Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
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Wednesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: 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: "Wisconsin Senate race tightens, flashing warning signs for Democrats" by Julia Mueller.
Article: "Voting rights groups say Wisconsin students got texts that could scare them away from voting, call for investigation" by Katelyn Polantz.
Article: "Georgia Voters Smash Records on First Day of Early Voting" by Brad Raffensperger.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "Dana Milbank" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Transcript: Election 2024: The Stakes with Dana Milbank" by Washington Post Live. "This Congress is so incredibly unproductive. Only 70 laws enacted in the first 18 months. That puts it on course to be the most unproductive Congress since the one in 1859, 1860, which, as clever observers will note, was when the nation was falling into Civil War"
Article: "World-first gene therapy for 2 blood disorders — sickle cell and thalassemia — approved" by AP.
Site: "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact".
Article: "'Don't tell anybody': Bob Woodward book claims Putin urged Trump to keep quiet about gift" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Anna Chennault" 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: "How Project 2025 Pushes Corporate Profit Not Worker Power" by Laura Narefsky.
Article: "Sound Volume Requirements for Commercials (CALM Act)" by FCC.
Article: "Why Donald Trump's Companies Went Bankrupt" by Tom Murse.
Article: "Is US economy better or worse now than under Trump?" by Jake Horton.
Article: "Kamala Harris says America needs more homes. Here's why that's different." by Rachel Siegel, Michael Scherer, Sabrina Rodriguez.
Article: "Consumer Price Index for the elderly" (CPI-E) by BLS.
Article: "What Happens When Investment Firms Acquire Trailer Parks" by Sheelah Kolhatkar.
Bill: "H.R.7084 - You Earned It, You Keep It Act" by Rep. Craig, Angie.
Article: "A Guide to Project 2025" by Eugene Kiely, D'Angelo Gore and Robert Farley.
Article: "Trump's Final Numbers" by Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Brea Jones, D'Angelo Gore, Lori Robertson and Robert Farley.
Law: "25th Amendment Section 4" (presidential succession). "Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President."
Article: "Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved" by Steve Contorno.
Article: "J.D. Vance wrote the foreword to the book of Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts — and proceeds will benefit his organization" by Madeline Peltz.
Article: "Trump town hall turns into playlist party as he bobs, dances onstage for 40 minutes" by Michelle Butterfield.
Article: "RFK Jr just endorsed Trump. Will it matter in November?" by Mike Wendling.
Bill: "H.R.9828 - End the Vaccine Carveout Act" by Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9].
Article: "How the Electoral College works in Wisconsin, and why it's unlikely go against the popular vote" by Nuha Dolby.
Hour Two: Weaponizing Words: The GOP's Plot to Undermine Democrats & Democracy
Article: "Weaponizing Words: The GOP's Plot to Undermine Democrats & Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Why Has America Tolerated Six Illegitimate GOP Presidents?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "CNN panel gets chaotic after Mace repeatedly mispronounces Harris's name" by Cheyanne M. Daniels.
Article: "Newt Gingrich: And His List of Words" by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
Book: Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt by Rodger McDaniel.
Article: "The Shocking Death of Senator Lester Hunt" by Marc C. Johnson.
Article: "The 'Democrat majority' is still the talk of the town" by Maura Reynolds.
Article: "Nancy Mace Mispronouncing Kamala Harris' Name Sparks Backlash" by Khaleda Rahman.
Anonymous texts threaten college students with prison time if they vote
Article: "Anonymous texts threaten college students with prison time if they vote: report" by Matthew Chapman.
Article: "Ted Cruz, Colin Allred clash in Texas Senate debate ahead of early voting: Key takeaways" by Adam Powell.
Article: "Elon Musk gave $75m to his pro-Trump group in three months" by Hugo Lowell.
Republicans think screwing farmers, food stamp recipients, and school lunch programs will help them get elected this year. Are they right?
Article: "Farm Bill politics 2024 are leaning toward Project 2025" by Alan Guebert.
Crazy Alert! About 42% of Americans would rather live in a haunted house than next door to outspoken Republicans
Article: "Ghosts Are Scary, but 95% of Americans Are More Afraid of Home Repairs (2024 Data)" by Jaime Dunaway-Seale.
Article: "Trump says Elon Musk has agreed to lead proposed government efficiency commission as ex-president unveils new economic plans" by Alayna Treene, Tami Luhby, Katie Lobosco, Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan.
Article: "Musk Was Once an Undocumented Immigrant in US?" by Nikki Dobrin.
Article: "Elon Musk Leaps to Trump's Side in Rally Appearance" by Ryan Mac.
Article: "Elon Musk's X: A complete timeline of what Twitter has become" by Amanda Silberling, Cody Corrall, Alyssa Stringer.
Article: "Donald Trump Dementia Evidence 'Overwhelming,' Says Top Psychiatrist" by Aleks Phillips.
Article: "Trump Baffles Everybody With Bizarre 'Biden Circles' Babble" by Dan Ladden-Hall.
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Article: "Trump tells people to vote on January 5 – and social media users are all making the same joke" by James Liddell.
Substack: "Mary Trump".
Article: "238 doctors, health care providers call on Trump to release medical records" by Aaron Navarro.
Article: "Porn Industry Jumps Into the Presidential Campaign, Targeting Project 2025" by Jonathan Weisman.
Article: "'Daily Show' mocks Fox News for saying 'real men' don't vote Democrat" by Sam Haysom.
Hour Three: Thom & Ali take your calls for the hour
- Ali Velshi, Host - MSNBC "Velshi" / Author of the new book, "Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy" @AliVelshi @MSNBC
Article: "Sad! Poor Trump surrogates try to defend his 'enemy within' threats" by Oliver Willis.
Article: "Takeaways from the Supreme Court's historic decision granting Donald Trump immunity" by John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole.
Article: "Chevron Deference" (1984) by Jonathan Kim.
Case: "Roe v. Wade".
Article: "MSNBC's Ali Velshi Hit By Rubber Bullet and Tear Gassed While Covering Minneapolis Protests" by Zachary Petrizzo.
Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
Article: "Mehdi Hasan" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Scopes Trial" (July 10-21, 1925) by Britannica.
Article: "Gavin Newsom" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bill Nye" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 clause 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Art..."
Article: "NRA chief involved in gruesome cat killing as college fraternity member" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner.
Article: "What Does Project 2025 Mean For Disabled People?" by Marni Rose McFall.
Article: "Dehumanisation: How Tutsis were reduced to cockroaches, snakes to be killed " by Kennedy Ndahiro.
Article: "New data shows why the U.S. needs more immigrants" by Alexia Fernández Campbell.
Article: "Thomas Jefferson Gave the Constitution 19 Years. Look Where We Are Now." by Jesse Wegman.