Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 16 July, 2025

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

Wednesday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: How Norway Became Freer Than America
Article: "How Norway Became Freer Than America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "I Know What You Did Last Summer: Tales from the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket" by Zack Ford.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trade Unions in Norway" by Kristin Alsos, Kristine Nergaard.
Article: "Norway's petroleum history" by Norway.
Article: "Energy in Norway" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Video: Trump and Melania Kiss: A Comedic Alien Encounter.
Article: "Syrians in Norway" by Wikipedia.
Article: "REDMAP" (Republican gerrymandering tool) by Wikipedia.

Could Trump be trying to encourage World War to distract from Epstein?
Article: "Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, say people briefed on call" by Christopher Miller, Henry Foy, Max Seddon, Lauren Fedor.
Article: "Trump says US attorney general should release any 'credible' information on Epstein" by Nadine Yousif.
Article: "Maggie Haberman Reports Trump Administration Is 'Discussing' Release of More Epstein Files – But Adds a Caveat" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "'Big lie to my face': Shock poll finds crucial Trump voting bloc abandoning him" by Travis Gettys.

Crazy Alert! You just can't make this up - Matt Getz has been suggested to lead a Jeffery Epstein Special Council - Wow.
Article: "Lauren Boebert Backs Matt Gaetz to Lead Jeffrey Epstein Special Counsel: 'I Want Answers'" by Charlie Nash.
Article: "Matt Gaetz, former Trump AG pick, had sex with underage girl while in Congress, House Ethics report says" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Five States in Talks for Detention Centers Like 'Alligator Alcatraz'—Noem" by Mandy Taheri.
Article: "Immigration detention in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Site: Election Truth Alliance (Youtube).
Article: "Circle K" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Allemannsretten - the freedom to roam in Norway" by Tromsø Outdoor.
Article: "New poll delivers troubling signs for Democrats" by Amie Parnes.
Article: "Zohran Mamdani" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: DOJ is hitting states with requests for voter rolls and election data - are they studying how to steal more votes?
Article: "DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data" by Patrick Marley, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez.
Article: "Newsom Hits Back At Trump's Call For Texas Redistricting — With Threat That California Dems Will Do Same" by Alex Griffing.

Event: "On July 17th, March in Peace. Act in Power: Good Trouble Lives On".
Site: Paradisos del Sol Winery and Organic Vineyard.
Article: "Jeffrey Epstein" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Americans are broadly dissatisfied with how much Epstein info the government has released, CNN poll finds" by Jennifer Agiesta.
Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.
Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The story behind the iconic 'Tank Man' photo" by Kyle Almond.
Article: "Ivana Trump's Grave At Trump's Bedminster Golf Course Is Overgrown With Weeds" by Alex Nguyen.
Image: "Trump, Knauss, Epstein, & Maxwell At Mar-A-Lago" by Davidoff Studios.

Is Trump Firing Jerome Powell?
Article: "Trump denies that he plans to fire Powell: 'Highly unlikely'" by Jeff Cox.

Article: "US consumer prices rise in June as tariff pass-through begins" by Lucia Mutikani.
Article: "1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "Superman (2025 film)".
TV: "Doctor Who" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power To ..."

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Hour Three: Congress is voting on the Rescission Bill today...what it means...
Article: "Rescission Package Would Sabotage Recent Funding Deal, Cripple Future Ones" by Jacob Leibenluft.
Article: "Watch Live: Senate considers Trump's request to cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending" by Kevin Freking.

Article: "No proof Donald Trump made settlements to 10- to 13-year-olds for child sex crimes " by Loreben Tuquero.
Article: "Ivana Trump's funeral held in New York City" by BBC.
Article: "The real reason Trump's so publicly frustrated with Putin" by Nicholas Grossman.

Geeky Science. But what if trauma is not a curse? What if it's a doorway?
Article: "Wisdom in the Wound: Why Personal Trauma Is the Gateway to Collective Healing" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Murder, Inc." by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy. What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide?" by Mark Muro, Eli Byerly-Duke, Yang You, and Robert Maxim.
Article: "To fight Trump's funding freezes, states propose a new gambit: Withholding federal payments" by Adam Edelman.
Article: "Samuel Chase" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Manosphere" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joe Rogan" by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama by Lord Raglan.
Article: "Hannah Arendt" by Wikipedia.
Article: "protean" by Merriam-Webster.
Book: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer.