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TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE COMPLAINTS Mar 29, 2020

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Is Trump such a sociopath that he's willing to let people die in states he doesn't like? Trump told Hannity he 'has a feeling' we won't need that many ventilators even as infection numbers arc sharply upward and thousands of Americans are already dead. The first American teen to die from Covid suffered a related heart attack after being turned away from treatment because he didn't have health insurance. How is this possible in the richest country in the world? And what kind of man is leading this obscene parade?

And Peter Maybarduk- the director of Global Citizen's 'Global Access to Medicine' group- joins Thom live. What is the status of the medical supply chains around the world as countries close their borders- and how will that affect the deployment of treatments for the pandemic? Did Gilead sciences try to game the system to price gouge the world for a possible treatment they have? Should we be reviving American pharmaceutical manufacturing like what we used to have in Puerto Rico? And how could the Defence Production Act be applied to cranking out a possible treatment?

Plus Thom's callers digest the issues ranging from the pandemic to Joe Biden to the gold standard to Latvian fake news to the reality or unreality of the stock market.

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IS THIS HOW GRIFTERS RESPOND TO A PANDEMIC? Mar 28, 2020

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As we pass 1000 Americans dead from the pandemic, why is Donald Trump choosing now to prioritize plans to cut many of our basic environmental protections on behalf of his corporate buddies? Did Jared Kushner put a monkey wrench in negotiations to retool a GM plant to make ventilators?- is this what happens when a family of grifters takes over the White House? And with Mississippi's governor reversing all the local shelter-in-place orders and re-opening that state, are Republicans making the same sort of 'mistake' that GW Bush did when he ignored clear warnings about Osama Bin Laden?

As Britain's National Health Service begins to be inundated with a tsunami of Covid cases, and with the nation under lockdown enforced by threat of arrest, correspondent Victoria Jones gives Thom an idea of what life- and politics- are like in the UK right now.

And Thom reads from "Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction" by David Enrich.

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THE CARES ACT - WILL IT SAVE OUR ECONOMY? Mar 27, 2020

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Economist Richard Wolff says the carona virus bailout that just passed is 'too little, too late', and does not address the fundamental weakness of 'an economy on life support' of an unprecedented level of debt. And what is it about the structure of our country that we are seemingly helpless to prepare for and combat this virus?

Progressive leader and Congresswoman Primala Jayapal joins Thom with a brilliant summary of the events behind a House that just overcame a last minute Republican challenge and passed the CARES Act. What did Progressives get in the bill, and what do they feel it is still missing?

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THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS Mar 26, 2020

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How will the economic stimulus plan protect the most vulnerable self-employed workers and those in the gig economy who can't file unemployment because they never officially had a job? Will this stimulus plan be enough to save the economy? Progressive leader Mark Pocan answers challenging questions as to what is really going on in the halls of Congress.

And, Thom debates the conservative thinktank Heritage Foundation's Jason W. Snead on their organization's stance against federal funding of vote-by-mail. Even with the threat of Covid-19 disrupting the November presidential election, why would anyone be opposed to helping more people vote?

Why won't Donald Trump use the powers of the Defense Production Act to stop price gouging and to jumpstart emergency production of respirators? Thom's caller asks if right wingers' desire to 'thin the herd' is partly behind the government dragging its feet to respond to or even study the crisis?

Plus we hear about the new procedures postal workers are following, and some details on the German stimulus plan.

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FLAMING FOOLS WHO LISTEN TO FOX Mar 25, 2020

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Didn't Dan Patrick get the memo that millions of Americans getting sick all at once are likely to overwhelm our hospitals? Are returning Spring breakers from Florida spreading the pandemic across the nation? And should we worry that some Amazon warehouse workers are testing positive for Covid? And why did the New York Times editorial board recommend that the entire country shelter-in-place?

Katrina vandan Heuvel of The Nation magazine sounds the alarm as to what we must do during this crisis... And Thom's callers raise interesting questions, like- why did Trump pull American pandemic researchers out of China last year?.. Who is Trump's real cadre of support and does the need to support their interests explain Trump's bizarre behavior? Meanwhile, why are the evangelists in denial about this virus and why is Falwell's university staying open?

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WHAT IS DONALD TRUMP REALLY UP TO? Mar 24, 2020

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Why in the world did Trump delay for so long getting ready for the pandemic that he knew was coming? Is it anything like GW Bush sending troops into battle with unarmored Humvees? As medical shortages loom due to our lack of preparation, does Donald Trump care about the lives of the nurses and doctors on the front line who are saving lives from this new disease? And what fascist totalitarian measures are being snuck through under the cover of the corona virus crisis around the world- and right here in America?

And Progressive leader Ro Khanna shares his view from the floor of Congress as Republicans push for the pandemic stimulus program to once again benefit the rich.

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WILL TRUMP GET AWAY WITH LETTING PEOPLE DIE? Mar 23, 2020

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Trump is willing to let Americans die and to let this virus rage out of control, as long as there’s a bail out for his own businesses and the Fed can get the stock market back up.

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LET THEM EAT CORONA VIRUS Mar 22, 2020

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As the Covid shutdown deepens- could Trump's administration be handling the pandemic any worse?.. from not testing potentially infected cruise ship passengers and not testing nearly enough in general.. pushing for bailout of the rich once again... and now increasing the sanctions blocking Iran from getting critical medical supplies, do we have a sadist in the White House? With a grifter at the top, how are the bottom feeders also trying to scam us? The Prime Minister of Norway reaches out to kids... And what can we learn from the response to Covid in South Korea?

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EXTRAORDINARY POWERS Mar 21, 2020

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Ken Klippenstein of The Nation, joins Thom Hartmann to talk about the autocratic powers presidents are granted in times of national distress and how someone like Donald Trump could use them against the American people.

Will Donald Trump Abuse Immense Power from COVID-19 national Emergency?

Congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom to review coping strategies learned from the Great Republican Depression and how they may be of use in the current crisis.

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Pandemic Economics 101 Mar 20, 2020

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Today Richard Wolff and other experts help Thom get a handle on where our economy might be heading as unemployment increases precipitously. The last few years the rich have used stock buybacks and other schemes to get richer, while the gig economy and poverty have increasingly been the experience for many at the other end of the pay scale- how will the Covid shutdown bring these problems to a head? And as the government gets a stimulus plan together, who should be the first in line?- the giant corporations or the little guys?

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