Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 14 August, 2024

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: News...'Not a dog whistle but a dog howl', Battleground map widens and the UAW hits Trump & Musk
Article: "'Not a dog whistle but a dog howl': Experts blast latest Trump campaign ad" by Maya Boddie.
Tweet: "Import the third world. Become the third world [image]" by Trump War Room.
Article: "Harris, Trump head to North Carolina as battleground map widens" by Dave Goldiner.
Article: "UAW Hits Trump, Musk With Federal Labor Charges Over Effort to 'Intimidate Workers'" by Jake Johnson.
 
Article: "Ilhan Omar won her primary after fellow 'Squad' members Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman lost. Here's why." by Ken Tran.
Article: "Wisconsin primary election recap: Referendums fail; Wied, Cooke win House primaries" by Hope Karnopp, Angelika Ytuarte, Jolan Kruse, Zoe Jaeger, Kathryn Muchnick, Mary Spicuzza, Jessie Opoien, Alison Dirr, Lawrence Andrea, Rachel Hale, Vanessa Swales, Daniel Bice, Laura Schulte.
Article: "Where abortion's on the ballot: Missouri, Arizona join states voting on access in November" by Sara Chernikoff.
Article: "Missouri voters will decide whether to legalize abortion in November" by Anna Spoerre.
 
Article: "162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump" by Domenico Montanaro.
 
Billionaire Dreams, Middle Class Nightmares: How Trump & the GOP Turned Hope into a Billionaire's Fantasy
Article: "Billionaire Dreams, Middle Class Nightmares: How Trump & the GOP Turned Hope into a Billionaire's Fantasy" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Why Homelessness Stalks America Like the Grim Reaper" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "House Republicans Will Vote on Proposal to Slash HUD Affordable Housing and Homelessness Programs" by NLIHC.
Article: "Is J.D. Vance's Biggest Donor Right That America Started Going Downhill When Women Got the Vote?" by Ben Mathis-Lilley.
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 Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Union Members — 2023" by BLS.
Article: "Is Randi Weingarten Really "The Most Dangerous Person in the World"?" by Ira Stoll.
Article: "Trump-backed GOP candidate once argued against women's voting rights" by Ja'han Jones.
Article: "Trump and Musk discussed firing striking workers. The UAW is now seeking an NLRB investigation" by AP.
Article: "Address Accepting the Vice Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin" by JD Vance.
Article: "Trump keeps invoking the 'American Dream.' Americans are pessimistic that they can achieve it." by Jennifer Wolak, David A. M. Peterson.
Law: "The National Labor Relations Act (The Wagner Act)", 1935.
Law: "Taft-Hartley Labor Act", 1947.
Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.
 
Article: "Donald Trump rally in Asheville: Live updates from North Carolina campaign stop" by Todd Runkle.
Article: "Cosmic coincidence or political karma? Trump and Daniels are both in NC city this week" by Josh Shaffer.
Article: "VP Harris reschedules NC visit for this week" by WSOC-TV.
Article: "A Harris presidency could be a reset for Ukraine" by Fabrice Pothier.
Article: "What Kamala Harris really thinks about Israel and Gaza" by Nicole Narea.
Article: "Biden calls Ukraine incursion 'a real dilemma for Putin'" by Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland.
Article: "Harris to release her first major economic plan as presidential candidate" by Nidia Cavazos.
Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.
Article: "Pleasure vs. Pain: How Kamala Harris is Flipping the Script on Trump's Fear-Mongering" by Thom Hartmann.
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Article: "Ukraine trying to push deeper into Russia, as advance appears slowed" by ABC News.
 
Article: "Ukrainians troll Russia with fake restaurant reviews in Kursk" by Jack Peat.
Article: "Kamala Harris presidential campaign staff, 2024" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Kamala Harris united Democrats. Her campaign still has fractures." by Christopher Cadelago.
Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807".
Site: Ali Velshi.
Article: "Workers allege 'nightmare' conditions at Kentucky startup JD Vance helped fund" by Allison Gordon, Daniel Medina, Curt Devine and Kyung Lah.

