Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump's Hostile Takeover of America: The Corporate Raider's Final Heist
Article: "Trump's Hostile Takeover of America: The Corporate Raider's Final Heist" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Libertarian Party National Platform 1980".
Article: "Is the "Reagan Revolution's" Attack on America's Middle Class at an End?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The GOP's 60-Year Authoritarian Plot: Perhaps None Dare Call It Treason. But I Do." by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Judge pauses Trump funding freeze order until Feb. 3" by Dan Mangan.
Article: "Who Benefits From Diversity And Inclusion Efforts?" by Dr Michelle Penelope King.
Article: "The Federal Workforce Resignation Email" by Allison Gill.
Article: "Trump Is Ignoring the Law — and Congress Doesn't Care" by Ankush Khardori.
Article: "US Senate Judiciary Committee asks Trump to detail rationale for firing 18 IGs" by David Shepardson.
Article: "Trump loyalist pushes 'post-Constitutional' vision for second term" by Beth Reinhard.
Tweet: "Trump is holding all the nation's hospitals and vital services hostage to seize power from Congress and hand it over to billionaires.
We must state the truth: this is a constitutional crisis. It's a massive, illegal power grab that the House and Senate have a sworn duty to stop." by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
Book: "The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot" by Russell Kirk.
Article: "Impoundment of appropriated funds" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974".
Law: "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" (1883).
Law: "Inspector General Act of 1978".
Article: "RFK Jr defends vaccine stance as protesters disrupt hearing for Trump's health secretary pick" by Adam Durbin, Brandon Livesay, Sam Hancock, Rachel Looker.
Article: "What is the Chinese Lunar New Year? Everything to know about the Year of the Snake" by Eric Lagatta.
Article: "Government websites suddenly went down this week. Here's what the White House has said about it." by Kelsey Vlamis, Katie Balevic.
Article: "Fear in migrant communities as Trump administration raids ramp u" by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: "Up to $852,000: How much Trump ends up paying for each deportation flight" by ET Online.
Article: "Dr Phil stunned as illegal migrant makes shocking admission while being detained by border czar Tom Homan as ICE arrests 956" by Melissa Koenig, Natasha Anderson.
When will the Democrats stand up to Trump?
Article: "Congressman Demands Fellow Lawmakers Stand Up To Trump: 'This Is A 5 Alarm F-ing Fire'" by Wicked Blue.
Video: Emergency Video (Extreme Emergency) Jan 2025 - Adam Kinzinger.
Article: "Democrats prepare for war with Trump over funding freeze" by Andrew Solender.
Book: Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America by Kevin Roberts.
Documentary: Resistance: They Fought Back.
Article: "White Rose" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fifty-state strategy" by Wikipedia.
Video: How can we CRUSH the "Second American Revolution"? (with Thom Hartmann) | The Michael Steele Podcast.
Article: "Michael Steele" by Wikipedia.
Youtube: "The Lincoln Project".
Article: "Bernie Sanders" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elizabeth Warren" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jasmine Crockett" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hakeem Jeffries" by Wikipedia.
Video: Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Testifies at Confirmation Hearing, Part 1.
Video: U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Testifies at Confirmation Hearing, Part 2.
Article: "The Political Economy of Predatory Capitalism" by C.J. Polychroniou.
Article: "Private equity owners pile on leverage to pay themselves dividends" by Joe Rennison.
Article: "Bain Capital Wins Again: $20-Billion Leveraged-Buyout Queen Topples, Biggest in Years, Another Private Equity Casualty" by Wolf Richter.
Article: "US consumer confidence dips again to start the year, according to business group" by Matt Ott.
Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr a predator ahead of confirmation hearing
Article: "Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr a predator ahead of confirmation hearing" by Marina Dunbar.
Article: "Some Conservatives Keep Awkwardly Calling Trump 'Daddy.' Experts Weigh In On What's Behind It." by Kimberley Richards.
Article: "Framing the issues: UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff tells how conservatives use language to dominate politics" by Bonnie Azab Powell.
Article: "George Lakoff" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mel Gibson shocks viewers with 'daddy' Trump comment" by Samantha Rutt.
Hour Two: Why GOP Senator Thom Tillis is a coward and a back-stabber...
Article: "GOP Senator Thom Tillis Is A Coward And A Bastard" by Evan Hurst.
Good News Alert! Democrats outperformed, flipping an Iowa seat and taking control of the MN senate
Article: "2 special elections tonight. Dems outperform Harris: Flip an Iowa seat, take control of MN senate" by Prairiecrat.
Article: "Do Americans have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump?" by 538.
Article: "Report: Trump Admin Planning a Major Press Briefing Change That Will Infuriate Mainstream Media Outlets" by Randy DeSoto.
Article: "Church Committee", 1975-6.
Book: The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys - and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy by James Risen.
Article: "Stephanie Murphy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days" by Timothy W. Ryback.
Article: "Senator Merkley speaks out on federal funding freeze" by Brandon Kamerman.
Article: "Kakistocracy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Nullification (U.S. Constitution)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "New York Times Analysis Finds Sunday News Shows Favor Conservative Guests" by Thomas Bishop & Lis Power.
Article: "Ben Wikler" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ken Martin (politician)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pete Hegseth Promised To Stop Drinking if Confirmed as Secretary of Defense. Here's What He Said" by Nur Ibrahim.
Hour Three: Trump is sentencing to death 26 million people...and counting
- Michelangelo Signorile, journalist / author & host of the The Michelangelo Signorile Show, on SiriusXM Progress, channel 127 - weekdays 3-6 ET. Read his work at The Signorile Report on Substack.com @MSignorile @SiriusXMProg
Article: "Trump is sentencing to death 26 million people...and counting" by Michelangelo Signorile.
Article: "Trump Ends Funding for HIV/AIDS Prevention Program That's Saved 26 Million Lives" by Kylie Cheung.
Article: "Trump Administration Waives Halt on Distribution of HIV Medications Via PEPFAR" by Stephanie Brown.
Article: "Sen. Schiff Slams White House Freezing of Crucial Federal Funding" by Office of California Senator Adam Schiff .
Geeky Science! What if science and ancient wisdom agree — your expectations hold real power?
Article: "The Expectation Effect: Are Your Beliefs Secretly Steering Reality? " by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Curtis Yarvin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley funded the sudden rise of JD Vance" by Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, Alex Rogers.
Article: "The green Mediterranean diet that slows down ageing" by Sam Rice.
Article: "I'm a researcher who studies 100-year-olds - eating these two snacks every day will add years to your life" by Luke Andrews.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2.
Article: "DFLer Doron Clark wins Minnesota Senate seat in special election" by Elliot Hughes.
Article: "GOP candidate in Minnesota House District 54A says he will not appeal election challenge" by Ashley Halbach.
Article: "Uncertainty, paralysis continue to keep Minnesota House from doing business" by Esme Murphy.
Article: "'Memo is rescinded': Budget office quietly pulls back order freezing federal funds" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "White House aide says spending freeze isn't being rescinded despite memo" by Alex Gangitano.