Thom discusses the Trump's historical parallels and his attempts to privatize the military, leaving us with an odd question, who is worse, Donald Trump or Mike Pence.
Thom discusses the Trump's historical parallels and his attempts to privatize the military, leaving us with an odd question, who is worse, Donald Trump or Mike Pence.
Thom Talks to Texas Observer Editor Forrest Wilder, about the ill fated efforts of Libertarians trying in trying to create a society based around libertarianism.
Thom and his audience debate the newest iteration of the age old trolly problem: Does a Trump presidency mean America is tied to the tracks or will Mike Pence's ties to private military contractors mean the world is? Utilitarian morality is almost as absurd as our current political climate.
Attachment 33907
The FCC Should be Fighting Fake News, Instead They're Enabling Media Consolidation [[w Mark Pocan)
Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D, WI - 2nd District, Co-Chair - Congressional Progressive Caucus) to talk about current events, Trump, Congress, and more, and take listener questions. [[Pt 1/3)
Total duration 18 minutes:Attachment 33907
We Shouldn't Give Huge Tax Breaks to Corporations for a Handful of Jobs
[[w/Congressman Mark Pocan)Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D, WI - 2nd District, Co-Chair - Congressional Progressive Caucus) to talk about current events, Trump, Congress, and more, and take listener questions. [[Pt 2/3)
Thom is joined by Congressman Mark Pocan [[D, WI - 2nd District, Co-Chair - Congressional Progressive Caucus) to talk about current events, Trump, Congress, and more, and take listener questions. [[Pt 3/3)
Attachment 33908
How Republicans Sent a Democratic Governor to Jail for No Reason
[[w/guest Steve Wimberly)Thom is joined by guest Steve Wimberly [[Director/Producer - Atticus v. the Architect: The Political Assassination of Governor Don Siegelman) to talk about the complete prosecutorial attack on Don Siegelman by his political enemies.
Thom covers some of the news of the day. Including a BIG list of Mike Pence's transgressions against America.
Thom talks about Trump's increasingly worrying and troublesome behavior in the wake of comments that push us perilously close to nuclear war with North Korea.
Attachment 33913
Conservatives Have a Habit of Starting Little Wars, and They're Getting More and More Stupid!Thom talks about Trump and his posturing against North Korea, and the long history of conservative politicians wanting to go to war for a popularity boost [[Trump's approval rating is in the 30s).
Total duration 16 minutes:Attachment 33914
Republicans Have Weaponized the Criminal Justice System
[[w/guest Gov. Don Siegelman)Thom speaks with guest Don Siegelman [[Former Governor - Alabama, 1999-2003, profiled in the new documentary, Atticus v. the Architect: The Political Assassination of Don Siegelman).
Attachment 33915
Employers Used to Believe in the Power of Aggregate Demand, What Happened?
[[w/guest Rick Wartzman)Thom speaks with guest Rick Wartzman [[Author - The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America, Director - KH Moon Center for a Functioning Society, Drucker Institute, Claremont University, and Contributor - Fortune Magazine) about what caused the widespread prosperity in post war American, where it went, and who took it away.
- Thom Hartmann: Rebooting the American Dream
- Drucker.Institute [[Ctrl-A&click may be necessary to view—website bug?)
- ThomHartmann.com
Total duration 16 minutes:Attachment 33922
On the One Hand We've Got a Psychotic Despot with Nuclear Weapons, & on the Other Hand, North Korea!Thom comments on the growing nuclear tensions between the US and North Korea, with parallels back to Nixon and Vietnam.
Attachment 33923
The Unproven THAAD Missile System is Mostly a Billion Dollar Present to Lockheed MartinThom sits down with guest Medea Benjamin [[Co-Founder - CODEPINK, Co-Founder - Global Exchange, Author - Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US/Saudi Connection) to talk about the nuclear standoff between the US and North Korea.
Thom talks about a strange connection between private utility companies [[the guys pushing dirty fossil fuels) and state level republican politicians. What's their agenda?
Thom talks about the republican plan to further fleece the American people.
Thom speaks with guest Mark Potok [[Writer, speaker, former organizer with Southern Poverty Law Center.) on the disturbing white supremacist violence over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia and how it is related to Donald Trump and other republicans.
Thom looks at the history of the violence of overt white supremacists and the support they've received from leading right wing institutions including the media and the police since the Greensboro Massacre in 1979 all leading up to the tragic murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville this past weekend.
Thom speaks with a caller who witnessed the tragic terror attack carried out by white supremacist over the weekend in Charlottesville, echoing the sentiments that fascism must be stopped at all cost.
Attachment 33940
White Supremacists Are Invested In Continuing the Conversation
[[w/Guest Dr Randy Blazak)Thom talks with Dr Randy Blazak on the fascist strategy of using free speech as a way to legitimize themselves and continue a conversation that we shouldn't even be having.
Thom Hartmann takes your calls and answers a question on the mind of viewers and listeners around the world. What can we do to stop Fascism?
Thom speaks with friend of the show and special guest Greg Palast about the events in Charlottesville. Where one of his reporters witnessed horrific events, worse still the media and the police don't seem to be interested.
Outside the United States Greg brings us an update on Venezuela and Trump's possibly military options there.
Thom speaks with former white supremacist and current Board Chair of Life After Hate, an organization dedicated to getting young men to leave white supremacy behind.
Thom takes a closer look at Trump's speech on the attacks in Charlottesville, discovering some dog whistle code words, could this be why white supremacists like Richard Spencer don't believe Trump meant his half hearted condemnation?
Thom talks to Lee Fang, an investigative reporter from The Intercept about his latest piece on libertarians taking advantage of turmoil in other Latin America countries to kickstart libertarian projects.
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