Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 27 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Forget Law and Order — Trump's Troop Deployments Are Dress Rehearsals for Nullifying Your Vote
Article: "Forget Law and Order — Trump's Troop Deployments Are Dress Rehearsals for Nullifying Your Vote" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "More than Just the Final Straw: Stolen Elections as Revolutionary Triggers" by Mark R. Thompson and Philipp Kuntz.
Article: "2006 protests in Hungary" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2 years after dictator Lukashenko stole the election, Belarus is a grim place" by Maria Yeryoma.
Article: "Russians protest against election fraud (Snow Revolution), 2011-2012" by Global Nonviolent Action Database.
Article: "Pollinator Week 2021 - Governor Contacts" by Pollinator.
Article: "'Maybe We Like a Dictator': Trump Suggests Many Americans Would Prefer Autocracy" by Chad de Guzman.
Article: "Clashes in Mozambique as opposition protests election 'fraud'" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Thousands protest in Serbia alleging election fraud by governing party" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Pennsylvania Fair Elections" by Election Integrity Network.
Article: "Billions voted in 2024, but Electoral Integrity Project exposes cracks in global democracy" by Election Integrity Project.
Article: "How to Defend the Vote from Authoritarians" by Giorgi Meladze and Srdja Popovic.
Article: "The Story of 2019: Protests in Every Corner of the Globe" by Robin Wright.
Article: "How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud" by Miles Parks.
Article: "Trump's Stunning Power Grab on Elections" by Barton Gellman.
Article: "Trump Orders Major Expansion of National Guard's Role in Law Enforcement" by John Ismay, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt.
Article: "Heather Honey" by Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.
Article: "She Pushed to Overturn Trump's Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She'll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security." by Doug Bock Clark.
Article: "Venezuelans protest as observers say presidential vote undemocratic" by Deisy Buitrago and Mayela Armas.
Article: "'They Stole Your Vote,' Georgian President Says, As Tens Of Thousands Rally To Protest Elections" by RFE/RL.
Article: "Putin's New National Guard" by Margarete Klein.
Article: "Trump installs czar to oversee U.S. elections" by Miles Taylor.
Article: "'PA Fair Elections,' tied to powerful conservative groups, pushes to remove people from voter rolls" by Brett Sholtis.
Article: "10 World-Changing Protests You Should Know About" by Andrew Firmin.
Tweet: "Today's Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military "quick reaction force" and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I've seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention? [clips from order]" by Alec Karakatsanis.
Article: "Multiple victims in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting and suspect reportedly dead" by Guardian.
Article: "Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects " by Ethan Cohen, Jeff Zeleny.
Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Watergate Seven" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.
Article: "Democrats break GOP supermajority in Iowa Senate by flipping Republican seat in special election" by Zoë Richards.
Article: "What, Exactly, Was That Cabinet Meeting?" by Katie Rogers.
New Fascist Threats...Trump says "Have the right to do anything I want" and here's what he wants today...
Article: "Trump Declares, 'I Have the Right To Do Anything I Want' Because 'I'm the President'" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLU.
Article: "JD Vance heckled on trip to Shake Shack at Union Station in Washington" by Sky News.
Article: "Trump administration to take over D.C.'s Union Station" by April Rubin.
Article: "Trump rages over 'sick rumor' in overnight threat to investigate: 'I'll be finding out!'" by Tom Boggioni.
Article: "'We're watching you!' Trump threatens George Soros with new RICO investigation" by Tom Boggioni.
Tweet: "Taxpayers expect their dollars to fund safe streets, not rainbow crosswalks. Political banners have no place on public roads. I'm reminding recipients of @USDOT roadway funding that it's limited to features advancing safety, and nothing else. It's that simple. [letter]" by Secretary Sean Duffy.
Tweet: "Transportation @SecDuffy sends a letter to all 50 states (plus DC & Puerto Rico) urging them to prioritize safety over political statements. LGBTQ crosswalks must go, the letter says. Yes, there are dozens of rainbow crosswalks [link]" by Tyler O'Neil.
