Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 28 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Long Con: Why Every Republican Policy—From Guns to Healthcare to Taxes—Harms the Public & Enriches the Few
Article: "The Long Con: Why Every Republican Policy—From Guns to Healthcare to Taxes—Harms the Public & Enriches the Few" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Even Mice Have More Humanity than Trump, Musk, and the GOP" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "How Mexico Unlocks the Advantages of USMCA for US Manufacturers" by TACNA.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 The Sheep and the Goats".
Article: "He Asked Tiffany Trump to Marry Him. Then the Deals Started Coming." by Justin Scheck, Tariq Panja, Jo Becker and Bradley Hope.
Article: "The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax" by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel.
Tweet: "Please join me in praying for the victims of the horrific evil that took place at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis this morning." by Rep. Andy Ogles.
Article: "Minneapolis school shooting: what we know so far at a glance" by Maya Yang.
Event: Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition 46th Annual Solidarity Parade and Picnic Rally.
Site: KPFK.
Article: "Labor history of the United States" by Wikipedia.
CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign
Article: "CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign" by Robert Mackey and Lauren Gambino.
Article: "CDC's New Vaccine Panel Head is a COVID Myth Superspreader" by NewsGuard's Reality Check.
Article: "RFK Jr.'s strange claim befuddles the internet: 'Diagnosing children with fake diseases'" by Robert Davis.
Article: "Mitochondrion" by Wikipedia.
While Republicans are offering thoughts and prayers, yesterday's shooter was another Nazi...
Article: "Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Hated Trump—and All People of Color" by Malcolm Ferguson.
Good News Alert! TOMORROW, Thursday, August 28—the first day of Chicago Jazz Festival—from 12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M., a plane with a banner reading "TRUMP AND BONDI ARE PROTECTING PREDATORS" will fly above the Trump Tower and city skyline during the Chicago Jazz Festival. The message is a reminder that Trump and Bondi have pumped up this case to score political points at the expense of Epstein's and Maxwell's at least 1,000 survivors, who reside all across the country, including in Chicago. Trump and Bondi now reneging on their promises for full transparency around the duo's criminal enterprise and network.
Article: "The Gettysburg Address" by President Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863.
Article: "Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects " by Ethan Cohen, Jeff Zeleny.
Article: "Trump's Intel deal is a threat to US economic liberty" by Michael Strain.
Article: "Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Battles over public lands loom even after sell-off proposal fails" by Alex Brown.
Article: "Port Arthur massacre (Australia)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tough gun laws in Australia eliminate mass shootings" by Meghan Rosen.
Article: "How Australia Restricted Guns After a 1996 Massacre" by Krishnadev Calamur.
Book: The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D..
Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith.
Quote: "We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." - Louis Brandeis.
Article: "Loren Eiseley" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republican Alabama congressman running for Senate booed at town hall, leaves out the back" by John Sharp.
Site: "Velshi".
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: "Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices" by Anastasiia Malenko.
Article: "UPDATE-Russian Economic Collapse is Now on the Radar" by justin423.
Article: "Trump imposes 50% tariff on India as punishment for buying Russian oil" by Callum Jones, Penelope MacRae.
Article: "Russia Spending $22M Per Day on Military Recruitment – Analysis" by Moscow Times.
Article: "Russian economy faces near-zero growth by end of 2025 as war-driven momentum fades, central bank warns" by Tim Zadorozhnyy.
Article: "The economics of death: Why Russians from poor regions sign up for war in huge numbers" by James Kilner.
Article: "'Next time in Moscow?': Five takeaways after Trump and Putin's Alaska summit" by Laura Gozzi.
Article: "Situation in Crimea is becoming dire" by Poetat13thAve.
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: Russian space agency on the financial ropes" by quaoar.
Article: "Ukraine Invasion Day 1,283: RU campaign to destroy UKR energy infrastructure continues" by annieli.
Law: "Pension Protection Act of 2006".
Law: "Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001" (Saver's Credit).
Article: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Obamacare) (ACA) by Wikipedia.
Law: "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Higher Education Act of 1965".
Law: "Butch Lewis Act (2021)".
