Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 1 August, 2025

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

Friday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: The Coming Republican Depression: How the GOP Turned America Into a Powder Keg, and Is About to Light the Match
Article: "The Coming Republican Depression: How the GOP Turned America Into a Powder Keg, and Is About to Light the Match" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Recession Racket: Musk, Trump, and the Billionaires' Blueprint for Profit" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The US economy is more fragile than it appears" by Tej Parikh.
Article: "Be warned: the financial bubble will soon burst" by Robert Reich.
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower" by Jeff Cox.
Article: "Trump's New Tariffs Could Cost Households $2,400 This Year, Analysis Finds" by Alison Durkee.
Article: "The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents" by JEC.
Article: "Trump claims leaders are 'kissing my ass' to make trade deals as tariff onslaught begins" by Elena Giordano.
Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.
Article: "Trump Jobs Disaster" by Unprecedented.

Site: Tonight Show: Jimmy Fallon.
Article: "Trump bids to scrap almost all pollution regulations – can anything stop this?" by Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman.
Article: "In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding" by Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman.

GOP lawmaker runs into a buzzsaw at town hall...
Article: "'You're not the right fit for us anymore': GOP lawmaker runs into buzzsaw at town hall" by Tom Boggioni.
Post: "Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) —dragged at his own town hall. He should have known when it kicked off w/constituents reciting the Pledge of Allegiance w/extra emphasis on "justice for all." Then came the truth: "I don't think you're the right fit for us anymore." Even telling him it's time to step down. [video]" by Christopher Webb.

Elon Musk amplifies bizarre claim that "women are built to be traded" - Yes you heard that right...Not only is he saying "it's a man's world" but that women are their commodity. Wow.
Article: "Elon Musk Amplifies Bizarre Claim That 'Women Are Built To Be Traded'" by Ryan Grenoble.
Article: "Elon Musk's Wild Plan to Father 'Legion' of Kids by Hitting Women Up on X Revealed" by Julia Ornedo.
Article: "The Death of USAID: How Elon Musk and Donald Trump Ended America's Foreign Aid Agency" by Donald Moynihan, Rachael Zuppke.

Article: "US dollar has worst first half in more than 50 years amid Trump tariffs" by Graeme Wearden.
Article: "Dollar tumbles, traders price in more US rate cuts after weak jobs report" by Karen Brettell.
Article: "Alabama Power coal ash pond leaks harmful metals into Coosa River, new lawsuit alleges" by Margaret Kates.
Article: "Tax-Cutting President Brags About Raising Taxes" by Dominic Pino.
Article: "ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows" by Selena Simmons-Duffin.
Book: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd.
Movie: "V for Vendetta".
Article: "Google's algorithm changes and YouTube censorship deepen suppression of Erdogan critics" by Levent Kenez.
Video: Trump's Creepy Claim Is Keeping the Epstein Scandal Alive, David Cay Johnston.
Video: The TRUTH Behind Dershowitz and Epstein's Relationship (Chris Hedges, David Bryant).
Article: "Smithsonian removes references to Trump impeachments at history exhibit" by Joseph Gedeon.
Article: "Fascism Anyone?" (14 characteristics) by Laurence W. Britt.
Site: Greg Palast.
Site: Vote.org.
Article: "Stacey Abrams" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: Nothing says Gilded Age better - than a multimillion-dollar White House ballroom and a free gifted luxury jet Trump get's to keep that "we, the people" paid for.
Article: "Senate Republicans Vote to Allow Trump to Keep Gifted Qatari Jet After Leaving Office" by Ahmad Austin Jr.
Article: "US accepts 'unconditional donation' of Qatari jet, cost of retrofitting is classified: Sources" by Anne Flaherty.
Article: "Pentagon Quietly Shifts $934M From Nuclear Programme For Trump's Qatari Jet Renovation" by Team StratNews.
Article: "Trump's latest project is a multimillion-dollar White House ballroom" by Sareen Habeshian.
Article: "Versailles for the Very Stupid" by JoJoFromJerz.

Feds launching health data tracking - what could go wrong?
Article: "Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech's help" by Amanda Seitz.

