Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 30 September, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Radical Left Violence” Is the New Big Lie — And It’s Deadlier Than You Think
Article: ““Radical Left Violence” Is the New Big Lie — And It’s Deadlier Than You Think“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “FACT FOCUS: Biden administration isn’t banning gas stoves“ by Josh Kelety.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “The Weapon Republicans Pointed at the Heart of Our Democracy in 1964 Still Haunts Us“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Mormon Church Gunman Had Trump Sign Outside His Home“ by Robert McCoy.
Article: “Why Do Illegal Immigrants Have a Low Crime Rate? 12 Possible Explanations“ by Alex Nowrasteh.
Article: “Trump falsely claims Democrats support abortions “after birth.” Here’s a fact check.“ by Laura Doan.
Article: “Democrat Makes Misleading ‘Defund the Police’ Claim“ by D’Angelo Gore.
Article: “Experts Say Proposed Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Rules Not an EPA ‘Ban’ on Gas-Powered Cars“ by D’Angelo Gore.
Article: “Online Posts Misrepresent Biden’s Proposed Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains“ by Saranac Hale Spencer.
Article: “Update on Medicaid Coverage of Gender-Affirming Health Services“ by Ivette Gomez, Usha Ranji, Alina Salganicoff, Lindsey Dawson, Carrie Rosenzweig, Rebecca Kellenberg, and Kathy Gifford.
Article: “Trump Posts Deranged AI Video of Chuck Schumer Calling Democrats ‘Just a Bunch of Woke Pieces of Sh*t’“ by Charlie Nash.
Speech: “Address at a Union Dinner. Washington, D.C. September 23, 1944 “ by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Article: “‘Covering every base’: Analyst warns Trump’s latest order ‘more dangerous than it looks’“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Texas pastor stands ground on “cult” comment about Mormons“ by Judy Wiley.
Article: “US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence“ by Joseph Gedeon.
Article: “Biden’s climate plan doesn’t ban meat. But baseless claims left Republicans fuming: ‘Stay out of my kitchen.’“ by Katie Shepherd.
Article: “Operation Eagle Eye (United States)“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “One Battle After Another“.
Trump & Hegseth: They’re re-awakening the warrior spirit and saying good-bye to woke...
Article: “WATCH: Trump, Hegseth address rare gathering of U.S. military leaders from around the world“ by AP.
Article: “Trump, Hegseth rally troops at rare meeting, rail against “woke” standards“ by Melissa Quinn.
Article: “Trump tells Hegseth to use inner cities as military ‘training grounds’ for war“ by David Edwards.
Article: “Trump says he will fire U.S. military leaders if he doesn’t like them“ by Reuters.
Article: “‘25th Amendment!’ Trump speech met with multiple calls for removal on social media“ by Nicole Charky-Chami.
Last night, President Trump released a grotesque, AI-manufactured video on Truth Social in which Chuck Schumer is made to utter vile, fabricated slurs — calling Democrats “woke pieces of sh*t” — while Hakeem Jeffries is grotesquely caricatured, shown wearing a sombrero and sporting a mustache as mariachi music plays behind him. Has Donald Trump lost his mind? And if he hasn’t, what has he become? Then let’s add that his speech to the top military brass was blasted as unhinged and rambling today. Is it time for the 25th Amendment?
Article: “Trump Posts Deranged AI Video of Chuck Schumer Calling Democrats ‘Just a Bunch of Woke Pieces of Sh*t’“ by Charlie Nash.
Article: “‘25th Amendment!’ Trump speech met with multiple calls for removal on social media“ by Nicole Charky-Chami.
Article: “Bad Bunny To Play 2026 Super Bowl LX Halftime Show: All The Details“ by Jeff Benjamin.
Video: Hegseth addresses senior military at rare meeting.
Article: “ICE in Chicago amid ongoing “Operation Midway Blitz” activity: Live updates“ by CBS Chicago.
Article: “Farmer says ‘we’re in a very dire situation’ ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer“ by Dave Smith.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: “Dark Enlightenment“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries face a big leadership test in the shutdown fight“ by Melanie Zanona.
Article: “Van Hollen to Democrats: “We need to fight for something”“ by Laura Belin.
Article: “Open carry now legal in Florida — here’s where you still can’t bring a gun“ by Scott Sutton.
Event: Oct 18: 9-11: Ocala No Kings 2.0.
Article: “Sturmabteilung“(brown shirts) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Veterans assail Pete Hegseth’s ‘clueless, self-aggrandizing’ leadership after remarks to military officials“ by Alex Woodward.
Site: Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF, Mikey Weinstein).
Hour Two: Is Trump clueless about healthcare cuts, or is being lied to, or is he getting senile?
