Forget about Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Andrew Cuomo is now the acting President of the United States. Trump continues to think that the job of president is "reality show moderator in chief."

Andrew Cuomo, on the other hand, the governor of New York State and a former member of Bill Clinton's cabinet, has been doing a morning update every day this week with facts, figures, and reassuring stories about his own family. He has been showing us what humanity, decency, and competence look like. CNN, MSNBC and even Fox News are carrying Cuomo's morning updates live nationwide.

Now that America has figured out that not only has Trump been lying to them for years but that the Republican Party and their trickle down economics for the past 40 years has been a scam, the country is turning it's back on Trump and the GOP. Every time Trump speaks, the stock market goes down even more and faster. America now gets it.

In Brazil, the people are demanding that right wing president Jair Bolsonaro step down because he did the same thing Trump has done in failing to prepare for a crisis that was obviously coming and then lying to his people about it for months.

Soon we will see demands that Trump step down and let somebody who actually knows how to run a government replace him. It can't come fast enough.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Coronavirus Updates: Cuomo calls for 75% workforce to stay home; Cases surpass 5,000 in New York" by WABC.

Video: Coronavirus NY: Update from Governor Cuomo March 19 2020.

Article: "Cuomo likens coronavirus outbreak to 9/11 after New York sees large spike in cases" by Danielle Wallace.

Article: "CDC, the top U.S. public health agency, is sidelined during coronavirus pandemic" by Lena H. Sun.

Article: "Bolsonaro Out!' From Balconies and Windows, Millions Demand Ouster of Brazilian President Over Handling of Coronavirus" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Intelligence Chairman Raised Virus Alarms Weeks Ago, Secret Recording Shows" by Tim Mak.

Article: "Trump signed the Defense Production Act 'in case we need it.' But what is it?" by Libby Cathey and Jack Arnholz.

Article: "'Are your eyes stitched shut?' Elizabeth Warren crushes Trump's foot dragging on pandemic response" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Massachusetts General Hospital Head: Federal Government Needs A "Manhattan Project" To Produce Medical Supplies" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Weird night for footy as season kicks off in silence" by Mitch Cleary.

Article: "Financial crisis of 2007-08" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "Fed walks tightrope on loosening bank regulations amid coronavirus response" by Brian Cheung.

Article: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Phase 2 of the coronavirus crisis is here" by Sam Baker, Jennifer A. Kingson, Bob Herman.

Article: "Oregon jobless claims surge 3,200% amid coronavirus outbreak" by Mike Rogoway.

Article: "WATCH: JP Morgan Chief Economist Predicts 14 Percent U.S. GDP Drop Next Quarter From Coronavirus" by Tommy Christopher.

Article: "Bill Ackman asks Trump to impose 'extended spring break' nationwide over coronavirus woes" by Thornton McEnery.

Article: "Over 70% of Singapore's new Covid-19 cases the past 3 days were imported - and most were Singapore residents and long-term pass holders" by Jessica Lin.

Article: "China Reports No New Local Cases for First Time in Coronavirus Pandemic" by Alexa Lardieri.

Article: "Younger Adults Make Up Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S." by Pam Belluck.

Article: "Coronavirus claims 2nd member of N.J. family, four other members remain critical" by Jeff Goldman, Spencer Kent.

Article: "Trump Has Sabotaged America's Coronavirus Response" by Laurie Garrett.

Article: "Why is the U.S. so Far Behind In Coronavirus Testing" by Tim Dickinson.

Article: "Here Are the 51 Republican Senators Who Just Voted Against Expanding Paid Sick Leave to All Workers" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "GOP Senators Erupt in Laughter After Suggestion to Call Corporate Bailouts "Freedom Payments" in Closed-Door Meeting With Mnuchin" by Jon Queally.

Site: Das Erste.

Video: Video: Merkels TV-Rede zur Corona-Krise: "Es ist ernst. Nehmen Sie es auch ernst.".

Article: "Merkel says coronavirus presents gravest crisis since WWII" by Loveday Morris, Luisa Beck and Rick Noack.

Tweet: "Who knows what this means, but it sounds good to me!" (retweeting pic of him fiddling) by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Poll finds only 38% of Fox News viewers are worried about virus" by David Edwards.

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Herd immunity: will the UK's coronavirus strategy work?" by Sarah Boseley.

