Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 18 July, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Is the "Man Trap" failing Trump?
Article: "Wall Street Journal: Birthday letter to Epstein bore Trump’s signature, drawing of naked woman" by Adam Cancryn.
Article: "‘Trump Thinks His Base Is Stupid’: Candace Owens Lights the President Up Over Epstein Scandal" by Isaac Schorr.
Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript - read the full sexist exchange here" (access hollywood tape) by Melanie Ehrenkranz.
Article: "Trump Turns on MAGA: Only ‘Bad People’ Buy ‘Epstein Hoax’" by Margaret Hartmann.
Article: ""Yeah what changed?": Theo Von questions JD Vance on Epstein List following podcast discussion" by Aastha Dass.
Article: "US podcasters who backed Trump are now questioning tariffs" by France 24.
Article: "US consumer prices rise in June as tariff pass-through begins" by Lucia Mutikani.
Article: "Karoline Leavitt Addresses Concerns About Trump's Health After Viral Photo Of His Bruised Hand" by Isaac Schorr.
Article: "The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare" by Julia Cusick, Peter Gordon, Alexandra Cogan.
Article: "'Not our war' - Trump's Nato weapons deal for Ukraine sparks MAGA anger" by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: "Judge says E Jean Carroll allegation Trump raped her is 'substantially true' in court dismissal" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR" by AP.
Article: "Rescission Package Would Sabotage Recent Funding Deal, Cripple Future Ones" by Jacob Leibenluft.
Article: "In win for Trump, House narrowly OKs effort to claw back $9B from budget -- including cuts to public broadcasting and USAID" by Allison Pecorin, Isabella Murray, and Lauren Peller.
Site: Pacifica Network.
Why are Trump and the GOP Working So Hard to Ruin America
Article: "Why are Trump and the GOP Working So Hard to Ruin America?" by Thom Hartmann.
Substack "Craig Unger".
Video: Americans want answers, Donald - Republican Accountability Project.
Article: "Illuminati" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Colbert’s Cancellation Is a Dark Warning" by Inae Oh.
Article: "March 9, 1998 | Vol. 151 No. 9" by Time.
Article: "Neo-Nazi podcaster Fuentes calls MAGA a “scam” following Epstein “cover-up”" by Cheyenne McNeill.
Article: "Pelosi says Epstein uproar is a "distraction". Why is she using Trump's talking point????" by nancyjones.
Article: "Noam Chomsky" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Controversy regarding NATO's eastward expansion" by Wikipedia.
Article: "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" (Putin essay) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kievan Rus'" by Wikipedia.
TV: "Vikings (TV series)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump's unsettling record of comments about his daughter Ivanka" by Adam Withnall.
Article: "JD Vance" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Trump’s naked girl gift and ‘secret’ note to Epstein revealed...It was signed by Trump and I guarantee that signature has been checked....
Article: "Trump’s Naked Girl Gift and ‘Secret’ Note to Epstein Revealed" by Cameron Adams.
Article: "'I object': A single GOP senator blocks resolution to release Epstein files" by David Edwards.
The suck-up and cowards at CBS caved to Trump and canceled Stephen Colbert...and what will happen to The Daily Show...Jon Stewart weighs in....
Article: "CBS To Cancel Late Night With Stephen Colbert Next Year" by Jason Easley.
Article: "'I love that Colbert got fired:' Trump cheers show cancellation amid CBS 'bribe'" by Alexander Willis.
Article: "Jon Stewart Says ‘I Honestly Don’t Know’ About ‘The Daily Show’s’ Future After Paramount-Skydance Merger: ‘They May Sell the Whole F—ing Place for Parts’ " by Ellise Shafer.
Article: "Smothers Brothers" by Wikipedia.
There’s a special place in Hell reserved for Franklin Graham and I'll tell you why..
Article: "If Franklin Graham's Hell Exists, He's a Shoo-in." by John Pavlovitz.
Article: "Billy Graham Walked A Line, And Regretted Crossing Over It, When It Came To Politics" by Ron Elving.
Article: "Jimmy Fallon Expresses ‘Shock’ Over Colbert’s Firing" by Eboni Boykin-Patterson.
Article: "Jimmy Kimmel slams CBS for axing Stephen Colbert’s show" by Ashleigh Fields.
Event: August 9: Houston, TX: KPFT's Soirée with Thom Hartmann and Grant Peeples, including Q&A and a book signing session.
Article: "Bonus Army" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Wright Patman" by Wikipedia.
Site: The Stephanie Miller Show.
Article: "John Fugelsang" by Wikipedia.
BlueSky: "Rachel Maddow".
Article: "Stock Market Performance by President (From Election Date)" by Macrotrends.
Article: "U.S. Presidents With the Largest Budget Deficits" by Mary Hall.
Article: "Does the US have Dutch disease?" by Brendan Greeley.
Article: "House passes bill defunding public media, foreign aid" by AP.
Article: "Drug liberalization" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Drug policy of Oregon" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Cultural Revolution" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jim Jones" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Charles Manson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "David Koresh" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump by Bandy Lee.
Book: Trump on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President by Dr. Justin Frank.
Article: "Cancer eating the heart of Australian democracy" by Kevin Rudd.
Hour Three: Trump threatens Brazil, gets Bolsonaro tagged
Article: "Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariff and demands Bolsonaro's trial end" by Natalie Sherman and Nadine Yousif.
Article: "Brazil court orders raids, restraints on Bolsonaro for Trump collusion" by Luciana Novaes Magalhaes and Ricardo Brito.
Article: "Brazil’s President Lula says Trump was ‘not elected to be emperor of the world,’ as US-Brazil spat escalates" by Kara Fox.
Four big banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions to Epstein from wealthy people — including thousands of wire transfers
Article: "In Epstein Case, Follow the Money, Democratic Senator Says" by Matthew Goldstein.
Fired Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey exposes a big truth - ‘Fear Is the Tool of a Tyrant’
Article: "Fired Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey Unloads in Blistering Farewell Note to Colleagues: ‘Fear Is the Tool of a Tyrant’" by David Gilmour.
Article: "Society of the Sacred Heart" by Wikipedia.
Article: "secular" by Merriam-Webster.
Article: "Organ Donation Statistics" by organdonor.gov.
Video: Trump puts Marines in impossible situation with inappropriate deployment to Los Angeles .
Article: "Trump fires top US military officers - including America's most senior commander" by Sky News.
Book: Authoritarian Nightmare: The Ongoing Threat of Trump's Followers by John Dean, Bob Altemeyer.
Article: "Phil Donahue" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jonestown" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's "big, beautiful bill" gives ICE unprecedented funds to ramp up mass deportation campaign" by Camilo Montoya-Galvez.
Article: "The MAGA Meltdown Over Trump's Jeffrey Epstein Scandal" by Thom Hartmann.