Events: Sep 1: "Workers over Billionaires".
Site: 50501.
Site: "Indivisible".
Book: JFK to 911 Everything Is A Rich Man's Trick by Francis Richard Conolly.
STUDY: Billionaires pay lower tax rate than rest of Americans...
Article: "Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the rest of America's taxpayers, new study" by Aimee Picchi.
Trump is fuming after losing a battle to gerrymander Utah...
Article: "'Outraged!' Trump fumes after gerrymander effort dealt a court blow" by Daniel Hampton.
Site: "The Big List of Protests".
Article: "The Mineral Wars - How Ukraine's Critical Minerals Will Fuel Future Geopolitical Rivalries" by Robert Muggah, Rafal Rohozinski .
Article: "Artificial Intelligence: Big Tech's Big Threat to Our Water and Climate" by Ben Murray, Mia DiFelice.
Article: "U.S. sends 8 warships south on anti-cartel mission, unsettling Venezuela" by Tara Copp, Samantha Schmidt, Ana Vanessa Herrero.
Article: "Massie, Khanna bringing Epstein survivors to Capitol" (Sept. 3) by Emily Brooks.
Article: "Trump's Intel deal is a threat to US economic liberty" by Michael Strain.
Article: "Trump administration is investing in US rare earths in a push to break China's grip" by Josh Funk, Didi Tang.
Article: "Litigation with China's Ganfeng halts lithium mining in Sonora, Mexico" by Bnamericas.
Article: "Republican Senator Issues Warning as Leaders Depart RFK Jr.'s CDC" by Andrew Stanton.
Article: "Bushido" (Japanese honour code) by Wikipedia.
Article: "CDC officials resign en masse over RFK Jr's policies they warn will lead to deaths of children and vulnerable adults" by Alex Woodward.
Article: "Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump's crime claims" by Sophia Tareen.
Article: "Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent" by Alan Feuer, Devlin Barrett and William K. Rashbaum.
Article: "Border Patrol arrests two firefighters while they were fighting Washington's biggest wildfire" by Celina Tebor.
Article: "Kari's Law & RAY BAUM's Act" by 911.gov.
Hour Three: Who will Trump drown next?
- 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: "Trump plans on 'phasing out' Fema disaster agency after hurricane season" by Reuters.
Article: "FEMA staffers 'sound the alarm' 20 years after Katrina" by Andres Picon.
Article: "The FEMA Katrina Declaration" by 191 FEMA staff.
Article: "FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump" by Maxine Joselow.
Article: "Hurricane Katrina" by Wikipedia.
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: "No One Else is Coming: From Hurricane Katrina to Villa Park, Illinois" by Kevin Patrick.
Video: All Washed Away.
Article: "All Washed Away: Trump drowns FEMA—Palast investigates" by Greg Palast.
Article: "FEMA Chief Reportedly Told Staff He Was Unaware There's a Hurricane Season" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "'Lives are at stake:' Deadly Texas storms put spotlight on Trump's weather agency cuts" by Kayla Epstein.
Article: "July 2025 Central Texas floods" by Wikipedia.
Article: "James Lee Witt" by Wikipedia.
Site: IEM International, Inc (formerly Innovative Emergency Planning).
Article: "East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment" by Wikipedia.
Article: "10 Big Medicare Changes in 2026: Higher Premiums, Drug Price Drops, and Looming Program Cuts" by Jeanine Skowronski.
Article: "How New Federal Legislation Will Affect Health Care Costs and Access for Americans" by Aliza Rosen.
In TN a women was denied prenatal care for being unmarried and it's legal..wow. Is this pro-life?
Article: "A Woman Says She Was Denied Prenatal Care For Being Unmarried Under a New Tennessee Law. Here's What to Know About It" by Chantelle Lee.
Book: Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim.
Video: Lauren Bacall Debates Gun Control In America | The Dick Cavett Show.
Article: "Detroit To Use Metal Detectors" by Education Week.
Article: "Trump Reportedly Offering Putin Natural Resources Off Alaska Sparks Fury" by Brendan Cole.
Article: "Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Emmett Till", 1955 by Wikipedia.