Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 23 July, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Oligarchs, Outlaws & the End of Journalism: Reagan's Real Legacy in Trump's GOP
Article: "Oligarchs, Outlaws & the End of Journalism: Reagan's Real Legacy in Trump's GOP" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Billionaire Larry Ellison Makes His Largest Political Donation On Record" by Michela Tindera.
Article: "Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script" by Jacey Fortin and Jonah Engel Bromwich.
Article: "TV / Movies / Music Lobbying: Annual lobbying totals, 1998-2024" by Open Secrets.
Article: "Communications/Electronics Lobbying: Annual lobbying totals, 1998-2024" by Open Secrets.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Case: "Brown Shoe Co. v. United States" (1962).
Is Trump "in danger of coming undone?"
Article: "'In danger of coming undone': Analyst says Epstein crisis exposed 2 key problems for Trump" by Carl Gibson.
Article: "MAGA loses it as death of Epstein lawyer triggers fresh spiral: 'All died under Trump!'" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "'Disaster, terrible, awful, horrible': CNN's data guru declares Trump in 'ton of trouble'" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Oath Keepers Founder Pardoned By Trump Warns Of 'Trouble' Over Lack Of Epstein Files" by Sebastian Murdock.
Article: "KNKX" by Wikipedia.
Article: "KUOW-FM" by Wikipedia.
Article: "KBCS" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hunt for Father Accused of Killing 3 Daughters Expands in Washington Forest" by Alyce McFadden.
Article: "A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps" by Ryan J. Foley, Christopher L. Keller, Sean Murphy, And Jim Mustian.
Article: "FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from a 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals".
Article: "Trump administration in talks to meet with jailed Ghislaine Maxwell over Epstein files" by Kelly Rissman.
Article: "Musk out, Bezos in as President Trump remakes space defense" by Steve Symington.
Article: "YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others" by Zach Vallese.
Site: Hold the Line (Dem).
Site: Hold the Line (GOP).
Article: "Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has ties to Michigan's Interlochen arts school" by Julie Hinds.
Article: "Drumpf" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Standing strong: WMNF and our incredible community" by WMNF.
Site: OPB.
Video: 1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan).
Hour Two: Why is Paul Manafort in Albania?
- Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter / co-host of the "Radicalized Truth Survives" podcast / subscribe to her substack at bettedangerous.com @Heidi_Cuda
Article: "Paul Manafort In Albania — Because America Is Really Bad At Dealing With Treason" by Heidi Siegmund Cuda.
Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.
Site: Byline Festival.
Substack: "Carole Cadwalladr".
Audio: Christopher Steele: Mistrusting Trump and the USA.
Site: BylineTV.
Article: "What the Mueller Report Tells Us About Russian Influence Operations" by Alina Polyakova.
Article: "Steele dossier" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's spy chief claims the Obama administration 'manufactured' intel on Russia" by Jenna McLaughlin.
Article: "Donald Trump Touts 'Record' Polls Following Epstein Files Controversy" (89% GOP approve of Trump, 5% dems, 42% overall) by Hollie Silverman and Mandy Taheri.
Article: "Information warfare" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Remembering the auction that pitted Trump against Jeffrey Epstein for a Palm Beach estate" by Darrell Hofheinz.
Article: "Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries" by Matthew Daly.
Article: "The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July" by Jude Joffe-Block.
Article: "FBI agents were told to 'flag' any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says" by Dan Mangan.
Article: "State Dept. Official Says Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Visa Revocations" by Zach Montague.
Law: "First Amendment". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".
Article: "Gabbard says declassified report 'exposes' Obama administration" by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: "He came to the U.S. to support his sick child. Then he disappeared from a Texas detention facility." by Melissa Sanchez et al.
Article: "Investigating claims Kerr County rejected Biden admin's $10M offer to improve flood warning systems" by Rae Deng.
Article: "Karoline Leavitt Addresses Concerns About Trump's Health After Viral Photo Of His Bruised Hand" by Isaac Schorr.
Article: "JD Vance Visited the Murdochs Right Before the WSJ Dropped Trump's Letter to Epstein" by Charles P. Pierce.
Article: "The dollar's value has declined by 10% this year. What's going on?" by Mitchell Hartman.
Article: "Baby of brain-dead woman delivered in Georgia, woman's mother says" by Madeline Halpert.
Article: "Concerns grow in Norristown, Pennsylvania, after ICE arrests 14 undocumented immigrants at supermarket" by Raymond Strickland, Ed Specht.
Article: "35 charged after drug trafficking groups dismantled in Norristown: DA " by Jessica Yakubovsky.
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ralph Nader" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Debbie Wasserman Schultz" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ivana Trump" by Wikipedia.
Video: Epstein victim Maria Farmer: Ivana Trump was [Ghislaine's] best friend. Donald was always hanging out with Epstein, and Ivana was always hanging out with Ghislaine. We'd ride in the car [with Ghislaine and Ivana]....
Article: "Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down House early amid Jeffrey Epstein drama" by Savannah Kuchar.
Article: "Top DOJ official plans to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell about Epstein case as House panel pursues subpoena" by Melissa Quinn.
Trump Tyranny Tracker
Article: "Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 179" by Olga Lautman.
Hour Three: Are you ready for surveillance pricing?
Article: "Outrage Grows as Delta to Price Tickets Based on What AI Thinks You'll Pay" by Joshua Rhett Miller.
Article: "How will health care change for YOU from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"?" by Rachel Madley.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Article: "Trump Planned Debate 'Stunt', Invited Bill Clinton Accusers to Rattle Hillary" by Andrea Mitchell and Alastair Jamieson.
Article: "Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide" by Sarah Fitzpatrick and Rich Schapiro.
Article: "'We held our ground': LA-area health clinic describes close encounter with immigration agents" by Ana B. Ibarra.
Article: "The DNC owes Bernie Sanders and all Dems an apology" by Brent Budowsky.
Article: "'Good Trouble Lives On': Metro Detroit protesters invoke John Lewis in anti-Trump rallies" by Darcie Moran, Nour Rahal.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: "Democrats' failure on filibuster reform will haunt them" by Li Zhou.
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Act".
Article: "Finnish businessman hit with €121,000 speeding fine" by Jon Henley.
Article: "People's brains aged faster during the COVID pandemic — even the uninfected" by Gemma Conroy.