Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Moral Cleansing, American Style: How the Supreme Court Just Outsourced Cruelty
Article: "Moral Cleansing, American Style: How the Supreme Court Just Outsourced Cruelty" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps by Yitzhak Arad.
Book: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer.
Book: The Destruction of the European Jews by Raul Hilberg.
Article: "Judge contends Nazis got more due process than Trump deportees did" by Ximena Bustillo.
Case: "DHSS v. DVD: dissent" (2025).
Quote: "History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes" - attributed to Mark Twain.
Article: "C-SPAN Faces A Funding Crisis Amid Cord Cutting, Even As D.C.'s Drama Makes Its Mission Ever More Important" by Ted Johnson.
Law: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."
MAGA heads are exploding this morning Thanks to Mamdani's victory. Good job NYC!
Article: "WATCH: Zohran Mamdani Vows to 'Reject' Trump's 'Fascism' in NYC Primary Victory Speech" by David Gilmour.
Article: "'Take it Down': Fox News Host Scolds Charlie Kirk Over 'Gross and Islamophobic' Post" by Charlie Nash.
Article: "Zohran Mamdani's Rise in NYC's Mayoral Race Is a Major Warning Sign for the Democrats Nationally" by Alex Griffing.
Article: "Here's the winning message sent by NYC Democrats to party leaders nationwide!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.
Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Square Deal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mamdani and Lander Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor's Race" by Emma G. Fitzsimmons.
Article: "Trump doubles down on 'obliteration' claims as he refers to Iran strike as 'genius'" by Andrew Feinberg.
Article: "Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say" by Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen.
Article: "Netanyahu decided on Iran war last year, then sought to recruit Trump" by Gerry Shih, Warren P. Strobel, Souad Mekhennet.
What happened with the Iran strikes? Do we know the truth?
Article: "US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites only set program back by months, Pentagon report says" by Hugo Lowell.
Article: "Greg Gutfeld calls NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a social justice suicide bomber" by Media Matters.
Article: "Sean Hannity and Clay Travis melt down over Zohran Mamdani while reporting updates on NYC mayoral primary" by Media Matters.
Article: "Zohran Mamdani wants to spend $65M on trans medical treatment — including for minors — if elected NYC mayor" by David Propper and Craig McCarthy.
Article: "NY Times editorial board: Mamdani doesn't deserve spot on New Yorkers' ballots" by Jared Gans .
Article: "Trump shares texts from NATO chief praising 'decisive action' on Iran" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "'I can see it's upsetting' - Trump asks BBC Ukrainian reporter about her family" by BBC.
Article: "Stephen Colbert" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bill Burr" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Curtis Sliwa" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo For NYC Mayor" by Paige Skinner.
Article: "The Nazi Camp System: Terminology" by United States Holocaust Museum.
Article: "El Salvador's secretive mega-jail" by BBC Mundo.
Site: Read Freely Alabama.
Site: River Region DSA.
Hour Two: Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities 'highlights the illegitimacy of actions'
Article: "The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: 'A police state'" by Sam Levin.
Article: "Immigrant father of three Marines is violently detained, injured by federal agents, son says" by Kaitlyn Huamani.
Article: "Schutzstaffel" (SS) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sturmabteilung"(brown shirts) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Proud Boys" by Wikipedia.
People are going to die because of Medicaid cuts. Will GOPers get over it as McConnell says or will it be a disaster for them?
Article: "'People are going to die': how Medicaid work requirements cost people their health insurance" by Michael Sainato.
Article: "Analyst reveals internal GOP document laying out Medicaid cuts" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "'They'll get over it,' McConnell reportedly assures GOP colleagues about Medicaid cuts" by Jamie Lucke.
Article: "Key GOP senator warns Medicaid cuts could spell political disaster for Republicans" by Alexander Bolton.
Article: "About Obesity" by CDC.
Article: "Free Buses Would Mean 12% Faster Rides And 20% More Riders: Study" by Dave Colon.
Book: The Purposeful Warrior: Standing Up for What's Right When the Stakes Are High by Jocelyn Benson.
Article: "'He is not a gang member': outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos" by Tom Phillips and Clavel Rangel.
Article: "Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Operation Infinite Reach" by Wikipedia.
Article: "10+ Maui teachers detained, questioned in erroneous federal immigration raid" by Hawai'i State Teachers Association.
Book: The War against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism by Ian Angus.
Book: Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth by Vandana Shiva.
Article: "Rep. Al Green files impeachment article against Trump over Iran: 'Threat to democracy'" by Matt Keeley.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Article: "Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom" by David Ingram.
Article: "ICYMI: Stefanik Joined Cats & Cosby with John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on 77 WABC About Kathy Hochul's Dangerous Sanctuary State Policies that Puts Illegals First and Antisemitism in Higher Education" by Elise Stefanik.
Video: Zohran Mamdani.
Article: "Congressman Jim Clyburn's Endorsement of Andrew Cuomo" by Jim Clyburn.
Article: "2021 Buffalo mayoral election" by Wikipedia.
Trump's latest judicial nominee is a real piece of work
Article: "Bombshell whistleblower letter reveals 'lawlessness' inside Trump's DOJ" by Sarah K. Burris.
Hour Three: Donnie Two Weeks Go Boom Boom
- Jo-Jo from Jerz (Jo Carducci), Political Commentator @jojofromjerz.bsky.social
Article: "Donnie Two Weeks Go Boom Boom" by JoJoFromJerz.
Article: "President Trump's war on higher education" by Danielle Kurtzleben, Elissa Nadworny.
Article: "Trump-appointed judges warn of threats, criticize calls to impeach judges" by Nate Raymond.
Article: "The Business Roundtable is MIA Against Trump's Attacks" by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian.
Article: "Donald Trump's conflict with the media" by Wikipedia.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Site: Knights Templar.
Site: ADHD: Hunter in a Farmer's World.
Site: Wisdom School.
Site: Pepperspectives.
Video: The Thom Hartmann Show October 29, 2004.
Article: "United States Flag Code" by American Legion. "It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness."
Article: "'Remains in full force': Federal judge says SCOTUS decision on 3rd-country deportations doesn't affect his original ruling keeping men from South Sudan" by Conrad Hoyt.
Article: "Stephen Miller Owns Up to $250,000 in Palantir Stock, Report Finds" by Sharon Zhang.
Article: "US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations to third countries" by Ali Abbas Ahmadi.
Law: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".
Law: "5th Amendment" (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, taking clause, due compensation).
Law: "6th Amendment" (speedy trial, witnesses, defense).
Law: "7th Amendment" "In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved...".
Law: "8th Amendment" "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.".
Video: Video of man violently detained by border patrol agents draws online backlash.
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).
Law: "18 U.S. Code § 241 - Conspiracy against rights". "If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege..."
Article: "DHS defends viral video of Border Patrol agents detaining undocumented landscaper wielding weed whacker" by Christina Shaw.
Article: "Marine veteran defends gardener father seen being hit by immigration agents in video" by Jacob Soboroff, Julia Ainsley and Suzanne Gamboa.
Article: "They were very nice: Trump hails Iran for giving 'warning' before missile attack on US base" by Economic Times.
Article: "2024 was a Landslide...for 'Did Not Vote'" by Environmental Voter Project.
The thought police strike again...
Article: "Tourist who claimed he was banned entry to US because of a JD Vance meme on his phone was actually denied for a different reason, Homeland reveal" by Olivia Allhusen.