Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 5 February, 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: "'Incomprehensibly dire': Elon Musk said to have 'apocalyptic' power to wreck the economy" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine" by Lucas Ropek.
Bill: "'ELON MUSK' Act: All about Mark Pocan's bill that targets Tesla CEO" by Economic Times.
Article: "How much of Musk's wealth comes from tax dollars and government help? " by Chris Isidore.
Article: "Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions" by Just Security.
Article: "Clearinghouse is tracking Trump Administration litigation" by Clearinghouse.
Article: "Why does Trump want to take over Gaza and could he do it?" by Paul Adams.
Article: "House GOP explores alternative math on Trump tax cuts" by Hans Nichols.
Article: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's floated idea to shutter FDIC would be political heavy lift, say analysts" by Arasu Kannagi Basil, Pete Schroeder and Lananh Nguyen.
Article: "Congressional Participation in Litigation: Article III and Legislative Standing" by CRS.
Article: "Republicans start 2025 with the smallest House majority since 1931" by Geoffrey Skelley.
Article: "Clinton Signs Bill on Buyouts for Federal Workers" by AP.
Article: "Torrijos–Carter Treaties" by Wikipedia.
Site: Indivisible.
Article: "Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show " by David Wright and Alex Leeds-Matthews.
Article: "X Algorithm Prioritizes Elon Musk and Republican Content, Study Claims" by Isaiah Richard.
Article: "Effects of Illustrative Policies That Would Increase Tariffs" by CBO.
Article: "USAID Under Fire After Taxpayer Dollars Fund Transgender Operas In Colombia, Afghanistan Opium Trade" by Danielle Shockey.
Article: "Quantitative Easing (QE)" by Investopedia.
Article: "Quantitative Tightening (QT)" by Investopedia.
Article: "'Democracy Weeks Away From Disintegrating': Democratic Senator Issues Warning — and a Plan" by David Badash.
Article: "Why Trump and Harris both say 'no tax on tips'" by Natalie Sherman.
Article: "Cruz Introduces Bill to End Taxes on Servers' Tips" by Jackson Bakich.
Article: "PayPal Mafia" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System" by Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, Tim Marchman.
Article: "Will Elon Musk go after the National Hurricane Center? Billionaire's team approaches NOAA" by C. A. Bridges.
Hour Two: The Billionaire Coup is Almost Complete and No One Stopped It — Can We Return to Democracy?
Article: "The Billionaire Coup is Almost Complete and No One Stopped It — Can We Return to Democracy?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Triangle Shirtwaist Fire" by AFL-CIO.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Political Corruption Underwrites America's Gun-Control Nightmare: The Hidden History of Guns and the 2nd Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Connection Between a Child-Murderer, Reaganism and Today's GOP" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won" by Greg Palast.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Declaration of Independence".
Article: "Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call" by Matt Shuham.
Article: "Profits Over Safety" by Lanier & Burroughs.
Article: "A War on Voting: The authoritarian agenda removing our Constitutional right to pick representation" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Side-Saddle Madness" by Suzie Larsen.
Article: "Elon Musk Went To School In Rolls-Royce, Says Father Errol, Dismisses Claims Of "Unhappy Childhood"" by NDTV.
Article: "Statement on the Health Effects of Refineries and Implications for the S Philadelphia Refinery" by Amy Auchincloss, Kathleen Escoto, Anneclaire J De Roos.
Article: "A Short History of Regulatory Authorities" by Mike Baird.
Case: "Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981".
Article: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
Article: "Great Depression" by The Free Dictionary.
Article: "The Stock Market Crash of 2008" by Kimberly Amadeo.
Law: "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" (HIPAA).
Article: "Trump-Musk purge of the CIA underway as agency pivots to spying on traditional allies like Mexico" by Charles R. Davis.
Article: "FBI turns over details of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue" by Josh Campbell, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed.
Article: "Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police" by Karma Allen.
Article: "Kent State shootings" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Timeline of activities involving the Proud Boys" by Wikipedia.
