Sue's Daily Stack, Monday, 4 August, 2025

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

Monday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: The New Civil War Against America Isn't With Bullets — It's With Ballots
Article: "The GOP's New Civil War Against America Isn't With Bullets — It's With Ballots" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won" by Greg Palast.
Article: "How Different Would America be if 4 Presidents Hadn't Committed Treason?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump and Congressional Republicans are trying to suppress the vote. Take action NOW to stop them." by Indivisible.
Article: "Republicans Are Coming For The Voter Rolls" by Mark Elias.
Video: "Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago Sunday, denying Monday vote on new congressional maps".
Article: "DOJ Seeking Voter And Election Information From At Least 19 States" by Ali Swenson and Gary Fields.
Article: "Georgia starts process to remove 500,000 inactive voter registrations" by Brady Knox.

Event: Houston, TX: Aug 9: Thom Hartmann w/Grant Peeples: A KPFT Soiree.
Book: Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story by Julie K. Brown.
Article: "The sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump, explained" by Libby Nelson.
Site: Pramila's Resistance Lab.

Is there a way to take down grifter Trump?
Article: "Here's how to take down conman Trump's gold rush" by Robert Reich.

Palace Intrigue has set in...there is no policy only power.....
Article: "'Needs to watch his back': Trump warned of surprising rival gunning for his job" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Marcus Junius Brutus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" (Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jobs created during U.S. presidential terms" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's shock-and-awe tariffs haven't fueled a manufacturing jobs boom" by Matt Egan.
Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, … but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States."
Video: Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine).
Article: "Jerry Lee Lewis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Catholic Church sexual abuse cases" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alan Dershowitz" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Apprentice (American TV series)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dan Bongino" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: What happens when economic data dies?
Article: "Trump Fired America's Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils." by Ben Casselman.
Article: "Trump's Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook" by Peter Baker.
Article: "Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs cause market drop" by Natalie Sherman.

Article: "What order? Trump team ignoring 1 in 3 major judicial rulings against them, analysis finds" by Ariana Baio.
Article: "Trump redeploys nuclear submarines after ex-Russia leader's menacing tweet" by Andrew Roth.
Article: "Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Former Russian President Medvedev Warned President Trump Russia Has Video Of His 'Past Depravities'" by Alan Duke.

Are drag queens being hunted in Florida?
Article: "Florida AG Subpoenas Venue For A List Of Guests Who Attended A Drag Show" by s. baum.

Article: "'He has trouble completing a thought': bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump's mental acuity" by Adam Gabbatt.
Article: "Trump's mental decline is undeniable — so what now?" by Chris Truax.
Article: "Wall Street Journal: Birthday letter to Epstein bore Trump's signature, drawing of naked woman" by Adam Cancryn.
Article: "List of United States representatives from Texas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "List of United States senators from Texas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tilting at windmills? Trump's claims about turbines fact-checked" by Helena Horton.
Law: "25th Amendment Section 4" (presidential succession). "Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President."
Book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance.
Article: "Friday essay: libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel helped make JD Vance. The Republican kingmaker's influence is growing" by Luke Munn.

Have we discover how the secret of how GOP reps go from $700,000 to $22 million in just a few years?
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene ran against the swamp. Then she got rich in it" by Joseph Ford Cotto.

Article: "Evil Scheme to Purge Half a Million Voters" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Stacey Abrams Takes a Big Step Forward to Combat Georgia's Massive Voter Purges" by Colin Kalmbacher.
Article: "Brian Kemp's Refusal to Expand Medicaid Has Devastating Impact on Georgians As Major Hospital Closes Its Doors" by DGA.
Article: "Oreshnik (missile)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russia begins production of hypersonic missile, plans deployment to Belarus" by Lucy Pakhnyuk.
Article: "IMF slashes Russia's growth forecast, says war-driven economy to 'slow down'" by Tim Zadorozhnyy.
Article: "Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas" by Anna Betts.
Article: "Jeffrey Epstein" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Wexner will do anything for me!' Jeffrey Epstein victim tells how he winked when he boasted of his closeness with billionaire Victoria's Secret boss who sold him Manhattan's biggest townhouse for just $1" by Christopher White.
Article: "The FBI Redacted Trump's Name in the Epstein Files" by Jason Leopold.
Article: "US appeals court indicates it might declare Trump's birthright citizenship order unconstitutional" by Reuters.
Law: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".
Law: "5th Amendment" (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, taking clause, due compensation).
Law: "6th Amendment" (speedy trial, witnesses, defense).
Law: "7th Amendment" "In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved...".
Law: "8th Amendment" "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.".

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Hour Three: Is the flaky Jack Smith investigation just a distraction?
Article: "The Flaky Jack Smith Investigation That Surprises Exactly No One." by Rosie the Resister.

Geeky Science. Plastic is causing disease and death from infancy to old age. Why do we wait until it's too late to do anything?
Article: "Plastic causing "disease and death from infancy to old age" that costs $1.5 trillion a year, report warns" by CBS/AFP.

Movie: "Some Like It Hot".
TV: "Bosom Buddies" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Peter Thiel" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Palantir Technologies" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Incredible European castle that was the inspiration for Disney to become even more popular" by Alice Penwill.
Article: "Trump's New Tariffs Could Cost Households $2,400 This Year, Analysis Finds" by Alison Durkee.
Article: "Declaration In Support Of Plaintiff's Request For Protective Order" by Tiffany Doe.
Article: "UEG Week: Microplastics discovered in human stools across the globe in first study of its kind" by UEG.
Article: "Plastic ingestion by humans could equate to eating a credit card a week" by WWF.
Article: "Rush Limbaugh" by Wikipedia.
Article: "William F. Buckley Jr" by Wikipedia.
Site: "The Brainwashing of My Dad".
Article: "The Manchurian Candidate" by Wikipedia.