Dear airlines, hotel chains, banks, and other industries who are begging Donald Trump and Congress for bail outs. Get in the f*cking line. Most of you didn't even pay taxes last year.

The front of the line this time needs to be people with medical and student debt, people who have lost their jobs, people who are homeless, and people working in the gig economy. Everybody else: get in the f*cking line.

In 2008, the Bush administration was able to find over $20 trillion to bail out the banks and insurance companies; last year Trump found one $1.5 trillion to cut taxes to the billionaire class and America's largest corporations. It's not gonna happen again if we have anything to say about it. They can all get in the f*cking line behind the rest of us human beings here.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Cuomo: Coronavirus peak in NY could be in 45 days" by John Bowden.

Article: "European college warned students to return from “poorly developed” U.S. during pandemic" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "March 17 primaries: Here are the states voting and the delegates at stake" by Tyler Olson.

Article: "Ohio Democratic Primary Postponed Due to Coronavirus: What Happens Next?" by Alexandra Hutzler.

Article: "Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails" by Rush Limbaugh.

Article: "Mnuchin says Trump administration is looking to get cash to Americans 'immediately'" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Dow Plunges 3,000 Points As Trump Says U.S. 'May Be' Headed For Recession" by Sergei Klebnikov, Sarah Hansen.

Article: "Number of Pennsylvania coronavirus cases rises by 20; total now 96" by WPVI.

Tweet: "1/ Dear airlines, hotel chains, banks, and other industries who are begging Donald Trump and Congress for bail outs. Get in the fucking line. Most of you didn't even pay taxes last year. The front of the line this time needs to be people with medical and student debt..." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump Signals Support for Airlines; Industry Wants $58 Billion" by Bloomberg.

Article: "Explaining the Dow's 3,000-point decline" by Dion Rabouin.

Article: "'Go Big' on Coronavirus Stimulus, Trump Says, Pitching Checks for Americans" by Alan Rappeport and Emily Cochrane.

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.

Article: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Civilian Conservation Corps" (CCC) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Works Progress Administration" (WPA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "FDR and the Dust Bowl" by Paul M. Sparrow.

Article: "Hoover Dam - One of the Greatest Investments in U.S. History" by Street Authority.

Article: "TVA: From the New Deal to a New Century" by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Article: "The 1933 Banking Crisis -- from Detroit's Collapse to Roosevelt's Bank Holiday" by Dan Bryan.

Article: "Shelter in place orders go into effect for millions of Californians over coronavirus" by CBS News.

Article: "Hospitals could be overwhelmed with patients and run out of beds and ventilators as the coronavirus pushes the US healthcare system to its limits" by Lydia Ramsey.

Article: "Modernizing Pa. Elections Starts With 'No Excuse' Absentee Ballots" by Gabe Labella.

Article: "Ventilator Maker: We Can Ramp Up Production Five-Fold" by William Baldwin.

Article: "Lyme disease" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit: A review of the clinically relevant recent advancements" by Holly Keyt, Paola Faverio and Marcos I. Restrepo.

Article: "Coronavirus live updates: Shelter-in-place order possible in New York City" by Emily Shapiro and Jon Haworth.

Article: "Alabama pastor invited people infected with coronavirus into church for 'faith healing' treatment" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Hits U.S. Officials Downplaying Coronavirus: 'Spent Weeks Minimizing' a 'Very Serious Problem'" by Josh Feldman.

Article: "Trish Regan 'unlikely to return' to Fox after getting benched for coronavirus wing-nuttery: report" by Matthew Chapman.

Hour Two: A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy
- Joelle Gamble, Economist & Organizer / Principal, Reimagining Capitalism at Omidyar Network / Board Member-Roosevelt Institute

Article: "A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy" by Joelle Gamble.

Article: "Danish corona-hit firms get state aid to pay 75% of salaries" by EURACTIV.com with Reuters.

Article: "Mnuchin says Trump administration is looking to get cash to Americans 'immediately'" by Kevin Breuninger, Lauren Hirsch.

Article: "US manufacturing plunges deeper into recession" by CNN Business.

Article: "Trump Has Sabotaged America's Coronavirus Response" by Laurie Garrett.

Article: "Washington Gov. Jay Inslee orders all schools in state closed for six weeks due to coronavirus" by AP.

