Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 7 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Will Joe Rogan Become Trump's Fixer-in-Chief?
Article: "Will Joe Rogan Become Trump's Fixer-in-Chief?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "'I am not some pawn in your political warfare:' Epstein victim rips government's handling of files release" by Rachel Dobkin.
Article: ""Bullsh*t": Trump and JD Vance Snap Over Epstein Cover-Up Meeting" by Edith Olmsted.
Article: "Howard Stern's iconic radio show is facing cancelation as his $100M Sirius contract nears its end" by Madeline Sherratt.
Article: "Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter a 'piece of ass'" by Andrew Kaczynski, Chris Massie, and Nate McDermott.
Event: Houston, TX: Aug 9: Thom Hartmann w/Grant Peeples: A KPFT Soiree.
Video: WaPo Is Owned by Billionaires Who Decided Going Right Wing Was Better for Them (w/ Thom Hartmann).
Article: "Redistricting in Texas" by Wikipedia.
Let me get this straight - Americans will pay around 18.3% more for products while manufacturing is not returning & the top 100 big biz owners are raking in an extra $1.2T because of tax cuts. Does this sound fair?
Article: "Trump tariffs live updates: US import taxes hit levels not seen in nearly 100 years" by AP.
Article: "Trump Pledged to Bring Back Manufacturing. The Sector Is Sputtering." by Chao Deng, John Keilman.
Article: "Profits soar to $1.2T for America's top 100 companies as billionaire owners get tax cuts" by Brad Reed.
Crazy Alert! South Park speaks out for Cricket and portrays Noem as a face-melting ICE villain....
Article: "'South Park' Portrays Kristi Noem as a Puppy-Shooting, Face-Melting ICE Villain" by James Hibberd.
FBI to 'assist' Texas in locating 'runaway Democrats': senator
Article: "FBI to 'assist' Texas in locating 'runaway Democrats': senator" by David Edwards.
Podcast: "Hunger in Gaza Reaches 'Tipping Point' as Children Face LIFELONG Impacts of Malnutrition" by John Fugelsang (incl. tariffs, Sydney Sweeney).
Article: "Sex sells for Sydney Sweeney – and so does being a Republican" by Liam Kelly.
Article: "Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News" by Chloe Melas, Courtney Kube and Sarah Fitzpatrick.
Article: "Texas House of Representatives" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jolanda Jones" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ann Johnson (politician)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Paxton investigates O'Rourke-led group over Texas Democrats' funding" by Rebecca Falconer.
Article: "Trump announces Apple's plan to invest $100bn in US manufacturing" by Nick Robins-Early.
Article: "Trump's sweeping new tariffs take effect against dozens of countries" by Osmond Chia.
Article: "China's Hidden Backdoors in the West's Renewable Energy Systems" by Brian Harris.
Article: "Risky Biz News: Hardware backdoors found in Chinese key cards" by Catalin Cimpanu.
Article: "Chinese-made internet video doorbells creating back doors into national security - expert" by GBCC.
Article: "BET Hip Hop Awards and Soul Train Music Awards Have Been 'Suspended' Indefinitely" by Larisha Paul.
Article: "BET" by Wikipedia.
Documentary: Mr. SOUL!.
Article: "Mississippi officials refused to air 'Sesame Street' in 1970 because of multiracial cast" by Jordan Liles.
Article: "Larry Ellison's Dark Vision for OUR Future" by Nick Corbishley.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: "For Putin, Trump Summit Is Key to Securing Ukraine Goals" by Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski.
Article: "Kremlin, sensing advantage, confirms Putin-Trump meeting in coming days" by Robyn Dixon, Catherine Belton, Francesca Ebel.
Article: "Russian attacks on Ukraine double since Trump inauguration" by Matt Murphy & Ned Davies.
Article: "Russia's Online 'Slave Catalog' of Ukrainian Children" by Lauren Wolfe.
Video: Mykola Kuleba & The Trauma of Ukraine's Children On The Edge Episode 1.
Article: "Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies" by George Monbiot.
'Dangerous': Ex-GOP official labels new Trump plan 'obvious attempt at usurping Democracy'
Article: "'Dangerous': Ex-GOP official labels new Trump plan 'obvious attempt at usurping Democracy'" by Travis Gettys.
Racist Alert! Police probe council members citizenship because she is "serving while brown."
Article: "'Simply because I'm brown': Police probe council member's citizenship after anonymous call" by Sherman Smith.
Article: "Aging Spreads Through The Body Like An Infection, And This Protein Could Be To Blame" by StudyFinds.
Article: "BRICS" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.
Book: The Emperor Wears No Clothes: A History of Cannabis/Hemp/Marijuana by Jack Herer.
Article: "The Voting Rights Act is facing the biggest threats in its 60 years" by George Chidi.
Site: Indivisible.
Site: Repairers of the Breach.
Article: "William Barber II" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: NOT MY TYPE: One Woman vs. a President
- E. Jean Carroll, Journalist & Author-5 books, including a biography of Hunter S. Thompson, and The New York Times bestselling book "NOT MY TYPE: One Woman vs. a President". She has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Outside, Vanity Fair, New York and Esquire. She was named one of Time's Most Influential People in the World in 2024. She throws the ball for her dogs at her cabin in the mountains in upstate New York. Bsky: @ejeancarroll.bsky.social Instagram:@ejeancarroll1 X: @ejeancarroll
Cases: "E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump".
Article: "E. Jean Carroll" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Donald Trump Goes on E. Jean Carroll Posting Binge" by James Bickerton.
Article: "Trump abruptly leaves court during closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial" by Victoria Bekiempis.
Article: "'My mission is to make him so angry:' E Jean Carroll reveals plans for her $83m judgement against the president" by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: "Hunter S. Thompson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hunter : Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson" by E. Jean Carroll.
Article: "Arthur Laffer" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Laffer curve" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rep. Nancy Mace said she'd 'debate anyone' at a town hall where opponents were asked to leave" by Julie Tsirkin and Syedah Asghar.
Video: Live: YAF's National Conservative Student Conference - Day 3 - Arthur B. Laffer.
Posts: "I was asked why we Brits dislike Trump. This was my reply: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom..." by Nate White.
Article: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement" by USA Jobs.
Article: "Tesla Takedown" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Koch Industries, Inc. – Company Holdings and Investments" by DeSmog.
Article: "Labor Insurgency in Norway: The Crisis of 1917-1920" by Sten Sparre Nilson.
BSky: "Seth Abramson".
Substack: "Proof" by Seth Abramson.
Article: "conservative" by Merriam-Webster.
Article: "Michael Wolff Says Epstein Showed Him Photos of Trump With Topless Girls at His House" by Shaun King.
Article: "Two national guard soldiers in uniform escorted their mother to her immigration hearing to prevent her from being kidnapped by ICE! This is how we fight back! [video]" by MarchAgainstNazis.
Article: "Andy Stapp" by Wikipedia.