Georgia Governor and corporate toady Brian Kemp said, "We will allow gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, hair designers, nail care artists, aestheticians, their respective schools, and massage therapists to reopen their doors this Friday, April the 24th."

Notice what is missing from that list? Any company or industry large enough to have a lobbyist who can shovel money to Republicans in Georgia, including Kemp. Every business on his list is a small business, and now that he has issued an executive order saying they can be open, those small business owners and employees will probably not qualify for unemployment insurance in Georgia.

This strategy in Georgia, which is being replicated in other Republican-controlled states, may well be the latest effort by Republicans to screw working people and small businesses. Republican governors live in terror of the rightwing billionaires in their states who don't want them to raise state income taxes or corporate taxes to help cover the costs of average people being out of work.

Once again, Republicans put the interests of rich people and big national corporations ahead of the people in their own states.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Quote: "The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized" -- Rachel Carson, marine biologist, author (most famous, Silent Spring) and conservationist (1907-1964).

Hour One: Saving the Post Office...
- Mark Dimondstein, President - American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

Article: "The Head of the Postal Workers Union Says the Postal Service Could Be Dead in Three Months" by Hamilton Nolan.

Article: "USPS warns it might have to shutter by June as $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package provides no funding" by Nicole Goodkind.

Article: "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Postal Service says it's going broke due to pandemic, Trump flatly opposes emergency aid" by Allison Pecorin.

Article: "Steven Mnuchin, Foreclosure King Of America" by Nomi Prins.

Article: "Kamala Harris Fails To Explain Why She Didn't Prosecute Steven Mnuchin's Bank" by David Dayen.

Article: "White House's Plan for the Postal Service: Fix It, Then Privatize It" by Eric Katz.

Article: "Earth Day 50th Anniversary" by Earth Day Network.

Article: "Postal Carrier, 63, Found Dead in Her Truck Amid Record Temperatures Was Months from Retirement" by Dave Quinn.

Article: "Do not resuscitate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Do Not Intubate (DNI) Order" by Harbor Light Hospice.

Article: "Georgia Governor Allowing Barbershops, Gyms & Other Businesses To Reopen Even As COVID-19 Cases Increase" by Elijah C. Watson.

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

Article: "Dear Decaturish - Governor's decision to reopen businesses is political murder" by George Chidi.

Article: "Wisconsin GOPers Sue State's Top Health Officials For Extending Stay-At-Home Order" by Kate Riga.

Article: "The mayor of Las Vegas wants to open casinos and let the number of infections determine which of them have to close" by Haven Orecchio-Egresitz.

Article: "Coronavirus infections could be much more widespread than believed, California study suggests" by Melanie Mason, Deborah Netburn.

Article: "Sampling bias" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors. Here's where it went wrong." by Kelly McLaughlin.

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Pillaging and rampaging by management': Disney heiress rips company's $1.5 billion dividend plan" by Katie Dowd.

Article: "Paycheck Protection Program - Deductibility Dilemma" by Peter J Reilly.

Article: "U.S.' Pelosi, Schumer welcome deal with funds for small business, hospitals and testing" by Reuters.

Article: "With 22 Million Unemployed, Mitch McConnell Abruptly Halts More Coronavirus Aid" by Luke Darby.

Book: Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein.

Video: Book club: Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein.

Article: "Florida's unemployment website was designed to fail" by Claire Goforth.

Article: "Just a fraction of Florida unemployment claims paid: report" by Marina Pitofsky.

Article: "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says" by Amy Sherman.

Article: "Which US states are ready for phase 1 of reopening after coronavirus lockdown?" by Peter Aitken.

Article: "Cuomo says 'worst is over' as NY deaths cross 10,000" by Nathaniel Weixel.

Article: "Florida continues reopening beaches, with social distancing" by Freida Frisaro.

Article: "Study finds people who watched Sean Hannity were more likely to die from COVID-19" by Bob Brigham.

Article: "Card check" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Erik Prince" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Betsy DeVos" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Our men are so happy at home that they will not hire themselves to be shot at for a shilling a day. Hence we can have no standing armies for defence" - Thomas Jefferson.

Hour Two: Mid-day with Mark
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Article: "House Republicans resist proposal to allow lawmakers to vote remotely" by Kristin Wilson, Manu Raju, Sunlen Serfaty and Haley Byrd.

Article: "White House rejects bailout for U.S. Postal Service battered by coronavirus" by Jacob Bogage.

Article: "Pence visits Wisconsin, thanks GE for ventilators" by AP.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States... To establish Post Offices and post Roads;"

Article: "Pocan Launches Bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "In Migrants Camps Along the Texas-Mexico Border, Close Quarters and Closing Borders Raise Concerns" by Acacia Coronado.

Article: "Democrats scrap plans to vote this week on historic rule change to allow remote voting" by Jennifer Haberkorn.