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Hour Two: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus.)   @repmarkpocan
Article: "Tim Walz" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republicans kill border bill in a sign of Trump's strength and McConnell's waning influence" by Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V.
Article: "Matchup set between Tammy Baldwin and Eric Hovde in key Wisconsin Senate race" by Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar.
Article: "Shingles shots" by Medicare.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "What Senate Democrats Still Don't Understand About Judicial Confirmation Fights" by Jay Willis.
Article: "Hamas will not join Gaza ceasefire talks, senior official says" by Rushdi Abualouf, David Gritten.
Site: Wisconsin Democratic Party (WisDems).
Article: "Ben Wikler" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden's growing tally of campaign offices marks a rare bright spot for the president" by Jeff Zeleny.
Book: Greed to Do Good: The Untold Story of CDC's Disastrous War on Opioids: A CDC Physician's Personal Account by Charles LeBaron.
Site: Pain News Network.
Article: "Relief from ultra-bright headlights is coming — but slowly" by Joann Muller, Nathan Bomey.
Article: "House Republican budget calls for raising the retirement age for Social Security" by Sahil Kapur.
Article: "Reagan to Urge Change In Cost-of-Living Raises" by Herbert H. Denton.
Article: "Analysis Spotlights the Lasting Pain Inflicted by Reagan's Social Security Cuts" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "California's 40th Congressional District" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "California's 45th Congressional District" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Rebecca Cooke wins heated Democratic primary to take on Rep. Derrick Van Orden" by Lawrence Andrea.
Article: "Nonpartisan blanket primary" (Jungle primary) by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: Trumps attacks on VP Harris is more sinister than you think...
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PMET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / Columnist - CNN.com / Contributor - The New Republic   @DeanObeidallah   @SXMProgress   @MSNBC
Site: The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Tim Walz actually did go to Iraq and Afghanistan—and then he worked in Congress to help veterans" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Trump's attacks on VP Harris's crowd size are far more sinister than many grasp" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Sanders: Trump Lies About Harris's Crowd Sizes Is Prep Work for Election Denial" by Chris Walker.
Article: "Donald Trump Says He Will Go to Venezuela if He Loses Election" by Flynn Nicholls.
Article: "Know Nothing" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Whig Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Article: "The US supreme court just basically legalized bribery" by Moira Donegan.
Article: "'Corporations are people, my friend…'" by Mark LeVine.
 
Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Agnew's Trouble: Investigation to Resignation" by Charles E. Shepard.
Article: "Watergate Scandal: Grand Jury Was Ready to Hit Richard Nixon With 4 Criminal Charges, Newly Released Documents Reveal" by Ramsey Touchberry.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Article: "History of Federal Income Tax Rates: 1913 – 2024" by Bradford Tax Institute.
Article: "How the American middle class has changed in the past five decades" by Rakesh Kochhar, Stella Sechopoulos.
Article: "Battle of Kursk" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Boar's Head deli meat recall: What you need to know" by AP.
 
In Florida, unionized teachers are being forced to choose between a real union and a phony one put up by an anti-union group because of a anti-union law DeSantis passed:
Article: "Which Side Are You On? Miami Teachers Will Choose Between Their Union and a New One Bankrolled by a National Anti-Union Group" by Juliana Broad.
 
Geeky Science! Clean your microwave! I'll tell you why...
Article: "Your microwave oven has its own microbiome" by Alix Soliman.
 
Site: The Organic Wine Company.
Article: "Trump and the RNC say they will recruit 100,000 poll watchers. Experts are skeptical" by Erin Mansfield.
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: "Trump Votes In Florida — Here's Why He Still Can After Felony Conviction" by Brian Bushard.
Article: "Drumpf" by Wikipedia.