Trump's key real estate projects in Middle East, North Africa" by Reema Tuqan.
Article: "R.F.K. Jr. Scorns Trump's Fast Food Habit: 'Really, Like, Bad' and 'Poison'" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg.
Article: "'Did Jesus Exist?' A Historian Makes His Case" by NPR.
Article: "Meeting with Pope John Paul II" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Ohio's Catholic Dioceses spent at least $1.7 million to fight Issue 1. The church lost" by Dan Horn.
Article: "The Taliban has banned the sound of women's voices in Afghanistan. But these women want to be heard" by Ellie Grounds and Som Patidar.
Article: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr." by Wikipedia.
Article: "RFK Jr.'s 'mistress' Olivia Nuzzi drops protective order against ex in wake of affair" by Ellie Hook.
Article: "Republicans win the House, NBC News projects, as Trump's party takes full control of Washington" by Scott Wong.
Article: "Howard Dean" by Wikipedia.
Site: Bluesky.
Article: "Bluesky" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Caste" by Wikipedia.
Book: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.
Article: "The dark subtext of Trump's 'good genes' compliment" by Brandon Tensley.