Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 25 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Welcome to the "Chilling Stage" of Tyranny—Where the Tyrant Tightens His Grip
Article: "Welcome to the "Chilling Stage" of Tyranny—Where the Tyrant Tightens His Grip" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Political positions of Newt Gingrich" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Important: The Theatrics Are Over-Trump's Dictatorship and the Cover-Up of the Century Begin" by Lev Parnas.
Article: "Kudlow on Trump Intel agreement: 'I am very, very uncomfortable'" by Amalia Huot-Marchand.
Article: "The American Crisis" by Thomas Paine.
Article: "Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm'" by Barnini Chakraborty.
Article: "Donald Trump and the FEMA Camps Crowd" by Nina Burleigh.
Article: "'What's being whispered': Ex-Trump 'operative' spills about big move coming within 30 days" by David McAfee.
Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "absolutism" by Britannica.
Article: "An Introduction to Type: Judging vs Perceiving" (Jung) by Pamela Thompson.
Executive Order: "Taking Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans" by Donald J. Trump.
Executive Order: "Measures To End Cashless Bail And Enforce The Law In The District Of Columbia" by Donald J. Trump.
Executive Order "Prosecuting Burning of The American Flag" by Donald J. Trump.
Executive Order "Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia" by Donald J. Trump.
Revenge, retribution and manipulation: Dem in Maryland to consider gerrymandering too and Trump is threatening retribution - plus Trump threatens Christy...and Chicago..
Article: "Wes Moore considering redrawing Maryland's congressional maps:" by applegrove.
Article: "'I'll see you on the streets!' Trump unleashes on Dem governor over 'provocative' letter " by David Edwards.
Article: "'That's taxpayer money!' Trump sparks outrage online with new threat to Dem contender" by David McAfee.
Article: "Trump threatens Chris Christie after ABC News interview: 'For the sake of justice' " by Robert Davis.
Article: "Trump 'manufactured crisis' to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says" by Richard Luscombe.
Law: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..
Article: "'Chicago will not waver': Johnson, Pritzker respond to reports Pentagon plans military deployment to Chicago" by Lauren Westphal.
Are Trump & RFK Jr planning on banning COVID vaccines within months? Our science now is all built on conspiracy....
Article: "Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine 'Within Months'" by Tom Latchem.
Article: "Montgomery bus boycott" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tupac Shakur" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Culture Is Where Democracy Lives or Dies, Because Politics Always Follows the Story a Nation Tells Itself" by Thom Hartmann.
Video: 'We've got to energize this party': Democratic Party struggles to stay relevant in the Trump era (Thom Hartmann on Velshi).
Article: "Targeting of law firms and lawyers under the second Trump administration" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Kilmar Garcia is given a "Sophie's choice" by the Trump administration. They are literally stalking this guy....due process will never ever get to him...
Article: "Back home in Maryland, Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation again as he reports to ICE office" by Brian Witte.
Article: "US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused plea offer in his smuggling case" by Travis Loller.
Article: "Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Accuse Administration of Seeking to 'Coerce' Plea" by Alan Feuer.
Case: "Newsom v. Trump".
Post: "ICE detains husband of Democratic congressional candidate—who is also a disabled U.S. Army veteran. He is wheelchair bound—after suffering severe injury during training for deployment in Iraq. Agents arrested him at his naturalization hearing—he is already a green card holder. [video]" by LongTimeFirstTime.
Gavin Alert! He's now released his own "MAGA" flag and MAGA-style Merch. And Gavin may be up for the Nobel Peace Prize....
Article: "Gavin Newsom announced that he's releasing his own "MAGA" flag. This is going to drive the Trump" by riversedge.
Article: "Newsom trolls Trump once again with MAGA-style merch, Bibles" by Avery Lotz.
Article: "Uganda Sojourn: Confronting the World as It Is" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Idi Amin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US deports eight men to South Sudan after legal battle" by Rachel Hagan & Farouk Chothia.
Article: "U.S. took convicted murderer as part of Venezuela-El Salvador prisoner exchange" by Carmen Sesin.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump Claims Taylor Swift Is 'No Longer Hot' After He Posted 'I Hate Taylor Swift!'" by Todd Spangler.
Article: "Tech millionaire who spends $2 million a year to live forever looks unrecognizable after anti-aging procedure" by Ani Freedman.
Article: "Donald Trump health fears as dark bruise spotted on President's hand - 'He looks terrible!" by Charlie Bradley.
Article: "Rep. Swalwell: 'I just talked to some friends in Norway, where the Nobel Prize is awarded.'" by bigtree.
Article: "Why Donald Trump believes he 'deserves the Nobel Peace Prize' and 'ended seven wars'" by Lara Keay.
Article: "How many wars has President Trump really ended?" by Jake Horton & Nick Beake.
An Epstein victim is ready to speak from the grave. It's going to hard for Trump to threaten her.
Article: "Virginia Giuffre is to publish a memoir from beyond the grave: Prince Andrew's sex abuse accuser's autobiography called 'Nobody's Girl' is to hit shelves in a matter of weeks" by Olivia Christie.
Book: Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Article: "Why Did Trump Deploy Warships to Venezuela?" by Jim Stewartson.
Article: "US Navy deploys warships, marines, and submarines toward Venezuela amid anti-drug push and escalating tensions" by Maitreyee Thakkar.
Article: "The inexorable rise of Latin America's drug cartels" by Michael Stott, Michael Pooler, Ciara Nugent, Christine Murray.
Article: "Michael Wolff (journalist)" by Wikipedia.
Podcasts: "Good News For Lefties (and America!) - Daily News for Democracy" by Beowulf Rochlen.
Article: "Felony disenfranchisement in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Independent Report Finds that the Trump Administration's Orders to Keep Coal-fired Power Plants Running Could Cost Consumers between $3-6 Billion a Year " by Chandler Green.
Article: "Eleven US states now get over half their electricity from renewables" by Nick Hedley.
Article: "Trump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry say" by Ben Lefebvre.
Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford, Neil's Mother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" by Chris Bucher.
Article: "Inside Barrett's family ties to Big Oil" by Maxine Joselow.
Article: "Chief Justice John Roberts' Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says" by Nicholas Reimann.
Article: "Stephen Johnson Field" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886.
Article: "Nephrotic syndrome" by .
Article: "Nazism" (National Socialism) by Britannica.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Paul von Hindenburg (1847 - 1934)" by BBC.
Article: "Franz von Papen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's Intel deal is a threat to US economic liberty" by Michael Strain.
Article: "Trump's Nvidia and Intel meddling is a 'scattershot method of crony capitalism': Walter Isaacson" by Samantha Subin.
Article: "Volkswagen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump announces US crypto reserve: What it is, and why it matters" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Savings and loan crisis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rescuing the American Auto Industry" by Obama White House.
Article: "Judge says E Jean Carroll allegation Trump raped her is 'substantially true' in court dismissal" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript - read the full sexist exchange here" (access hollywood tape) by Melanie Ehrenkranz.
Hour Three: If the dems embrace Medicare for All - could they beat Trump?
Article: "If the Dems Want to Beat Trump, They Should Embrace Medicare for All" by Dean Baker.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.
Article: "Party Government Since 1857" by Office of the Historian.
Article: "Powell Memo".
Article: "Morrill Land Act" by Lincoln's Legacy (land grant colleges). Article: "How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2026" by Jared Ortaliza et al.
Article: "List of countries by total health expenditure per capita" by Wikipedia.
Article: "List of countries by life expectancy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US adds just 73,000 jobs in July amid pressure from Trump's trade war" by Michael Sainato.
Article: "Fed Chair Jerome Powell is worried about the job market. Here are 3 red flags for workers." by Aimee Picchi.
Video: 'I'm not a dictator': Trump responds to critics of his DC crackdown.
Article: "Thousands turn out in Kalamazoo for Senator Bernie Sanders' "Fighting Oligarchy" tour" by Anna Spidel.
Is Trump a communist at heart?
Article: "Trump says government will make deals like Intel stake 'all day long'" by Jeff Cox.
Article: "American Dream" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class" by Marilyn Geewax.
Article: "Labor unions in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Judge temporarily blocks Abrego Garcia's deportation" by Tom Geoghegan and Kayla Epstein.
Article: "Kilmar Abrego Garcia says Trump admin is trying to force him to plead guilty with Uganda threat" by Kelly Rissman.
Article: "Pam Bondi 'could have tried Epstein' while Florida AG, law professor says" by Rhian Lubin.
Article: "House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote" (SAVE Act) by Barbara Rodriguez.
Article: "Gabbard barred sharing intelligence on Russia-Ukraine negotiations with "Five Eyes" partners" by James LaPorta.
Article: "Vladimir Putin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pentagon has quietly barred Ukrainian long-range strikes in Russia with US missiles, WSJ reports" by Volodymyr Ivanyshyn.
Article: "Zelensky confirms Flamingo cruise missile tests and production plans" by Tom Barton.
Events: Sep 1: "Workers over Billionaires".
Events: Sep 20: "Make Billionaires Pay".
Article: "'Make Billionaires Pay' March Will Bring Together Climate and Social Justice Movements" by Ryan Krugman.
Site: "The Big List of Protests".
Article: "Will the DNC End Their Complicity in Israeli Genocide or Double Down?" by Norman Solomon.