Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 23 April, 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: "Protect Our Care: Congressman Mark Pocan holds town hall meeting in 3rd CD: Updates residents on Rep. Van Orden vote to slash Medicaid" by WisPolitics.
Article: "Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority" by AP.
Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" (AOC) by Wikipedia.
Article: "3 ways Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens" by Brittany Gibson.
Article: "Judge says UW-Madison international student with terminated visa can't be deported for now" by Sophie Carson, Kelly Meyerhofer.
Article: "Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions" by Just Security.
Article: "Clearinghouse is tracking Trump Administration litigation" by Clearinghouse.
Article: "Trump administration considers China tariff cuts: Report" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Murkowski on Trump: "We are all afraid"" by Stef W. Kight.
Article: "Trump Tower Project in Moscow Might Be Offered by Putin: Report" by Isabel van Brugen.
Article: "Romney: Republicans Didn't Vote To Impeach 'Whack Job' Trump Because They Were Afraid Of His Supporters" by Rusty Weiss.
Article: "Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates" by Julia Ingram, Steve Reilly.
Article: "Democrats' win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk" by Nicholas Riccardi, Thomas Beaumont.
Article: "GOP Rep Risks Trump Ire With First Call for Hegseth's Firing" by Nandika Chatterjee.
Article: "Trump Says He's 'Not Joking' About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution" by Erica L. Green.
Article: "What Is Trump's Plan for Canada and Greenland?" by Media Line.
Article: "Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session" by .
Article: "Sen. Dick Durbin announces retirement after decades in Congress" by Allison Pecorin.
Article: "Blue slip (U.S. Senate)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump loves Gilded Age tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many" by Will Weissert.
Article: "Pope Francis met with JD Vance just before he died. Here's when they met and why" by Shelby Slade Francesca Chambers, BrieAnna J. Frank, Sudiksha Kochi.
Article: "This federal program helps families pay utility bills—but Trump just fired the entire staff" (LIHEAP) by Inside Climate News and Kiley Bense.
Article: "Here's why Trump's plan to gut Head Start will hurt you, even if you don't have kids" by Elliot Haspel.
Article: "Donald Trump's True Height, Weight Debate Reignites" by Megan Cartwright.
Site: 50501. May 1: May Day Strong
Article: "Top producer at '60 Minutes' quits, says he can no longer run the show as he always has" by AP.
Article: "Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News" by Kurtis Lee.
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).
Video: Why are monopolies bad for consumers? Check out a clip from my podcast featuring Lina Khan! - Mark Pocan.
Hour Two: "Papers, Please": The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Bureaucratic Cruelty
Article: ""Papers, Please": The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Bureaucratic Cruelty" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "U.S. Government Illegally Detains Father of Two in Notorious Salvadoran Prison" by CCR.
Article: "Green ticket roundup" by Wikipedia.
Article: "3 ways Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens" by Brittany Gibson.
Article: "Arizona mom at center of immigration fight has been deported" by Daniel González.
Article: "US immigrants, H-1B, green card holders must carry ID 24x7 or face jail" by Surbhi Gloria Singh.
Article: "'We Cannot Give Everyone a Trial': Trump Accuses Supreme Court of Caving to 'Radical Left' In Pausing Deportations to Prison" by Kipp Jones.
Article: "'Horrified': Harvard scientist's ICE arrest leaves cancer researchers scrambling" by Matthew Chapman.
Article: "Far-right app lets you 'earn crypto' for 'snitching' on undocumented migrants: column" by Krystina Alarcon Carroll.
Article: "ICE agents lied to school staffers in effort to talk to immigrant kids: lawmakers" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "'He's gone': Attorney 'shocked' after Trump admin 'disappeared' delivery worker" by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: "US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days" by Jos´ Olivares.
Article: "Protecting The American People Against Invasion" by Donald J. Trump.
Article: "Westbank mother doesn't return home after routine ICE check-in" by Amelia Strahan.
Article: "Vichy France" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Audio & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul is a Guest on MSNBC's 'The Weekend'" by Governor Hochul.
Article: "Governor Hochul Announces Chobani to Make the Nation's Largest Investment Ever in a Natural Food Production Facility in the Mohawk Valley" by Governor Hochul.
