Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Department of Government Efficiency Is a Lie — And It Might Destroy Us All
Article: "The Department of Government Efficiency Is a Lie — And It Might Destroy Us All" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data" by Headshot of Jenna McLaughlin.
Article: "Julius and Ethel Rosenberg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100,000 of the national population, as of February 2025" by Statista.
Site: "Indivisible".
Site: 50501. Next National Day of Action: April 19th
Tasers and blood fly as MTG shows Republicans the correct MAGA way to do a town hall?
Article: "Breaking: Tasers Fly at Greene’s Town Hall—MAGA’s Violent New Normal Hits Trump’s America" by Dean Blundell.
Article: "Protesters arrested, shocked with Tasers at U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall " by Ross Williams.
Article: "Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church" by Wikipedia.
The Chinese are hitting Trump where it hurts, the oligarchy
Article: "'You Don't Need a Tariff, You Need a Revolution'" by Thomas Neuburger.
Article: "Congressman Mark Pocan holds town hall in Speaker Paul Ryan's district" by CBS58.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "4 things to know about Trump’s effort to dismantle the Department of Education " by Tami Luhby, Sunlen Serfaty and Kayla Tausche.
Article: "Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Fact-checking Elon Musk" by Louis Jacobson.
Article: "Bernie Madoff" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump officials step up defiance over man wrongly deported to El Salvador" by Hugo Lowell.
Article: "Ballerina who was imprisoned by Russia after $52 donation to Ukraine charity has returned to U.S." by Phil Helsel.
Article: "Sen. Chris Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release" by Megan Lebowitz and Frank Thorp V.
Article: "Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro forced to flee with family as home 'set ablaze'" by Sky News.
Video: HHS Sec. Kennedy News Conference on Autism Rates, April 16 2025.
Article: "The Show Must Go On — Even If It Burns the Constitution to Ashes" by Thom Hartmann.
Hour Two: Could Maryland arrest Trump, Noem, or others involved in kidnapping Mr. Garcia?
Article: "‘Cancel Vacations’: Irritated Judge Orders Trump DOJ Lawyers to Clear Their Schedules for Two-Week Inquiry in Abrego Garcia Case" by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: "Maryland Should Arrest Donald Trump for KIDNAPPING Abrego Garcia" by PROJECT2026 (Richard Greene "The Civics Dean" Richard Greene "The Civics Dean").
Article: "CECOT’s Dark Secret: Trump’s Pact with Bukele to Bury Innocents in a Modern Concentration Camp" by Dean Blundell.
Article: "Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights " by Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz.
Article: "Boasberg moves to hold Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights" by Zach Schonfeld, Rebecca Beitsch.
Article: "Pam Bondi should know ‘our government’ includes Judge James Boasberg" by Anthony Coley.
Article: "'Cancel vacations': Judge gives Trump admin two weeks to prove they aren't in contempt of court" by Breanne Deppisch, Jake Gibson.
Article: "The Nazi Camp System: Terminology" by United States Holocaust Museum.
Article: "No door" (Chinese) by ChinaJob.
Article: "China orders airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries amid trade war: Report" by AFP.
The election crime Republicans in North Carolina are committing right out in the open
Article: "Republicans are trying to steal an election" by Marc Elias.
Nature's Medicine: Can Forests Calm Inflammatory Conditions?
Article: "Nature's Medicine: Can Forests Calm Inflammatory Conditions?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Forest Park (Portland, Oregon)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hygiene hypothesis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children" by Michelle M. Stein et al.
Site: Prof. Dr. Qing Li (Shinrin Yoku - forest bathing).
Article: "Just 1 month in greener play areas could boost kids’ immune systems, study says" by Victoria Masterson.
Article: "Effect of forest bathing trips on human immune function" by Qing Li.
Site: The Big List of Protests.
Article: "Classical liberalism" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Deepwater Horizon explosion", April 20, 2010 by Wikipedia.
Article: "Deepwater Horizon oil spill" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Energy Task Force" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Oaths of Office" by Supreme Court.
Hour Three: Is the Supreme Court about to make a decision on whether Trump can fire the Fed chair? Just when you think it can't get any worse - it does....
Article: "How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fed Independence, Shake Markets" by Greg Ip.
Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries -- looks like they are old finds from Biden era...
Article: "Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say" by Michael Sainato.
Article: "Bush signs $700 billion financial bailout bill" by M. Alex Johnson.
Article: "History of tariffs in the United States" by Wikipedia. "The new Constitution, which went into effect in 1789, banned interstate tariffs or trade restrictions, as well as state taxes on exports."
Movie: "Argo (2012 film)".
Article: "'Argo' helps Iran's dictatorship, harms democracy" by Abolhassan Bani-Sadr.
Site: STUN (Shift The Unfit Narrative).
Article: "1776 at Harvard" by Harvard University. "Samuel Adams received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College in 1740. Adams’ parents hoped he would go into the ministry, but while at Harvard he became interested in politics. After graduating, he continued his studies, earning a master’s degree in 1743. In his thesis, he argued that it was “lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved,” indicating his political view of colonial rights."
Article: "SSA To Seek 100% Recovery On Social Security Overpayments - Here's What This Means For Your Benefits" by Kaili Killpack.
Article: "Apply for Citizenship" by USCIS.
Article: "GOP Lawmaker Scolds Mike Johnson 'In the Name of Jesus' For Opposing Proxy Voting for New Parents: Report" by Morgan Music.
Article: "Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority" by AP.
Article: "The Real Origins of the “Democrat Party” Troll" by Lawrence B. Glickman.
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: "Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report" by Julian Borger.
Article: "Putin and Trump may have spoken more than twice, Kremlin says" by Guy Faulconbridge and Ksenia Orlova.
Article: "Elon Musk’s dream comes true: The federal board that protects workers does not exist, at least for now" by Chris Isidore.
Article: "Officials Are Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company" by Jack Ewing.
Article: "What did America buy with the auto bailout, and was it worth it?" by Mitchell Hartman.
Article: "J.D. Vance Called Universities ‘The Enemy.’ Now He’s Trump’s VP Pick." by Katherine Knott.
Article: "The Music Man" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Barack Obama tan suit controversy" by Wikipedia.
Site: Impeach Trump Again.
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What you should know about Section 230, the rule that shaped today's internet" by Barbara Ortutay.
Article: "Paul Pelosi" by Wikipedia.