Conservative Concerned About Race Baiting Turns Out To Be Racist
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A conservative called the Thom Hartmann Program and was able to sound somewhat reasonable for 0.68 seconds until to the surprise of absolutely no one, he turned out to be another petty racist when his concerns were nothing more than that the democrats bringing up race made him uncomfortable.
Are You Supporting The National Prison Strike?
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August 21st is being dubbed Nat Turner Day in solidarity with Prisoners holding a national strike demanding an end to slave labor in prison. Do you support the prison strike? Let us know in the comments!
How Do We Stop The Next Trump?
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With the Mueller investigation moving forward, it seems that Donald Trump might just be looking at impeachment. Callers to the Thom Hartmann Program and Guest Host Jefferson Smith want to know how to stop the next Trump.
Why Is Trump Fighting The Fed?
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Will Donald Trump cause the value of the dollar to sink by messing with the Fed the same way he messed with tariffs? Richard Wolff joins the program to discuss.
Why Does The Right Want To Save Confederate Monuments?
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Why does the Right want to preserve monuments to people who betrayed the United States? To answer, James S Robbins, author of a new book on why the right wants to save monuments to people who betrayed the United States, explains.
Is It Time For Progressive Democrats To Proudly Claim Socialism?
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Is it time to take back the word socialism and stop reactionary republicans from using it to invoke fear and misunderstanding. If socialism means providing the American people with education, housing, the social safety net, and strengthening those pillars which made the middle class strong, then maybe we should all be proud socialists.
How To Save Our Elections
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Greg Palast uncovers the way progressives fight against republican efforts to hand out our vote to the morbidly rich
Does Donald Trump Have Microchips in his Body?
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Anything goes Friday caller asks if Donald Trump has microchips in his body and as any good newsperson Jefferson Smith wants to find out too!
Is it Too Early To Discuss The Legacy Of John McCain
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Congressman Ro Khanna answers a caller who feels that we should not be grieving John McCain because of the legacy of the Republican Senator in the Vietnam war and his work in the United States senate. Is it too soon to discuss the legacy of John McCain?
Are Republicans Happy To Profit Off Your Death
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Jefferson Smith asks if Republicans are okay with anything so long as they profit from it!
What's Libertarian's Problem With Social Security, Medicare And Hanging Up On People?
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Professor Thomas DiLorenxo, acting as the Hand of the invisible Hand of the free Market, 'Drops the Call' on Medicare Public Schools and a debate with Thom Hartmann.
Was this libertarian special snowflake triggered when he was challenged on the merits of advocating for a free market solution that would weaken the very institutions of democracy?
Republican Leverage In Elections Rises And Voter Population Falls
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A call on voting rights prompts Thom Hartmann to reveal the real reason Republicans, the morbidly rich and others are trying to get rid of your vote. It's how they get elected. Does Republican leverage in an election go up as the voting population goes down?
Could The United States Become Another Poland Or Hungary
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With the mainstream media now openly discussing the possibility of the United States losing our Democracy under the Trump Pence Regime, will we be able to pull through and avoid authoritarian rule or will Trump seize the opportunity available and use war or some other disaster to implement a new dark chapter in American history where the elections are made up and the votes don't matter.
Serving Kansas's Kris Kobach Over Purging Voters From Rolls (w/Guest Greg Palast)
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Greg Palast is sueing Kansas's Kris Kobach over Voter Purges
Democrats Reject Fossil Fuel And Super Delegates Tom Purez Frustrated By Rumors
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Tom Perez is angry. Republicans won't like him when he's angry. Having just led the battle to get rid of superdelegates which prevented Bernie Sanders from securing the nomination for president in 2016, now two years before the next presidential election, the Democratic Party has gotten rid of fossil money and superdelegates. Are the Democrats setting the stage for a new social democrat to lead the party to victory?
Book Club: The Shadow President - The Truth about Mike Pence - by Michael ...
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Thom reads from The Shadow President - The Truth about Mike Pence - by Michael D'Antonio and Peter Eisner.
How Future President Mike Pence Is Preparing To Take Over The White House
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Michael D'Antonio, author of The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence sits down with Thom Hartmann to discuss efforts by the vice president and his allies to make Mike Pence the 46th President of the Unite States. Do you think Vice President Mike Pence is going to make a presidential run?
How A Decade Of Financial Crises Changed The World (w/Guest Adam Tooze)
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Professor of history at Columbia University and Director of the European Institute, Adam Tooze joins the show to discuss his new book, Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.
Are Economic Anxieties Really Behind Trump's Rise to Power? Congressman Mark Pocan
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Congressman Mark Pocan answers questions from callers on the financial reality behind Trump's election. Was economic anxiety the reason rural communities supported then candidate Trump or was it something more sinister.
Book Club: The Perfect Weapon By David E. Sanger
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Thom reads from The Perfect Weapon by David E. Sanger.
Right Wing Robo Calls Tell Citizens To Exterminate Undocumented People
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Right wingers are politicizing the tragic end of Mollie Tibbetts's life by calling for more deportations, increasing calls for Donald Trump's proposed border wall and now, as Fox News and other mainstream conservative press focus on Cristhian Bahena Rivera's identity as an immigrant, phones are ringing with robocalls advocating for the extermination of undocumented people from the United States. What can we do to stop the hate?
Prisoners Strike To End Legal Slavery
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Prisoners across the nation are striking to end prison slavery, codified in the 13th amendment that ends all forms of slavery except as punishment.
Open Admission That Profit Is The Bottom Line Richard Wolff
Book Club: Kickback - Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network - by David Mon...
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Thom reads from Kickback - Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network - by David Montero.
Should Democrats Utilize The Policy Demands Of The Movement For Black Lives
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Should the next move for progressive Democrats be adding the platform of the Movement for Black Lives to their list of policy demands?