Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: 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: "Trump call to evacuate Tehran—a city of 10M—denounced as 'terroristic threat'" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Trump unleashes flurry of unhinged posts about Iran" by Alix Breeden.
Article: "'We Now Have Complete And Total Control': Trump Confirms U.S. is Part of Conflict With Iran" by Colby Hall.
Article: "Red Alert notice from Senator Chris Murphy" by FarPoint.
Article: "Is Iran as close to building a nuclear weapon as Netanyahu claims?" by Patrick Wintour.
Article: "Ali Khamenei's fatwa against nuclear weapons" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Article: "Iran nuclear deal framework" by Wikipedia.
Article: "700 troops have been mobilized to help ICE in raids in Florida, Louisiana and Texas" by Katie Hawkinson.
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Article: "Appeals panel scrutinizes judge's block on Trump National Guard deployment" by Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee.
Article: "New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested at immigration court" by Jenna Amatulli.
Article: "Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump's Agenda" by Alex Lemonides, Seamus Hughes, Mattathias Schwartz, Lazaro Gamio and Camille Baker.
Site: "Project 2025".
Video: Car set on fire during anti-ICE protests in California.
Article: "2025 Virginia's 11th congressional district special election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Where Americans stand on the economy, immigration and other issues as Trump addresses Congress" by Anna Jackson.
Article: "Trump officials lift short-lived pause on ICE arrests at farms, hotels and restaurants" by Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Nicole Sganga.
Article: "Trump has brutal two-word nickname for Stephen Miller, report claims" by Gustaf Kilander.
Article: "Derrick Van Orden" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Here Is All the Money AIPAC Spent on the 2024 Elections" by David Moore, Donald Shaw.
Article: "AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland's Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say" by Ryan Grim.
Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A Guide to Voter Caging" by Justin Levitt.
Article: "TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won" by Greg Palast.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: "2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Stochastic terrorism" (Stochastic violence) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mike Johnson suggests Gavin Newsom should be 'tarred and feathered'" by Edward Helmore.
Hour Two: The Politics of Hate: How Trump Weaponized Our Darkest Instincts
Article: "The Politics of Hate: How Trump Weaponized Our Darkest Instincts" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "By Calling More Than Half the Country 'Scum,' Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag " by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "'Any Illegal Immigrants?' Trump Quizzes Workers at the White House." by Luke Broadwater.
Article: "By Calling More Than Half the Country 'Scum,' Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump Gold Card" by Wikipedia.
Article: "$Trump" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." (foreign emoluments clause).
Red Alert notice from Senator Chris Murphy
Article: "Red Alert notice from Senator Chris Murphy" by FarPoint.
Crazy Alert! Trump Jr. blames trans people for Melissa Hortman's murder
Article: "Trump Jr. falsely blames 'radical transgender movement' for Melissa Hortman assassination" by Ryan Adamczeski.
Article: "Bisphenol A (BPA)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Transgender history" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Thalidomide" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia warns US against military aid to Israel as Donald Trump snubs Putin's mediation offer" by Ravi Hari.
Article: "Dunning-Kruger effect" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Minnesota Assassination Suspect Had Flyers Reading 'No Kings' in Vehicle" by Hollie Silverman and Peter Aitken.
Article: "2023 Nashville school shooting" by Wikipedia.
Video: Why the Most Foolish People End Up in Power – Machiavelli Knew This.
Hour Three: There were two MAGA terrorist attacks on Saturday—but corporate media refuses to call them that!
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PM ET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / His substack is The Dean's Report @DeanObeidallah @SXMProgress
Article: "Blue states should legally withhold federal taxes from Trump regime!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California" by Tyler Katzenberger.
Article: "Why is Kristi Noem's bone-chilling pledge of a "regime change" in Calif not getting media coverage?!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "There were two MAGA terrorist attacks on Saturday—but corporate media refuses to call them that!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Operation Iraqi Freedom" by Naval History and Heritage Command.
Article: "2003 invasion of Iraq" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump deploys 2,000 additional National Guard troops to Los Angeles" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A Judge Smacked Down Trump's National Guard Takeover in the Most Sweeping Way Possible" by Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern.
Article: "Today in Court: The 9th Circuit Hears the National Guard Case" by Joyce Vance.
Case: "Newsom v. Trump: Order Granting Plaintiffs' Application For Temporary Restraining Order" by Judge Charles Breyer.
Video: Frank Figliuzzi warns Trump's "heavy handed" tactics arresting Democrats are a "recipe for violence".
Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807".
Law: "10 U.S. Code § 12406 - National Guard in Federal service: call".
Article: "Pete Hegseth suggests he would disobey court ruling against deploying military in LA" by Chris Stein.
Article: "It's Not Just Trump Voters. Both Parties Are in Denial." by Arlie Hochschild and David Leonhardt.
News...Outrage after NYC mayoral candidate ICE arrest and Pentagon now added Greenland to "US Homeland"
Article: "'Horrifying!' Outrage follows NYC mayoral candidate's ICE arrest" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "'US homeland' now includes Greenland after major shakeup by Pentagon" by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: "Hegseth won't rule out military actions against Greenland, Panama" by Leo Shane III and Noah Robertson.
Site: vote.org.
Site: Democracy Docket.
Site: Ultimate Voter Guide.
Bill: "H.R.3565 - To provide for a limitation on the transfer of defense articles and defense services to Israel." by Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3].
Article: "California Bill Would Bar Officers From Wearing Masks" by Jonathan Wolfe.
Article: "1953 Iranian coup d'état" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Arab Spring" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Video: Exposing Minnesota Shooter Vance Boelter's CULT TIES.
Substack: "Hamish McKenzie".
Substack: "Terry Moran".
Substack: "New Dem Dispatch".
Article: "Supremacy Clause" by Wikipedia.