Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 5 September, 2025

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

Friday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: When the Court Says Trump Is Above the Law, Who Protects the Eleven Dead on That Boat?
Article: "When the Court Says Trump Is Above the Law, Who Protects the Eleven Dead on That Boat?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Fact Check: Stephen Miller called Democratic Party a 'domestic, extremist organization'" by Jack Izzo.
Article: "More US drug attacks are coming, Rubio and Hegseth say after fatal Caribbean strike" by Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis.
Article: "When Does America Reckon with the Gravity of Donald Trump's Alleged Rapes?" by Laura Bassett.
Article: "How the Sinking of Lusitania Changed World War I | HISTORY".
Article: "'Congress kept in the dark': Bombshell report reveals covert operation greenlit by Trump" by Alexander Willis.
Article: "READ: One step closer to bombing civilians" by Miles Taylor.

Article: "Watch: Sen. Cassidy asks RFK Jr. how he can support Nobel for Trump COVID program but not back the vaccines" by Joshua Barajas.
Article: "Barrasso joins the GOP critics of Kennedy" by Simon J. Levien.
Article: "Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics" by Seung Min Kim, Meg Kinnard.
Article: "Trump hosts US tech leaders at White House dinner – minus Elon Musk" by Nick Robins-Early.

It's shouldn't be surprising to us that Trump wants a Department of War - he is war-mongering with everyone: Greenland, Mexico, Venezuela, India, Canada, Puerto Rico, and apparently North Korea...
Article: "'Here is the law Trump is breaking': Ex-Bush adviser puts president on notice for new move" by David McAfee.
Article: "Pentagon warns Venezuela after claiming two military aircraft flew by Navy vessel" by Ross O'Keefe.
Article: "US deploying 10 fighter jets to Puerto Rico for drug cartel fight, sources say" by Steve Holland.
Article: "Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs' in the Philippines – explained in 30 seconds" by Rebecca Ratcliffe.

It also should not surprise us that the Trump administration is redacting every Republican and leaving every Democrat on the Epstein list.
Article: "Breaking: OMG: DOJ Deputy Chief Says Government will "Redact Every Republican" While Leaving All "Democrat People" on Epstein Client List (VIDEO)" by Cristina Laila.
Article: "Massie names billionaire in Epstein's little black book" by deminks.

Site: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Site: Democracy Docket (Mark Elias).
Article: "Congressional Black Caucus" by Wikipedia.
Site: Greg Palast.
Substack: "Greg Palast".
Law: "Constitution: Article I: Section 8 Enumerated Powers: Clause 11 War Powers".
Article: "Letter of marque" by Wikipedia.
Article: "First Barbary War" by Elizabeth Huff.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.

CNN has uncovered audio of RFK Jr. praising a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," "cowards," and "bootlickers," while also comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. We have the audio...
Article: "CNN has uncovered audio of RFK Jr. praising a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots,"" by Passages.

Article: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus.
Article: "Emma Lazarus" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: A Democrat introduces bill to eliminate taxes on social security. Didn't Trump promise that? What will the GOP do now?
Article: "Senator introduces bill to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits" by Lorie Konish.

Healthcare Giants Have Raked in 'Sick Profits' From Trump Tax Cuts While Stiffing Patients...
Article: "Healthcare Giants Have Raked in 'Sick Profits' From Trump Tax Cuts While Stiffing Patients: Report" by Stephen Prager.

The Jobs numbers are in and it looks like Trump is leading us over the cliff
Article: "Great Depression 2.0?" by Dean Blundell.
Article: "The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents" by JEC.
Article: "Trump hikes Mar-a-Lago membership to $1m, raising concerns of selling access" by Richard Luscombe.

Law: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 section 4 (impeachment). "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."
Post: "Along with all the Democrats, Rep. Massie and three female Republicans (Reps. Boebert, Green and Mace), I've signed the discharge petition to force a House vote to compel release of the full Epstein file. The more Trump resists, the more we'll fight. Looking for two more Rs who want to see the whole truth and nothing but the truth." by Rep. Jamie Raskin.
Article: "BAE Reaches Global Settlement With U.S. And U.K. Authorities, Agreeing To Pay $447 Million In Fines And Ending Five Years Of Bribery Investigations" by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy. (2020)
Article: "Jeffrey Epstein discharge petition will fail, Mike Johnson predicts" by Meredith Lee Hill and Hailey Fuchs.
Article: "It Sure Looks Like Jeffrey Epstein Was a Spy—But Whose?" by John R. Schindler.
Article: "FDA to Revoke Authorization for the Use of Red No. 3 in Food and Ingested Drugs " by FDA.

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Hour Three: The NATO chief is warning that China and Russia are preparing for a "long-term confrontation." What a disaster for the world and there is not much hope with Trump in charge...
Article: "NATO Chief Warns China and Russia Are Preparing for 'Long-Term Confrontation'" by Ellen Milligan.

This is how crazy the GOP is about guns - they are mulling a trans gun ban. Leave it to the GOP to push "hate" instead of gun reform.
Article: "Trump's DOJ considering banning trans people from buying guns " by Diana Nerozzi and Ronny Reyes.
Article: "What we know about Minnesota school shooting suspect Robin Westman" by Megan Forrester.
Article: "Melania Trump warns 'robots are here' in rare public outing" by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: "Transgender people in Nazi Germany" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft" by Wikipedia.
Book: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer. "First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise..."

Trump's pick to lead BLS tweeted sexually degrading and racist attacks. Sigh....is all I can say.
Article: "Trump's pick to lead BLS ran Twitter account with sexually degrading, bigoted attacks" by Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski.
Article: "Christine Blasey Ford" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump is rushing to build his ballroom. A review process could take years." by Jonathan Edwards.
Article: "They Paved Paradise? A Closer Look at Trump's New White House Rose Garden" by Lilah Ramzi.
Article: "Newt Gingrich" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Intolerable Acts" by Wikipedia.
Law: "3rd Amendment". No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law..
Law: "Declaration of Independence". "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
Article: "Midas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2023 Letter Carrier Resource Guide" by NALC.
Article: "Nalcrest Journal; For Mail Carriers, a Dogless Place in the Sun" by Tim Golden.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States Department of Defense" by Wikipedia.
Article: "California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC's credibility" by Gavin Newsom.
Article: "Trump administration reportedly moves to ban Jackie Robinson biography from Naval Academy library" by Jack Baer.
Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.
Article: "'Impossible to rebuild': NIH scientists say Trump cuts will imperil life-saving research" by Hannah Harris Green.
Article: "Reduced Screening May Have Led to Rise in Advanced Prostate Cancer Diagnoses" by Roni Caryn Rabin.
Article: "Mulford Act" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Smart Gun Arms Race Is Here With First Commercially Available Firearm" by Mack DeGeurin.
Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "NOT MY TYPE: One Woman vs. a President" by E. Jean Carroll.
Article: "Informed Delivery" by Wikipedia.