Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 7 May, 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
Bill: "H.R.276 - Gulf of America Act" by Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14].
Bill: "H.R.881 - DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act." by Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11].
Article: "May you live in interesting times" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Treasury secretary refuses to answer easy question: Who pays tariffs?" by Walter Einenkel.
Article: "Why Do Chimpanzees Throw Poop?" by Chia-Yi Hou.
Article: "The voice cloning AI scam you need to be aware of" by Lawrence Clarke.
Article: "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US Halts Defensive Cyber Activities Against Russia: A Digital 'Withdrawal' from Europe" by Thomas Reinhold.
Article: "House GOP leaders look to reassure conference on momentum amid delays on Trump's "big, beautiful bill"" by Kaia Hubbard, Caitlin Yilek.
Article: "Who is Michael Langley; US General Who Sparked Uproar After Criticizing Ibrahim Traore" by The Kenya Times.
Video: Africa reacts after US General accused Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré of Misusing Gold Reserves.
Article: "Congress gave presidents power over tariffs. They could aways take it back" by CNN.
Article: "A 'p*ssed' Trump called Jeff Bezos after learning Amazon considered breaking out a tariff charge" by Alayna Treene, Betsy Klein and Jordan Valinsky.
Article: "People Are Horrified At This Exchange Between A Democrat And Republicans About Kids With Cancer" by Andy Golder.
Audio: The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell - May 6.
Article: "A 'beautiful baby girl' doesn't need so many dolls, Trump says. Also: five pencils are enough" by Joey Garrison.
Article: "Trump criticised after posting AI image of himself as Pope" by Max Matza.
Article: "US judge arrested after allegedly obstructing immigration agents" by Mike Wendling.
Article: "Debt limit" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States debt ceiling" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How much has DOGE saved? Here's what the department reported in first 100 days" by Jordan Green.
Article: "Report reveals how Musk and DOGE could profit from access to personal data and federal contracts—and potentially cost working people billions of dollars " by EPI.
Article: "Trump administration reaches settlement with Jan 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt's family" by Alex Woodward.
Article: "Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioter" by Seb Starcevic.
Article: "The U.S.'s $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Has a Toilet Problem" by Kyle Mizokami.
Article: "Congressional Research Service (CRS)" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: The Republic or the Tyrants? The Choice Jefferson Faced in 1776 Is Now Ours in 2025
Article: "The Republic or the Tyrants? The Choice Jefferson Faced in 1776 Is Now Ours in 2025" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Founder's Fury: Ten Commandments Invade Our Schools" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Women Under Fire: The GOP's Radical Agenda to Penalize "Sinners" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Two "Discourses" and the "Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Bill: "H.R.3421 - To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program" by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7].
Article: "The Medicare Advantage Trap: What They Don't Tell You" by Thom Hartmann.
News...USPS in more danger, Trump now plans to send migrants to Libya, More space gifts to Musk?, Trump is ending Energy Star Program. Surprised?
Article: "'Aggressive Step' Toward Privatization as Trump Picks FedEx Board Member to Lead USPS" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Trump administration plans to send migrants to Libya's 'horrific' detention centers" by Gustaf Kilander.
Article: "ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants" by Jessica Sidman.
Article: "Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk" by Tom Perkins.
Article: "Trump plans to end Energy Star home appliance program amid EPA reorganization" by Reuters.
Article: "Military–industrial complex" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Windfall Elimination Provision" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's dramatic weight loss at 78: Did he take Ozempic? This is what White House is saying" by ToI.
Article: "Reason 'why' Donald Trump wore blue at Pope Francis' funeral" by James Moorhouse.
Site: 50501. June 14: No Kings
Article: "Bankruptcy voids Eastern pension settlement" by Don Finefrock.
Article: "Jasmine Crockett" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Trump's crypto scam: Trump grifters made a killing off the rubes...
Article: "Sanders Raises Alarm Over GOP Crypto Bill Designed to 'Enrich Trump and His Billionaire Backers'" by Eloise Goldsmith.
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Biden accuses Trump of 'modern-day appeasement' towards Russia
Article: "Biden accuses Trump of 'modern-day appeasement' towards Russia" by Helen Livingstone.
Article: "Biden Breaks Silence to Shred Trump in First Interview Since Leaving Office: 'What the Hell's Going On Here?'" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Russian Missile Strikes on Civilian Buildings Kill at Least 25 in Ukraine" by NYT.
Article: "Zelensky's 'always looking to purchase missiles' — Trump dismisses Ukraine's request to buy Patriots" by Tim Zadorozhnyy.
Article: "Pete Hegseth's order to cancel weapons to Ukraine caught White House off guard, says report" by Sky News.
Article: "Oil reserves in Libya" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Democratic Sen. Gary Peters won't run for re-election in battleground Michigan" by Ben Kamisar and Henry J. Gomez.
Article: "Mallory McMorrow" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Abdul El-Sayed" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Precinct captain" (precinct committee person) by Wikipedia.
Site: CBDistillery.
Article: "Intoxicating Hemp Products Bill Passes Ohio Senate" (Senate Bill 86) by Madeline Colli.
Article: "Federal Reserve warns of impact of Trump tariffs as US interest rates held" by Sarah Taaffe-Maguire.
Article: "U.S. Rep. Don Bacon proposes taking back Congress's tariff power from Trump" by April 9, 2025.
Article: "March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump ditched Israel with surprise Houthi truce. That doesn't bode well on Iran" by Lazar Berman.
Article: "Undeclared war" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Putin and Netanyahu discuss Middle East, bilateral ties in phone call, Kremlin says" by Reuters.
Video: Faithful Pack Mantra With Malcolm Nance | The Stephanie Miller Show.
Site: Focused Action-Focused Objectives PAC (FAFO PAC).
Site: Alliance for Natural Health - USA.
Video: Sen. Tillis: VA cuts must be approved by Congress.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute".
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...."