Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 19 September, 2025

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

Friday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: The Day America Stepped Over the Edge
Article: "The Day America Stepped Over the Edge" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "ABC, Nexstar and the FCC—What's Behind Jimmy Kimmel Being 'Canceled'?" by Hugh Cameron.
Article: "Trump's biographer says this is the real reason ABC caved to president on Kimmel" by Robert Davis.
Article: "Insiders Reveal Chilling Reason Jimmy Kimmel’s TV Bosses Caved to MAGA" by Cameron Adams.
Article: "Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government" by Marc Bennetts.

Article: "This is how these 12 countries will punish you for insulting their heads of state" by Jessica Phelan.
Article: "Herschel Grynszpan" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kristallnacht" by history.com.
Article: "Texas ignited a gerrymandering war. We will all pay the price." by David Daley.

1,800 Men Went Into Alligator Alcatraz. Only 600 Came Out? They were not released. They were not deported. They have simply vanished from the camp, and no one will say where they went.
Article: "1,800 Men Went Into Alligator Alcatraz. Only 600 Came Out?" by Dissent in Bloom.

Kimmel Suspended for Calling Kirk Shooter MAGA — Don Jr. Did Same Thing With Minnesota Shootings
Article: "Kimmel Suspended for Calling Kirk Shooter MAGA — Don Jr. Did Same Thing With Minnesota Shootings" by Ahmad Austin Jr.

In a Nazi like moment - it's being reported that the FBI to label all Trans violent extremists. History tells us all where this ends...
Article: "FBI Readies New War on Trans People" by Ken Klippenstein.
Article: "Magnus Hirschfeld" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft" by Wikipedia.

Law: "ArtI.S6.C1.3.1 Overview of Speech or Debate Clause".
Article: "The Economic Bill of Rights" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Article: "Hollywood Labor Joint Statement on Jimmy Kimmel", September 18, 2025.
Video: 'Chilling': Hayes reacts to Jimmy Kimmel suspension following Trump FCC threats.
Article: "Colbert says The Late Show will end after 33 years" by Max Matza.
Article: "James Comey" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Miles Taylor (security expert)" by Wikipedia.
Video: The Story of the Goddess Columbia.
Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)".
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLU.

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Hour Two: Silencing the Press, Targeting the People: The Pyramid of Authoritarian Violence
Article: "Silencing the Press, Targeting the People: The Pyramid of Authoritarian Violence" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "United States and Canada Overview: July 2025" by ACLED.
Article: "Trump threatens to 'go after' ABC's Jonathan Karl in Kirk crackdown" by Dave Goldiner.
Article: "First Sack of Lawrence" by Matthew E. Stanley.
Article: "Nearly 100 journalists assaulted already this year" by Kirstin McCudden.
Article: "'That law school failed': Sonia Sotomayor takes swipe at Pam Bondi" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner" by U.S. Senate.

McCarthyism is Back, Baby
Article: "McCarthyism is Back, Baby" by Dissent in Bloom.

Department of Defense higher-ups are considering a recruitment campaign to explicitly target fans of assassinated right-wing youth activist Charlie Kirk...what could go wrong?
Article: "Trump's Pentagon mulls recruiting Charlie Kirk fans: 'Awakened a generation of warriors'" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "Horst Wessel" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Horst-Wessel-Lied" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US strikes on Venezuelan 'drug boats' have killed 14 people. What is Trump trying to do?" by Philip Johnson .
Article: "Pete Hegseth is requiring so much security it's taking officers off of criminal investigations" by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: "Judge tosses Trump's $15 billion suit against NY Times as 'improper,' allows refiling" by Dan Mangan.
Article: "Selective Empathy" by Anil Kumar Vinayak.
Article: "Autopsy finds hanged Mississippi student died by suicide, police say" by AP.
Article: "Homeless Man Found Hanging From Tree in Vicksburg, Raising Fears After Earlier DSU Hanging" by Ashton Pittman.
Site: Project 2025 Tracker.
Article: "How Brendan Carr, the attack-dog FCC chair, helped take down Jimmy Kimmel with words, not actions" by Brian Stelter.
Article: "California Legislature Passes Landmark Bill to Counter K-12 Antisemitism, Sends AB 715 to Governor's Desk" by JPAC.
Article: "CA Lawmakers Back Censorship Disguised as Antisemitism Prevention" by Marcy Winograd.
Article: "We Can't Let White Nationalism Dictate What Is Taught and Learned in Classrooms" by George Yancy.
Article: "Jobs created during U.S. presidential terms" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden signs $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, unlocking funds for transportation, broadband, utilities" by Jacob Pramuk.
Article: "How Brendan Carr's not-so-veiled threats could work in Jimmy Kimmel's favor" by Jacob Schriner-Briggs.
Article: "fairness doctrine" by Matt Stefon.
Article: "Constructive dismissal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "NFL Teams That Didn't Honor Charlie Kirk Face the Wrath of Conservative Fans" by Miles Klee.
Article: "Trump wants to designate antifa as 'a major terrorist organization.' Can he do that?" by Maria Briceño.
Article: "Jon Stewart Is "Patriotically Obedient" As 'The Daily Show' Pays Tribute To "Dear Leader" Following Kimmel Suspension" by Peter White.
Video: Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show.
Article: "Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears" by Ariela Lopez & Yolanda Wang.
Article: "'Shaken' historian issues dire warning: 'Americans have 400 days to save US democracy'" by Robert Davis.
Article: "'I had enough of his hatred': Texts reveal motive as charges filed in Charlie Kirk murder" by AFP.
Video: Pink Floyd - Money (Official Music Video).
Article: "The Big MSNBC-NBC News Split Starts Oct. 6 " by Brian Steinberg.
Site: Free Speech TV.

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Hour Three: Trump is violating his own executive order
Article: "Trump's own executive order thrown back at his FCC official by free speech expert" by Sarah K. Burris.

Cities are pushing back against ICE; here's what's happening in Portland
Article: "Portland says ICE violated agreement with city 25 times by holding detainees too long" by Conrad Wilson .

Geeky Science! Do fatty foods scramble your mind?
Article: "Fatty Foods Can Scramble Your Memory Just Days Later" by StudyFinds.

Article: "Dennis Weaver" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Article: "Harry J. Anslinger" by Wikipedia.
Article: "War on drugs" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What to Know About Canada and Fentanyl" by Vjosa Isai.
Article: "War on Drugs: Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy (June 2011)" by Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Article: "UN experts call for end to global 'war on drugs'" by UNHR.
Quote: "We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did." - John Ehrlichman.
Article: "Shock therapy (economics)" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross" - attributed to Sinclair Lewis.
Article: "Trump files libel lawsuit over Wall Street Journal report on Jeffrey Epstein's birthday letters" by Michael Williams, Dan Berman and Brian Stelter.
Article: "Crossing the Rubicon" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A Tale of Two Countries" by Bill McKibben.
Article: "Marshall Plan" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Democrats reject spending bill over healthcare cuts as shutdown looms" by Chris Stein.
Article: "Antifa (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Book: Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense by Joe Manchin.
Article: "Harry Reid" by Wikipedia.
Article: "List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Judge ends New Jersey's ban on one 'assault firearm,' but upholds ammunition restrictions" by Dana DiFilippo.
Law: "Supremacy Clause".
Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008 (2nd Amendment). Stevens, J., dissenting.
Article: "Cato the Younger" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A Message to Stephen Colbert from MeidasTouch" by Ben Meiselas.
Article: "A Message to Jimmy Kimmel from MeidasTouch" by Ben Meiselas.