Article: "The UK Only Realised "In The Last Few Days" That Its Coronavirus Strategy Would "Likely Result In Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths"" by Alex Wickham.

Article: "The 9 Deadly Diseases That Plagued George Washington" by PBS.

Article: "More lifesaving ventilators are available. Hospitals can't afford them." by Christopher Rowland.

Book: "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein.

Article: "Coronavirus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Democratic senators call on OSHA to issue Emergency Temporary Standard for workers due to coronavirus outbreak" by Justine Coleman.

Article: "There's One Easy Thing Trump Could Do Tomorrow to Protect Healthcare Workers from the Coronavirus" by Madison Pauley.

Article: "Infighting, missteps and a son-in-law hungry for results: Inside the Trump administration's troubled coronavirus response" by Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Josh Dawsey.

Article: "Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion, plaudits inside White House response efforts" by Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey.

Hour Two: The Global Meltdown
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Understanding Marxism / Understanding Socialism

Article: "Great Depression" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Fed may be setting the table for 2020 rate cuts" by Dion Rabouin.

Article: "Financial crisis of 2007-08" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "List of countries by hospital beds" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump and Mnuchin Likely to Drive Unemployment to Highest Levels Since Last Seen in Great Depression and Record Drops in the Stock Market" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "New York MTA Seeks $4 Billion U.S. Rescue After Virus Decimates Ridership" by Michelle Kaske.

Article: "Podcast, Episode 11: Inside The MTA'S Covid-19 Financial Crisis With Nicole Gelinas" by Benjamin Kabak.

Article: "5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes near Salt Lake City, knocking out Utah's coronavirus hotline" by Emily Shapiro.

Article: "COVID-19 hit South Korea and the U.S. on the same day. Here's what Korea did right." by Peter Weber.

Article: "Number of all hospital beds in the U.S. 1975-2017" by Statista.

Site: The Event 201 scenario.

Article: "COPD" by Mayo Clinic.

Article: "Howard Dean Scream" by Brad.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "OK State Senate on Lockdown After Someone Tests Positive for COVID-19" by KFOR.

Article: "FCA, Ford, Hyundai idle locations after employees test positive" by Vince Bond Jr., Michael Martinez, Laurence Iliff, Larry P. Vellequette.

Tweet: "We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "NYC Hotels May Become Hospitals To Cope With Coronavirus" by Adam Nichols.

Video: 91 'public relief' hospitals designated in S. Korea amid COVID-19 outbreak.

Article: "Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus" by Chad Terhune, Dan Levine, Hyunjoo Jin, Jane Lanhee Lee.

Article: "How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S." by Joanne Kenen.

Article: "Did US 'Refuse' COVID-19 Testing Kits from the World Health Organization?" by Bethania Palma.

Article: "Trump health officials deny that US rejected WHO diagnostic test" by Nathaniel Weixel.

Article: "Trump drops his coronavirus media detente" by Caitlin Oprysko.

Tweet: "This is a really disturbing display from the podium, one in keeping with the president's view of and statements about the press for three years, but taking place during a pandemic. He talks about how poorly he feels he's treated." by Maggie Haberman.

Article: "NYT reporter alarmed at Trump's 'really disturbing' coronavirus press conference meltdown" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Second Coronavirus Bill Provides Limited Paid Sick Leave" by Michael Rainey.

Article: "Mnuchin Lied About His Bank's History Of Robo-signing Foreclosure Documents" by David Dayen.

Article: "Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes northern California coast" by Ethan Baron.

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Site: Free Speech TV

Article: "The Dow Rose 188 Points Because Stocks and Investors Needed a Breather" by Evie Liu.

Article: "McConnell campaign complains that McGrath continues to air negative ads amid coronavirus pandemic" by Matthew Rozsa.

Article: "Hartmann's procedure" by Stomawise.

Article: "US will fast-track potential coronavirus drug, says Donald Trump" by AFP.

Article: "Epstein-Barr virus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Civilian Conservation Corps" (CCC) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gilead Sciences Gains After CDC Confirms U.S. Use of Coronavirus Treatment" (remdesivir) by Martin Baccardax.

Article: "Guillain-Barré syndrome and Flu Vaccine" by CDC.

Article: "Oklahoma sees first coronavirus death in Tulsa" by Madeline Farber.

Article: "Goodyear halting manufacturing operations in the U.S. and across the Americas" by Crain's Akron Business.

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