Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 2 September, 2025

Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show

Tuesday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: Trump's America: The Birth of a Personalist Dictatorship
Article: "Trump's America: The Birth of a Personalist Dictatorship" by Thom Hartmann.
Law: "Declaration of Independence: A Transcription" by .
Article: "What If He Dies?: From Caesar to Augustus" by Jim Stewartson.
Book: On Sovereignty : Six Books Of The Commonwealth by Bodin.
Book: Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy by Carl J. Friedrich (Author), Zbigniew K. Brzezinski.
Tweet: "HAPPY LABOR DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT IS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY WITH A SICK WARPED RADICAL MIND, KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH CRAZY TARIFFS, TAKING HEALTH CARE FROM CHILDREN, PARDONING J6 THUGS, SENDING THE "PRIVATE ARMY" TO ARREST GRANDMA, WRECKING OUR BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT, DEFUNDING OUR SCHOOLS, AND DESTABILIZING LONG-STANDING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL. BUT FEAR NOT, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN RECENT WEEKS, AND AMERICA WILL SOON BE SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! AGAIN, HAPPY LABOR DAY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA! — GCN" by Governor Newsom Press Office.

Article: "Massie, Khanna bringing Epstein survivors to Capitol" (Sept. 3) by Emily Brooks.
Petition: "Blackout The System 2025".
Quote: "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy" - Edwin Edwards.
Article: "35 Bill Cosby Accusers Photographed and Interviewed for Powerful New York Magazine Cover" by Kia Makarechi.
Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript - read the full sexist exchange here" (access hollywood tape) by Melanie Ehrenkranz.
Site: "Discharge Petitions".
Article: "BREAKING: Judge Breyer holds that the Trump admin *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in LA" by In It to Win It.
Tweet: "#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12: " by Steve Vladeck.
Case: "Newsom v. Trump".

MAHA Madness: Bob Kennedy's Cruel New Gospel of "Fitness"
Article: "MAHA Madness: Bob Kennedy's Cruel New Gospel of 'Fitness'"" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Ex-CDC Official Sounds Alarm on Major RFK Jr. 'Red Flag'" by Josh Fiallo.
Letter: "Alexandria Poor Relief Committee to George Washington, 30 April 1799", 30th April 1799.
Site: "Riane Eisler".
Book: The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin.
Law: "The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription".
Site: "David Loye".
Article: "How does U.S. life expectancy compare to other countries?" by Shameek Rakshit and Matthew McGough.
Article: "'Death toll will be unimaginable': Trump appointee called 'serial killer' after new move" by Alexander Willis.
Article: "RFK Jr. Shares Deeply Weird Way He Knows Kids Are Unhealthy" by Julia Ornedo.
Article: "Trump Axed CDC Boss After Daily Beast COVID Vaccine Bombshell" by Tom Latchem.
Article: ""This is unacceptable": Former CDC directors condemn RFK's upheaval" by April Rubin.

These questions need to be answered. Where were the children and why were we kept in the dark?
Article: "The Questions No One Wants to Answer: Where Were the Children, and Why Were We Kept in the Dark?" by davd 113.

Article: "Mustafa Kemal Atatürk" by Wikipedia.
Article: "China, Russia pledge new global order at Shanghai Cooperation summit" by Al Jazeera.
Site: Guardian.
Site: Raw Story.
Site: Daily Kos.
Site: Democratic Underground.
Site: Blue Sky.
Site: Common Dreams.
Site: The New Republic.
Site: New York Times.
Site: Washington Post.
Site: Financial Times.
Article: "US Secret Ops in Greenland: EU Denies Denmark Security Guarantees" by Lyuba Lulko.
Article: "EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming" by Maia Davies & Will Vernon.
Article: "UK and Japan to accelerate new fighter jet project" by Craig Langford.
Article: "Japan to deploy F-15s to UK in historic first" by George Allison.
Article: "China set to unveil 'most powerful laser air defence system in the world' at Beijing military parade that could shoot down drones for as little as £10 per shot" by Tom Midlane.

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Hour Two: What do you know about the Epstein and Trump connection that involves young women or girls?
- Craig Unger, Journalist & author of six books on the Republican Party's assault on democracy, including "House of Bush, House of Saud", "House of Trump, House of Putin" and "American Kompromat" @craigunger.bsky.social
Article: "Share and Share Alike" (Anna Malova, Anouska De Georgiou) by Craig Unger.
Article: "From Russia(to Jeffrey), with Love" (Svetlana Pozhidaeva) by Craig Unger.
Article: "From Russia(to Jeffrey), With Love, Part II" (Masha Drokova) by Craig Unger.
Article: "How Russian Money Helped Save Trump's Business" by Michael Hirsh.
Article: "Trump's oldest son said a decade ago that a lot of the family's assets came from Russia" by Brennan Weiss.
Article: "Donald Trump, now a Russian intelligence target, opens the Grand Hyatt hotel" by Trump File.
Article: "Christopher Steele" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What You Need to Know About the Trump 'Pee Pee' Tape" by VICE.
Article: "Once a Sheriff's Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia" (John Mark Dougan) by Steven Lee Myers.
Article: "Pavel Borodin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jeffrey Epstein Rumored Mossad Connection Explained" by Nick Mordowanec.
Article: "It Sure Looks Like Jeffrey Epstein Was a Spy—But Whose?" by John R. Schindler.
Article: "Ehud Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times, flew on private plane — report" by ToI Staff and JTA.