Article: "Amazon boosts pay, recruitment as virus triggers demand" by AFP.

Article: "Prime responsibility" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Trump announced Google was building a virus screening tool. Then someone had to build it" by Douglas MacMillan, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Josh Dawsey.

Article: "Google's coronavirus site launches amid Trump confusion" by BBC.

Article: "Want To Get Screened For Coronavirus By Verily? You'll Need A Google Account For That." by Joseph Bernstein.

Article: "The Kushner Kingpin and His Corona Conflicts" by Amee Vanderpool.

Article: "Trump aims to boost lower-premium health insurance plans in health care executive order" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Every Time Trump Opens His Mouth, Nine Lies Fly Out: Coronavirus Edition" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news" by WHO.

Site: COVID-19 Information - Johns Hopkins University..

Site: Tracking COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University.

Article: "The Coronavirus May Linger On Plastic And Stainless Steel For Days, A Preliminary Study Found" by Stephanie M. Lee.

Article: "Gilead Sciences Gains After CDC Confirms U.S. Use of Coronavirus Treatment" (remdesivir) by Martin Baccardax.

Article: "China Approves a Treatment for COVID-19 Complications" by Cory Renauer.

Article: "Trump 'offers large sums' for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine Trump 'offers large sums' for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine" by Philip Oltermann.

Article: "Diese Erfahrung wird Europa so schnell nicht vergessen" by Von Jan Dams.

Article: "Hello from Italy. Your future is grimmer than you think." by Ida Garibaldi.

Article: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "National Credit Union Administration" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US states improvise rules to combat coronavirus in absence of federal leadership" by Tom McCarthy.

Article: "Pentagon Silent On Coronavirus Test Kits At Overseas Military Bases" by Molly Redden.

Article: "Mass graves for Iranian coronavirus victims seen from space" by Mike Moffitt.

Article: "Coronavirus deaths are so high in Italy that some places have a waiting list for burials and funerals are happening with no family members there" by Mia Jankowicz.

Tweet: "Just had a very good tele-conference with Nation's Governors. Went very well. Cuomo of New York has to “do more”." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Happy to do your job, too.

Just give me control of the Army Corps of Engineers and I'll take it from there. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/opinion/andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-trump.html" by Andrew Cuomo.

Article: "Andrew Cuomo to President Trump: Mobilize the Military to Help Fight Coronavirus" by Andrew M. Cuomo.

Article: "US 'only about 11 days behind' repeating the coronavirus devastation being felt by Italy: Lab director" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "'It's going to be daunting': U.K. considers herd-immunity approach - allowing more people to contract coronavirus" by Quentin Fottrell.

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

Article: "How did the Dow Jones Industrial do under Barack Obama vs. past presidents?" by Rich Exner.

Article: "Coronavirus chaos knocks stock market again; Dow loses nearly 3,000 points" by Susan Tompor.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Hour One: Why the Senate Needs To Vote On and PASS #VoteByMail
- Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon

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

Article: "President Trump requests absentee ballot".

Article: "Joining The Poll Worker Army On Election Day's Front Lines" by Pam Fessler. "In 2016, more than half of all poll workers nationwide were over age 60"

Article: "Kurzarbeit: An Alternative to Lay-Offs" by Jakob Widner.

Tweet: "96% of airline profits over the last decade went to buying up their own stocks to juice the price - not raising wages or other investments.
If there is so much as a DIME of corporate bailout money in the next relief package, it should include a reinstated ban on stock buybacks." by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Tweet: "Critical point by @AOC. The airline industry shouldn't see one taxpayer dime unless the bailout includes a ban on stock buybacks & guaranteed long-term protections for workers & consumers. American Airlines alone repurchased more than $12.5B of its shares over the last ten years." by Robert Reich.

Article: "Survivorship bias" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Italy sees wartime-era stress at hospitals -- and cemeteries" by Tom Kington.

Article: "The Cost Of Corona On Your Economy: Europe Pays The Pain Away As COVID-19 Rescue Packages Are Unveiled - LATEST" by David Dawkins.

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, Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilmember (Socialist)-District 3 / Economist / Member of Socialist Alternative and AFT 1789, will talk about how Seattle and Amazon are faring with Covid-19

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