Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 10/23/25
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Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump’s Elite Pedophile Protection Program: Who are they Protecting?
Article: “Trump’s Elite Pedophile Protection Program: Who are they Protecting?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Bondi Has Been Failing Epstein’s Victims for Years - Bloomberg“ by Mary Ellen Klas.
Article: ““Nobody’s Girl”: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew“ by Democracy Now!.
Article: “Getting Away with Torture“ by HRW.
Article: “Trump Administration to Reconsider Asbestos Ban“ by Bernard L. Fontaine, Jr.
Article: “Letter to AG Bondi re Epstein case“ by Richard J. Durbin.
Article: “Arizona AG sues to force House Speaker Johnson to seat Democrat Adelita Grijalva“ by Scott Wong and Kyle Stewart.
Article: “Epstein Victim Was Contestant in Donald Trump’s Teen Beauty Pageant“ by Khaleda Rahman.
Article: “Epstein client list doesn’t exist, DOJ says, walking back theory Bondi promoted“ by Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer.
Article: “Emmett Till“, 1955 by Wikipedia.
Post: “Well, well, well... [pics of Epstein ballroom and winter palace ballroom]” by MeidasTouch.
Post: “When you tear down an historic building, you take out the historic parts of it, the doors and wood walls, windows, trim, molding, etc., before you wreck it. No such concerns from Trump. Here’s the inside of the East Wing before the bulldozer arrived: [picture]” by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “East Wing“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s East Wing demolition isn’t a normal White House renovation“ by Hayes Brown.
Is America is ready for AOC in 2028? I am ready....
Article: “AOC Would Be Formidable 2028 Presidential Candidate, Sanders Says “ by Julia Conley.
Article: “John Quincy Adams“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s Power Grab is Headed for the Supreme Court“ by Joyce Vance.
Article: “Judicial review“ by Wikipedia.
If the conservative majority Supreme Court hand Trump the freedom to deploy the Military whenever and wherever he chooses, the president’s “power grab’ will be complete - can anything stop him from never leaving the White House?
Article: “‘We have rarely faced a more serious moment’ than the one now facing Supreme Court: expert“ by Tom Boggioni.
Article: “Republican candidate says far-right group Proud Boys should be able to ‘hunt’ migrants“ by Sarah Hooper.
Article: “Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism“ by SPLC.
Article: “Millions turned out for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests across US“ by Grace Eliza Goodwin, Caitlin Wilson.
Article: “The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world“ by Erica Chenoweth.
Event: Oct. 21, 8 – 9pm EDT: Mass Call: What’s Next After No Kings?.
Article: “No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.“ by No Kings.
Site: Indivisible.
Article: “Major U.S. cities see no arrests at “No Kings” protests“ by April Rubin.
Article: “San Francisco Bay Area braces for Trump’s immigration crackdown“ by Maanvi Singh.
Article: “Inside Mike Johnson’s shutdown strategy of keeping House Republicans away from Washington“ by Mychael Schnell.
Post: “Trump’s construction of the Epstein Ballroom continues today. Can only imagine he’ll be renting it out for many junior proms.“ by The Lincoln Project.
Post: ““We’re gonna look back on this moment and say, you know, more or less, right around, you know, Halloween was the turning point in America.” @hartmannreport.com told @deanobeidallah.bsky.social that this time next year we will see the downfall of Trump.“ by SiriusXM Progress.
Article: “White House’s secret bunker to be upgraded under Trump’s East Wing plan; critics slam admin“ by Yash Nitish Bajaj.
Article: “Trump administration plans to demolish White House’s entire East Wing as ballroom cost grows to $300 million“ by Weijia Jiang, Jennifer Jacobs.
Article: “Pam Bondi“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pam Bondi Accused of ‘Serious Misconduct’ in Florida Bar Complaint“ by Shane Croucher and Sophie Clark.
Article: “Henry M. Jackson“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Howard Baker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Policy Issues“ by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @ittnerphilip.bsky.social Youtube
Article: “Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack targeted energy infrastructure“ by Victoria Butenko, Rhea Mogul and Kosta Gak.
Video: On the Edge: Anton Tymoshenko.
Videos: “Anton Tymoshenko“.
Article: “‘War is very funny for the first couple of years’: how Russia’s invasion transformed Ukraine’s comedy scene“ by Luke Harding.
Article: “gallows humor“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Trump shoots down sending Ukraine ‘highly complex’ Tomahawk missiles: ‘Tremendous learning curve’ “ by Victor Nava.
Article: “‘Flying Blind’: Trump Strips Government of Expertise at a High-Stakes Moment“ by Luke Broadwater and Julian E. Barnes.
Article: “Trump repeats claim India will cut Russian oil imports“ by Nikita Yadav.
Article: “Dunning-Kruger effect“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Duckworth calls out ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’ after Trump’s ‘treasonous’ remark“ by Tammy Duckworth.
