Thom Hartmann

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Attachment 33571
Is it Time to Start the Discussion on Universal Basic Income?
Yes, Yes it Is

Thom talks with a caller about the concept of a universal basic income, and why it might be necessary in the face of increasing automation in many industries.

• An old ‘disease’ that could help lawmakers understand today’s health-care debate
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33572
Trump Has Always Had a Revenge and Humiliation Fetish, Especially for Disloyal Subjects

Thom covers some items that indicate Trump has a longstanding penchant for demanding unbridled loyalty from his associates, and his lust for revenge if they appear to break from it. Did he fire a US Attorney because he wouldn't take his phone call?

• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33573
Let's Make America Great Again - By Returning to Eisenhower Tax Rates!
[[w/Guest Ryan Girdusky)

Thom speaks with guest Ryan Girdusky [[Senior Writer - Red Alert Politics) to debate the benefits of raising taxes on the rich, and how it worked extremely well when we've done it before, and how lowering taxes on the rich hasn't worked at all, except for the billionaires.

• Tax Cuts Steal Democracy
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33574
Trump is a Mega Brand Swallowing Our Government
[[w/Guest Naomi Klein)

Thom talks with guest Naomi Klein [[Activist, Filmmaker, Author - No Is Not Enough) about the additional steps democrats and the left need to take to shut down Trump and the republicans' toxic, kleptocratic takeover of our democracy. [[Pt 1/2)

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

• NoIsNotEnough.org
• TheLeap.org
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33575
No Is Not Enough, How Can We Stop Trump and Take Back Our Country?
[[w/Guest Naomi Klein)

Thom talks with guest Naomi Klein [[Activist, Filmmaker, Author - No Is Not Enough) about the additional steps democrats and the left need to take to shut down Trump and the republicans' toxic, kleptocratic takeover of our democracy. [[Pt 2/2)

• NoIsNotEnough.org
• TheLeap.org
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33576
Why Are Republican Senators Hiding Their New Healthcare Bill?

Thom covers current stories you're not likely to hear on corporate owned media. Republican senators writing their healthcare bill in secret, democratic candidates getting death threats, and more.

• Senate Republicans crack down on press access
• Trump-Era Political Violence Deterring Democratic Candidates
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33577
How Many Billion People Does Bill Gates Have As Much Wealth As?

Thom covers current stories you're not likely to hear on corporate owned media. Astronomical wealth inequality, Bill Gates, and a senator poking fun at Trump.

• Now Just Five Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33578
Russia Cloud Will Hang Over Trump Until Americans Have Definitive Answers

Thom covers current stories you're not likely to hear on corporate owned media. #2 at DOJ on Mueller firing rumors, Dennis Rodman as N Korean ambassador, and secret service recordings.

• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33579
Is Theresa May Making a Deal with the Devil to Keep Control of Britain?
[[w/Guest Fintan O'Toole)

Thom speaks with guest Fintan O'Toole [[Op-Ed Columnist - The Irish Times) about the minor British political party Prime Minister Theresa May is courting so she can build a majority coalition, but they have shady ties to Saudi royalty and other unsavory secrets.

• What connects Brexit, the DUP, dark money and a Saudi prince?
• OpenDemocracy.net
• IrishTimes.com
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33584
Suing Trump over the Emoluments Clause?
[[w/Congressman Mark Pocan)

Thom has his weekly chat with Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) about what's going on in the federal government and in the world, and they take listener calls on a variety of issues and topics. [[Pt 1/4)

• Pocan.House.gov
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33585
We Need Better Mental Health Responses So People Don't Fall Through the Cracks
[[w/Mark Pocan)

Thom has his weekly chat with Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) about what's going on in the federal government and in the world, and they take listener calls on a variety of issues and topics. [[Pt 2/4)

• Pocan.House.gov
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33586
How Can We Get Democrats to Stand Up for Single Payer?
[[w/Congressman Mark Pocan)

Thom has his weekly chat with Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) about what's going on in the federal government and in the world, and they take listener calls on a variety of issues and topics. [[Pt 3/4)

The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable

• Pocan.House.gov
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33587
Democrats Need to Keep Impeachment on the Table
[[w/Congressman Mark Pocan)

Thom has his weekly chat with Congressman Mark Pocan [[D-WI, 2nd District) about what's going on in the federal government and in the world, and they take listener calls on a variety of issues and topics. [[Pt 4/4)

• Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Pocan.House.gov
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33588
Will Trump Avoid a Historical Trap and Keep Us Out of War with China?
[[w/Guest Dr. Graham Allison)

Thom speaks with guest Dr. Graham Allison [[Director - Harvard's Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, and Author - Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap) about the common phenomenon of a world power warring with a rising developing nation seen as an existential threat, and what it means for Chinese-American relations.

