Congress is debating how much money to give to corporations and average Americans to try to blunt the economic impact of this pandemic. Republicans have repeatedly blocked or reduced efforts to get more money to individuals at the low-end of the economic scale, saying that we can't afford to spend this much money. But those same Republicans enthusiastically voted for a $1.5 trillion tax cut for billionaires and big corporations just two years ago.

Shouldn't any efforts going forward begin by repealing the Trump tax cut? And, while we're at it, repealing the Bush tax cuts and the Reagan tax cuts and taking us back to an economy that actually worked for everyone?

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Where Are the Masks?" by Wajahat Ali.

Article: "Massachusetts Governor Says He's Being Outbid By Federal Government For Coronavirus Supplies, Despite Trump Telling Govs To Get Their Own" by Jeffery Martin.

Article: "Weeks Before Virus Panic, Intelligence Chairman Privately Raised Alarm, Sold Stocks" by Tim Mak.

Article: "Sen. Kelly Loeffler grilled by Ed Henry over reports she sold off stocks ahead of coronavirus pandemic" by Julia Musto.

Article: "Kelly Loeffler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bice: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defends Pacur sale amid accusations of insider trading by other senators" by Daniel Bice.

Article: "Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions" by Tia Mitchell.

Article: "Dianne Feinstein, 3 Senate colleagues sold off stocks before coronavirus crash: reports" by Dom Calicchio.

Article: "'An Utter Disgrace': GOP Stimulus Plan Would Cut Taxes for Corporations While Denying Benefits to Poorest" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?" (1980 Libertarian Party platform) by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Quote: "Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness out of the system. High costs of living and high living will come down. People will work harder, live a more moral life. Values will be adjusted, and enterprising people will pick up from less competent people." - Andrew Mellon.

Video: President Obama Roasts Donald Trump At White House Correspondents' Dinner! (2011).

Article: "LA County has few ICU beds and ventilators as coronavirus cases increase, officials say" by David Rosenfeld.

Article: "The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war" by Craig Whitlock.

Video: Part 1: "It's a Real Mess": Afghan Rivals Both Claim Presidency as Ongoing Attacks Could Derail Peace Deal.

Video: Part 2: "Afghanistan Papers" Reveal How Presidents & Generals Misled the American Public on War's Progress.

Article: "Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid coronavirus outbreak" by Rupert Neate.

Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Coronavirus patient on hellish ordeal: 'I was screaming for mercy and praying to God'" by Rosemary Misdary.

Article: "Las Vegas strip club to offer drive-through peep show" by Mick Akers.

Poem: "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou.

Book: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.

Book: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Article: "Mark Twain" by Wikipedia.

Book: Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997 by Mike Royko.

Book: "Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Outlander (TV series)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - the importance of precinct committee members".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - how you become a precinct committee member".

Article: "Quinine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump touts chloroquine for 'immediate' use treating coronavirus, but FDA wants to see the data first" by David Knowles.

Article: "Chloroquine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. pharma that makes potential coronavirus drug touted by Donald Trump doubled price to $19.88 a pill" by FT.

Article: "Zithromax" (Azithromycin).

Article: "Plaquenil" (hydroxychloroquine).

Article: "Chinese researchers reveal draft genome of virus implicated in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak" by Jon Cohen.

Article: "Infighting, missteps and a son-in-law hungry for results: Inside the Trump administration's troubled coronavirus response" by Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Josh Dawsey.

Book: "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein.

Article: "Naomi Klein And Jeremy Scahill Discuss Coronavirus, The Election, And Solidarity In The Midst Of A Pandemic" by Intercepted.

Video: "Coronavirus Capitalism": Naomi Klein's Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Boston Tea Party" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Site: What's Medicare?

Site: Medicaid.

Site: Social Security.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann. Get "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann!

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann

Book: "A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present" by Howard Zinn.

Article: "Coronavirus Update: Air Pollution Over China Reducing Due To Industrial Shut Down" by Palash Ghosh.

Article: "Kushner Companies offloads troubled 666 Fifth Avenue flagship" by Julia Horowitz and Cristina Alesci.

Article: "Most Grand Princess passengers in quarantine refused coronavirus tests - often at federal officials' urging" by Matthias Gafni.

Article: "Trump: Keep 'Em On the Ship. I Don't Want Our Coronavirus Numbers To Go Up." by Kevin Drum.

Article: "Accusing US of 'Medical Terrorism,' Iran Demands Trump Lift Drug Import Sanctions Amid Coronavirus Crisis" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "'Literally Weaponizing Coronavirus': Despite One of World's Worst Outbreaks of Deadly Virus, US Hits Iran With 'Brutal' New Sanctions" by Julia Conley.

Quote: "Iran is facing a catastrophic toll from the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. sanctions should not be contributing to this humanitarian disaster. As a caring nation, we must lift any sanctions hurting Iran's ability to address this crisis, including financial sanctions. https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1240245136111656961" - Bernie Sanders.

Video: Dr. Justin Frank MD Exposes Trump's God Complex.

Article: "Vancouver lab preps COVID-19 at-home test kits" by Anthony Macuk.

Article: "'It's okay to be scared': Norway PM holds children-only COVID-19 press conference" by Evan Young.

Article: "Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus" by Chad Terhune, Dan Levine, Hyunjoo Jin, Jane Lanhee Lee.

Article: "Trump administration wants states to zip their lips about soaring unemployment numbers" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Oregon jobless claims surge 3,200% amid coronavirus outbreak" by Mike Rogoway.

Article: "Deforestation is leading to more infectious diseases in humans" by Katarina Zimmer.

Article: "Coronavirus Screening Test Developed at Johns Hopkins" by Karen Nitkin.

Article: "Biden suggests he would veto 'Medicare for All' over its price tag" by Tucker Higgins.

Site: Free Speech TV

Article: "Joseph Stiglitz" by Wikipedia.

Book: People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Article: "Nordic model" (capitalism) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Forget About Donald Trump And Mike Pence. Andrew Cuomo Is Now the President of the United States." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "152 House Democrats join GOP to reauthorize 'abusive government surveillance powers'" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "The EARN IT Act: Sen. Graham & Sen. Blumenthal's Anti-Security Bill That Will Backfire" by Chris Marchese.

Article: "Supreme Court postpones March cases, including Trump's bid to shield tax records" by Ariane de Vogue.

Article: "Edward Snowden" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The history of the GI Bill" by Ryan Katz.

Quote: "There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains." - Teddy Roosevelt.

Article: "In memo, Rep. Maxine Waters lists stimulus priorities, ignoring industries" by Jim Saksa.

Article: "Trump wants an airline bailout. Maxine Waters has a plan to save working people and small businesses" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" (DCCC) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democratic National Committee" (DNC) by Wikipedia.

Article: "House Democratic Leadership Warns It Will Cut Off Any Firms That Challenge Incumbents" (DCCC) by Akela Lacy.

Article: "A Berlin Biotech Company Got a Head Start on Coronavirus Tests" by Stefan Nicola.

Article: "Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden proposes nationwide vote-by-mail in response to coronavirus" by Lizzy Acker.

Article: "Larry Hogan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gov. Larry Hogan's coronavirus leadership trumps Trump's -and many others".

Video: Ohio Governor DeWine Coronavirus News Conference, March 20, 2020.

Article: "Rachel Maddow Names And Shames The 7 States Not 'Doing Much At All' About Coronavirus" by Lee Moran.

Article: "Jubilee (biblical)" by Wikipedia.

Excerpt: "Unequal Protection From Risk" (chartermongering) by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "25th Amendment" (presidential succession)

Article: "Dr. Fauci Cautions About Malaria Drug at Coronavirus Briefing While Trump Enthuses 'I'm More of a Fan'" by Tommy Christopher.

Article: "Trump lashes out at reporter who asks what he would tell people scared by the coronavirus pandemic" by Joey Morona.

Speech: "First Inaugural Address", Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 4 March 1933. "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

Speech: "This was their finest hour" by Winston Churchill.

Quote: "America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill." - Ronald Reagan.

Article: "Trump throws tantrum over question about coronavirus fears: 'You're a terrible reporter'" by David Smith.

Video: President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force Hold News Conference, MARCH 20, 2020.

Article: "NBC's Alexander: I gave Trump 'a softball' question as opportunity to 'reassure' Americans" by Joe Concha.

Article: "Coronavirus Is Causing Condom Shortages and a Rise in Sex Toy Sales" by Jim Kerr.

Article: "How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S." by Joanne Kenen.

Article: "Did US 'Refuse' COVID-19 Testing Kits from the World Health Organization?" by Bethania Palma.

Article: "Oregon prioritizes who can be tested for coronavirus -- with the tests it doesn't have" by Brad Schmidt.

Article: "Trump signed the Defense Production Act 'in case we need it.' But what is it?" by Libby Cathey and Jack Arnholz.

Site: Pramila Jayapal.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republicans who loathe big spending forced to embrace biggest stimulus plan in history" by Susan Ferrechio.

Article: "List of countries by hospital beds" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43" by Abigail Abrams.

Article: "China sending medical team to help Italy contain virus" by Liu Zhihua.

Article: "2020 coronavirus pandemic in France" by Wikipedia.

Article: "List of countries by hospital beds" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses" by Adrienne Murray.

Article: "A Louisiana pastor defies a state order and holds a church service with hundreds of people" by CNN.

Article: "Darwin Awards" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Coronavirus pandemic: China and Cuba send medical teams, equipments and medicine to countries" by Countercurrents Collective.

Article: "Cuba's Contribution to Combatting COVID-19" by Helen Yaffe.

Article: "Doctor decries Bellingham hospital's coronavirus response, saying it puts health care workers at risk" by Ron Judd.

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