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Thom's blog
Was April 7 the Day that Sealed the Fate of America?
 On April 18, Bob Woodward recorded Jared Kushner saying that Trump had taken control away from the doctors and was going to open the country back up. But why then? What was happening right around that time? Trump's official national emergency declaration came on March 13, and most of the country shut down or at least went partway toward that outcome. The economy crashed and millions of Americans were laid off, but saving lives was, after all, the number one consideration. Trump put medical doctors on TV daily, the media was freaking out about refrigerated trucks carrying bodies away from New York hospitals, and doctors and nurses were our new national heroes. And then came April 7, 2020, when the New York Times ran a front-page story with the headline: "Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States." Read more here. -Thom |
Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Issues of the Day- Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Congressmember (D-WA, 7th District) & Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus / Senior Whip-Democratic Caucus & serves on multiple committees including the House Budget Committee & the House Judiciary Committee 
Case: " Bush v. Gore", 2000. " The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States" Article: " 15th Amendment", February 3, 1870 " The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude" Article: " 19th Amendment " The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Article: " 26th Amendment". " The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."
Tweet: " This is wrong, and your reporters should know better, @Reuters. It rose 7.4%. Go ahead, compare Q3 GDP to Q2. I'll wait. https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1321794084139421696" by Justin Wolfers. Tweet: " GDP rose by +7.4% in Q3 (pretty much exactly as expected), after falling by -9.0% in Q2 and -1.3% in Q1. All told, the economy is -3.5% smaller than it was at the end of 2019.
For context, the economy is roughly as far below its peak as in the darkest days of the last recession" by Justin Wolfers.
Was April 7 the Day that Sealed the Fate of America?
Hour Three: Does Fukushima Pose a Threat of Damage to Human DNA?- Shaun Burnie, Senior Nuclear Specialist - Greenpeace Germany
Healthcare As a Climate Solution...Yes, Really.
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 2 section 4. "... The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors...." |
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