Article: “When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead“ by Stefan Koldehoff, Tobias Timm.
Article: ““Choice” Moments: Trump’s Alter Ego“ by Andrew Helms.
Article: “6 things you didn’t know about the Big Chicken“ by Nelson Hicks.
Article: “Did you know that Colonel Sanders once advocated for the destruction of the iconic KFC Big Chicken in Marietta?“ by anecdotalatl.
Article: “A month after her election, Adelita Grijalva hasn’t been sworn into the House“ by WBUR.
Article: “Great Depression“ (1930s) by Wikipedia.
Article: “October: The Month of Market Crashes?“ by Andrew Beattie.
Article: “Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time “we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years”“ by Nicholas Liu.
Do we need a brain scan of Trump’s brain to see if he has dementia?
Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PM ET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / His substack is The Dean’s Report @DeanObeidallah @SXMProgress
Article: “Here’s how next Dem President should repurpose Trump’s ballroom--from a Museum of Trump’s crimes to the Epstein ballroom“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Trump lied: White House East Wing totalled for ballroom“ by Kyabram Free Press.
Article: “Trump said he’s good at building ‘on budget.’ Then the ballroom cost escalated by 50%.“ by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.
Article: “ICE Agents Can Now Be Arrested in Chicago“ by Pablo Manríquez.
Article: “ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “We need a brain scan of Trump to objectively determine if he has dementia“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Israel’s parliament advances bill to annex occupied West Bank“ by Tim Hume and News Agencies.
Article: “Vance says Knesset votes on annexing West Bank are an ‘insult’ as Netanyahu halts progress“ by Lorenzo Tondo.
Article: “Israeli settler violence“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “No to Authoritarianism: 7 Million Rally Across U.S. in Historic No Kings Day Protests“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “How consumer pushback beat Trump’s pressure campaign on Kimmel“ by Brian Stelter.
Article: “101 Republicans to defend community finance program from Trump cuts“ by Katherine Hapgood.
Article: “Elections calendar“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “U.S. House tax cut bill would check Medicaid qualifications every 6 months“ by Erik Gunn.
Article: “Healthy food for kids, reliable work for parents: How New Mexico’s free universal child care will impact families“ by Jennifer Liu.
Article: “The Positive Effect of SNAP Benefits on Participants and Communities“ by FRAC.
Hour Three: Trump says Democrats may never be allowed to be elected at the federal level and he will use the Department of Justice to prevent it.
Post: “Trump: “We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can’t let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can’t let that happen again to our country.” [video]” by Aaron Rupar.
Article: “Dominion Voting Systems“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure“ by Kim Zetter.
Post: “ICYMI, Dominion Voting has been acquired by Scott Leinendecker, a former GOP election official from Missouri. Leindendecker is also the CEO of electronic poll book supplier Knowink whose product manager, Mitch Millville, was Ed Martin’s campaign IT director in Missouri in 2011. This Ed Martin. 1/“ by Jenny Cohn.
Article: “Apple removes ICE tracking apps after Trump administration says they threaten officers“ by Clare Duffy.
Article: “Facebook rolls over for Trump’s DOJ to block anti-ICE group in latest Big Tech pressure campaign“ by Alex Woodward.
Article: “Apple’s Tim Cook gives ‘unique’ golden gift to President Trump“ by BBC.
Is Letitia James tracking ICE?
Article: “AG James launches portal to collect photos, videos of ICE activity in NY“ by Felix Day.
Article: “WATCH: Blind man dragged by federal agents into Oregon ICE facility“ by Ariel Salk.
Article: “Qualified Immunity“ by LII.
Article: “U.S. Supreme Court justices take lavish gifts — then raise the bar for bribery prosecutions“ by Marty Schladen.
Article: “Trump approval on economy hits new low: Quinnipiac poll “ by Max Rego.
Article: “Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a Texas prison. Here’s what life is like there“ (Bryan, Texas) by Patrick Davis.
Article: “Federal Prison Camp, Bryan“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Giuffre.
Article: “Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?“ by Jelani Cobb, Taylor Lorenz, Jack Shafer, Max Tani.
Site: No Kings Day.
Article: “US state governors launch alliance to bolster coordination on public health“ by Siddhi Mahatole.
Article: “republic“ (Derived from the Latin expression res publica (”the public thing”)) by André Munro.
Movie: “White Fang“.
Article: “Full List of Republicans Signing Discharge Petition to Release Epstein Files“ by Kate Plummer.
Article: “Tommy Tuberville“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Katie Britt“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Voter turnout in United States presidential elections“ by Wikipedia.
Site: vote.org.
Article: “Trump backs away from sending federal troops to San Francisco after pleas from tech leaders“ by Alexandra Marquez.
Video: About 250K ‘No Kings’ protesters march through downtown Chicago to denounce Trump, organizers say.