Article: "'Evil is being defeated by God': Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrates after Pope's death" by David Edwards.
Article: "Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced to Hide in Safe House After US Government Publishes Her Address" by Zachary Leeman.
Is Putin proposing an offer to buy off Trump to betray America and the free world (and Ukraine) in exchange for a Trump Tower?
Article: "The Kremlin's Payoff? Russia Prepares 'Hooks' to Buy Off Trump" by Olga Lautman.
Do you see how this works? Cases are dropped against Big Biz that fund Trump's dictatorship. And, OBTW, $1 Trillion in wealth was added to the 19 (yes you heard me right - 19) morbidly rich households last year...
Article: "'See how this works?' Cases dropped against corporations that funded Trump's inauguration" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "$1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year" by Juliet Chung.
Article: "Crozer Health hospital emergency rooms stop accepting patients" by 6abc.
Article: "Crozer Health closure leaves major health care gap in Philly suburbs" by Isaac Avilucea, Mike D'Onofrio.
Article: "Mayor Cherelle L. Parker Unveils Historic $2 Billion H.O.M.E. Housing Plan to Create and Preserve 30,000 Homes" by Karen Guss.
Video: Franklin D Roosevelt: Democratic State Convention, 29 September 1936 'Let me warn you, and let me warn the nation'.
Video: Lawrence O'Donnell: Republicans' Positive View on Tesla 'Isn't Very Helpful' to Them Because They Won't Even Consider Buying Electric Cars..
Article: "Elon Musk Went To School In Rolls-Royce, Says Father Errol, Dismisses Claims Of "Unhappy Childhood"" by NDTV.
Article: "Feds Lend Tesla $465 Million to Build Model S" by Chuck Squatriglia.
Article: "Musk and Doge's USAid shutdown likely violated US constitution, judge rules" by Hugo Lowell and Joseph Gedeon.
Article: "American People's Foreign Policy: USAID's Role in Apartheid South Africa" by ADST.
Article: "'That ends now': Judge overseeing Abrego Garcia case knocks Trump administration for repeated stonewalling" by Devan Cole.
Article: "Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights" by Joshua Goodman, Gisela Salomon.
Article: "If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders" by David Noll.
Quote: "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!" -- Andrew Jackson.
Article: "Dred Scott Case" by History.com.
Case: "Marbury v Madison" (Judicial review).
Hour Three: Jan 6 Cop Killers got a better deal than wrongfully deported dad
Article: "9 ways Capitol rioters got a better deal than wrongfully deported dad" by Lisa Needham.
Geeky Science. The good news - 5 minute EV charging is here. The bad news - but not for America cars. Find out why.....
Article: "Five-Minute EV Charging Is Here, but Not for U.S.-Made Cars" by Yoko Kubota.
Article: "Ron Johnson says he thinks Senate could hold hearings on 9/11 conspiracies" by Elizabeth Crisp.
Site: Randi Rhodes Show.
Article: "Randi Rhodes" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Harvard Plans to Use Trump's Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut" by Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender.
Article: "As Harvard Is Hailed a Hero, Some Donors Still Want It to Strike a Deal" by Rob Copeland, Maureen Farrell and Michael S. Schmidt.
Article: "Malcolm Nance" by Wikipedia.
Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLT.
Article: ""Have You No Sense of Decency?"" by Joseph Welch.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Three Toe' Feet Go Viral in Doctored Photo" by Yevgeny Kuklychev.
Article: "Puerto Rico" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Puerto Rico: Trump paper towel-throwing 'abominable'" by BBC.
Article: "Trump Lashes Out at Puerto Rico Mayor Who Criticized Storm Response" by Peter Baker.
Video: Congressman Eric Swalwell on Pete Hegseth at a town hall hosted by Folsom Area Democratic Club. Yes, Folsom is Kiley's district and he's still nowhere to be found..
Video: CA district 5 Town Hall with special guest, U.S. Congressman John Garamendi.
Article: "Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945–52" by Office of the Historian.
Article: "First female commander at Fort McCoy suspended amid investigation into flipped Trump photo" by TNND.
Article: "Trump administration looking at $5,000 'baby bonus' to incentivize public to have more children" by Hannah Demissie and Katherine Faulders.