Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 27 March, 2024

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

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: The Cold, Dead Hand of Anthony Comstock is about to Fall on America's Women
Article: "The Cold, Dead Hand of Anthony Comstock is about to Fall on America's Women" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "How we discovered 'breaking history news'" by Dan Diamond.
Case: "Youngs Rubber Corp. v. C.I. Lee & Co".
Book: The Man Who Hated Women by Amy Sohn.
Article: "The Abortion Pill Fight Isn't Over. Foes Look to 1873 Obscenity Law" by Madlin Mekelburg.
Article: "Hyde-smith, Lankford Lead Letters To Pharmacies On Abortion Drug Distribution" by Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Letter: "to Tom Moriarty, General Counsel, May 5, 2023" by Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Article: "Application of the Comstock Act to the Mailing of Prescription Drugs That Can Be Used for Abortions" (downloads a PDF) by Christopher H. Schroeder.
Law: "18 U.S. Code § 1461 - Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter" (An Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, obscene Literature and Articles of immoral Use).
Law: "18 U.S. Code § 1462 - Importation or transportation of obscene matters".
Article: "Why anti-abortion groups are citing the ideas of a 19th-century 'vice reformer'" by Sarah McCammon.
Article: "US appeals judges express support for opponents of abortion pill" by Tom Hals, Andrew Goudsward and Brendan Pierson.
Article: "Alito and Thomas kept bringing up Comstock. That scared abortion rights supporters." by Dan Diamond.
 
Article: "Abe Fortas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "It's Time to Investigate Ginni Thomas" by Thom Hartmann.

 
Will Jared Kushner finally get investigated?
Article: "Dems renew demand that GOP investigates Jared Kushner's overseas business dealings" by Sky Palma.
Article: "Kushner Deal in Serbia Follows Earlier Interest by Trump" by Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.
Article: "Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin Have Reportedly Secured Billions from Saudi Government" by Ken Meyer.
Article: "Inside Trump Treasury nominee's past life as 'foreclosure king' of California" by Sam Levin.
Article: "Charles Kushner" by Wikipedia.
 
There is a new "litmus test" to become part of the RNC and it's a doozy.....
Article: "Lara Trump's RNC Is Asking Job Applicants If the 2020 Election Was Stolen, Per Report" by Jamie Frevele.
 
Article: "Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza" by Jeffrey M. Jones.
Article: "The GOP could lose the House before Election Day. Here's how Democrats get ready" by David Nir.
Article: "California county on edge over bid to recall far-right, election-denying official" by Dani Anguiano.
Article: "NBC News drops Ronna McDaniel after on-air revolt from channel's stars" by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: "David Pecker" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Michael Steele" by Wikipedia.
Article: "NBC News Cuts Ties With Ronna McDaniel After Network Firestorm" by Michael M. Grynbaum and John Koblin.
Site: Democratic National Committee.
Article: "How Billionaire's Privilege is Taking Down Our Republic" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Parents of reporter Evan Gershkovich speak out 1 year into his Russian detainment: Exclusive" by Meredith Deliso and Caroline Guthrie.
Article: "Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas speaks out on her abduction and sexual assault in Gaza" by Lauren Izso, Jeremy Diamond and Eyad Kourdi.
Article: "Ditch the almond milk: why everything you know about sustainable eating is probably wrong" by Tony Naylor.
Article: "For A Few Weeks The Colorado River Reached The Ocean. Will It Happen Again?" by Luke Runyon.
Article: "Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza" by Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman.
Article: "Mifepristone" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Project 2025".
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Case: "Marbury v Madison".
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: "Joe Manchin won't run for reelection, giving GOP an opening to flip West Virginia seat " by Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Lauren Fox.
Article: "Kyrsten Sinema: Independent senator won't run for re-election" by BBC.
Tweet: "The NY appellate court's unexplained reduction from $454M to $175M in the bond Trump must post in 10 days to secure the judgment pending appeal is a travesty of justice. Let's hope public disgust with this preferential treatment will come back to bite Trump politically." by Laurence Tribe.
Article: "Trump's Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic" by Matt Egan.

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Hour Two: What about that Biden economy...
- Michael Tomasky, Editor - The New Republic   @mtomasky   @newrepublic
Article: "It's the Biden vs. Trump Economy—and Hell No, It's Not Even Close" by Michael Tomasky.
Article: "Cancer eating the heart of Australian democracy" by Kevin Rudd.
Article: "Power and scandal: how Murdoch drove the UK, US and Australia to the right" by Dan Sabbagh.
Article: "Obama's Last Three Years Of Job Growth All Beat Trump's Best Year" by Chuck Jones.
Article: "United States Comparative Trends Analysis: Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022" by Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project (PNREAP).
Article: "These are the most and least biased news outlets in the US, according to Americans" by Pat Ralph and Eliza Relman.
Article: "The Saudi & Putin Scheme for Screwing Biden's Election Hopes" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Saudi Arabia Now Controls the Largest Oil Refinery in North America" by Robbie Gramer.
Article: "MAGA's most successful piece of propaganda"("I did that") by Nina Burleigh.
 