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

• Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33589
Is the 2nd Amendment Another Antiquated Vestige of Slavery?

Thom lays out some of the lesser known origin story of the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution. The reasoning behind its particular wording may surprise you.

• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33593
Are Misogyny, Mental Health, and Mass Shootings All Connected?

Thom talks about the preponderance of mass shooting perpetrators who have a history of mental health issues, misogyny, and domestic violence.

• After 152 Mass Shootings In 2017, It Took An Attack On Congress To Get Our Attention
• Misogyny and Mass Murder, Paired Yet Again
• The Virginia mass shooter has a history of violence against women allegations
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33594
Can Trump Add a Money Laundering Investigation to His Long List of Troubles?

Thom talks about the appearance that Robert Mueller may be looking into money laundering in connection with the Trump organization. Could this be what takes him down?

• Why Trump is really angry: Mueller is following the money
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33595
Are Corporations Infiltrating PBS and Indoctrinating Kids In Our Schools?

Thom talks about a story where PBS is broadcasting essentially 3 hours of privatization propaganda, and a related story where fossil fuel companies are sending "teaching materials" to schools to sow doubt on climate change.

• Pipeline to the classroom: how big oil promotes fossil fuels to America's children
• PBS Runs A Three-Hour Series Glorifying The DeVos Education Agenda
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33596
What is the Actual Hidden Agenda of the Radical Right?
[[w/Guest Nancy MacLean)

Thom speaks with guest Professor Nancy MacLean [[William Chafe Professor of History & Public Policy - Duke University, Author - Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America) about the true motives behind what the right supports in terms of policy and public perception. [[Pt 1/2)

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

• History.Duke.edu
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33597
Is the Hard Right Encouraging Liberal States to Secede to Consolidate Power?
[[w/Guest Nancy MacLean)

Thom speaks with guest Professor Nancy MacLean [[William Chafe Professor of History & Public Policy - Duke University, Author - Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America) about the true motives behind what the right supports in terms of policy and public perception. [[Pt 2/2)

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

• Favela
• History.Duke.edu
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33598
Domestic Violence Destroys the Sanctity of Home

Callers weigh in on domestic violence, gun control, and other related issues.

• The Virginia mass shooter has a history of violence against women allegations
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33599
Georgia Secretary of State Purges Minority Voters Then Runs for Congress
[[w/Guest Greg Palast)

Thom speaks with guest Greg Palast [[Investigative Journalist, Filmmaker - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy) about the hotly contested congressional race in Georgia's 6th District. The republican candidate, Karen Handel, was previously responsible for removing African American and Korean voters from voter rolls through the Interstate Crosscheck program.

• GregPalast.com
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33600
Georgia 6th District Special Election Report by Greg Palast

Investigative Journalist Greg Palast [[Contributor to Rolling Stone, BBC, and others, and Filmmaker - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy) brings us a field report from Georgia's 6th District Congressional Election, where Jon Ossoff [[D) and Karen Handel [[R) are battling to fill Tom Price's empty seat. Handel as Secretary of State was responsible for purging thousands of minority voters from Georgia rolls.

• GregPalast.com
• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33601
Megyn Kelly Pulled a Fast One on Alex Jones, Jones Claims He Pulled a Fast One on Her

Thom covers the media battle between ex-Fox News host Megyn Kelly and InfoWars performance artist and tin foil hat enthusiast Alex Jones. Kelly wanted to interview Jones and pitched a non-combative profile piece on an "interesting person." Jones responds after the fact with recordings of phone conversations between the two. Whoever "wins", the public loses [[as usual).

• ThomHartmann.com

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Attachment 33602
Is Trump Digging Himself Deeper and Deeper with His Off the Wall Tweets?

Thom looks at recent Trump tweets denigrating Bob Mueller and James Comey, who have both served the country credibly in various capacities for decades without long histories of lying every chance they get.

• ThomHartmann.com