A new study from Columbia University lays the deaths of tens to hundreds of thousands of Americans at the feet of the Trump administration and the Republican party.

Comparing the United States to other developed countries, they laid out how our lack of a systemic federal response to the coronavirus has endangered Americans.

"If the U.S. had followed Canadian policies and protocols, there might have only been 85,192 U.S. deaths-making more than 132,500 American deaths 'avoidable,'" the researchers wrote.

They added, "If the U.S. response had mirrored that of Germany, the U.S. may have only had 38,457 deaths-leaving 179,260 avoidable deaths."

The reality is that America has not had a real president for the last four years. Instead, we've had a reality TV host.

Read more here.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "German man takes COVID-19 distancing rules to extreme with pepper spray" by DW.

Tweet: "Don't miss @SonaliKolhatkar post-debate analysis tonight with @Thom_Hartmann and @julito77 live on @freespeechtv starting at 7:30 pm PT / 10:30 pm ET." by Rising Up With Sonali.

Article: "'Monumental, lethal screwup': Study explains how many Americans died of COVID-19 because of 'anti-science' Trump" by David Badash.

Article: "Fact check: Trump has spent far more time at golf clubs than Obama had at same point" by Daniel Dale and Holmes Lybrand.

Article: "Trump watches up to eight hours of TV per day: report" by Brandon Carter.

Article: "Donald Trump's 13 Biggest Business Failures" by Tessa Stuart.

Article: "New Columbia Study Blames the White House for at Least 130,000 'Avoidable' COVID Deaths" by Blake Montgomery.

Article: "Drain the swamp? Trump has named more lobbyists to Cabinet than Bush or Obama did in 8 years" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "Pepper spray" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bear spray" by Wikipedia.

What Amy Coney Barrett's Appointment to SCOTUS Means for LGBTQ, Latinos and Moderate & Swing Voters
- Moe Vela, Former Senior Adviser to VP Joe Biden / former Director of Latino Affairs & Director for Administration in the Office of the Vice President under both Clinton & Obama / I Will Vote

Article: "Amy Coney Barrett ruled using the n-word does not make a work environment hostile" by Graig Graziosi.

Article: "The Philosophy That Makes Amy Coney Barrett So Dangerous" by Erwin Chemerinsky.

Article: "Criminal transmission of HIV in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Site: I Will Vote.

Article: "Battery (tort)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trayvon Martin Shooting Fast Facts" by CNN.

Article: "Air America (radio network)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Greg Abbott" by Wikipedia.

Article: "DNI Ratcliffe said Iran aimed to hurt Trump with faked Proud Boy emails. Democrats are skeptical." by Katie Shepherd.

Article: "Where Have All the Hospital Patients Gone?" by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.

Article: "MacArthur "genius" grant to TEDster Saul Griffith" by TED.

Site: Rewiring America.

Article: "How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly" by David Roberts.

Article: "How to watch the presidential debate live" by Kate Sullivan.

Tweet: "For the docs out there - couldn't this just be the result of the 1.5 inch lifts in his shoes and discomfort from the girdle and Depends he wears? Neurologist: Trump's 'forward-leaning posture' and 'body ticks' are cause for serious concern - report -" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Expert: Trump's 'forward-leaning posture' and 'body tics' are cause for serious concern" by Sarah Toce.

Article: "Former Employee Says Trump Wears Adult Diapers Due to Incontinence from Repeated Stimulant Abuse" by Nicole James.

Article: "How to stream Peacock" by Chaim Gartenberg.

Article: "Ivanka Trump receives 5 trademarks from China amid trade talks" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Ivanka Trump's business approved for new trademarks in Japan" by Caroline Zhang.

Article: "Ivanka Trump Had More China Trademarks Approved on Same Day President Lifted Sanctions on Chinese Company" by Jessica Kwong.

Article: "CREW sues Trump over emoluments" by Jordan Libowitz.

Article: "Jared Kushner rakes in $25 to 50 million thanks to tax cuts he and Ivanka Trump championed" by Sky Palma.

Article: "Trump Campaign Secretly Paying $180,000 A Year To His Sons' Significant Others" by S.V. Date.

Article: "Security guard arrested in Denver protest shooting fired gun as victim used pepper spray, affidavit says" by Elise Schmelzer.

Article: "Security guard to face second-degree murder charge in Denver rally shooting, DA's office says" by Steve Almasy and Andy Rose.

Video: MEN.

Article: "The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground" by Pew Research.

Article: "Saudis, UAE pledge $100 million to Ivanka Trump-proposed fund" by Kate Bennett.

Article: "Kushner family in Beijing: 'Invest $500,000 and immigrate' to US" by Jackie Wattles and Serenitie Wang.

Article: "Jared Kushner's Real-estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade" by Clayton Swisher, Ryan Grim.

Hour Three: Palast to Georgia: "Do I Really Have to Sue You Again?!" Update on the Georgia voting purge & voting in general
- Greg Palast, The Guardian / Investigative Journalist/Author/Filmmaker, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy / His new book, How Trump Stole 2020: The Hunt For America's Vanished Voters.

Article: "ACLU Releases Palast Fund 'Georgia Voter Purge Errors' Report" by Nicole Powers.

Article: "Georgia, do I really have to sue you again?" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Wisconsin "Movers" Didn't Move: Court Heard Lawsuit to Purge Voters Based on List that is "Wrong and Racist"" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Alarm over voter purges as 17m Americans removed from rolls in two years" by Tom McCarthy.

Article: "The Red Shift: Anomalies In Electronic Voting Trend Overwhelmingly In One Direction" by National Election Defense Coalition.

Article: "Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Why NBC is getting lots of grief about its Trump town hall" by CNN Business.

Article: "CBS CEO: "...may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS"" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Trump cuts short "60 Minutes" interview and tweets at Lesley Stahl" by Kathryn Watson.

Article: "Top moments from Trump's '60 Minutes' interview with Lesley Stahl" by Nicholas Wu and Sean Rossman.

Article: "Donald Trump's latest message to suburban women? I fixed the dishwasher!" by Chris Cillizza.

Article: "U.S. Supreme Court blocks ruling allowing curbside voting in Alabama" by Mike Cason.

Article: "Amy Coney Barrett Knows Exactly What She Did in 2000" by Charles P. Pierce.

Article: "Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration" by Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff.

Article: "'It's a crime family': Trump lashes out at Biden in rambling speech to seniors" by James Crump.

Article: "Conservative Journalist Suggests Something is Inappropriate in Loving Photo of Hunter and Joe Biden" by Jason Miciak.

Article: "Rudy Giuliani says he sent alleged sexually explicit materials involving underage girls from Hunter Biden to Delaware police" by Spencer Neale.

Article: "Man Who Reportedly Gave Hunter's Laptop to Rudy Speaks Out in Bizarre Interview" by Jordan Howell, Erin Banco.

Tweet: "So just so I follow this story:
Hunter Biden, who lives in Los Angeles, decides to fly 3000 miles across country, to drop off 3 MacBook Pros at a repair shop run by a blind guy who charges the insanely low price of $85..." by Dan SIoan.

Article: "Trump's rain check on honoring Americans killed in WWI prompts backlash" by Bill Hutchinson.

Article: "Trump's alleged comments about 'losers' buried in military cemeteries leave military leaders off balance" by Dan Lamothe and Missy Ryan.

Article: "Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump involved in 3,500 lawsuits: report" by Jesse Byrnes.

Article: "Tucson mayor demands Trump pay bill from 2016 event before campaign returns with 'super-spreader' rally" by Harriet Alexander.

Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

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