Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 15 January, 2025

Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show

Wednesday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: The Fatal Flaw: Believing You Can Negotiate with Evil Without Becoming Its Victim
Article: "The Fatal Flaw: Believing You Can Negotiate with Evil Without Becoming Its Victim" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "You asked, we answered: Why didn't any Wall Street CEOs go to jail after the financial crisis?" by Marketplace.
Article: "The Transitional Oligarchy: Democracy's Last Stand?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Improving the Prognosis of Healthcare in the United States" by Alison P Galvani, Alyssa S Parpia, Eric M Foster, Burton H Singer, Meagan C Fitzpatrick.
Article: "Being nice to Trump means being capitulant" by Steve Schmidt.
Bill: "H.R.7511 - Laken Riley Act" by Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10].
Article: "On gun violence, the United States is an outlier" by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Rebecca Sirull, Scott Glenn.
Article: "evil Republican shitweasels set conditions on California aid" by Jeff Tiedrich.
Article: "Laken Riley Vote Shows Why Democrats Lost: John Fetterman" by Billal Rahman.
Article: "How Housing Costs Drive Levels of Homelessness" by Alex Horowitz, Chase Hatchett & Adam Staveski.
Article: "Trump calls Fetterman impressive after Mar-a-Lago meeting" by Salena Zito.
Video: Last Hours.
Video: Senator Ruben Gallego on Laken Riley Act as it heads to the house for vote.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "American Civil War (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Great Depression" by The Free Dictionary.
Article: "The Stock Market Crash of 2008" by Kimberly Amadeo.
Article: "Democrats Will Regret Helping to Pass the Laken Riley Act" by Michelle Goldberg.
Article: "La. to receive over $1.7B in funding for Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Ida" by WAFB.
Article: "Speaker Mike Johnson suggests 'conditions' needed on disaster aid for LA wildfires" by Lauren Peller.

Article: "Fani Willis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alvin Bragg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jack Smith (lawyer)" by .

What Republicans specifically are planning to cut to pay for tax cuts for Elon and Mark and Donald
Article: "34 Things For Working People Republicans Will Cut So Trump Can Give Billionaires More Tax Cuts, Again" by Robyn Pennacchia.

Putin's trolls have a new message for Americans
Article: "Russian disinformation agents have a new propaganda talking point" by Oliver Markus Malloy.

Article: "Watch key moments from Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing" by BBC.
Article: "Watch live: Trump AG pick Pam Bondi faces Democrats' questions about her independence" by Ryan Lucas, Lexie Schapitl.
Article: "Maxwell Frost" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jasmine Crockett" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" (AOC) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gavin Newsom" (California governor) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mike Johnson Gives Update on Capitol Flags for Donald Trump Inauguration" by Monica Sager.
Article: "Ike for President (advertisement)" ("I Like Ike") by Wikipedia.
Article: "House votes for rules to make ousting a speaker more difficult" by Elizabeth Elkind, Morgan Phillips.
Law: "Constitution of the United States".
Substack: "Ana Nomis in Hell".

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Hour Two: National Progressive Townhall Meeting taking your calls
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Current Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus.) @pocan.house.gov @repmarkpocan
Article: "Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release" by Keir Simmons, Andrea Mitchell, Raf Sanchez and David Hodari.
Article: "Trump claims credit for 'epic' ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas: Live updates" by Gustaf Kilander.
Tweet: "BREAKING: Hamas has approved a ceasefire-hostage agreement. President Trump's strong leadership is already making the world a safer place." by Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Article: "Cryptocurrency" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's plan for a strategic bitcoin reserve could trigger a crypto 'arms race' and reshape the global economic order" by Huw Macartney, Erin McCracken, Robert Elliott.
Article: "The Crypto Industry Spent Over $130 Million on the Election. It Paid Off." by David Yaffe-Bellany.
Article: "Speaker Johnson will oversee narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years" by Clare Foran, Annette Choi, Zachary B. Wolf and Haley Talbot.
Article: "Wendell Potter" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ben Wikler" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ken Martin (politician)" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "Trump's threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First " by CNN.
Article: "Trump's plans for mass deportations and tariffs could severely cost Black households" by April Ryan.
Article: "Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?" by Meg Kinnard.
Article: "Trump says he won't rule out military force to try to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland" by Emma De Ruiter.
Article: "US to remove Cuba's terrorism designation in prisoner release deal" by Rory Sullivan.
Article: "Liberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right" by Sheera Frenkel.
Article: "Facebook tweaked its News Feed algorithm, and right-leaning pages are reaping the benefits" by Kayla Gogarty.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley.
Video: Ben Freeman on Quincy Institute Report on Think Tank Funding.
Article: "Ben Freeman" by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Article: "How Gerrymandering and Fair Maps Affected the Battle for the House" (2024) by Michael Li.
Article: "Abundant Life Christian School shooting" (Madison, 2024) by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Damning' New Poll Shows Price Kamala Harris Paid for Backing Israeli Genocide in Gaza" by Julia Conley.
Article: "What's in the House-passed Build Back Better bill? Paid leave, universal pre-K and more" by Joey Garrison and Ledyard King.
Article: "Second inauguration of Donald Trump" (January 20, 2025) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" (January 20, 2025) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Celebrate MLK Day in Wisconsin with these events" by Rachel Ryan and Aly Prouty.
Article: "Michelle Obama Skipping Donald Trump's Inauguration Because She's 'No Phony,' Source Claims: It's 'Deliberate'" by Joshua Wilburn.

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Hour Three: How Doctors Are Pushing Medical 26% Credit Cards on Patients
Article: "How Doctors Are Pushing Medical Credit Cards on Patients" by Alana Semuels.

FTC report how the Big Pharmaceutical middlemen are cashing in on your misery
Article: "FTC report shows Big Pharma middlemen jack up prices by up to 7,736%" by Brett Wilkins.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings...
Article: "US judge blocks FDA graphic warning label requirement for cigarettes" by Reuters.

Article: "Type 1 diabetes" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him 'Liar,' 'Fascist' and 'Unfit'" by Michael D. Shear and June Kim.
Article: "Tricare" by Wikipedia.
Site: MyMedicare.gov.
Article: "Normal Retirement Age" by SSA.
Article: "National Archivist Rejects Bid to Certify the Equal Rights Amendment" by Annie Karni.
Article: "Joni Ernst mocked for Hegseth flip because people were being 'nasty' to her on X" by Tom Boggioni.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Hamas and Israel reach ceasefire deal to end war and return hostages; Taoiseach says two-state solution only way to lasting peace" by Andrew Mills and James Mackenzie.
Article: "Most nursing homes don't have enough staff to meet the federal government's new rules" by Jordan Rau.
Article: "Propaganda" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here's the schedule" by Meg Kinnard.
Article: "Contact Us" by Congress.