Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 11 September, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Killer Democracy: How a Corrupt Supreme Court Turned Debate Into Death
Article: "Killer Democracy: How a Corrupt Supreme Court Turned Debate Into Death" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US" by Jeremy Samuel Faust, Ji Chen, Shriya Bhat et al.
Case: "McDonald v Chicago" (2010), Stevens, J., Dissenting.
Article: "A Plague on All Our Houses: The Uses and Abuses of History in D.C. v. Heller" by Robert Churchill.
Article: "What Charlie Kirk was saying moments before he was shot" by AP.
Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Mass Shootings in 2025" by Gun Violence Archive.
Article: "Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband killed in attack" by Minnesota House of Representatives.
Article: "NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals" by Tim Mak.
Article: "Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left" by Annie Karni and Megan Mineiro.
Article: "Topic: Gun ownership and regulation" by Pew Research Center.
Article: "Americans own nearly half world's guns in civilian hands - survey" by Reuters.
Article: "Progressives—Who Reviled Charlie Kirk's Politics—Repudiate His Murder" by Brett Wilkins.
Article: "Media Critics Bash Trump Over 'Disgusting' Rant on Charlie Kirk Killing: 'Degenerate Tyrant'" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Charlie Kirk's Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division" by Christopher D. Cook.
Article: "'That Just Doesn't Happen': NBC Intel Expert Stunned by FBI Director's Response to Charlie Kirk Killing" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources" by Sadie Gurman, James Fanelli.
Article: "High-ranking FBI job losses disproportionately hurt women, people of color" by Ken Dilanian.
Article: "Gallego seeks to block military funeral honors for pro-Trump rioter killed on January 6" by Sarah Ferris.
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.
Article: "Thou shalt not kill" (6th commandment) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump blames the 'radical left' for Charlie Kirk's killing" by Jonathan Allen and Amanda Terkel.
Article: "Charlie Kirk's Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division"(quotes) by Christopher D. Cook.
New evidence that Saudi Arabia may have played a role in the 9/11 attack on America - Why has Saudi Arabia never been held accountable?
Article: "New evidence on 9/11 attacks, 24 years later" by Sasha Ingber.
Article: "Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud"("Bandar Bush") by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rep. Garcia: Why Did Saudi Government Give Kushner $2 Billion?" by Robert Garcia.
Article: "How the 'Free Helicopter Rides' Meme Went Viral" by Zach D. Roberts.
Article: "Woke" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Critical race theory" (CRT) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and August 2025, by shooter's gender" by Statista.
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: "Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during attack on Ukraine" by Mithil Aggarwal and Freddie Clayton.
Article: "Poland downs Russian drones, first time NATO member has fired in Ukraine war" by Alan Charlish and Lidia Kelly.
Article: "Polish PM: Europe closer to war than any time since WW2 after airspace 'violations'" by Hamish Morrison.
Article: "Russia's 'unprecedented violation' of Poland's air space branded an 'act of war' as Poland plans response and Zelensky issues dire warning" by Stephen M. Lepore.
Article: "Britain could send fighter jets and air defence system to Poland" by The Telegraph.
Article: "Zelensky Urges 'Joint' Air Defence With Europe After Russian Drones Downed In Poland" by AFP.
Article: "Russia-Belarus military drills start this week. Here's what to know" ("Zapad 2025," or "West 2025") by Yuras Karmanau.
Article: "Poland has asked Nato to invoke Article 4: What does that mean?" by ITV.
Article: "EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming" by Maia Davies & Will Vernon.
Article: "'Next time in Moscow?': Five takeaways after Trump and Putin's Alaska summit" by Laura Gozzi.
Article: "Drone Barrage Over Poland Was a Test for NATO, and the U.S." by Steven Erlanger.
Article: "Taiwan Says China Has Deployed Largest Fleet of Ships in Decades" by David Pierson and Amy Chang Chien.
Article: "It would now be wise to assume China's Xi is going to move against Taiwan – this is how it will happen" by Michael Sheridan.
Article: "Russian annexation of Crimea" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russian air strikes get deadlier and bigger, hitting Ukraine's very heart" by Sarah Rainsford.
Article: "Medvedev Blames Political Violence in U.S. on Support for Ukraine After Charlie Kirk Killing" by Moscow Times.
Article: "Who Killed Charlie Kirk?" by Alexander Dugin.
New data shows the economy is in trouble
Article: "Consumer prices rose at annual rate of 2.9% in August, as weekly jobless claims jump" by Jeff Cox.
UK Prime Minister fires US envoy over Jeffery Epstein links...
Article: "UK Prime Minister Fires U.S. Envoy Peter Mandelson Over Jeffrey Epstein Links" by David Gilmour.
Article: "'Not medically well': Trump's health questioned after his face seen drooping at 9/11 event" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Trump sparks health fears at 9/11 event as one side of face 'completely drops'" by Eliana Nunes.
Article: "Border Agents or Thought Police? When Did Words become a Crime?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "What did Trump say about the political killings of Melissa Hortman and Charlie Kirk?" by Kinsey Crowley, C. A. Bridges.
Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Thanks to Trump and the GOP, this industry does more to screw us than any other
Article: "Thanks to Trump and the GOP, this industry does more to screw us than any other " by Robert Reich.
Instead of Bob Kennedy delivering real change - the strategy appears to be just another example of the Trump administration putting the financial interests of polluting industries above people's health.
Article: "The Pesticide Industry's Fingerprints Are All Over the MAHA Commission's Strategy Report" by Sarah Starman.
Book: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions by Michael Savage.
Article: "The Escalating Terrorism Problem in the United States" by Seth G. Jones, Catrina Doxsee.
Video: Follow The Money: Epstein's Crimes, Sleazy Banks, and the Trump Conspiracy to Cover It Up - Ron Wyden.
Site: "The Equality Trust".
Article: "United Airlines Flight 93" (9/11) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Children in poverty by race and ethnicity in United States" by Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Article: "Kyle Rittenhouse" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Green tries to award Kyle Rittenhouse congressional gold medal " by Jessica Kwong.
Article: "Americans would save $100B if credit card rates were capped as Trump proposed, researchers say" by Ken Sweet.
Article: "Trump paused student-loan forgiveness for nearly 2 million borrowers on income-based repayment plans" by Ayelet Sheffey.
Article: "Thor" by Wikipedia.
Bible: "But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine." - Jeremiah 44:18.
Article: "City of Houston v. Hill (1987)" by David L. Hudson Jr.
Article: "Ray Hill (American activist)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fact Check: Charlie Kirk once said empathy was 'made-up, new age term'" by Jordan Liles.
Article: "Turning Point USA" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bill Montgomery (activist)" by Wikipedia.
Book: Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang.
Article: "Release: Texas maintains national wind and solar energy dominance" by Environment Texas.
Article: "Rhode Island and Connecticut sue over Trump administration's wind farm halt" by Dharna Noor.
Article: "Maine Republicans urge Trump administration to revoke Gulf of Maine wind leases " by Daniel Kool.
Article: "Trump's $1bn pitch to oil bosses 'the definition of corruption', top Democrat says" by Peter Stone.
Article: "'The gesture speaks for itself': Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute" by Kate Connolly.
Site: Fark.
Article: "Bush Rejects Taliban Offer On Bin Laden" by John F. Harris.