In two or three weeks we're going to start seeing people show up in hospitals in Wisconsin because of the stunt Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the US Supreme Court pulled off this week. Many of those people will die, just so Republicans could suppress the vote in Wisconsin.

It's also obvious from Trump's statements yesterday that the GOP sees this as a trial run for November. They are going to do everything they can to make it difficult for Americans to vote because, as Heritage Foundation cofounder Paul Weyrich said back in 1980 when he was helping run the Reagan campaign, "I don't want everybody to vote... Our leverage in the election, quite candidly, goes up as the voting populace goes down."

The GOP has made it quite clear that they don't care what the fallout may be from their voter suppression, including people dying, so long as it keeps them in power.

Democrats must step up and loudly assert Americans' right to vote, and get vote-by-mail into law in every state in time for the election this fall.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 race, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination" by Gregory Krieg, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer.

Article: "After chaos in Wisconsin, fight intensifies over how to carry out presidential election amid pandemic" by Evan Halper, Janet Hook.

Article: "Wisconsin governor suspends in-person voting in Tuesday's elections amid escalating coronavirus fears" by Amy Gardner and Elise Viebeck.

Article: "'One of the Most Brazen Acts of Voter Suppression in Modern Times' as US Supreme Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Supreme Court stops extra time for ballots in first COVID-19 ruling" by Todd Ruger.

Case: "Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee" (6 April 2020).

Article: "Wisconsin voting underway despite stay-at-home order, coronavirus" by AP.

Opinions: "Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee" (6 April 2020).

Article: "New polls show a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak" by Nicholas Wu.

Site: Senator Tammy Baldwin.

Article: "Tammy Baldwin's win - the largest in a top race in Wisconsin in 12 years - offers road map for 2020" by Bill Glauber.

Article: "Leave Yemen, Congress says, as it invokes the War Powers Act for the first time" by Tom Squitieri.

Article: "Lobbyists and lawmakers barred from sitting on Gov. Evers' redistricting commission" by Patrick Marley.

Article: "Wearing mask, gloves, and protective gown, Wisconsin GOP assembly speaker says it's 'incredibly safe' to vote" by Catherine Garcia.

Article: "Wisconsin Results 2016" by New York Times.

Article: "Stimulus bill offers $600 a week to the unemployed for 4 months" by Tami Luhby.

Tweet: "As she often does, @SenWarren provides a cogent summary of how federal policymakers should be thinking about the pandemic in the coming months." by Barack Obama https://t.co/zkX0E7ncK5.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren has a plan for this, too" by Ezra Klein.

Article: "Trump promises his Obamacare replacement plan will cover everybody, report says" by Tami Luhby.

Article: "RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel: Democrats' coronavirus voting plan – this is the way to undermine democracy" by Ronna McDaniel.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "In Two or Three Weeks We're Going to Start Seeing People Show Up in Wisconsin Hospitals With COVID-19" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump Call for Permanent Payroll Tax Cut Is "Code for Gutting Social Security's Dedicated Funding," Say Critics" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Louisiana Pastor: If Parishioners Die After Contracting Covid-19 ... It's A Sacrifice For God And Freedom!!!" by TMZ.

Article: "The Iraq War: In the beginning was the lie" by Matthias von Hein.

Article: "Bush Family War Profiteering" by Evelyn Pringle.

Article: "Iraq War Scandal: Dick Cheney Company Profited From War" by Edmondo Burr.

Article: "Will Trump and His Enablers Ever Face Accountability for the Coronavirus Massacre?" by David Corn.

Article: "Against public health advice, Devin Nunes urges people to go to pubs as coronavirus spreads" by Kate Irby.

Article: "Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on House floor during vote on coronavirus response package" by Caroline Kelly.

Article: "Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus Fears, Too" by Elizabeth Williamson.

Article: "COVID-19 may disproportionately affect black Americans " by Mackenzie Bean.

Article: "Coronavirus is infecting, killing black Americans at a higher rate; Trump removes federal stimulus watchdog" by Siobhán O'Grady, Rick Noack, Marisa Iati, Meryl Kornfield, Teo Armus, Kim Bellware, Miriam Berger and John Wagner.

Article: "New Data Shows Black Americans Are at a Higher Risk for Covid-19 in Some States" by Joanna Nelius.

Article: "Experimental drug APN01 prevents COVID-19 infection in the lab" by Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD.

Article: "Trump ban on fetal tissue research blocks coronavirus treatment effort" by Amy Goldstein.

Site: Tracking COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University.

Article: "Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources" by Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek.

Article: "US nears 13,000 fatalities after record 1,736 new deaths over 24 hours" by Sky.

Article: "Northam delays June primary elections due to coronavirus" by AP.

Article: "US surgeon general: This week will be ‘our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment'" by AP.

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

Article: "New York Attorney General Warns Trump That She Can Prosecute Him" by Jason Easley.

Article: "SC Sen. Lindsey Graham in self-quarantine after Mar-a-Lago visit" by Caitlin Byrd.

Article: "Links between Trump associates and Russian officials" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Alleged Russian Mobsters in Trump World's Orbit: A Dirty Dozen" by Michael Weiss, Casey Michel.

Article: "Virus Pandemic Delays Judge's Review of Unredacted Mueller Report" by C. Ryan Barber.

Book: Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff, David Corn.

Hour Three: Could Another Zoonotic Pandemic Be Coming?
- Zach Corrigan, Senior Attorney - Food & Water Watch

Article: "New Swine Rules So Dangerous They Could Spur Another Zoonotic Pandemic" by Center for Food Safety.

Article: "Analysis of New Swine Inspection System (NSIS) rules" by FWW.

Article: "Spanish flu" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Influenza A virus subtype H1N1" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy" (Mad cow disease) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues" by University of British Columbia.

Article: "Coronavirus treatment research is being held up by Trump's ban on the use of fetal tissue" by Katelyn Burns.

Tweet: "Small business owners are panicked that there isn't enough money to go around. Raising the cap is a start – but it won't be enough. Every small business that qualifies should get the help they need, period. We should provide an absolute guarantee." by Elizabeth Warren.

Article: "Senate Democrats back oversight efforts after Trump removal of IG" by Niels Lesniewski.

Article: "Detroit Is Leading the Nation's First Large-Scale Study of Hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 Treatment" by Lee DeVito.

Book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

Article: "Hurricane Michael" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Like a biblical plague, locusts swarm East Africa, laying waste to crops and livelihoods" by Neha Wadekar.

Article: "Russian officials blame thawed reindeer carcass in anthrax outbreak" by CNN.

Article: "Detroit Receives Fast Testing Kits, Can Test For COVID-19 In 15 Minutes, For First Responders" by CBS Detroit.

Article: "Flint water crisis" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 - There Is Nothing New Under The Sun".

Bible: "Genesis 1 - The Beginning".

Article: "A tiger caught coronavirus at a zoo. Can your dog or cat catch it?" by Caitlin O'Kane.

Article: "Cuomo vows to investigate racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths: 'Why do the poorest people always pay the highest price?'" by Zack Budryk.

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