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OBSCENE LIES ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH Apr 09, 2020

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As we rapidly approach tens of thousands of dead, is there a word for the lies of Trump and Pence that have led to losing so many Americans? When we know that military intelligence knew about the virus in Wuhan as far back as last November, how can Republicans justify delaying testing and failing to prepare to protect our front line health care workers, many of whom now have the virus? Is Pence trying to strongarm CNN into carrying Trump's daily speeches? And meanwhile, things just get weird with Jerry Falwell.

And Zach Corrigan of Food and Water Watch joins Thom to discuss the origin of the corona virus- and many other diseases that cause human suffering- from eating animals.

And as Bernie bows out of the race, but not out of the struggle, Progressive leader in the House Mark Pocan takes on listener questions about what Progressive in Congress are fighting for, and what recent legislation really means for the common person.

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IS THIS THE TRIAL RUN FOR NOVEMBER? Apr 07, 2020

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Has the Supreme Court made a partisan decision by not allowing Wisconsin to extent the deadline for absentee ballots?- even when many citizens haven't even received their ballot yet?; The Republican War on Voting rolls on! And with nearly all the urban polling places closed in Wisconsin's primary- but not the rural ones- is this the test run for massive voter suppression in November?

And now it comes to light that Trump's family is heavily invested in the company that makes the drug that Trump keeps promoting (even though it has often fatal side effects). When will all of America wake up to the fact that we have a grifter in the White House?

And Brit journalist Victoria Jones joins Thom with the latest scuttlebut on Boris Johnson's severe case of Covid. And as the Queen makes her fifth-ever speech to the nation, how is Britain responding to the pandemic?

And as Trump continues to ask the Supreme Court to throw out the Affordable Care Act, will 20 million Americans lose their health care coverage after that decision a month from now?

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WAS RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA ACTUALLY CRIMINAL? Apr 06, 2020

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Can Fox News be sued for endangering people's lives with their entertainment product they pass of as news? Thom is joined by Washington State citizen Arthur West- his group WASHLITE - Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics has Fox News in court over their months-long insistence that Covid was some kind of 'Democrat Hoax', and urging people to take plane flights and otherwise endanger themselves.

For the Book Club, Thom reads portions from his book "Threshold" and also Greg Sargent's "An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics."

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DER BLUNDERKIND LEADS THE CHARGE Apr 05, 2020

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The good news is that kind-hearted Samaritans are thinking of ingenious ways to help senior citizens in isolation. The bad news is that when red states start being heavily impacted by Covid-19, watch for the Trump machine to start slinging blame at the Left as a scapegoat.

And - Jared Kushner, America's 'blunderkind' knows better than the experts!- or not...How to swipe your credit card without exposing it...Should Biden and Bernie team up?.. Coyotes in Manhattan... How Cuba is handling lockdown... The propagandists fawning over Trump in his press room... And is Trump using this crisis to accelerate his attack on the professionals that keep the federal government running?

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TRUMP LIED- AMERICANS DIED. NOW WHAT? Apr 04, 2020

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We now know that Trump was warned by the military early February in an unclassified briefing that as many as 150,000 Americans were likely to die- and in fact he probably knew much earlier- so why didn't he do anything? And now that thousands of Americans are dead- and counting- from what Trump called a month ago 'A Democrat Hoax', will the Fox News crowd finally realize what kind of man they are following, or will they follow him blindly into a crisis? Should Trumpsters be asked to wear their maggot hats so we can see them coming and keep at least six feet away?

Plus - Trump's ridiculous response letter to Chuck Shumer... avoiding pandemic-inspired scams... with so many people losing their jobs and higher costs due to the pandemic become a death-spiral for the health insurance system?.. bailing out the rich- again... the L.A. rent strike... qAnon carona virus truthers... And the mooseherder checks in with his 'Republicans for Biden' plan...

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UNREGULATED CAPITALISM Apr 03, 2020

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Economics professor, Dr. Richard Wolff joins Thom to discuss why the Coronavirus Crash could be worse than the Great Depression.

A normal person as president would anguish over telling his nation that a quarter million people were going to have to die because he listened to Fox News hosts and spent two months holding rallies and playing golf when he could have been ordering test kits, ventilators and personal protective equipment.

The election, and a new president, cannot come fast enough.

For the Book Club, Thom reads from Richard Wolff's "Understanding Socialism."

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MEANWHILE, WHAT IS TRUMP SNEAKING THROUGH? Apr 02, 2020

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Thom welcomes Amit Narang, Regulatory Policy Advocate with Public Citizen on Trump's accelerating destruction of environmental law and the EPA, including the rollback of fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. Is Trump cynically using the pandemic as cover to gift his corporate buddies everything they ever wanted?

And, unlike every other developed country which are supporting their citizens with monthly checks, Trump and the Republicans have said they will not be paying out anything beyond the $1200 check. How far will that $1200 go for the average person?

Mark Pocan, Progressive leader in the House of Representatives, joins Thom to answer caller questions on the implications of the stimulus passed in the CARE act, and what more Progressive Democrats are hoping to achieve to help people in need in the coming days- and what the Republican majority Senate will likely refuse to pass.

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WHAT ARE YOU GRIEVING? Apr 01, 2020

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Thom convenes his 'support group for WE THE PEOPLE'- and asks his listeners what they are grieving the loss of in this time of crisis?... And what positive steps can we take to stay strong?

Meanwhile, does Trump have blood on his hands for his long irresponsible dithering? A major Freedom of Information act release shows White House Officials knew about this crisis for months during which Trump still pretended publicly that 'this is just the common cold'. As deaths in red states begin to mount, will Republicans pivot to blaming the lack of preparation on the impeachment?

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GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE UPSIDE OF THE POX Mar 31, 2020

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Why did George Washington's contracting smallpox in his youth make him more employable? Are American corporate policies creating a workforce of corona virus survivors?

And Alex Lawson of Social Security Works joins Thom to raise the alarm of a dirty trick Republicans slipped into the latest stimulus bill they might use to undermine Social Security later on.

Plus- what happened to the $3000 ventilators the government paid to develop in 2007? Why can't America match the level of economic support Europe and Canada is giving to its workers? And did Trump give away the game on Fox News when he said about the efforts to require vote by mail "if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,”? Why were briefings to Congress early in the year telling them to expect the coming pandemic given the highest level of national security, making it a crime for Congress to warn the people? What is the connection to the pre-crash stock sell-offs by some of our representatives? And why did Trump ship tons of protective gear and ventilators to China on the 7th of February, when Trump was still telling Americans the disease was 'a Democrat hoax'?

And, will Republican states claim they can't certify the November election so that the a Republican will win based on an alternate process in the 12th amendment to the constitution?

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MAD KING DONALD Mar 30, 2020

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As a virus- which he not so long ago called 'a democrat hoax'- stills the business of mankind across the planet, has Trump moved his insane and lying ego-boosting rhetoric from his rallies to his press conferences? As sycophantic Republican governors are slow to take safety orders, is Trump favoring red states with federal support? And can we all possibly come to admit the madness of neo-liberalism in the face of its absolute failure in the United States to respond to this crisis?

Thom's brilliant callers digest the historic implications of the pandemic- and the threat to American democracy it may represent.

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