Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 30 July, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Even Big Pharma Begged Him Not to, but Trump Did It Anyway
Article: "Even Big Pharma Begged Him Not to, but Trump Did It Anyway" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "United States Imports of Pharmaceutical products" by Trading Economics.
Article: "Trump's EU Deal Could Cost Pharma Industry $19 Billion, Analyst Warns" by Hugh Cameron .
Article: "US instils 15% tariff rate on EU for pharmaceutical products" by Robert Barrie.
Article: "Trade Between the U.S. and EU Is Massive. We Break It Down." by Konrad Putzier, Alana Pipe and Inti Pacheco.
Article: "What do Trump's recent trade agreements mean for the economy?" by Max Zahn.
America is now on a watchlist for the the health of civil society for "sustained attacks on civic freedoms." We have to turn this around.
Article: "US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump" by Maya Yang.
Executive Order: "Ending Crime And Disorder On America's Streets" by Donald J. Trump.
Article: "Trump, in another break from the norm, interviews 4-star general candidates" by Darlene Superville.
Did Trump just confess to his Epstein role? Is he treating "the financially-lubricated sex trafficking of women as mere [employment]?"
Article: "Trump Drops BOMB On AF1 — Says Epstein 'Stole' Abuse Survivor Giuffre From His Mar-a-Lago Club" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "'Did Trump just confess?' Expert floored by president's explosive Epstein remark" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Remembering the auction that pitted Trump against Jeffrey Epstein for a Palm Beach estate" by Darrell Hofheinz.
Article: "Trump says Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago staff role" by Robert Mackey.
Will Trump pardon Diddy? Does Trump have a special place in his heart for the trafficking and abuse of young women and girls?
Article: "Trump 'Seriously Considering' a Pardon for Diddy: Report" by Ahmad Austin Jr.
Article: "Federalist society" by Wikipedia.
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 switch in time that saved nine" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Citizens United dissent" by John Paul Stevens.
Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Medicaid cuts could devastate hundreds of rural hospitals in GOP states, Democrats say" by Alexander Tin.
Book: It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.
Quote: "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross" - attributed to Sinclair Lewis.
Article: "Sen. Josh Hawley wants to exclude 'Biden voters' from $600 Trump tariff rebate checks" by Oliver O'Connell.
Article: "Gestapo" by Wikipedia.
Book: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions by Michael Savage.
Site: Democracy Docket (Mark Elias).
Site: Greg Palast.
Article: "How the images of John Lewis being beaten during 'Bloody Sunday' went viral" by Aniko Bodroghkozy.
Hour Two: Horrified by this cult of cruelty? How we fight back...
Article: "Horrified by this cult of cruelty? Look beyond Trump for answers" by Robert Reich.
Video: A Night at The Garden - Field of Vision.
Democrats did something important for democracy and the mainstream media ignored it. Or are the Dems not fighting loud enough with their message?
Article: "Senate Democrats Did Something Important For Democracy And The Mainstream Media Ignored It" by Sarah Jones & Jason Easley.
Article: "What is PAYGO?" by TPC.
Article: "A Guide to Voter Caging" by Justin Levitt.
Article: "Trump's ex-lawyer Emil Bove confirmed as appeals court judge" by Max Matza.
Article: "Third whistleblower emerges with allegations against justice department's Emil Bove" by Elaine Mallon.
Quote: "The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case." - Thomas Paine.
Article: "GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States" by Labor Party.
Article: "Trump's EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases" by Jeff Brady.
Article: "Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of Education" by Hugo Lowell and Rachel Leingang.
Article: "William Bennett" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Linda McMahon, wrestling industry billionaire, confirmed as US education secretary" by .
Crazy Alert! Hawley proposes $600 rebate checks but not for Democrats
Article: "Josh Hawley proposes $600 rebate checks — but not for 'Biden voters'" by David Badash.
Article: "What Did Josh Hawley's Jan. 6 Fist Pump Really Mean? We Asked the Photographer Who Got the Shot." by Michael Schaffer.
Article: "Billionaire Clans Spend Nearly $2 BILLION On 2024 Elections" by ATF.
Article: "Fact Check: Yes, Democrats Were in White House for 50M of 51M Jobs Created Since 1989" by Anna Rascouët-Paz.
Article: "Pardon of Richard Nixon" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Thom Tillis" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Idaho college murders: As Kohberger is sentenced to life in prison, here's the full timeline of events" by Emily Shapiro.
Article: "Suspect in deadly Idaho ambush previously wanted to be a firefighter: Sheriff" by Sasha Pezenik, Leah Sarnoff, and Meredith Deliso.
Article: "John James (Michigan politician)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "ICYMI: Fmr. Congresswoman Giffords, Sen. Kelly Join Michigan Dems for Town Hall in James' District" by Michigan Democrats.
Article: "2026 United States Senate election in Michigan" by Wikipedia.
Site: Travis Zollner for U.S. Senate.
Article: "Tilting at windmills? Trump's claims about turbines fact-checked" by Helena Horton.
Hour Three: Are we now living in the age of "Trump traveling terrorism?" If you don't agree with Trump - it's scary to travel....
Article: "Zohran Mamdani's Campaign Is 'Taking Steps' in Case He Gets Hassled Reentering U.S." by David Freedlander.
Article: "Zohran Mamdani Beats Out All NYC Mayoral Candidates Combined—New Poll" by Nick Mordowanec.
Site: "Problem Solvers".
Law: "National Labor Relations Act of 1935" (Wagner Act).
Article: "History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 - 2009" by U.S. Department of Labor.
Article: "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Achievements" by Britannica.
Article: "Landmark Laws of the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration" by LBJ Library.
Article: "Emil Bove" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for federal appeals court judge spot — pushing past whistleblower claims" by Anna Young.
Geeky Science - They've succeeded in REVERSING Alzheimers with supplements and lifestyle changes....wow.
Article: "First On CNN: Fighting early-stage Alzheimer's with intensive lifestyles changes works, study finds" by Sandee LaMotte.
Article: "Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts tsunami warnings" by Brandon Livesay and Neha Gohil.
Article: "Peter Thiel" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Palantir Technologies" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Stephen Miller owns stock in ICE contractor Palantir — a company powering deportations" by Josh Marcus.
Article: ""Neutrality Won't Save Us": Austria Reconsiders NATO Membership Amid Rising Russian Threat " by Ivan Khomenko.
Article: "'There is no kill switch': Pentagon denies F-35 rumours as calls grow to ditch US defence products" by Ryan Finnerty.
Article: "Who are the winners and losers in US-EU trade deal?" by James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan.
Article: "China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal" by Chad P. Bown.
Article: "Fed holds rates steady but sees first double dissent in three decades" by Tobias Burns.
Article: "Trump Can't Stop Bragging About Memorizing Five Words on a Dementia Test" by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: "From Epstein's Island to Obama's Inbox: Trump's Dark Diversion Strategy" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Malevolent vs. Benevolent Dispositions and Conservative Political Ideology in the Trump Era" by Craig S. Neumann, Darlene A. Ngo.
Article: "DOL Proposes To Exempt Home Health And Personal Care Aides From Minimum Wage Requirements" by Morgan Gonzales.
Article: "Bondi Has Been Failing Epstein's Victims for Years" by Mary Ellen Klas.