Article: "Mark Pocan has triple bypass surgery, looks for 'speedy recovery'" by Mark Sommerhauser.

Article: "Profile of the 116th Congress (2019-2020)" by Mark Riso.

Book: China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine by Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh.

Article: "South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's COVID-19 Inaction Has Made Her a Right-Wing Hero." by Hunter Woodall.

Article: "Tyson Foods shutting largest pork plant over coronavirus outbreak" by AP.

Article: "Ilhan Omar unveils bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments amid pandemic" by Sophie Kasakove.

Article: "19 new cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin linked to election activities: State health officials" by Kendall Karson.

Article: "Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks order by governor suspending in-person voting, putting Tuesday's election back on track" by Kendall Karson.

Article: "State Republicans postpone convention" (Wisconsin) by Michael Leischner.

Article: "The price of US crude oil just went negative for the first time ever. Here's what that really means, and why you can't fill up your car for free." by Benji Jones.

Article: "Fauci open to a 14-day national shutdown to stem coronavirus" by AP.

Tweet: "States are safely coming back. Our Country is starting to OPEN FOR BUSINESS again. Special care is, and always will be, given to our beloved seniors (except me!). Their lives will be better than ever...WE LOVE YOU ALL!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Without adequate test kits, reagents to run tests and personal protection equipment, your actions will kill thousands more. You will go down in history as the nation's most incompetent president. Shame." by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Government promises 4 million coronavirus tests by next week. What comes next?" (March 6, 2020) by Audrey McNamara.

Article: "The US has now tested more than 4 million people for the coronavirus, but the number of tests being done per day is plateauing" (April 21) by Andy Kiersz.

Article: "FEMA COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force: Supply Chain Stabilization" by April 8, 2020.

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

Bill: "H.R.6422 - To facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of a National Infrastructure Bank, and for other purposes." by Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7].

Article: "Senate passes $484 billion coronavirus bill for small business and hospital relief, testing" by Jacob Pramuk.

Hour Three: Could a Fukushima-style Disaster Happen in... Michigan?!
- Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist - Beyond Nuclear

Article: "Fermi 2 Reactor Compromised by Torus Debris: Risking Failure of Pressure Suppression Chamber and Meltdown" by Beyond Nuclear.

Article: "Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Coronavirus strikes Fermi 2 nuclear plant during refueling; utility keeps working" by Tom Henry.

Article: "Coronavirus strikes Fermi 2 nuclear plant during refueling; utility keeps working" by Beyond Nuclear.

Article: "Nuclear Plants Allowed to Extend Workers' Hours, Delay Inspections" by Will Wade.

Article: "Power Industry Pleads for Priority COVID-19 Testing, PPE for Mission-Essential Workers" by Sonal Patel.

Article: "Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nuclear Watchdogs Call On Department Of Energy To Extend Public Comment Periods, Delay Public Hearings Until National Emergency Is Over".

Article: "Watchdog groups file safety concerns on Fermi 2 nuclear reactor" by Dave Battagello.

Article: "Germany shuts nuclear plant as it phases out atomic energy" by AP.

Article: "First of two Indian Point reactors closes April 30" by Beyond Nuclear.

Article: "Coronavirus May Kill Our Fracking Fever Dream" by Bethany McLean.

Article: "Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic" by David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery.

Article: "Scoop: Biden's "four Cs" of Trump coronavirus criticism" by Alexi McCammond.

Article: "Milwaukee to help residents vote by mail after in-person primary leads to virus cases" by Emily Singer.

Tweet: "Large hospital chain $HCA has received $700 million from the first tranche of bailout money that does not have to be repaid, CFO says." by Bob Herman.

Tweet: "For profit hospital chain HCA spent billions on stock buybacks, paid its CEO over $108 million in 2018 alone, pours ungodly amounts of money smearing Bernie's health plan and working to defeat Colorado's ambitious public option, now gets enormous bailout" by Lee Fang.

Article: "71 Publicly Traded Companies Got Paycheck Protection Funding Before Money Ran Out" by Nathan Vardi.

Science Revolution: Coronavirus vs. Climate Extinction
- Dr. Andrew Glikson, Climatologist - Research School of Earth Science-Australian National University

Article: "While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction" by Andrew Glikson.

Article: "Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Clathrate gun hypothesis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Windshield phenomenon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas" by Caspar A. Hallmann, et al.

Article: "How the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Affecting CO2 Emissions" by Chelsea Harvey.

Video: Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | Full Documentary | Directed by Jeff Gibbs.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "How hot will Earth get by 2100?" by Jeff Tollefson.

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients" by Ariana Eunjung Cha.

Article: "Australia to ease lockdown rules on health and education services" by Jamie Smyth.

Article: "White House snubs Azar, installs Trump loyalist Michael Caputo as HHS spokesperson" by Dan Diamond and Daniel Lippman.

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