First, Trump started approving pesticides that the entire scientific community agrees are destructive to the nervous systems of young children and can cause cancer. Then he dialed back on pollution rules from fossil fuel processors in ways that will increase cancer and lung disease.

In both cases he was able to ignore science in changing the rules because the Republicans are saying that any science that uses public health data where the names of every single person included in a study have not been published should not be used. So when 10,000 peoples' health outcomes who are exposed to pesticides show clearly that it causes brain damage, Trump won't allow that data to be used because those peoples' names have not been published.

It's a bizarre and anti-scientific logic, but it has prevented a lot of good public health science from being used for decision making. Now it appears the Trump administration wants to use the same logic with coronavirus, which is terrifying. Their anti-science policies, first used to protect the pesticide and fossil fuel industries, are now endangering our entire nation as we face of viral public health emergency. How do we know? Because last night Trump told Hannity that people infected with COVID 19 should go to work and that the death rate is less then 1% even though our Scientists says it's much higher.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race" by Astead W. Herndon and Shane Goldmacher.

Article: "Sanders Stands By Warren, Floats Tapping Her For Admin Spot If He Wins" by Cristina Cabrera.

Tweet: "Republicans in MI wasted $30 mil trying to kick 100,000+ Michigan poor off Medicaid during a pandemic" by Herman Munster.

Article: "The Dow has no idea how to react to coronavirus: Stocks tumble again" by Anneken Tappe.

Article: "Cruise Ship Is Held off California Coast for Coronavirus Testing" by Sarah Mervosh.

Tweet: "I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work. This is just more Fake News and disinformation put out by the Democrats, in particular MSDNC. Comcast covers the CoronaVirus situation horribly, only looking to do harm to the incredible & successful effort being made!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "DON WORRY Trump has got a 'hunch' coronavirus is 'mild' and WHO's 3.4% fatality rate is 'FALSE'" by Nicole Darrah.

Article: "What it's REALLY like to catch coronavirus: First British victim, 25, describes how 'worst disease he ever had' left him sweating, shivering, and struggling to breathe as his eyes burned and bones ached" by Connor Reed.

Article: "Coronavirus: Pet dog in Hong Kong could be a case of human to animal transmission; but experts say there's no evidence pets can spread the virus" by Tanner Stening.

Article: "Could Barack Obama Serve as Vice President?" by David Mikkelson.

Article: "Hong Kong warns residents not to kiss pets after dog contracts coronavirus" by Helen Davidson.

Article: "Trump's EPA undoes effort to ban pesticide linked to nervous system damage in kids" by Geoffrey Mohan.

Article: "Cost of New E.P.A. Coal Rules: Up to 1,400 More Deaths a Year" by Lisa Friedman.

Article: "How Trump's 'Secret Science' Rule Would Put Patients' Privacy at Risk" by Neela Banerjee.

Article: "Dr. Sanjay Gupta responds to Trump's coronavirus interview with Hannity: Sick people should not be going to work" by Media Matters.

Tweet: "an incredible news dump by EPA this evening. After delays, EPA just moved forward its most controversial proposal of the Trump administration, limiting science and medical data that can be used by the agency. Still far from a final rule but inching closer..." by Rebecca Leber.

Article: "In Super Tuesday 'News Dump,' EPA Expands Rule Limiting Science the Agency Can Use to Make Public Health Policy Decisions" by Julia Conley.

Tweet: "Oh Lordy There's A Tape" by Jeff Tiedrich.

Article: "Trump claims World Health Organization coronavirus death rate is fake news" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "CNN's Sanjay Gupta left slack-jawed after hearing Trump's comments about coronavirus patients going to work" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Trump claims 'Corona Flu' patients 'get better' by 'going to work' - and falsely says death rate is less than 1%" by David Badash.

Article: "Campbell Soup is increasing production to prepare for coronavirus demand" by Amelia Lucas.

Article: "Coronavirus fears leaves shelves empty as Brits stock up and supplies rationed" by Milo Boyd.

Article: "CDC blocked top FDA scientist dispatched to expedite coronavirus response at critical moment" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "Michael Moore faces backlash after claiming South Carolina 'is not representative' of the US following Joe Biden's primary victory" by Chris Dyer.

