Secret Service Cuts Power To Venezuelan Embassy! (w/ Kymone Freeman)
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The Secret Service cut power to the Venezuelan Embassy to force out a group of protesters who are there fighting against the U.S. backed coup in Venezuela.
Kymone Freeman of We Act Radio joins the program live from outside the embassy to tell us "Hands Off Venezuela"
Did Trump Laugh About Exterminating Refugees?
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Donald Trump laughed at comments made by his supporters at a rally calling for refugees to be exterminated.
The President of the United States heard his supporters enthusiastically call for the murder of migrants and didn't correct them.
He laughed along with them.
What are we going to do?
Is Capital Punishment For Abortion & Miscarriage Coming To America?
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Republicans are trying to criminalize abortion. Even planning to make abortion a capital offense, worthy of the death penalty.
And with Donald Trump's Supreme Court there is no guarantee that these laws will be overturned.
Will Republicans be able to get away with making women the property of the state?
Trump Could Win In 2020 Unless Progressives HelpThe American Worker Now!
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Trump would win the 2020 election if Progressives don't take a hard stance on trade. Donald Trump gained a lot of support by going after NAFTA and the TPP even though he lied.
And now the president is using the FED to supercharge the economy until the presidential election to assure his victory.
Unless Democrats can prove to the American people that they are taking the stances on trade that will help them, Donald Trump could secure four more years.
And that would really hurt the American worker!
Mueller Investigation Report, Part 6: Internet Research Agency
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Thom reads extracts from the redacted version of the Mueller Investigation Report.
From page 27, this reading provides more on the Internet Research Agency [[IRA) and interference with the 2016 US elections.
Are ANY Democrats Electable in 2020?
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Is any Democrat electable?
Author Ryan Grim looks at what happened in 1998 and how it teaches us lessons for 2020.
Mueller Investigation Report, Part 7: Black Fist
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Thom continues to read excerpts from the Mueller Investigation Report.
Continuing from page 32 of part one, the story of 'Black Fist'.
Could Trump's Trade Policy Cost Progressives 2020 Election?
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Donald Trump could win the 2020 election through his trade policies and to make it worse, Donald Trump is going about trade in a way that will hurt the economy and Americans in the long run.
Can progressives bring protectionist trade policies back to the left before Donald Trump starts another term as president?
When Will America Fall - Like The Roman Empire?
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The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE is well known. Less well known, is whether the US will fall this century.
Edward J Watts book ‘Mortal Republic’ covers the Roman Republic and how Rome fell into tyranny and discusses with Thom whether the American Empire will decline.
The historian covers the Roman Empire fall and the possible decline of the American Empire.
Trump, Mueller, Twitter - And The Fate Of America
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Mueller reported ten cases of obstruction involving Trump and his administration.
Trump's Twitter is red hot trying to deflect attention away from the Mueller investigation report.
Congressman Mark Pocan reports that while the right-wing media is trying to ignore Mueller as well, that in Congress the talk is almost nothing but Trump, Mueller, and impeachment.
Lied Into A War With Iran
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John Bolton has been down to the CIA ahead of declaring war on Iran.
There is no proof that Iran is about to attack American interests, but hey, John Bolton has 'Trumped-Up' the [[non-existent) rhetoric and wants the US to go to war with the Iranians.
We are being lied into war with Iran - do we want that?
Venezuela Coup: FAILED - What Trump Got Wrong
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Donald Trump, Elliot Abrams, and John Bolton thought that they could overthrow the democratically elected Maduro government of Venezuela.
They were wrong. Now they are going after the people of Venezuela with sanctions designed to hurt the working people.
Mark Weisbort, Co-Director of the Center for Economic & Policy Research joins Thom Hartmann to discuss what Trump got wrong about interfering with Venezuela's elections.
Do you think the people of Venezuela can withstand sanctions until Donald Trump can be forced out of office?
Democratic Primary Straw Poll Results! Which Candidate Can Defeat Trump?
