Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 19 February, 2025

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

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 calls Zelensky a 'dictator' as rift between two leaders deepens" by Gabriela Pomeroy.
Article: "Fact check: Trump's barrage of lies about Zelensky and Ukraine" by Daniel Dale.
Article: "Donald Trump accused of 'effectively surrendering to Vladimir Putin' over Ukraine demands" by John Varga.
Article: "Vance may announce major US military pullout from Europe" by Andriy Zhurba.
Article: "Stop Being Shocked" by Jim Stewartson.
Article: "Meet The Billionaires Attending Trump's Inauguration: Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos And More" by Mary Whitfill Roeloffs.
Article: "Curtis Yarvin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Vladimir Putin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS" by David Folkenflik.
Article: "In two years of the PACT Act, VA has delivered benefits and health care to millions of toxic-exposed Veterans and their survivors" by VA.
Article: "House to vote on budget resolution next week, Scalise says" by Mychael Schnell.
Article: "Is Putin secretly one of the world's richest men? Experts estimate a $200 billion net worth" by Mahnoor Khan, Jane Thier.
Article: "Musk's DOGE touted slashing an $8 billion contract. It actually cut $8 million." by Joey Garrison, Nick Penzenstadler.
Article: "Live: Putin wants to build 'trust' with US to resolve Ukraine conflict" by Louise Nordstrom.
Site: 50501.
Article: "Hegseth Wants $50,000 for 'Emergency' Paint Job to Move into Military Family Housing, Lawmakers Say" by Rebecca Kheel.
Article: "House Republicans agree to cut Defense Secretary Austin's salary to $1" by Svetlana Shkolnikova.
Article: "Constitutional Considerations of Happiness" by Catherine Pellerin.
Article: "Pramila Jayapal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)" by Ballotpedia.
Site: Josh Weil for Congress.
Site: Gay Valimont for Congress.
Article: "2024 Post-Election Survey: Gender and Age Analysis of 2024 Election Results" by Maryann Cousens.
Article: "No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits" by David Gilbert.
Article: "2017 Women's March" by Wikipedia.
Site: "Indivisible".
Article: "Hundreds of Nuclear Experts Fired with no Regard to National Security" by David Obelcz.
Article: "Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them" by Peter Alexander and Alexandra Marquez.
Article: "USDA rushing to rehire key bird flu response workers mistakenly fired in Trump purge" by Donnelle Eller.

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Hour Two: Did you know that the United States is joining an international fascist network?
- Michael Tomasky, The New Republic @mjtoma.bsky.social @newrepublic.com
Article: "JD Vance's Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA's Sinister Global Endgame" by Michael Tomasky.
Article: "The date, candidates and key issues in the German election" by Reuters.
Article: "US Vice President Vance shuns Scholz and meets AfD party leader instead" by Daniel Bellamy.
Article: "Donald Trump calls president Zelensky a 'dictator' after saying Ukraine 'started' war with Russia" by Charlotte Fisher.
Article: "The Interview: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening." by David Marchese.
Article: "The Claremont Institute: The Anti-Democracy Think Tank" by Katherine Stewart.
Article: "Do Americans approve or disapprove of Donald Trump?" by 538.
Article: "Vladimir Putin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan" (Turkey) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Abdel Fattah el-Sisi" (Egypt) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Javier Milei" (Argentina) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Nayib Bukele" (El Salvador) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Arab Spring" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Article: "Alternative for Germany" (Alternative für Deutschland) (AfD) by Wikipedia.
Article: "National Rally" (France, formerly National Front) by Wikipedia.
Article: "UK Independence Party" (UKIP) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump didn't put his hand on the Bible during his oath of office. He's still the president." by Samantha Putterman.
Article: "Antichrist" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Cyrus the Great in the Bible" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Cyrus the Great" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Why Trump Reigns as King Cyrus" by Katherine Stewart.