Article: “TUESDAY: “Health Care Over Billionaires” Rally Will Call on Republicans to Protect Health Care & Keep the Government Open“ by Fair Share America.
Article: “Chuck Schumer And Hakeem Jeffries Stunned Trump During Shutdown Meeting“ by Jason Easley.
Article: “House, Senate pass ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ ahead of memorial service“ by Megan Forrester.
Article: “Proportional representation“ by Wikipedia.
The Trump/GOP is hiding federal data - This is how democracies die — not only with jackboots in the streets, but with the quiet silencing of data, the erasure of evidence, the destruction of our shared baseline of reality. If we let this stand, we are surrendering the tools of truth itself — and with them, the very foundations of self-government.
Article: “Trump-GOP Hiding Federal Data So Nobody Will Know the Depth of the Destruction They Are Sowing“ by Julia Conley.
Article: “10 More Weird Laws in Florida You Probably Don’t Know About“ by Russell Spatz.
Quote: “ We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.“ - Abraham Lincoln,.
Article: “Wife of Man Aboard Venezuelan Ship Bombed by Trump Says Husband Was a Fisher“ by Brett Wilkins.
Video: ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Go Fishing’: Trump Shows No Remorse, Shrugs His Shoulders Over Attack On Venezuelan ‘Drug’ Boat Scaring Away Fishermen.
Article: “United States Senate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Constitution of the United States“ Article 1 Section 3.
Article: “Dem ‘Kingmaker’ Who Lifted Biden To Nom Backs Cuomo“ by Ireland Owens.
Article: “How Trump’s mostly White Cabinet compares with others“ by Washington Post.
Article: “Ernst Röhm“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Night of the Long Knives“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump confirms gay investor and SC native as Treasury Secretary“ (Scott Bessent) by Jonathan Golian.
Hour Three: Weird Alert! Does Mike Johnson have a Grindr profile, and what’s with his expressed hatred of gays (like J. Edgar and Roy Cohn did)?
Article: “BREAKING: A Man Is Threatening To Release Speaker Mike Johnson’s GRINDR Profile And IP Address Unless He Swears-In Adelita Grijalva “By Wednesday!”“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “BREAKING: The Man Threatening To Release Speaker Mike Johnson’s Alleged GRINDR Profile Is Doubling Down“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other’s Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video“ by Daniel Kreps.
Article: “Was Roy Cohn Gay? Was He Homophobic?“ by Sumith Prasad.
Article: “Why do we still honor J. Edgar Hoover’s racist, homophobic legacy?“ by Nicholas Goldberg.
Russians Cry Fraud After Failing to Subvert Moldovan Elections - From false reports of ballot stuffing to vote burning, Kremlin-linked sources claim Moldova’s pro-EU victory was rigged
Article: “Russia Cries Fraud After Failing to Subvert Moldovan Elections“ by NewsGuard’s Reality Check.
Crazy Alert! California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn
Article: “California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn“ by Coral Murphy Marcos.
Article: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has already fired a raft of military leaders, many of them women and people of color, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.“ by Helene Cooper.
Article: “List of United States immigration and nationality laws“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.“ - Hamlet 3.2.228.
Article: “Shadow (psychology)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roy and Silo“ by Wikipedia.
Audio: “The Nature Of Sex, plus, Electric Eels Send Shockwaves Onto Land, Fish Recognise Human Faces, and more - 2016/06/11“ by Quirks and Quarks.
Book: “The Last American President“ by Thom Hartmann.
Event: Wed Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m., Northbrook, Ill.: Thom Hartmann at Max & Benny’s.
Event: Oct 18 5pm: L.A. : A Conversation with Thom Hartmann: Democracy, Justice, and the American Dream.
Article: “Redistricting Wars: Map Shows How Many Seats Could Change Before Midterms“ by Theo Burman.
Article: “Leon Lewis, 81, Radio Talk Host“ by NY Times.
Site: “Velshi“.
BlueSky: “Rachel Maddow“.
Site: Lawrence O’Donnell.
Article: “Sen. John Fetterman opposes shutdown: “It’s wrong any time they shut the government down.”“ by WTAE Pittsburgh.
Article: “Read Trump’s Jan. 6 Speech, A Key Part Of Impeachment Trial“ by Brian Naylor.
Article: “Pres. Trump’s full remarks to military officials [FULL]“ by KMSP.
Article: “Plane reported instrument problem“ (Gov. Mel Carnahan) by Tampa Bay Times.
Article: “Carnahan Crash Report Released“ by AP.
Article: “Paul Wellstone“ by Wikipedia.
Videos: The Scheme: Sheldon’s Court Capture Speeches by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Book: The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court by Sheldon Whitehouse with Jennifer Mueller.