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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