Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 22 October, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting taking your calls
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Current Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus.) @pocan.house.gov @repmarkpocan
Article: “Arizona sues Mike Johnson to force swearing-in of Democrat who could sway Epstein vote“ by Rachel Leingang.
Article: “Jeff Merkley is (still) holding the Senate Floor right now, talking about Trump’s authoritarianism“ by annieli.
Article: “Democratic Sen. Merkley of Oregon stages marathon speech to protest Trump amid shutdown“ by Mary Clare Jalonick.
Article: “Madison’s Pocan travels through 3rd District for town hall sessions, where Rep. Van Orden has not had meetings“ by Brad Williams.
Article: “Was Rep. Tony Gonzales Having an Affair With Aide Regina Santos-Aviles Before Her Tragic Death?“ by Susan Stein.
Article: “As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it’s ‘no way for a great nation like America to run its finances’“ by Nick Lichtenberg.
Article: “U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage“ by Hiranmayi Srinivasan.
Article: “Is the Second Republican Great Depression Knocking at America’s Door?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Post: “Trump’s construction of the Epstein Ballroom continues today. Can only imagine he’ll be renting it out for many junior proms.“ by The Lincoln Project.
Article: “Eric Adams drops out of New York City mayoral race“ by Robert Mackey.
Article: “The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant“ by Tom Moore.
Bill: “H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021“ by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: “WATCH: Blind man dragged by federal agents into Oregon ICE facility“ by Ariel Salk.
Article: “2025 California Proposition 50“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why Democrats can’t match Trump’s gerrymander push“ by Natalie Fertig.
Article: “Universal health care by country“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion“ by Rob Wile.
Article: “United States Agency for International Development“ ($23 billion a year) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Farmers struggle under Trump’s tariffs. But he has a plan ... to save Argentina.“ by Reuters.
Article: “Leaked texts on Scott Bessent’s phone suggest the White House got played bailing out Argentina—and U.S. soybean farmers are the casualties“ by Sasha Rogelberg.
Article: “Zohran Mamdani“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Trump: Is He the Thief in the Ballroom?
Article: “Trump: Is He the Thief in the Ballroom?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Will Trump’s Fear Factory be his Greatest Weapon or His Ultimate Undoing?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “December 3, 1888: Fourth Annual Message“ (iron heel) by Grover Cleveland.
Article: “Exclusive: Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing is nearly complete“ by Chris Geidner.
Article: “Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke“ by Jonathan Chait.
Article: “An Ever-Changing White House“ by Stewart McLaurin.
Article: “Smedley Butler and the 1930s Plot to Overthrow the President“ by ystrdysamerica.
Book: “They Thought They Were Free“ by Milton Mayer. “First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise...“
Article: “National Trust Letter Regarding Proposed Construction of the White House Ballroom“ by National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Tweet: “Trump hosted a dinner last week for White House ballroom donors. Then he went to Mar-a-Lago for a $1 million-per-person dinner benefiting his super PAC. Last night, he treated big GOP donors to dinner on his new White House patio. The government has been shut down for 22 days.“ by Robert Reich.
Article: “The Economic Bill of Rights“ by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Article: “Wadsworth Center History“ (New York City, diphtheria antitoxin) by Wadsworth Center.
Article: “Origins and Formative Years“ by CUNY.
Article: “I know it when I see it“(Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, obscenity) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump ends aid to Colombia and calls country’s leader a ‘drug leader’“ by Ana Faguy and Kathryn Armstrong.
Is Putin telling Trump to start a war with Venezuela?
Article: “‘Turning point’: Trump warned he’s about to get America immersed in a new war“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “Here’s what the US military has positioned as Trump pressures Venezuela “ by Natasha Bertrand Natasha Bertrand, Avery Schmitz.
Article: “Venezuela“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Children among six killed in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attack“ by Peter Beaumont.
Article: “Ukraine“ by Wikipedia.
Crazy Alert! Gavin Poops back on Trump - we have the video!
Post: “Response to King Donald shitting on Americans. [video]” by Gavin Rocks!.
CNN at stake? What will happen to the news? If it’s all bought up by American oligarchs- does it die? Or does it convert?
Article: “CNN’s future at stake as owner Warner Bros. Discovery seeks sale“ by Scott Nover.
Article: “Warner Bros. Discovery Is for Sale After All, as “Multiple Parties” Circle“ by Tony Maglio.
Article: “CBS News confirms anti-woke star Bari Weiss is new editor-in-chief and that she’ll host debate show“ by Laura Parnaby.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Putin and Maduro Sign Strategic Partnership Treaty in Moscow“ by The Moscow Times.
Article: “Status Of Venezuela’s Air Defense Capabilities“ by Thomas Newdick.
Article: “TASS“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump hesitant about giving Tomahawks to Ukraine, saying ‘hopefully they won’t need it’ – as it happened“ by Maya Yang, Tom Ambrose and Sarah Haque.
Book: Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Giuffre.
Article: “Virginia Giuffre raped by ‘well-known Prime Minister,’ US version of posthumous memoir claims “ by Christian Edwards, Lauren Said-Moorhouse.
Article: “Jack Bergman faces Callie Barr in Michigan 1st Congressional District election “ by Lauren Gibbons.
Article: “White House reconstruction“ by Dr. Drang.
Site: Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
Hour Three: We cannot allow Trump to go after his enemies - there is more coming....
Article: “BREAKING: Another Trump Enemy Now in Legal Crosshairs After Criminal Referral From Congress“ (John Brennan) by Sean James.
Article: “Some Trump critics fear they could be the president’s next target for prosecution“ by Peter Nicholas and Natasha Korecki.
Article: “Ohio State University abuse scandal“ (Jim Jordan) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The New Colossus“ by Emma Lazarus.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How has Taiwan navigated the pandemic?“ by Tsung-Mei Cheng,.
Article: “Public policy and health in the Trump era“ by Prof Steffie Woolhandler et al.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“, article 3 section 2. “... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make....”
Article: “The Traitor’s Ballroom is going to have to be demolished“ by scott3460.
Article: “What we know about White House plans for an ‘Arc de Trump’“ by Nardine Saad and Kwasi Gyamfi Asied.
Article: “Hyatt Grand Central New York“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead“ by Stefan Koldehoff, Tobias Timm.
Article: “Speaker of the United States House of Representatives“ by Wikipedia.