Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 11 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Fascism's Grip Tightens: Will America Fight Back Before It's Too Late?
Article: "Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low" by DoJ.
Article: "Sen. John Cornyn says the FBI granted his request to help find absent Texas Democrats" by Megan Lebowitz and Michael Kosnar.
Article: "In axing mRNA contract, Trump delivers another blow to US biosecurity, former officials say" by Amy Maxmen.
Article: "Hegseth subverts Congress by ordering racist Confederate monument's return to Arlington" by Ty Seidule.
Article: "New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre" by Max Matza.
Article: "US congresswoman indicted by grand jury over immigration centre scuffle" by Ottilie Mitchell.
Article: "Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident" by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: "Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents" by Mitch Smith and Dan Simmons.
Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.
Article: "Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks next week" by Courtney Subramanian, Ali Abbas Ahmadi.
Article: "Donald Trump's unsettling record of comments about his daughter Ivanka" by Adam Withnall.
Liberation of DC or trying to change the subject?
Article: "Breaking: Trump Announces He's Deploying National Guard to DC in Major Power Grab" by Alex Griffing.
Video: Trump threatens takeover of D.C. over FAKE claims of violent crime.
AS Texas pastors gain political power - politics has now corrupted religion...
Article: "As IRS allows churches to endorse candidates, Texas pastors may gain political power" by ProPublica.
Post: "This is Pete Hegseth's pastor. He is pushing his theology onto 3 million members of the military and civilian employees. [quote]" by Judd Legum.
Article: "The Johnson Amendment In 5 Questions And Answers" by Tom Gjelten.
Article: "Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew 5-7) by Wikipedia.
Bible: "Matthew 25".
Article: "Texas redistricting fight with Democrats 'could last years', threatens Greg Abbott" by Ed Pilkington.
Article: "Chris Coons" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sheldon Whitehouse" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jamie Raskin" (D, MD-8) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Thom Tillis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'There was no imminent threat,' Thomas Massie says in joining Ro Khanna in decrying Iran strike" by Nicole Markus.
Article: "Thomas Massie: US congressman condemned for Christmas guns photo" by BBC.
Site: "Problem Solvers".
Article: "Eleven freshmen Democrats visit Israel on AIPAC trip" by Marc Rod.
Article: "International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Russian leaders" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United States and the International Criminal Court" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russian nationalists have long demanded the return of Alaska. Now Trump has invited ICC-indicted Putin to the state" by Rhian Lubin.
Book: American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery by Craig Unger.
Article: "Trump Defends His Prosecutor Pick With Her Showbiz Credits" by Janna Brancolini.
Article: "Jeanine Pirro" by Wikipedia.
Youtube: "The Sun".
Article: "Russian central bank extends foreign currency withdrawal limit to September 2025" by investing.com.
Article: "Russia to Boost Military Spending to 40% of State Budget in 2025 – Bloomberg" by The Moscow Times.
Article: "Edward Coristine" ("Big Balls") by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: This study has exposed the "malevolent personality traits" that dominate Trump voter
Article: "Callous and manipulative: Study says 'malevolent personality traits' dominate Trump voters" by Adam Lynch.
Article: "Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism" by Eric W. Dolan.
Site: "The Brainwashing of My Dad".
Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.
Are Democrats ready to fight dirty?
Article: "'We are at war – bring it on': Democrats ready to fight dirty to stop Trump" by David Smith.
Article: "Michelle Obama Explains What 'Going High' Really Means" by Raisa Bruner.
Crazy Alert! CDC shooter thought COVID vaccine made him suicidal
Article: "CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police" by Jeff Amy, Alanna Durkin Richer.
Article: "Joel Osteen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Plumber who discovered money in wall of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church gets $20,000 reward" by Marlene Lenthang.
Article: "Franklin Graham" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Explosion 'like thunder' at Pennsylvania US Steel plant leaves at least one dead" by Edward Helmore.
Article: "List of United States cities by crime rate" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The GOP's Medicaid Cuts Have a Very Convenient Timeline" by Mary Ellen Klas.
Bible: Matthew 25:31-46: The Sheep and the Goats.
Article: "Five Things the Bible Teaches Us about Work" by Simon Turpin.
Site: Progressive Voices (incl. Mike Malloy).
Article: "Mike Malloy" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Black Man Spy: Flash Traffic - Commentary on Coming Seizure of Washington D.C." by Malcolm Nance.
Article: "Live Updates: Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital's Police" by Katie Rogers, Campbell Robertson and Chris Cameron.
Article: "Watts riots" (1965) by Wikipedia.
Article: "1992 Los Angeles riots" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Killing of Latasha Harlins" by Wikipedia.
Article: "June 2025 Los Angeles protests" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What Is Trump's Plan for Canada and Greenland?" by Media Line.
Video: FULL SPEECH: Trump announces placing DC police under federal control to 'rescue capital'.
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Hour Three: Is a lack of "connection" to nature the root cause of our environmental crisis?
Article: "Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds" by Patrick Barkham.
Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.
Good news! Sanders takes the oligarchy fight to WV and it works...
Article: "Sanders Takes Oligarchy Fight to Appalachia With Standing-Room-Only Crowd in West Virginia" by Julia Conley.
Article: "The Supreme Court Just Made Gerrymandering Even Easier" by Michael Waldman.
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" (Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Governor Newsom vows to keep fighting as federal court rejects Trump's military overreach" by Gavin Newsom.
Article: "It's Pritzker's party: Hell yes, he's messing with Texas, and he's not sorry" by Max Burns.
How we know Ghislaine has dirt on Trump - will it be silenced?
Article: "Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims the paedophile financier 'had dirt on people'" by Holly Bishop.
Article: "I heard Ghislaine tell inmate she had dirt on Trump: Sex trafficker's ex-cellmate gives extraordinary glimpse into Maxwell's life behind bars... and reveals why her hygiene caused complaints" by Laura Sharman.
Article: "Medvedev reminds Trump of Russia's Doomsday nuclear strike capabilities as war of words escalates" by Andrew Osborn.
Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How Private Prison Companies Increase Recidivism" by ITPI.
Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".
Article: "Lloyd Doggett" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hillary Clinton email controversy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bering Strait crossing" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump demands homeless 'immediately' move out of Washington DC to make nation's capital 'more beautiful'" by Gustaf Kilander.