Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 14 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Are Trump and Putin Using Gaza as the Blueprint to Shackle Ukraine?
Article: "Are Trump and Putin Using Gaza as the Blueprint to Shackle Ukraine?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "This Is Not a Drill: Infiltrate Your Local Dems Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.
Site: "Indivisible".
Article: "Discovering How the World Really Is" by Thom Hartmann.
Events: Aug 16: "Fight the Trump Takeover".
Article: "Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan" by AP.
Article: "Complaint For Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Criminal Sexual Acts, Sexual Abuse, Forcible Touching, Assault, Battery, Intentional And Reckless Infliction Of Emotional Distress, Duress, False Imprisonment, And Defamation" (against Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein) by Jane Doe.
Article: "South Sudan took 8 migrants from the US. It wants something in return." by Felicia Schwartz and Myah Ward.
Article: "'Despicable': Ex-Trump lawyer reveals underage rape claims made against president in 2016" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "US and Russia 'propose West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine'" by David Charter.
Article: "That Fox-y feeling? The nation's largest TV station owner hires some familiar Fox News names" by Paul Farhi.
Law: "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986".
Article: "Bipartisan border bill loses support, fails procedural vote in U.S. Senate" by Ariana Figueroa.
Movie: "My Fair Lady".
Play: "Pygmalion" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "The Sound of Music".
Israel's far-right finance minister claims Netanyahu and Trump have agreed to New West Bank settlement plan...
Article: "Middle East crisis: Bezalel Smotrich outlines plan for 3,000 new housing units in controversial West Bank settlement, reports say – as it happened" by Tom Ambrose, Caolán Magee.
Article: "Eleven freshmen Democrats visit Israel on AIPAC trip" by Marc Rod.
Article: "Netanyahu Hosts 20 AIPAC-Sponsored House Republicans in Israel" by Headline USA.
Article: "CAIR Calls on Trump Admin, Congress to Stop Israel's Declared Annexation of Gaza and the West Bank" by CAIR.
Newsom (who is redistricting) urges Illinois and NYC to hurry up on redistricting....Can Newsom end the Trump presidency?
Article: "Newsom urges Illinois, NY to hurry up on redistricting" by Ashleigh Fields.
Article: "Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to 'END TRUMP PRESIDENCY'" by Oren Oppenheim.
Tweet: "DONALD "TACO" TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, "MISSED" THE DEADLINE!!! CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE "BEAUTIFUL MAPS," THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!). BIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM — YOUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR — THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR "MAGA." THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GN" by Governor Newsom Press Office.
Facebook: "$42,000 bonus. More than a MAJORITY of Americans annual wages. [video]" by Ellensburg What's Up!
Site: "Project 2025".
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Article: "Kyrsten Sinema" by Wikipedia.
Article: "History of Finland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Germany–Poland relations" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: "What to know about Trump and Putin's meeting at an Alaska military base" by Madeline Halpert, Christal Hayes and Jake Lapham.
Article: "Good Friday Agreement" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Irish War of Independence" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donetsk Oblast" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Luhansk Oblast" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Zaporizhzhia Oblast" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kherson Oblast" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Crimea" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions" by Colin Flint.
Article: "Ukraine fights Russian incursion ahead of Putin-Trump meeting at Air Force base in Alaska" by Andrew Osborn, Lili Bayer and Steve Holland.
Has Pam Bondi committed witness tampering with Ghislaine Maxwell? It's always the cover-up.....
Article: "Pam Bondi accused of possible witness tampering with Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer " by David Edwards.
Article: "Jamie Raskin" (D, MD-8) by Wikipedia.
Fascist Alert! Trump's pick for Jobs Data Chief was at the Capitol on Jan 6th - Surprised? Where is the media on this?
Article: "Trump Pick for Jobs Data Chief Was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, White House Says He 'Was in Town for Meetings'" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "2025 Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ukraine's Drone Swarms Are Destroying Russian Nuclear Bombers. What Happens Now?" by Masao Dahlgren, Lachlan MacKenzie.
Article: "Analysis: The Military And Monetary Impact Of Ukraine's Deep Strikes In Russia" by Yauhen Lehalau.
Article: "What is the size of Russia's economy as measured by GDP?" by fynsa.
Article: "40 of the richest donors funneling money to Donald Trump: Elon Musk, Steve Schwarzman, and more" by Bryan Metzger, Madeline Berg, Alice Tecotzky.
Article: "FBI agents are again pulled from their day jobs to address a Trump priority" by Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, CNN Digital Expansion 2019, Josh Campbell.
Article: "Chris Murphy goes all in on funding bill boycott as Dems seek bipartisanship" by Jennifer Scholtes.
Article: "Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign" by Wikipedia.
Article: "United Nations Security Council" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Trump Plan to Kill FEMA Threatens to Drown Small Town
- Greg Palast, Investigative reporter-Guardian & New York Times / Author - "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" / His latest film about the latest attacks on the right to vote, Vigilantes Inc: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen, (narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen). @gregpalast.bsky.social Substack
Article: "July 2025 Central Texas floods" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hurricane Katrina" by Wikipedia.
Video: All Washed Away.
Article: "All Washed Away: Trump drowns FEMA—Palast investigates" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Trump plans on 'phasing out' Fema disaster agency after hurricane season" by Reuters.
Article: "Trump's DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster" by Henry D. Jacoby.
Article: "'Lives are at stake:' Deadly Texas storms put spotlight on Trump's weather agency cuts" by Kayla Epstein.
Article: "Hurricane Katrina: LSU's Role in Response, Recovery, Resilience, and Research" by Rachel Holland.
Article: "Katrina: DOT Audit Probes Katrina Evacuation Fiasco" by Tim Sharrock.
Article: "The Globalizer Who Came In From The Cold" by Gregory Palast. "Privatisation - which Stiglitz said could more accurately be called, 'Briberisation.'"
Article: "FEMA Chief Reportedly Told Staff He Was Unaware There's a Hurricane Season" by Michael Luciano.
Video: Trump DHS slams Biden admin over Ohio train derailment response | NewsNation Now.
Article: "Fired Katrina Whistleblower Van Heerden Sues LSU" by Frank James.
Videos: Rep. Jeffries.
Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Henry Kissinger " by The Nobel Prize.
Article: "Hotshot crew" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US appeals court indicates it might declare Trump's birthright citizenship order unconstitutional" by Reuters.
Article: "The Pact Between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich" by US News.
Article: "Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill: A Real-life Friendship" by Rich Gorecki.
Article: "1995–1996 United States federal government shutdowns" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joe Manchin" by Wikipedia.