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Thom's blog
If Americans Die in a Pandemic - Blame the GOP
 As a possible pandemic looms on the horizon, the United States is the only developed nation in the world without a national healthcare system. Medicare For All is not just about saving as much as half of all of our half healthcare dollars, it's also about national security. The strength and resilience of a nation is affected in part by the health resilience of its people and the financial resilience of the systems that keep them well. By having tens of millions of uninsured and over 100 million under-insured people, the United States finds itself stupidly vulnerable to the mass spread of disease. People who are under-insured or uninsured are less likely to seek healthcare when they feel sick, which means that they will get sicker, and they will spread the disease further. The Republican opposition to a national healthcare system that goes back a half century has left us vulnerable to to the mass spread of disease. People who are under-insured or uninsured are less likely to seek healthcare when they feel sick, which means that they will get sicker, and they will spread the disease farther. The Republican opposition to a national healthcare system that goes back a half century has left us vulnerable to epidemic diseases or even biological warfare or terrorism, and that is a political crime. -Thom |
Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Impeachment Trial - Will Trump Get Away With This As Only A Would-Be-Dictator Could?
Tweet: " 1. This will be a thread of Republican members of Congress who defended Trump by saying there was not a quid pro quo but now say Bolton's claim that Trump told him there was a quid pro quo is irrelevant" by Judd Legum. Tweet: " I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book. With that being said, the..." by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " All this nepotism talk reminds me of one company that was spared from Trump's heavy tariffs on China...
...Ivanka's clothing brand.
Right after a $34 billion round of tariffs in 2018, her company put in another order for 140,000 pairs of shoes from a Chinese factory." by Robert Reich.
Hour Two: If Americans Die In a Pandemic...Blame the GOP
Article: " Wuhan" by Wikipedia.
Could Climate Change Release a Frozen Pandemic From Thawing Ice?
America's New Redneck Rebellion- WV Candidate for Governor, Stephen Smith, Progressive Candidate for Governor of West Virginia, West Virginia Can't Wait 
Hour Three: Science Revolution: Why the Dramatic Dismissal of the Landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit Does Not Close the Book on the Case...- Mary Christina Wood, Philip H. Knight Professor & Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center - Oregon School of Law
Article: " Fascism" (a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism) by Wikipedia. Article: " Nazism" (National Socialism. A form of fascism) by Wikipedia. Quote: " I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power." - Michael Cohen. Quote: " Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans." - Robert F. Kennedy. |
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) will be calling in to talk about the issues of the day and take your calls.
Plus, How do we deal with a potential pandemic when so many people don't have healthcare? I'll ask Dr. Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel, Oncologist and Bioethicist / Senior Fellow-Center for American Progress / currently, Vice Provost-Global Initiatives,University of Pennsylvania & Chair-Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
And, Steven Trent, Founder/Executive Director - Environmental Justice Foundation & Founder - WildAid, will tell us about the Climate Crisis Devastating the Reefs
And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"
And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Is Trump Ruling America Like a King?
Why We Need To Throw Away The Second Amendment
Let's Repeal the Second Amendment (w/ Allan Lichtman)
Trump Wins 2020 If Democrats Don't Unite!
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On the Road Again
"The War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote--and How To Get it Back" - Book Tour Is Coming...
Fri, Feb 28, 7:30pm PT: Powell's, 1005 W Burnside St., Portland.
Sun, Mar 1, noon: Frugal Muse Books -Chicago- tickets will go on sale Feb 3rd.
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