Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 18 August, 2025

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

Monday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: The Great American Betrayal: Trump's War on Ordinary People
Article: "The Great American Betrayal: Trump's War on Ordinary People" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the seasons of history tell us about how and when this crisis will end" by Neil Howe.
Article: "Are We Seeing the Reemergence of the Old Confederacy, This Time as the GOP?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure" by Nick Hanauer.
Article: "Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections" by Chris Cameron.
Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.
Article: "Are tariffs to blame for 38% spike in wholesale vegetable prices? Experts weigh in" by Max Zahn.

Article: "Zelenskyy faces daunting trip to the White House – but this time he won't be alone" by Julian Borger.
Article: "Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using 'Gulf of America'" by Jenna Amatulli.
Article: "WATCH: Trump speaks at National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago" by AP.
Article: "Gunman attacks family of US federal judge Esther Salas" by BBC.
Article: "Attack on Paul Pelosi" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump-Putin talks: Is Russia really contesting US sovereignty over Alaska?" by Mared Gwyn Jones.

The shocking parallels between Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler and Trump's with Putin
Article: "A Chance to Do History Better: Prague, Not Yet Munich" by Jim Stewartson.
Article: "Trump Admits He's Willing to Give Pariah Putin Crucial Concession" by Farrah Tomazin.
Article: "'Some things never change!': Trump rages at Zelenskyy ahead of Monday meeting" by Robert Davis.
Article: "Donald Trump 'setting Zelensky up to fail' after Vladimir Putin's 'manipulation'" by Ciaran McGrath.
Article: "Moment warped Russian soldiers taunt Ukraine by flying an AMERICAN flag into battle ahead of crunch Zelensky-Trump talks" by Nicole Cherruault, Will Stewart.
Article: "Internal State Dept. documents on Trump/Putin summit left on Alaska hotel printer: NPR" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "Neville Chamberlain" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sudetenland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.
Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "List of United States representatives from Oregon" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Curse and mark of Cain" by Wikipedia.
Interview: "Donald Trump on The Howard Stern Show - May 10, 2001".
Article: "What we know – and what's true – about the Trump-Russia dossier" by Luke Harding.
Article: "Results of Lawsuits Regarding the 2020 Elections " by CLC.
Article: "Mueller report" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: Thousands to join US 'Fight the Trump Takeover' protests against Republican redistricting plans
Article: "California Democrats release map ahead of redistricting in response to Texas " by Molly English, Arlette Saenz.
Article: "Thousands join US 'Fight the Trump Takeover' protests against Republican redistricting plans" by Rachel Leingang and Maya Yang.
Article: "In a Wider Redistricting War, Republicans Have an Advantage" by Elena Shao and Nick Corasaniti.
Article: "State government trifectas" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Trump isn't fighting for peace in Ukraine, he's managing Russia's victory - and Europe is worried" by Sam Kiley.

Masked Border troops open fired on a family in their truck after smashing their windows....Is this what we want?
Article: "US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers" by José Olivares.
Article: "Masked Border Protection Agents Open Fire on Family's Truck After Smashing Its Windows" by Brad Reed.
Article: "World Central Kitchen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Not sustainable': DC restaurant reservations plummet after Trump's police takeover" by David Edwards.
Article: "'It's bigger': Ex-Trump official reveals president's 'ultimate goal' in Dem cities" by David Edwards.
Article: "Exclusive-Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans" by Ted Hesson.

Article: "OpenTable" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump and Epstein's Twisted Race to Sleep With Princess Diana: Author" by Josh Fiallo.
Article: "Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu" by Wikipedia.
Book: One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein by Whitney Alyse Webb.
Article: "Trump reignites his push to ban mail-in voting after meeting with Putin" by Jonathan Allen, Matt Dixon and Henry J. Gomez.
Article: "All-mail voting" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Separating Church from Hate: A Conversation With John Fugelsang" by Ray Kirstein.
Video: Trump's Inner Circle Drops F-Bomb Post Putin Alaska Meeting: Michael Wolff | The Daily Beast Podcast.
Site: Demstock (guests).
Event: August 24: Philipsburg, PA: Shut Down Moshannon Protest.
Article: "Edmund Pettus Bridge" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination" (Friday, November 22, 1963) by Wikipedia.
Video: The Beatles Arrive In New York for their First US Visit (February 7 1964).
Video: Putin Trump Handshake | Big Moment | Putin, Trump greet to kick off Alaska summit.

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Hour Three: Trump just declared his new fight after Putin warning - mail-in ballots
Article: "Trump Declares Plan to 'Get Rid' of Voting Machines — After Putin Told Him 2020 Election Was Stolen" by David Gilmour.
Article: "The idea that the Kremlin has kompromat on Trump seems increasingly plausible" by Michael McDowell.
Video: Trump says he plans to call Putin after Zelensky meeting.
Article: "The Manchurian Candidate" by Wikipedia.

Trump is about to ruin the US economy more and alienate America by demanding a visa fee of $250 for tourists...
Article: "Trump's controversial $250 visa fee could cost the US economy $11 billion as tourists stay away, research finds" by Kelly Rissman.
Article: "Canadian 'snowbirds' rush to sell US second homes gathers pace: 'We cannot trust Trump'" by Marianne Garvey.

Article: "Rangel and Jefferson Agree on a National Service Program" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Doug LaMalfa" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Table: Sitting members of Congress and family members who have received farm subsidies" "Dsl Lamalfa Family Partnership, which received $5,538,403.00 in rice and wheat commodity subsidies from 1995-2022..." by EWG.
Article: "Ralph Norman calls for South Carolina to help oust Jim Clyburn with redistricting" by Ross O'Keefe.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.
Article: "Where does America's coffee come from?" by USAFacts.
Article: "Chernobyl disaster", 26 April 1986 by Wikipedia.
Book: Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart.