Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 19 June, 2024

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: America's Darkest Hour: Battling the Second Great Insurrection
Article: "America's Darkest Hour: Battling the Second Great Insurrection" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "MAGA dumbfucks are so fucking dumb, they have no idea that the pro-slavery Confederates were the bad guys" by Oliver Markus Malloy.
Quote: "The price of slaves was enhanced" - John Farnsworth, 1864.
Article: "South Carolina quietly canceled AP African American Studies. We wanted to know why." by Michael Harriot.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Book: From Oligarchy to Republicanism: The Great Task of Reconstruction by Dr. Forrest A. Nabors.
Article: "Breaking down the South's economic underperformance" by Chandra Childers.
Article: "Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, investigation reveals" by Lauren Aratani.
 
Article: "Juneteenth" (June 19, 1865) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ideological leanings of United States Supreme Court justices" by Wikipedia.
 
Why does it appear that Trump is paying a mysterious Delaware firm $3.1 million?
Article: "NBC News: Trump Paid $3.1 Million to Mysterious 6-Month Old Delaware Firm with NC P.O. Box" by ericlewis0.
Article: "The lawsuit accusing Trump of raping a 13-year-old girl, explained" by Emily Crockett.
 
Christian Nationalist Alert! GOPer lawmaker claims daycare is driving a "stake through the heart" of traditional families?
Article: "GOP lawmaker says day care is driving a 'stake through the heart' of traditional families " by Matthew Chapman.
 
Article: "White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup" by Betsy Swan, Erin Banco.
Article: "Captured, Killed or Compromised: C.I.A. Admits to Losing Dozens of Informants" by Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman.
Article: "Supreme Court strikes down bump stock ban" by Amy Howe.
Article: "Tim Scott Sidesteps Gun Control Question With 2 Go-To GOP Talking Points" by Kelby Vera.
Article: "Charleston church shooting" (June 17, 2015) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump portrays rampant crime in speech at Black church in Detroit" by Isaac Arnsdorf.
Article: "Biden campaign slams Trump as 'convicted criminal' in first ad seizing on former president's legal woes" by Arlette Saenz and Sam Fossum.
Article: "Open primaries in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Closed primary" by BallotPedia.
Article: "Confederate Flag an Unnerving Sight in Capitol" by Maria Cramer.
Article: "Pipe bombs found near Capitol on January 6 were placed the night before, FBI says" by David Shortell.

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Hour Two: Witness testifies that Matt Gaetz paid her for sex: report
Article: "Witness testifies that Matt Gaetz paid her for sex: report" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Joel Greenberg (politician)" by Wikipedia.
 
Bird flu pandemic risk high as cow cases appear and officials warn of humans' role
Article: "Bird flu pandemic risk high as cow cases appear and officials warn of humans' role" by Melody Schreiber.
 
Article: "'Total Fiction': CNN Fact-Checker Exposes 30 Obvious Lies In New Trump Speech" by Ed Mazza.
Article: "'Racism sells': Trump campaign PAC faces backlash as it calls migrants 'illegal people'" by David Edwards.
Article: "CNN Names Mark Thompson Its New CEO, Replacing Ousted Leader Chris Licht" by Virginia Chamlee.
Article: "Biden tells Israel not to 'repeat mistakes' made by US after 9/11" by Julian Borger.
Article: "Blinken confirms US is still pausing a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel as Netanyahu increases pressure on admin" by Jennifer Hansler.
Article: "Trump breaks silence on Israel's military campaign in Gaza: 'Finish the problem'" by Vaughn Hillyard and Allan Smith.
Article: "Two-state solution" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Netanyahu Is Set to Address Congress on July 24" by Annie Karni.
Article: "The Netanyahu speech controversy, explained" by Zack Beauchamp.
Video: 103 - Dr Amy Proal - Viral Persistence in Long Covid.
Substack: "Julia Doubleday".
Substack: "Jessica Wildfire".
Article: "History of slavery in Texas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Texas is coming for Wall Street with a new BlackRock-backed stock exchange " by Nicole Goodkind.
Article: "Texas Government Preparing for Secession, Group Suggests" by James Bickerton.
Article: "Mindrot and Joketeenth" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Law: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".
Article: "Reagan establishes national holiday for MLK , Nov. 2, 1983" by Andrew Glass.
Article: "The 15 Year Battle for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day" by National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Article: "Infant Mortality by Selected Maternal Characteristics and Race and Hispanic Origin in the United States, 2019–2021" by Danielle M. Ely, Anne K. Driscoll.
Article: "Homeownership rates show that Black Americans are currently the least likely group to own homes" by USAFacts Team.
Article: "Literacy in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's pledge to deport millions of immigrants would devastate Texas businesses" by American Statesman.
Article: "Detention Camps, "Vermin" Rivals, and a Government Purge: Trump Wants to Go Full Authoritarian" by Caleb Ecarma.
Article: "Trump explains his militaristic plan to deport 15-20 million people" by Zachary B. Wolf.
Article: "J. D. Vance" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future" by Michael R. Blood.
Article: "Barbara Lee" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Conservative media uses misleading camera angle of Biden to falsely claim that he was wandering aimlessly" by David Ingram.
Article: "Average Student Loan Debt By State In 2024" by Hannah Rounds.
Article: "2024 Candidates" by Seminole County.
Site: Deborah Poulalion.

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Hour Three: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- 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.)   @repmarkpocan
Article: "Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday " by .
Article: "The Center for Black Excellence and Culture to hold groundbreaking on Juneteenth" by Meg Wagner, Melissa Mahtani, Melissa Macaya, Veronica Rocha and Fernando Alfonso III.
Article: "Lina Khan" (chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) by Wikipedia.
Article: "FTC says Texas oil exec sought to work with OPEC to boost prices" by Ben Lefebvre.
Article: "New Legislation Proposes to Take Wall Street Out of the Housing Market" by Ronda Kaysen.
Article: "Ken Calvert" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump Wasn't Going to Stay in Milwaukee. Then Reporters Asked." by Michael Gold.
Article: "Congressional Leaders Form Task Force to Counter Project 2025 and Defend Democracy" by Jared Huffman.
Article: "Project 2025".
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "Biden signs $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, unlocking funds for transportation, broadband, utilities" by Jacob Pramuk.
Article: "Bill to Cap Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs Returns" by Allison Bell.
Article: "Some Medicare drug prices will drop under new law, insulin co-pays to be capped" by Caitlin Granfield.
Article: "Biden touts inhaler price drops with Bernie Sanders: "Finally, finally we beat big Pharma"" by Kathryn Watson.
Article: "131 House Republicans vote to eliminate workplace safety agency funding" by Josh Israel.
Article: "A Big, Beautiful Iron Dome Over Our Country': Inside Trump's Fantasy to Bring Israel's Missile Defense System to America" by Ben Samuels.
Article: "Texas had over 26K rape-related pregnancies in 16 months after abortion ban, study shows" by ABC13.
Article: "Abortion in Wisconsin" by Wikipedia.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: "Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit" by Jessica Taylor.
Article: "Wisconsin Charges 3 Trump Allies in Fake Electors Scheme" by Neil Vigdor and Danny Hakim.
Article: "America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population" by Economist.
Book: White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman.
Article: "Trump refers to Milwaukee as 'horrible' just before the city hosts the Republican convention" by Scott Bauer.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.