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Hey GOP... Hands Off Our Medicare & Medicaid! (w/Guest Jon "Bowzer" Bauman)(Pt 2)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with Jon Bauman [[Electoral Politics and Public Policy Activist and Co-Founder of Senior Votes Count, as well as former Singer of Sha Na Na) about all the ways we can push back against the republican plan to destroy Medicare and Medicaid.
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"Obamacare" vs Republicans' "WhoCares" (w/Guest Dr. Sanjeev Sriram)(Pt 1)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram MD, MPH [[Host - "Dr. America" on We Act Radio, and Asst Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University) about the true state of health care.
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Taking Our Country Back One Seat at a Time (w/Guest Dallas Fowler)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with Dallas Fowler [[Candidate for Los Angeles Community College Board and former Commissioner to the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women) about the state of our higher education system and what we can do to make it work for everyone.
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"Obamacare" vs Republicans' "WhoCares" (w/Guest Dr. Sanjeev Sriram)(Pt 2)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram MD, MPH [[Host - "Dr. America" on We Act Radio, and Asst Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University) about the true state of health care.
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Trump's Intelligence Agency Is a Republican Propaganda Channel ...
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Thom talks about the dangerous reality that Trump is relying more on partisan "alternative facts" than the actual national intelligence community for his "information."
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Battling the Billionaires for Better Schools (w/Guest Steve Zimmer)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with guest Steve Zimmer [[President - Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, running for re-election) about the fate of LA public schools and if they'll move to charter schools, leaving them vulnerable to profitization.
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Trade your iPhone for Health Care, so says Jason Chaffetz
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Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah stated that under new republican health care rules, the poor might have to forego their smart phones to "invest in their own" health care.
Thom lists some services you could afford that way.
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Is There a Constitutional Basis for Health Care as a Right? YES!
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Thom fields a question from a caller on the justification of health care as a right. Turns out the constitution makes a pretty compelling case for it.
Health care is right there in the Constitution - who knew?
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Are Poor People Bribing Democratic Politicians? (w/Guest Neil McCabe)
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Thom sits down with Neil W. McCabe [[Political Reporter - Breitbart News) for an animated discussion on whose agenda is really behind certain health care policies.
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Everyone Expects Someone Else to Deal With Environmental Issues
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Thom sits down with guest Kathleen Rogers [[President - Earth Day Network) to talk about upcoming Earth Day events as well as the March for Science happening in conjunction with it on April 22. What will YOU do to protect the planet?
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Illegal Immigrants Aren't the Problem, Illegal Employers Are!
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Thom sets a caller straight who is blaming undocumented immigrants for "stealing" and "putting wear and tear on our roads" about who is really causing the problems.
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Republicans Don't Know How to Govern, Only Oppose (w/Congressman Mark Pocan)
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Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) to talk about the news of the day and important issues facing our country.
Can the Republicans govern effectively, or not at all?
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Scott Walker Wants to be Emperor (w/Congressman Mark Pocan)
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Is Scott Walker our Emperor? Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) to talk about the news of the day, including single payer, healthcare and Crosscheck.
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People Are Demanding Health Care, Republicans Only Offer Insurance
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Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) to talk about the news of the day and important issues facing our country as well as taking calls from listeners.
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Should Trump be Forced Out Over Psychological Issues? (w/Congressman Mark Pocan)
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Is Trump psychologically damaged? Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) to talk about the news of the day, including clean coal and the environment.
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What Would a Libertarian Utopia Look like? Do You Dare to Find Out?
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Thom sits down with guest Charles Sauer [[President - The Market Institute) to hear his vision of a libertarian society. Thom is not so sure about these ideas.
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Why Are There Tipis On the National Mall? (w/Guest Alberto Salamando)
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Thom talks with Alberto Salamando about the current wave of activism happening recently spurred by the Dakota Access Pipeline and similar projects, and the importance of coming together to protect the environment.
Alberto Salamando [[Human Rights Lawyer with Indigenous Environmental Network)
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CIA Cyber Surveillance, Coming to a Computer Near You? (w/guest Jenna McLaughlin)
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Thom talks with Jenna McLaughlin about the recent Wikileaks release of "Vault 7," what it contains, and what it means for average Americans.
Jenna McLaughlin : Surveillance, National Security, and Tech Reporter at The Intercept
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This Is What Government by Billionaires and Special Interests Looks Like
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Thom covers some of the news of the day, with a particular focus on some of Trump's special interest cabinet appointments.
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Will Our Insane Worldwide Debt Blow Up In Our Faces?
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The looming global debt crisis, health care giveaways for billionaires, and Trump massage parlors coming to China [[what?).
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If the Rich Keep Stealing the American Dream, the Poor Will Rise Up Against Them
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Thom talks with a caller who is worried about the consequences if the Trump administration and republicans in general continue their looting of the American Dream through Reaganomics and deregulation.
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Only 5% of Our Arctic Coast Is Legally Protected (w/Guest Faith Gemmill)
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Thom sits down with Faith Gemmill of REDOIL [[Resisting Environmental Destruction On Indigenous Lands), an Alaska Native group fighting against destruction of the land and water by fossil fuel and mining companies about the dangers facing many of our natural resources and the safety of our air, water, and land.
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Book Club - "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America" by Michael Eric Dyson
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Thom reads a passage from "Tears We Cannot Stop, A Sermon to White America" by Michael Eric Dyson, regarding the current state of race relations in the United States. Dyson was also a recent guest on the program.
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Will China Launch Nukes and Start WWIII Because of Trump??
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Very unsettling news from South East Asia between China, North Korea, South Korea, and the United States, as Trump amps up our nuclear presence in the area, causing rising tensions.
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What Kind of Anti-Nuclear Protests Are Happening In Your Area?
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Thom talks with a caller about an upcoming rally against nuclear war in the Seattle area as Trump seems to be increasingly callous towards the use of nuclear weapons and the grave repercussions that follow.