The option I like: We don't sacrifice America's grandparents. We prepare the economy for a big pause and then a big restart. We act like the world's richest nation on the tech frontier and get our act together to contain and kill COVID-19. Anything less to our everlasting shame.

This is a tough chart for Democrats.

Some eye-popping numbers on Clinton's growing popular vote lead, via at @TheAtlantic 

GOLDMAN SACHS: “... the costs of US tariffs have fallen entirely on US businesses and households, with no clear reduction in the prices charged by Chinese exporters. “

A week ago, they were forecasting a 4% drop | Morgan Stanley Sees U.S. Economy Plunging 30% in Second Quarter

THREAD: 1/ The American economy is shutting down. An insta-depression (effectively) encouraged by government to stop the spread of #COVID-19 . But the ongoing collapse of 30m small businesses will cause mass unemployment today and painfully slow recovery tomorrow.

⏰ THREAD: 1/ The US economy is imploding. That’s the message of the plunging stock market and rising jobless claims. And Washington is not doing nearly enough to stop it. Forecasts of a deep recession followed by a strong recovery are too optimistic. Here’s why:

🔥 JPMORGAN: "Revised GDP forecast of -2.0% annualized growth in 1Q, followed by -3.0% growth in 2Q. ... forecast assumes a fiscal response of about $500 billion. .... If the spread of virus moderates .... stage could be set for a return to growth in 3Q, when we forecast 2.5%"

This new talking point that immigrants — even if they came here as children — are not *really* patriotic, trustworthy Americans ... is something.

Literally every Bernie explanation for every problem is corporate greed. Makes it easy to do economic policy because you don't have to know anything about economic policy. Or costs and benefits. Or trade-offs. Or unintended consequences.