Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Texas has said, essentially, that old people should be willing and enthusiastic to patriotically die so that Trump can put the economy back into gear. Apparently he didn't get the memo that most of them will die in a hospital, clogging up our healthcare system and infecting our healthcare workers. But, not to worry, Britt Hume at Fox News says that's "an entirely reasonable" position.

So Trump wants to destroy our hospital system and risk 2 million dead Americans to get the economy working again. This is not only stupid and illogical, but it's also a sign of sociopathy: a complete empathetic disconnection from other humans. What's next? Turn older people into Soylent Green?

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Texas Lt. Governor Says Grandparents Are Ready to Die from Coronavirus for the Economy" by Luke Darby.

Article: "Fox News anchors fail to challenge Trump as he misleads during coronavirus town hall" by Oliver Darcy.

Article: "Trump Obsesses Over Flu Deaths, Attacks Cuomo in Softball Fox News Chat" by Justin Baragona, Hunter Woodall.

Article: "Number of all hospital beds in the U.S. 1975-2017" by Statista.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Glenn Beck offers to die to save America from a COVID-19 shutdown" by Peter Weber.

Article: "Health Care Workers Account for 12% of COVID-19 Cases in Spain" by LAHT.

Article: "Baby boy and 2-year-old girl test positive for coronavirus in Florida" by Kaelan Deese.

Article: "Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus?" by Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Article: "The Man Mapping Coronavirus With Smart Thermometers" by Daniel Malloy.

Article: "Fox's Brit Hume says it's an "entirely reasonable viewpoint” to expect that grandparents would be willing to die to protect the economy" by Media Matters.

Article: "Soylent Green" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stimulus bill to prohibit Trump family, lawmakers from benefiting from loan programs" by J. Edward Moreno.

Article: "Mnuchin says Trump will 'absolutely' sign stimulus bill if it passes both the Senate and House" by Justin Low.

Article: "Stock market live updates: Dow jumps 5%, Boeing soars, Bernanke says 'very sharp' recession" by Pippa Stevens, Maggie Fitzgerald, Jesse Pound.

Article: "Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Apple's $200Bn+ Cash Position Makes The Difference" by Marel.

Article: "Coronavirus Is Advancing. All Americans Need to Shelter in Place." by New York Times Editorial Board.

Article: "Trump seeks South Korea's help for medical equipment to tackle coronavirus" by Joori Roh.

Article: "What Pandemic? Trump Administration Presses Forward With Long-Term Benefit Cuts." by Arthur Delaney.

Article: "Amazon Workers In At Least 8 U.S. Warehouses Test Positive For COVID-19" by Dominique Mosbergen.

Article: "Amazon suspends almost 4,000 seller accounts over price gouging" by Bloomberg.

Article: "UPDATE 7-U.S. Senate close to passing $2 trillion in coronavirus aid, timing of vote unclear" by David Morgan and Richard Cowan.

Article: "India bans exports of possible coronavirus treatment hydroxychloroquine" by Evie Fordham.

Article: "China's Lock on Drugs" by Steve Sternberg.

Article: "House Democrats introduce a $2.5 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan as Senate bill stalls" by Jacob Pramuk.

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

Article: "Trump administration asking states to delay release of unemployment numbers" by Veronica Stracqualursi and Annalyn Kurtz.

Article: "Rand Paul's coronavirus diagnosis sends shockwaves through Senate" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "James Lovelock" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gaia hypothesis" by James Lovelock.

Article: "Gaia hypothesis" by Harvard University.

Article: "Right-Wing Extremists Seeking To Infect Cops, Jews With Coronavirus, FBI Says" by Llowell Williams.

Article: "U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic" by Shane Harris, Greg Miller, Josh Dawsey and Ellen Nakashima.

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

Article: "US hospitals brace for another challenge - an unprecedented shortage of nurses" by Sarah Fitzpatrick and Cynthia McFadden and Jake Whitman and Kevin Monahan and Kenzi Abou-Sabe and Merritt Enright.

Hour Two: Curtis Ellis Vs Thom - Did Democrats Load Up Bill Like a Left-Wing Goodie Bag?
- Curtis Ellis, Policy Director - America First Policies

Article: "Nancy Pelosi Proposes 1,400-Page Coronavirus Bill Stuffed with Special Interest Goodies" by Charlie Spiering.

Article: "Sen. Chuck Schumer celebrates gains in $2T stimulus deal, says Democrats 'improved it'" by Allison Pecorin.

Article: "The USDA Wants to Take Food Stamps From 700,000 People-in-Need, Now" by N. Jamiyla Chisholm.

Video: Pelosi says negotiations on the coronavirus relief package are in the 'red zone'.

Article: "Virus concern closes Mississippi schools until mid-April" by AP.

Article: "Trump approval rating rises as he responds to the coronavirus outbreak" by Yelena Dzhanova.

Image: "Trump Coronavirus Timeline".

Article: "NYC morgues near capacity, DHS briefing warns" by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Daniel Lippman And Amanda Eisenberg.

Article: "Trump commits to helping blue states fight the coronavirus - if their governors are nice to him" by Aaron Rupar.

Article: "Financial crisis of 2007-08" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hyperinflation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "1967 Oil Embargo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "N.J. pension fund loses billions in coronavirus market chaos" by Samantha Marcus.

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

Site: Tracking COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University.

Article: "Sen. Bernie Sanders Holds Town Hall On Coronavirus With Public Health Experts" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Joe Biden Holds Virtual Press Briefing On COVID-19" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Louisiana Gov Pleads For Federal Help, Predicts NOLA Will Be Out Of Hospital Beds By April" by Kate Riga.

Hour Three: Hunkering Down With Green Energy...
- Ty Benefiel, Co-Founder & CEO - Hero Power /Meter Genius (green energy brokers) and Host - The Climate Pod (podcast)

Article: "Holiday Inn Express in Center City to become quarantine for homeless people with coronavirus" (Philadelphia) by Sean Collins Walsh, Chris Brennan and Mike Newall.

Article: "Texas county judge tells unemployed people to look for jobs instead of staying home during pandemic" by Brad Reed.

Video: Mardi Gras, coronavirus make 'perfect storm' crisis in Louisiana.

Article: "Number of staffed beds in U.S. hospitals by state as of 2019" by John Elflein.

Article: "Coronavirus: Cities see big drop in CO2 and pollution after thousands of citizens self-isolate" by ITV.

Article: "NASA images show a decrease in China's pollution related to coronavirus shutdown" by Jennifer Hauser and Amanda Jackson.

Article: "Trump's animosity for Democratic governors grows as White House official insists: 'If you're good and respectful to him, he'll treat you the same'" by Alex Henderson.

Article: "Trump to New York: You've Been Mean to Me, Drop Dead" by Asawin Suebsaeng, Erin Banco, Sam Stein.

Article: "Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren't So Sure" by Max Abelson and Donald Moore.

Article: "Trump's weekly Cabinet Bible study leader blames coronavirus on gay people and environmentalists" by Sky Palma.

Article: "1967 Detroit Riots" by History.

Article: "Coronavirus: Dow Jones soars by record 2,113 points".

Article: "Trump's Economic Growth Is Slower Than Obama's Last 3 Years" by Chuck Jones.

Article: "Orange County Convention Center parking lot to become drive-thru testing location" by MSN.

Article: "Drive-thru testing site opens at Orange County Convention Center".

Article: "Rural Hospitals Continue To Close" by Sarah Jane Tribble.

Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.

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