Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 28 July, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
In for Thom Today...Jefferson Smith, Host-Democracy Nerd Podcast
Hour One: Republicans magic weapons? Deception, distraction and deflection... GOP's guy is in the Epstein files...not one word about the victims...instead, they ran away to hide in their districts...
Poem: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
Article: "US House calls early summer recess to block voting on release of Epstein files" by Chris Stein.
Video: 'They're Eating the Dogs:' Trump Makes False Claim About Migrants | WSJ News.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "Trump said he hadn't read Project 2025 – but most of his early executive actions overlap with its proposals " by Steve Contorno and Casey Tolan.
Article: "Here's what Jones has said about Sandy Hook." by Elizabeth Williamson.
Article: "All the assault allegations against Donald Trump, recapped" by Lisa Desjardins.
Video: This 300-Year-Old Letter Reveals the Pattern Wicked Men Use to Destroy a Country - Truthstream Media.
Article: "Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts" by Jonathan Lambert.
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..
Video: 1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan).
Article: "House Republicans back Epstein subpoena" by Hailey Fuchs.
Post: "A short thread on the the politics of Epstein. 1. Who knows how much political damage the Epstein crimes and coverup will do to Trump. Yes, other Trump scandals haven't done as much damage as they ought; that doesn't mean you don't prosecute the case that's front and center." by Bill Kristol.
Hour Two: News With My Dad
- Joe Smith, (Jeff's Dad) former D.A. & former head of the Oregon Democratic Party... joins for news of the day...
Article: "The WNBA's success last year wasn't a fluke. Now, the league and its players want to cash in" by Becky Sullivan.
Article: "'Grandparent' Scams Get More Sophisticated" by FCC.
Article: "Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low" by Megan Brenan.
Movie: "Superman (2025 film)".
Article: "'South Park' Skewers Trump and His 'Teeny Tiny' Manhood" by Charisma Madarang.
Article: "South Park targets Paramount after signing $1.5bn deal and skewers Trump: 'He can do anything to anyone'" by Jenna Amatulli.
Article: "'South Park' Launches Website for Naked Trump Parody PSA: 'His Penis Is Teeny-Tiny, but His Love for Us Is Large'" by Ethan Shanfeld.
Play: "Equus" by Peter Shaffer.
Article: "Thailand and Cambodia agree to 'immediate ceasefire'" by Jonathan Head, Joel Guinto.
Article: "Stunning amount Trump's Scotland trip will cost taxpayers – largely to promote his golf courses there: report" by James Liddell.
Article: "The Interview: Robert Reich Thinks the Baby Boomers Blew It" by David Marchese.
Article: "Trump offers support to Musk's car company in a surprising post as Tesla stock plunges" by AP.
Article: "Reviews Are In For Elon Musk's First Tesla Diner" by Mike Moraitis.
Article: "Posts Make Unfounded Claim About Beyoncé's Endorsement of Harris" by Hadleigh Zinsner.
Article: "Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights group" by Emma Graham-Harrison.
Why are Americans so obsessed with the Epstein files / cover-up?
Article: "Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide" by Sarah Fitzpatrick and Rich Schapiro.
Article: "Trump says he turned down offer to go to Epstein island: 'One of my very good moments'" by Alex Gangitano.
Article: "Virginia Satir" by Wikipedia.
Video: 'What I didn't expect was open racism': Mehdi Hasan's takeaways from debate with the 'far-right'.
Article: "2012 Benghazi attack" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Newt Gingrich: And His List of Words" by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
Article: "Rape Allegations Refiled Against Trump" by Josh Russell.
Article: "Jerome Powell disagrees with Trump about cost of changes to Fed construction" by CBS/AP.
Article: "Harvard argues in court that Trump administration's $2.6bn cuts are illegal" by Alice Speri.
Article: "6 dead, dozens hurt in several shootings over July 4th weekend in Philly" by David Chang.
Article: "List of mass shootings in the United States in 2025" by Wikipedia.
Video: Man paralyzed in 2018 shooting dies in South Philly mass shooting.
Hour Three: Mehdi Hasan and the viral Jubilee debate exposing racism...
Article: "Ghislaine Maxwell's meetings with Justice Department shrouded in secrecy" by Michael Kosnar, Chloe Atkins, Tom Winter and David Rohde.
Article: "Target fixation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Overton window" by Wikipedia.
TV: "The Poor Kid" by South Park.
Article: ""Last-place Aversion": Evidence and Redistributive Implications" by Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich & Michael I. Norton.
Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.
Article: "Homeland security denies reports that Ice 'secretly deported' Pennsylvania grandfather" by Guardian.
Site: Impeach Trump Again.
Article: "Ex-officer who shared cell with Jeffrey Epstein convicted of quadruple murder" by Ramon Antonio Vargas.
Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)".
Article: "Labor secretary Acosta defends Epstein plea deal amid calls for resignation" by Tom McCarthy.
Substack: "marcia singer".