Article: "Warren Announces Exit From 2020 Race: I Will Stop Running For President, But I Will Stay In The Fight" by Ian Schwartz.

Article: "Health insurers surge as Bernie Sanders' Super Tuesday defeat dims the prospect of Medicare for All" by Business Insider.

Article: "Trump donates salary to Health and Human Services amid coronavirus outbreak" by John Fritze and David Jackson.

Article: "Hillary Clinton wins 2,864,974 more votes than Donald Trump, final US election count shows" by Jon Sharman.

Hour Two: Bernie & the Primaries...
- Larry Cohen, Board Chair - Our Revolution / Board chair - Democracy Initiative / Past President - Communication Workers of America (CWA)

Article: "Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan" by Sydney Ember.

Tweet: "The spike in voter turn out in the midterms came almost entirely from moderate suburbs, a trend that continued in the primaries. These voters prioritize a return to civility, normalcy. They don't see the US as fundamentally corrupt, why would they want an activist president." by Lee Fang.

Article: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Can VITAMIN C beat coronavirus? It boosts brains, combats sepsis and tackles colds… no wonder China's doctors are racing to test its effects on deadly outbreak" by Victoria Lambert.

Science Revolution: Trump's Racist Environmental Rollbacks
- John Noël, Greenpeace USA Senior Climate Campaigner

Article: "Trump's Proposed NEPA Rollbacks Are Environmental Racism in Action" by Ryan Schleeter.

Article: "What is NEPA?" (National Environmental Policy Act) by Protect NEPA.

Site: Protect NEPA.

Site: Moving Forward Network.

Site: White House Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ).

Article: "NEPA Modernization"by CEQ.

Site: "Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act" (comment by March 10 here).

Article: "Mexico presidential front-runner unveils planned cabinet" by Diego Oré.

Article: "Andrés Manuel López Obrador" (AMLO) by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Bernie Sanders of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, was just Elected President" by Greg Palast.

Article: "The Conversations Democrats Need to Be Having: The danger of a continued Trump presidency is too dire to spend our limited resources on internal fights." by Adam Barbanel-Fried.

Article: "'He wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love': Donald Trump on Kim Jong-un - video" by Reuters.

Article: "Pence's Virus Tour Takes Him to Mask-Maker 3M, Washington State" by Mario Parker and Emma Kinery.

Hour Three: Coronavirus... Why We Need Medicare For All
- Alex Lawson, Executive Director - Social Security Works

Article: "Kept at the Hospital on Coronavirus Fears, Now Facing Large Medical Bills" by Sarah Kliff.

Article: "Trump budget calls for cutting Medicaid, ACA by about $1 trillion" by Peter Sullivan.

Law: "G.I. Bill" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) by Wikipedia.

Quote: "You sowed the wind, the country will reap the whirlwind." to Democratic senators - Brett Kavanaugh.

Quote: "You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You will not know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions." - Senator Chuck Schumer to Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Quote: "calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the Clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups." - Brett Kavanaugh.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Book: The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Confirmation Path May Run Through Florida" by Peter Wallsten.

Article: "Trump attacks 'Mexican' judge in Trump U lawsuit" by Kristen East.

Article: "'So-Called' Judge Criticized by Trump Is Known as a Mainstream Republican" by Thomas Fuller.

Article: "Trump calls for Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse themselves" by Joe Tacopino.

Article: "Mitch McConnell slams Chuck Schumer for 'reckless' Supreme Court threat" by Ebony Bowden.

Article: "Democrats Decide to Lose with Biden, Keep Establishment in Power" by Rush Limbaugh.

Site: Drinking Liberally

Video: Special Rant Just For Lake Minnetonka Living Liberally.

Article: "James Carville on Super Tuesday: Bernie Sanders Should Drop Out Now" by Justin Baragona.

Article: "Biden vs. Republicans: After Trump Impeachment, Lindsey Graham To Target Top Democrat For Ukraine Role" by Marcy Kreiter.

Article: "What's Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)" by Medicare.gov.

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

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