Article: "Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors" by Erin Reed.
Article: "Pulse nightclub shooting" by Wikipedia.
California GOP leader proposes drastic 'two state solution' over redistricting battle
Article: "California GOP leader proposes drastic 'two state solution' over redistricting battle" by Matthew Chapman.
Law: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..
Article: "NRA acted as 'foreign asset' to Russia before 2016 election, says Senate report" by Adam Gabbatt.
Article: "Frank Capone" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump Dons 'Right About Everything' Hat on Tacky Gift Shop Stop" by Emell Derra Adolphus.
Article: "Propaganda in Fascist Italy" - "Il Duce ha sempre ragione" (The Duce (Mussolini) is always right) by Wikipedia.
Law: "Enabling Act of 1933"(Germany).
Video: 'Unbought, unbossed, unafraid:' Rep. Al Green speaks after being censured.
Article: "GOP Reps. Greene, Boebert heckle Biden throughout State of the Union address" by Allan Smith.
Article: "Nazi gun control argument" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: JB Pritzker just punched Trump in the face!
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Article: "JB Pritzker just punched Trump in the face!" by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: "Donald Trump repeats controversial 'You won't have to vote any more' claim" by Anna Betts.
Article: "Ghislaine Maxwell just made Trump look even more guilty" by Dean Obeidallah.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Video: Ohio Dem torches Trump and JD Vance for 'running from' their 'big, ugly bill' (Ohio Democratic Congresswoman Emilia Sykes joins MSNBC's Ali Velshi).
Article: "What was Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of and what happens next?" by Maya Yang.
Article: "GOP Governors in 19 States Mobilize National Guard to Assist ICE" by Democracy Now!
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Now we know how Chinese president Xi turned Trump over his knee and spanked him to get 600,000 Chinese students in the US universities
Article: "China has laid a rare earths trap for the west" by Gideon Rachman.
Article: "Liberation Day tariffs" by Wikipedia.
Lev Parnas lays out Trump's ole in bringing Ukraine to Its knees
Article: "The Winter Trap: Putin's War Plan and Trump's Role in Bringing Ukraine to Its Knees" by Lev Parnas.
Article: "Is the Russian Economy on the Brink of Collapse? A New Report Says Yes" by Reuben Johnson.
Article: "Newsom trolls Trump once again with MAGA-style merch, Bibles" by Avery Lotz.
Article: "1989 Tiananmen Square protests" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Denmark summons US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence campaign" by Miranda Bryant.
Article: "List of blood donation agencies in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Surprising Benefits of Donating Blood" by Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Hour Three: Has the Supreme Court ruined America? What can be done?
Article: "'Significant blame': NYT editorial blasts Supreme Court for enabling Trump's power grab" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Where's Your Evidence, Mr. President?" by NY Times.
Book: "The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot" by Russell Kirk.
Is the new "unwoke" for women to submit to your husband and focus on having lots of babies?
Article: "'Submit to your husband': Charlie Kirk unleashes sexist rant over Taylor Swift engagement" by David Edwards.
Article: "CNN's Scott Jennings says Taylor Swift's 'greatest contribution' would be 'lots of babies'" by Matthew Chapman.
Article: "Katie Johnson/Jane Doe" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Lolita Express" by Wikipedia.
Book: "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov.
Podcast: "EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Epstein Allegation Trump's Fixer Tried to Shut Down" (w/ Michael Cohen) by Tara Palmeri.
Article: "Uvalde school shooting" (May 24, 2022) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Coup d'état" by Wikipedia.
Book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.
Article: "Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are 'wreaking havoc'" by Whitney Bauck.
Article: "Did Elon Musk's DOGE copy the entire Social Security database to an insecure cloud system? A whistleblower says it did." by Matt Binder.
Article: "Jill Stein" by Wikipedia.
Article: "1968 Democratic National Convention protests" by Wikipedia.