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With the democratic primaries coming ever closer who are your top three picks for President?
The Thom Hartmann program conducted a straw poll of candidates to see who our audience was planning to vote for in the upcoming primary and the results are in!
Do you agree with the Thom Hartmann straw Poll or do you think another candidate can beat Trump in 2020? Let us know in the comments below!
Mueller Investigation Report, Part 8: The GRU
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The Mueller Investigation Report read word for word, less the redactions.
Part 8 covers pages 36 to 38 and the GRU, the Russian equivalent of the CIA.
Mueller Investigation Report, Part 9: Malware Hacking
Does Alabama Abortion Law Make Women Property Again?
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Alabama lawmakers are trying to ban abortion in the state, and with no exceptions to this rule, even the life of the mother is in danger.
Does this new Alabama law make women and those who can get pregnant essentially property again?
Jefferson Smith talks to a woman who had an abortion, about what her life would be like if she had to live through the Alabama law.
Abortion Ban Exposes Evangelical Christians' Own "Sharia Law"
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Donald Trump's supporters are afraid of Sharia Law and yet some of them are part of the evangelical right wing behind restrictive bans on the freedom of women?
How can Evangelical Christians use a fundamentalist reading of their religious text to ban abortion care and fear the day Sharia Law takes over the United States?
This is a fundamental hypocrisy!
Abortion Could Have Saved Her Grandmother's Life!
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Laws that ban abortion do not actually ban abortions but only ban safe and legal abortions. A Thom Hartmann listener calls Jefferson Smith and tells us about the time her grandmother got an illegal abortion and didn't survive.
Is this the future we are leaving for our children?
Abortion Ban - Planned Parenthood Vows To Fight
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Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen vows to fight the most restrictive abortion bans and to continue providing care despite them.
Moving past the debates about why the right wing is using abortion for their reelection campaign, Dr. Leana Wen focuses on how abortions save lives for the people who need them.
Are you going to answer Wen's call to get active and get organized to protect reproductive rights?
Is There A White Supremacist Plot To Outlaw Abortion?
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Are the abortion bans we are seeing in Georgia and Alabama the result of white supremacy?
One caller thinks they are and links fears of a shrinking white population to the need of the right to control the bodies of women and people of color through laws that limit reproductive rights.
Do you think there is a link between the right wing evangelical push to restrict women's reproductive choices and a white supremacist push to control the bodies of women?
Abortion Ban - What Happens To Unwanted Children When Abortion Is Illegal?
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What happens to children born because abortion is illegal?
Will the new abortion ban leave unwanted children without proper care? A Thom Hartmann listener calls in to tell her story of going through life feeling like she was an unwanted child.
Should anyone have to go through this?
Americans Are Crossing Borders To Afford Healthcare
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Healthcare in the United States is so expensive that some Americans are grateful to be in Mexico when they face life-threatening illnesses.
Caller Nicholas tells the story of the difference in healthcare cost between the US and Mexico where he lives.
We are almost at a point where Americans are crossing the border to seek out affordable and accessible healthcare services.
Isn't it time we have Universal Healthcare in America?
Abortion Bans Could Be First Step Toward Republican Evangelical Rule!
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The Republican "Christian" Fundamentalists are making a law that makes women the property of men. Mike Pence's dream come true thanks to Alabama, Georgia and more states every day, all enacting very strict abortion bans.
But where do these laws lead and what is the goal of Republicans in creating such harsh bans on abortion and healthcare?
Are these hard laws the vanguard of a Republican Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice?
Local Elections - More Important than 2020?
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Should progressives focus on winning local and state elections just as much as we focus on winning congressional and presidential elections?
Congressman Ro Khanna answers a caller's questions on the importance of elections
Jury Nullification - Powerful Or Dangerous?
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Is jury nullification a powerful tool that informed citizens can use in an America filled with Trump-appointed judges or is this just a dangerous dead end?