After being sworn in 2 weeks ago trump is ready to invade and do ethnic cleaning in Gaza - The 5th country he wants to invade...
Article: "The Most Reckless Idea in Modern History: Trump's Plan to 'Take Over' Gaza" by Jason Egenberg.
Article: "Trump Vows To Turn Gaza Into 'Riviera' After Son-in-Law Said 'Waterfront Property Could Be Very Valuable'" by Charlie Nash.
Article: "Jared Kushner says Gaza's 'waterfront property could be very valuable'" by Patrick Wintour.
Article: "September 11 attacks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fox News Hosts Praise Trump's Plan for Military Occupation in the Middle East: 'Shooting To Be the Greatest Dealmaker in History'" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "'Greatly Exaggerated!' Trump Denies Working With Israel To 'Blow Iran Into Smithereens' In Call For Nuclear Deal" by David Gilmour.
More News...Are some Dems still supporting Trump's picks? YES! Is Trump Science purging women? YES! Are white nationalists being welcomed into our government? YES!
Article: "Democratic Senators Help Confirm Election Denier to Trump's Cabinet" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "GOP quashes Oversight Democrats' effort to subpoena Elon Musk" by Rebecca Beitsch .
Article: "Did Mark Zuckerberg Say, 'Move Fast And Break Things'?" by Jordan Liles.
Article: "What Is the '50 States' Anti-Trump Protest Movement? What to Know About 50501" by Jenna deJong.
Article: "Boston Tea Party" (1773) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump and Musk are moving to smother these three pieces of the government" by Zachary B. Wolf.
Article: "New AG Pam Bondi uses her first day in office to ban federal funds from heading to 'Sanctuary Cities'" by Kelly Rissman.
Article: "Dem Rep. Al Green: I Will Bring Articles Of Impeachment For Third Time Over Trump's "Dastardly Deeds"" by Tim Hains.
Article: "Does the U.S. Presidential Seal Change in Wartime?" by David Mikkelson.
Hour Three: More News... Is Trump Science purging women? YES! Are white nationalists being welcomed into our government? YES!
Article: "New Trump Official Declared 'Competent White Men Must Be in Charge' in Pack of Viral Resurfaced Tweets" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "'So stupid!' Prof. shares government threat to halt scientific studies mentioning 'women'" by David Edwards.
Article: "The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF" by Matt Novak.
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called "DEI Watch List" published the photos, names and public information
Article: "Federal health workers terrified after 'DEI' website publishes list of 'targets'" by Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Erika Edwards.
CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce - what could go wrong?
Article: "CIA Offers Buyout to Entire Workforce as Part of Trump Makeover" by Joel Schectman, Dustin Volz.
Article: "Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a "buyout"" by Judd Legum.
Article: "Update: The "deferred resignation" scam" by Judd Legum.
Article: "Trump says Israel's too small but avoids talking annexation" by JNS.
Article: "Trump Makes Odd Remark About Elon Musk's Familiarity With Pennsylvania Voting Machines" by Leigh Kimmins.
Article: "Trump Told Crowd 'You Won't Have to Vote Anymore' in 4 Years?" by Anna Rascouët-Paz.
Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Head Start programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump funding freeze" by Shannon Pettypiece.
Article: "Trump gave speech in front of hoax presidential seal" by AP.
Site: League of Women Voters.
Article: "Musk says he 'deleted' IRS easy filing team that let Americans file taxes for free online " by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Sovereign wealth fund" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What is Trump's planned sovereign wealth fund and how could it buy TikTok?" by Io Dodds.
Article: "Full Video: Trump And Netanyahu Press Conference At White House" by Tim Hains.
Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Orrin Hatch once said there was "no question" Merrick Garland could be confirmed to the Supreme Court." by Alex Shephard.
Site: "Bernie Sanders".
Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" (AOC) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elizabeth Warren" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Chuck Schumer" by Wikipedia.
Site: Progressive Democrats of America.
Site: MoveOn.org.