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In the News
YOU THINK THIS IS BAD? The civil unrest we saw across the country on the night of May 30th was heartbreaking. After that, in comes the National Guard! Is that the end of it, or is it only the beginning?
This time of social unrest makes it a great time to look back at this Nipsey Hussle track from 2016.
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WHY HERD IMMUNITY WON'T SAVE YOU FROM COVID-19 Were you out at a crowded beach or public pool? Is it because people said you would be protected by something called "herd immunity"? Tom's got some bad news for you.
Here's the piece in The Washington Post that got Tom all revved up: ‘An international example of bad judgment’: Local officials stunned by raucous Memorial Day festivities
WebMD has what Tom considers to be the best piece explaining herd immunity.
Scientists Say New, Lower CDC Estimates For Severity Of COVID-19 Are Optimistic
CDC's Approach To Collecting Testing Data May Muddy The Picture Of Current Infections
Without A Vaccine, Herd Immunity Won’t Save Us
Is Herd Immunity Our Best Weapon Against COVID-19?
What the Proponents of ‘Natural’ Herd Immunity Don’t Say
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"I WANNA GO TO THE BEACH!" That's what all the Trumptards and the guys with the AR-15s and the Confederate flags are whining about. Tom has a compromise that could solve this dispute immediately and permanently!
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THE LIES WE'RE BEING TOLD EVERY DAY ABOUT COVID-19 You've got it all figured out. A couple of weeks or maybe a month of social distancing, then, "play ball!" Back to things as usual. The usual suspects are lying to you again. Remember how Tom accurately called the effects of this crisis? He says, "you ain't seen nothin' yet!"
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SHOULD PEOPLE WITH TWO HOMES STAY IN THE CITY? All over the country, people who can afford it are ditching urban quarantines for second homes as well as Airbnbs or VRBOs in less-infected small town America. The small towns are clapping back, saying that their small-town hospitals and emergency services can't handle the rush of urban escapees.
Should Tom and others like him retreat to their cities until COVID-19 subsides?
Here's the story from The Washington Post that got Tom going.
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WHILE LIFE AS WE KNOW IT HAS BEEN COLLAPSING AROUND US, four US Senators, who were privately briefed in advance of the severity of the coronavirus epidemic, apparently used the information to sell millions of dollars of stocks before the stock markets began to crash! Illegal? Insider trading? Listen and you be the judge!
Here is the scoop from Tom's guest, journalist Robert Faturechi of Propublica.
NPR obtained a secret tape of Senator Richard Burr on February 27th, 2020 cluing in big contributors about what was coming while Donald Trump and his supporters were calling the then-coming pandemic "a hoax". Burr later sold off his stocks in 33 separate transactions before the stock markets actually crashed.
Here's even more from TheHill.com: Four senators sold stocks before coronavirus threat crashed market.
Propublica is doing amazing reporting now that so many newspapers and radio stations have given up on actual journalism. Tom supports Propublica and donates as well. If you want more journalism like this, here's how to support this nonprofit organization and this great work.
NPR is also so valuable at this time when we need true facts and information the most. Here's how to support NPR.
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CORONAVIRUS: HOW LONG WILL THIS GO ON? What have we learned so far? How are US authorities handling this worldwide crisis? Are we really prepared for what might really happen? Many who miss Tom's live show have been asking for his takes, and here they are.
Tom mentioned this book during this episode.
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WHY ARE SEAN HANNITY AND RUSH LIMBAUGH STILL CALLING CORONAVIRUS A "HOAX"? Tom talks to former fellow radio talk show host Charlie Sykes, founder and editor-at-large for TheBulwark.com, about why right-wing TV and radio personalities continue to rant that we shouldn't believe that the worldwide pandemic in front of us is actually a thing.
Here's the New York Times article Tom read that inspired this episode.
Read Charlie's book, How The Right Lost Its Mind.
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BERNIE SANDERS: TIME TO HIT THE ROAD Hear Tom tell you why Bernie Sanders and his supporters have been wasting their time, why it's time to end his campaign, and why it's time for #BernieBros to accept Joe Biden into their lives.
From NPR: Bernie Sanders' Call For Young Voters Isn't Working Out The Way He Planned
From The New York Times: ‘It’s Just Everywhere Already’: How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response
From ABC News: Official: White House didn't want to tell seniors not to fly
From The New York Times: Bernie Sanders Will Remain in Race
Last time we had a "youth candidate" as a nominee (in 1972), see what happened to George McGovern.
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WHY WON"T WOMEN ELECT A WOMAN PRESIDENT? Find out why Tom thinks it's their own fault!
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