Does Putin Own Trump?
Article: "Does Putin Own Trump?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say" by ABC News.
Article: "Real estate developer Donald J. Trump bought full-page ads in three major U.S. newspapers to say the United States should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to protect themselves" by AP.
Article: "Understanding money laundering in real estate" by ComplyAdvantage.
Article: "Uri Shvets" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump made a secret call to Vladimir Putin just before the 2020 election, report says" by Tom Porter.
Article: "Video resurfaces of Kid Rock claiming Trump showed him secret maps: 'Am I supposed to be in on this?'" by Rachel Sharp.
Article: "Rand Paul Suggests FBI May Have Planted Evidence" by Taegan Goddard.
Article: "White House Says Trump Called Putin to Talk About Wildfires" by Joshua Keating.
Article: "Trump Got Burned by a Major Mistake in His First Term. He Won't Make It Again." by Donald Moynihan.
Site: "The Moscow Project".
Book: American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery by Craig Unger.
Book: Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win by Luke Harding.
Article: "Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties" by BBC.
Article: "Tschechen-Stasi spähte die Trumps aus" by Hans-Wilhelm Saure.
Article: "Erdogan Gets a Timely Boost From Putin" by Onur Ant.
Article: "Exclusive: Paul Manafort admits he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset" by Mattathias Schwartz.
Article: "Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017" by Jim Sciutto.
Article: "Putin languages: Why he won't speak English - Inside Putin's bizarre power play" by James Gray.
Article: "Executive Order 13957: Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service" by Donald Trump.
Video: "Trump oddly squeamish under questioning about contact with Putin" by Rachel Maddow.
Article: "Rand Paul blocks quick passage of $40 billion Ukraine aid package" by AP.
Article: "Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started' war in Ukraine" by Zoë Richards.
Article: "Rand Paul Calls for Espionage Act Repeal as Trump Fumes Over FBI Search" by Jason Lemon.
Article: "F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims" by Adam Goldman, Mark Mazzetti and Matthew Rosenberg.
Article: "Kremlin Sources Go Quiet, Leaving C.I.A. in the Dark About Putin's Plans for Midterms" by Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg.
Article: "Report Details Manafort's Ties During 2016 Trump Campaign to a Russian Agent" by Sharon LaFraniere and Julian E. Barnes.
Article: "Captured, Killed or Compromised: C.I.A. Admits to Losing Dozens of Informants" by Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman.
Article: "The Hidden History of Trump's First Trip to Moscow" by Luke Harding.
Article: "Rand Paul delivers letter from Trump to Putin" by Rebecca Morin.
Article: "White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup" by Betsy Swan, Erin Banco.
Article: "Czechoslovakia spied on Donald and Ivana Trump, communist-era files show" by Kate Connolly.
Article: "Czechoslovakia ramped up spying on Trump in late 1980s, seeking US intel" by Luke Harding.
Article: "'The perfect target': Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy" by David Smith.
Article: "One chart that shows how brutal the Russian air campaign in Aleppo really is" by Zack Beauchamp.
Article: "Disgraced Trump adviser Mike Flynn admits he worked as a "foreign agent" for the Turkish government" by Jennifer Williams.
Article: "Wealthy bankers and businessmen plotted to overthrow FDR. A retired general foiled it." by Gillian Brockell.
Article: "Trump's communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff between spy chief and Congress, former officials say" by Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris.
Article: "Inside Trump's war on the National Archives" by Jacqueline Alemany, Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey.
Article: "Trump has spoken privately with Putin at least 16 times. Here's what we know about the conversations." by Adam Taylor.
Article: "Gap continues to widen between Trump and intelligence community on key issues" by Greg Miller.

Article: "Steele dossier" by Wikipedia.

Book: Facing Suicide: Understanding Why People Kill Themselves and How We Can Stop Them by James Barrat.
Article: "Suicide Prevention" by Air Force.
Article: "USAID fought apartheid. Musk is killing it" by The Ink.
Article: "What Does the Slang Term "FAFO" Mean? (Plus How to Use It)" by Mason Martinez.
Book: The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking TRUE Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow F.D.R. by Jules Archer.
Article: "Project 2025" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fifty-state strategy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "DNC chair Ken Martin lays out plans to crush Trump by reviving party's pro-union roots" by Rey Harris.
Book: Freckleface Strawberry by Julianne Moore.
Article: "Julianne Moore's children's book 'Freckleface Strawberry' included on Trump's ban list" by Theresa Braine.

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Hour Three: Did Trump end the federal investigations into Musk? I made FOIA requests to find out
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PM ET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / His substack is The Dean's Report @DeanObeidallah @SXMProgress
Article: "Did Trump end the federal investigations into Musk? I made FOIA requests to find out" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Trump Makes Odd Remark About Elon Musk's Familiarity With Pennsylvania Voting Machines" by Leigh Kimmins.
Article: "SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didn't disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it" by Barbara Ortutay.
Article: "Teapot Dome scandal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mueller report" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump said Guantanamo would hold 'high threat' migrants -- but others have ended up there" by Laura Romero and James Hill.
Article: "Habeas corpus" by Wikipedia.
Substack: "Steve Schmidt".

Article: "Russian-occupied territories" by Wikipedia.
Article: "South Ossetia" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Georgia (country)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Transnistria" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ukraine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Chechnya" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What did Portland teachers get from their strike?" by Natalie Pate.
Tweet: "If Hitler had a social media account: [video]" by The Lincoln Project.

Critics warn Trump's latest order 'should concern you more than any so far'
Article: "Critics warn Trump's latest order 'should concern you more than any so far'" by Erik De La Garza.
Executive Order: "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" by Donald Trump.
Article: "Federalist 78: The Judiciary Department" by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "Federalist 79: The Judiciary Continued" by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "Federalist 80: The Powers of the Judiciary " by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "Federalist 81: The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority " by Alexander Hamilton.

A federal prosecutor in DC resigned yesterday after declining a request from Trump to freeze the assets of a government contractor - Whose assets were they trying to freeze or steal and why?
Article: "Prosecutor in U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington Abruptly Resigns" by Eileen SullivanGlenn Thrush and Adam Goldman.

Article: "FCC reinstates complaints against ABC, CBS and NBC for 2024 election coverage" by Reuters.
Article: "Elon Musk" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing" - various.
Article: "Trump's Oval Office Portrait Change: A Symbol of Presidential Direction?" by Boston Times.
Video: Musk's clueless job slashing backfires again; principled protest resignations stymie Trump's agenda - Rachel Maddow.
Article: "FAFO gets very real for my wife's trump-loving niece" by calguy.
TV: "The Apprentice" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Roy Cohn" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Former Social Security chief rips DOGE 'nitwits'" by Ashleigh Fields.