Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 4 September, 2024

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Mark Pocan
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / 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: "Casualties reported in shooting at Georgia high school, sheriff says. A suspect is in custody " by Nick Valencia, Shawn Nottingham, Dakin Andone and Chris Boyette.
Article: "Explaining Claims About Tim Walz's Military Service" by Linda Qiu.
Article: "Donald Trump Calls For Government Shutdown Over Fake Voter Fraud Fears" by Arthur Delaney.
Article: "Which happens more: People struck by lightning or people committing voter fraud by impersonation? " by Tom Kertscher.
Site: Center for Common Ground.
Video: Fact-checker examines Harris' position on fracking .
Article: "What to Know About the Controversy Over Trump's Visit to Arlington National Cemetery" by Koh Ewe.
Article: "'Street Thug' Putin and His Allies Considering Invasion of 3 More Countries" by Anna Nemtsova.
Article: "Biden administration to hit Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election" by Ken Dilanian, Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst and Rebecca Shabad.
Article: "Biden signs $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, unlocking funds for transportation, broadband, utilities" by Jacob Pramuk.
Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".
Article: "The 500-Mile Electric Car Is Officially Here" by Bradley Brownell.
Site: democracyFIRST.
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.".
Bill: "H.R.3421 - To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program" by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7].
Bill: "S.1655 - A bill to establish a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program" by Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT].
Article: "Menendez conviction raises questions about benefits for corrupt officials" by John Reitmeyer.
Site: Minocqua Brewing Company.
Article: "Minocqua Brewing Co. officially adds Oneida Co. to lawsuit against Town of Minocqua" by Sean White.
Article: "Former prosecutor v convicted criminal - Kamala Harris brings new energy to presidential race like no other" by Martha Kelner.
Article: "Paycheck Protection Program" by SBA.
Article: "Reps. Lee, Pocan Announce Defense Spending Reduction Caucus" by Barbara Lee.
Article: "Government watchdog concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid" by Jeremy Herb.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).

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Hour Two: Is the media about to help Trump fail his way back to the White House?
- Michael Tomasky, Editor - The New Republic   @mtomasky   @newrepublic
Article: "The Media Are About to Help Trump Fail His Way Back to the White House" by Michael Tomasky.
Article: "Trump keeps saying some states allow the execution of babies 'after birth.' They don't. Here's how that falsehood got started." by David Knowles.
Article: "Hamilton Fish III" by Wikipedia.
Speech: "Campaign dinner address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the Fala speech)", 9/23/1944 "Remember, a number of years ago, there was a book, Mein Kampf, written by Hitler himself. The technique was all set out in Hitler's book - and it was copied by the aggressors of Italy and Japan. According to that technique, you should never use a small falsehood; always a big one, for its very fantastic nature would make it more credible - if only you keep repeating it over and over and over again.".
Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Is there a feud between the White House and New York Times?" by Tom Jones.
Article: "Reed Irvine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Accuracy in Media" by Wikipedia.
 
Article: "October surprise" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Netanyahu leaves Palm Beach after meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago" by Kristina Webb, Diego Diaz Lasa.
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Article: "Did Nixon Commit Treason in 1968? What The New LBJ Tapes Reveal." by Robert "KC" Johnson.
Article: "1980 October Surprise theory" (Reagan, Iran hostages) by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big Lie that Launched the Catastrophic War" by David Corn.
Quote: "As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.
Article: "President George H.W. Bush orders Operation Desert Shield" by HISTORY.com.
Article: "Crude Oil Prices - 70 Year Historical Chart" by MacroTrends.
 
America's New Epidemic: A Nation Overrun by Bullies
Article: "America's New Epidemic: A Nation Overrun by Bullies" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "We Have Battered Nation Syndrome" by David Rothkopf.
Article: "Gary Lineker Says X Has Become "Increasingly Toxic" & He Barely Uses It Anymore" by Max Goldbart.
Article: "America is Suffering from an Epidemic of Political Bullying" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "I quit X formerly known as Twitter: A stand against toxicity" by Kjartan Abel.
Article: "The Fish Rots From the Head" by James Halliday.
Article: "Jim Jordan Plays Trump's Personal Attorney With New Subpoena" by Edith Olmsted.
Book: All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump III.
Article: "The long-term impact of bullying victimization on mental health" by Louise Arseneault.
Article: "Why I finally left Twitter (aka 'X')" by Daniel P. Horan.
Article: "US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan" by Patricia Zengerle.
Article: "Your money and your mental health can suffer under a bully boss" by Michelle Singletary.
 
Site: 1000 Days of Trump.
Article: "How Amazon Crushes Unions" by David Streitfeld.
Video: The Sopranos Episode 12 Two Men Attempt to Kill Tony Soprano.
Article: "What We Do and Don't Know About Trump's Ear Wound" by Simmone Shah and Olivia-Anne Cleary.
Article: "William Calley" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Walter Cronkite" by Wikipedia.
Article: "On this day in 1967: Gov. George Romney says he was 'brainwashed' on Vietnam War" by Ken Coleman.
Article: "Emmett Till" by Wikipedia
Article: "Port Huron Statement" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Port Huron Statement Of The Students For A Democratic Society" by Tom Hayden.
Article: "Tom Hayden" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "The Big Lebowski".
Article: "Les Moonves: Trump's run is 'damn good for CBS'" by Eliza Collins.

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Hour Three: MINISTRY OF TRUTH: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past
- Steve Benen Producer - Rachel Maddow Show / Author, most recently, Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past   @stevebenen
Article: "GOP Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenas company connected to daughter of judge in Trump hush money trial " by Annie Grayer.
Article: "Timeline: Hunter Biden under legal, political scrutiny" by Lucien Bruggeman.
Article: "A Complete Guide to All 17 (Known) Trump and Russia Investigations" by Garrett M. Graff.
Article: "2020 United States presidential election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "January 6 United States Capitol attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump welcoming the "J6 Awards Gala" to his country club is what treason looks like!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Trump–Ukraine scandal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump wall" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's COVID Legacy: The intentional decision to let Black and Hispanic Americans in Blue states die" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Is US economy better or worse now than under Trump?" by Jake Horton.
Article: "Mueller Report" by Wikipedia.
 
Geeky Science! A new class of probiotic supplements claim to help you manage your weight, improve your blood sugar levels Do they work?
Article: "A probiotic called akkermansia claims to boost health. Does it work?" by Anahad O'Connor.
 
Article: "U.S. Announces Plan to Counter Russian Influence Ahead of 2024 Election" by Julian E. BarnesGlenn Thrush and Steven Lee Myers.
Article: "4 confirmed dead, suspect in custody after school shooting in Georgia" by Jeanine Santucci, Minnah Arshad, Jonathan Limehouse, Wayne Ford, Michael Loria.
 
Article: "Interracial marriage in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "In first Yale class since the end of affirmative action, Black and Latine enrollment share remains stable, while Asian American decreases" by Hailey Talbert.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "The Founding Fathers, Deism, and Christianity" by David L. Holmes.
Law: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"..
Law: "Article VI, Clause 3: Historical Background on Religious Test for Government Offices". "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.".
Article: "James Madison And Church-State Separation" by Rob Boston.
Article: "James Madison's Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention, May 25, 1787".
Article: "Notes of debates in the Federal Convention of 1787" by James Madison.
Article: "Imagine (song)" by John Lennon.
Video: John Lennon Imagine Official video (HD).