Do we need another blue state to step up and balance redistricting?
Article: "Missouri governor calls special session to redraw congressional maps to aid Republicans" by Maanvi Singh.

Conservatives need vaccines too...
Article: "Conservative Radio Star Erick Erickson Reveals Cancer-Stricken Wife Can't Get Covid Vaccine Because of RFK JR" by Isaac Schorr.


Article: "Ford Throws Shade At Rivals In 'If They Were Like Us' Ad: Video" by Brett Foote.
Article: "Jeep Highlights Patriotism and 2025 Wrangler 4xe in Super Bowl Ad" by Mary Conway.
Article: "Stellantis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dodge" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ford Motor Company" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Budweiser" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Rise of Italian Fascism: A Cross-City Quantitative and Historical Text Qualitative Analysis" by Gregori Galofré-Vilà, Martin McKee, María Gómez-León, David Stuckler.
Quote: "A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before" - Frank Rizzo.
Article: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sawed the Head Off a Whale and Drove It Home, Daughter Says" by Rebecca Davis O'Brien.

Article: "Plassenburg" (castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria) by Wikipedia.
Article: "What are the German roots of the British royal family? Their heritage explained" by Deutsche Welle.
Article: "List of mass shootings in the United States in 2025" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What we know about Minnesota school shooting suspect Robin Westman" by Megan Forrester.
Article: "Full List of Major Cities With Higher Murder Rates Than Chicago" by Andrew Stanton.
Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: The Day Will Come When Parents Show Their Dead Children to America — and Nothing Will Ever Be the Same
Article: "The Day Will Come When Parents Show Their Dead Children to America — and Nothing Will Ever Be the Same " by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.
Site: Mass Shooting Tracker.
Article: "Why Obama Cries Over Gun Control" by Maya Rhodan.
Article: "Columbine Students Are Asking: Will Sharing Photos of the Dead Change Our History of Violence?" by Fred Ritchin.
Hashtag: "#MyLastShot".
Article: "U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons" by Jonathan Masters.
Article: "President Biden Commends JET for Historic Emmett Till Coverage at White House Screening of 'Till'" by Team EBONY.
Article: "Taking a Look Back at Emmett Till's Brutal Murder on the Anniversary of the 'Historic' JET Cover" by Team EBONY.
Article: "Why 'Till' Is a Must See" by Ronda Penrice.
Article: "NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals" by Tim Mak.
Article: "A 'devastated' Biden addressed the Boulder shooting before leaving for Ohio." by Glenn Thrush.
Article: "Jen Psaki Breaks Down in Tears Live On Air Over Minneapolis Shooting" by Catherine Bouris.
Article: "My picture led to end of the Vietnam war: 'Napalm Girl' photographer Nick Ut tells TNM" by Saritha S Balan.
Article: "Gun Rights Under President Ronald Reagan" by Ben Garrett.
Article: "No one needs an AR-15 — or any gun tailor-made for mass shootings" by Washington Post.
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.
Law: "Firearm Owners Protection Act" (FOPA), 1986.
Article: "Mothers Against Drunk Driving" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Minneapolis school shooting: what we know so far at a glance" by Maya Yang.

Modi joins hands with Xi and Putin in message to Trump
Article: "Modi joins hands with Xi and Putin in message to Trump" by Dave Lawler.
Article: "Trump's white-knuckling with India could backfire" by Washington Post.

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained" by Lauren Carroll.
Article: "Trump directs Treasury to stop making pennies" by Alex Gangitano.
Site: "Velshi".
Article: "Trump plans to move Space Command to Alabama, countering Biden order to keep it in Colorado" by Diana Stancy.
Article: "Vance, in exclusive interview, says he's ready to be president while hailing Trump's health" by Francesca Chambers, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.
Article: "Oregon Surplus ("Kicker")" by Oregon Department of Revenue.
Article: "Income inequality in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Site: 'No more': Protesters hit Capitol Hill as Congress returns.
Article: "Cliff Cash" by Wikipedia.
Site: Impeach Trump Again.
Article: "Bernie Sanders breaks with Democrats and endorses popular oyster farmer running against Susan Collins" by Mike Bedigan.
Article: "Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'" by Jason Ma.
Article: "US losing out on China soybean sales as Brazil fills key supply period" by Naveen Thukral and Ella Cao.
Article: "United States farm bill" by Wikipedia.
Site: "Project 2025".
Quote: "Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with justice and it seems I can hear God saying to America "you are too arrogant, and if you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power..." - Martin Luther King, Jr..