Trump is threatening the foreign policy of other countries with trade deals. This is why the economy can't count on Trump and neither can our allies. It's also a disaster for the Palestinians...
Article: "Trump: Canada backing Palestinian statehood makes any trade deal "very hard"" by Rebecca Falconer.

Article: "ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 104,000 Jobs in July; Annual Pay was Up 4.4%" by ADP, Inc.
Article: "'We are doing it with a heavy heart': Israeli rights groups accuse government of genocide" by Amanpour.
Video: 1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan) .
Video: Mehdi Hasan on the Media, Democrats & The Crisis In Gaza | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart.
Movie: "Schindler's List".
Site: Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "Project 2025, Explained" by ACLU.
Site: "Velshi" (Inside Project 2025).
Site: Project 2025 Tracker.
Article: "Illinois governor escalates redistricting showdown with Trump and Texas" by Justin Kaufmann.
Article: "Newsom ramps up California redistricting threat as Texas weighs new Republican maps" by Alexei Koseff.
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Article: "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Net Worth Jumped $21 Million Since Joining Congress — Top 6 Stocks She Was Buying Amid Tariff Chaos" by Fahad Saleem.
Article: "Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas" by Anna Betts.
Article: "Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making" by Jessica Glenza.
Article: "Immigration policy of the United States" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes" - attributed to Mark Twain.
Article: "Jobs created during U.S. presidential terms" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Quantitative Easing (QE)" by Investopedia.

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Hour Three: Where are the 4,725 wire transfers the DOJ is hiding?
Tweet: "Senator Ron Wyden says investigators found Trump's administration held records of 4,725 Epstein-linked wire transfers totaling ~$1.1B through one bank, plus millions via others. He claims Trump officials ignored this evidence, including Russian bank ties, refusing to act." by The Intellectualist.
Article: "Trump redeploys nuclear submarines after ex-Russia leader's menacing tweet" by Andrew Roth.

Podcast: "John Mark Dougan Claims He Has Some Of The Epstein Tapes (1/14/24)" by The Epstein Chronicles.
Article: "The FBI Redacted Trump's Name in the Epstein Files" by Jason Leopold.

Pedofile Alert! Trump Welcomes NFL Hall of Famer Arrested for Statutory Rape of a 16 yr old: Trump says, 'Nobody Like Him'
Article: "Trump Welcomes NFL Hall of Famer Arrested for Statutory Rape: 'Nobody Like Him'" by Michael Luciano.

Geeky Science! There was a mass die off of Monarch butterflies is 2024 and we know know why - we have to change!
Article: "Monarch butterflies' mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study" by Tom Perkins.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 2 section 4. "... The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors..."
Article: "Medicaid cuts could devastate hundreds of rural hospitals in GOP states, Democrats say" by Alexander Tin.
Article: "16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election, government plans" (UK) by Andrew Humphrey and Rorey Bosotti.
Song: "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan (audio).
Song: "Ballad of a Thin Man" by Bob Dylan (audio).
Article: "Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO" by Chris Lehmann.
Article: "The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class" by Marilyn Geewax.
Site: "All Things Considered Thursday, July 31, 2025".
Article: "Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut" by Joseph Gedeon.
Article: "3 more whiskey and bourbon brands file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy" by Daniel Kline.
Article: "Meyer Burger lays off 283 solar production workers in Arizona" by Anne Fischer.
Article: "Ghislaine Maxwell seeks immunity or clemency for testimony to Congress: What to know" by Aysha Bagchi.
Article: "11 People Are Injured in Knife Attack at a Michigan Walmart, Officials Say" by Rylee Kirk and Hannah Ziegler.
Article: "4 dead, including off-duty NYPD police officer, in Midtown Manhattan shooting: Officials" by Aaron Katersky, Meredith Deliso, Leah Sarnoff, and Josh Margolin.
Article: "Zohran Mamdani Meets Family of Slain NYPD Officer, Calls for Assault Weapons Ban" by Democracy Now!
Documentary: SiCKO - Michael Moore.
Article: "Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide" by Sarah Fitzpatrick and Rich Schapiro.
Article: "Trump Drops BOMB On AF1 — Says Epstein 'Stole' Abuse Survivor Giuffre From His Mar-a-Lago Club" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Virginia Giuffre's family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein 'stole' her" by AP.