Article: "Arizona governor moves to end Saudi-owned farm's controversial leases" by Isaac Stanley-Becker, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez.
Article: "Is China really buying up U.S. farmland? Here's what we found" by Laura Strickler and Nicole Moeder.
Article: "Trump's Legal Stall FAILS! Trial Starts in 3 Weeks & He's $175M poorer." by Sarah Longwell.
 
Can Biden prevent Trump from stealing the election? He's working on it....
Article: "Biden Is Building a 'Superstructure' to Stop Trump From Stealing the Election" by Asawin Suebsaeng, Adam Rawnsley.
Article: "'Stop the Steal' campaign has long ties to Roger Stone" by CNN.
Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Ohio Voter-Purge Law" by Nina Totenberg .
 
Good News: AL democrat flips GOP seat on the Republican threat to women
Article: "Alabama Democrat flips GOP seat after campaigning against threats to IVF" by Jeff Singer.
 
Article: "Once-lukewarm billionaires set to come back around to Trump at fundraiser hosted by John Paulson" by Lydia Moynihan.
Article: "Recall's real reason — GOP wants Newsom off the road" by Tom Elias.
Article: "Chevron to pay over $13 million in settlement for California oil spills" by Reuters.
Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting.
Article: "Owen Jones" by Wikipedia.
Youtube: "Owen Jones".
Article: "The latest on the Iowa caucuses and 2024 primary campaign" by Elise Hammond, Aditi Sangal, Antoinette Radford, Amir Vera, Isabelle D'Antonio, Maureen Chowdhury and Jack Forrest.
Article: "What the Polls Say Today: RFK Jr. Now Hurting Biden, Helping Trump" by Ed Kilgore.
Article: "With Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr. Makes a New Play for the Disaffected" by Rebecca Davis O'Brien.

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Hour Three: How Fox News is one of our top threats....
- Sabrina Haake, Federal trial attorney (20+ years) specializing in First and 14th Amendment defense / Contributor to numerous law journals & publications including the Chicago Tribune   @haake_sabrina
Article: "TikTok disinformation is no more dangerous than Fox News disinformation" by Sabrina Haake.
Article: "Fox News settles with Dominion at the last second, pays more than $787 million to avert defamation trial over its 2020 election lies " by Marshall Cohen and Oliver Darcy.
Article: "NBC's ousting of Ronna McDaniel reinforces status as anti-Trump, pro-Biden network" by Joseph Wulfsohn.
Article: "fairness doctrine" by Matt Stefon.
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Haake: The rising cost of propaganda" by .
Article: "Overcoming the Fox News-Musk-Trump propaganda machine" by Sabrina Haake.
Article: "In blow to Fox Corp., judge rules Smartmatic case over 2020 election lies can proceed" by Marshall Cohen.
 
Geeky Science! Can not sleeping age you?
Article: "Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years older, finds study" by Ian Sample.
 
Article: "Trump is selling 'God Bless the USA' Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills" by Jill Colvin.
Bible: "Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves." - Matthew 21:12: Jesus Cleanses the Temple.
Article: "'The Bible is not a prop': Religious leaders, lawmakers outraged over Trump church visit" by Rebecca Shabad, Geoff Bennett, Monica Alba and Shannon Pettypiece.
Article: "Salem Media Group" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Music Man" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2024 United States Senate election in Ohio" (Sherrod Brown) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Claire McCaskill Reacts To Todd Akin's 'Legitimate Rape' Remarks" by Sam Stein.
Quote: "A number of my friends who belong in these very high upper brackets have suggested to me, more in sorrow than in anger, that if I am reelected they will have to move to some other Nation because of high taxes here. I shall miss them very much." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Address at Worcester, Mass.," October 21, 1936.
Article: "Involuntary manslaughter " by LexisNexis.
Article: "Sovereign immunity" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republicans kill border bill in a sign of Trump's strength and McConnell's waning influence" by Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V.
Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.
Site: "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact".
Article: "Pope backtracks on Ukraine 'white flag' comments" by Alvise Armellini.
Article: "Precinct captain" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Comstock Act of 1873" (Comstock Act ban on birth control information overturned) by Brandon R. Burnette.
Case: "United States v. One Package (2d Cir. 1936)".
Law: "Youngs Rubber Corp. v. C.I. Lee & Co (2d Cir. 1930)".