Columbus Day is dwindling in popularity, as are Republicans after pushing Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, invoking a wave of anger and activism from women across the country and from all political positions.
Will the growing anger of women and allies be enough to stop Republicans from taking America back to the time of Columbus and interpreting the constitution as a rich slave owner would?
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October-09-18, 12:22 PM #10126
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From Columbus To Kavanaugh: Why Neither Man Should Be Celebrated!
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October-09-18, 12:51 PM #10127
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Are Republicans Getting Away With Inflaming Civil Unrest
Critics of Republicans are finding themselves in need of protection, relocation and security from the abuses by Republican voters and right wingers.
Is the Republican Party going to get away with making things unsafe for their opponents?
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October-09-18, 05:50 PM #10128
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If Donald Trump Is Our Reality TV President Can We Vote Him Off
Donald Trump is employing a reality TV star method to the madness of his position as President. Viewers want to know if Donald Trump is the reality TV president does that mean we can kick him off?
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October-09-18, 06:00 PM #10129
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From Suffrage To MeToo: Feminism In The Age Of Trump And Beyond
A caller lists milestones from the suffrage movement through the feminism of the 1960's with Gloria Steinem and now up to today's #MeToo movement. The caller asks what will become of this latest movement? Will it result in any successes for women and girls?
Do you think the #MeToo movement will help change the world for the better?
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October-09-18, 06:51 PM #10130
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How Donald Trump Sells Political Alienation For Power
Donald Trump's election was very much based on feelings of political alienation of certain demographics. Since his election, this political alienation among his base has only gotten worse thanks to the intentional dog whistle and the money the Koch Brothers are throwing in. Will playing on political alienation create a dangerous environment for the future? Will this be enough to get the Republicans elected again?
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October-10-18, 05:34 PM #10131
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What Is To Be Done With Those Responsible For Climate Change
Scientific reports are showing that there is little more than a decade before the effects of global climate change reach a tipping point the human race may not survive beyond. It's the time for action. What are we do to with those responsible for climate change, the morbidly rich, corporations, petro billionaires, and the politicians in their pocket. Do we throw them all in jail, nationalize their industries or do we have a truth and reconciliation commission?
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October-10-18, 06:09 PM #10132
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The GOP Is Trying To Steal Your Vote This Very Second [[w/Guest Greg Palast)
Greg Palast continues his coverage of the GOP's efforts to steal elections through voter purges and how we can fight against it. Have you been purged? Will the GOP be able to get away with taking votes from African Americans, minorities and Democrats?
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October-10-18, 06:47 PM #10133
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Trump Administration Tries To Win Over Voters With Antisemitism & The Media Joined In
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Trump Administration Tries To Win Over Voters With Antisemitism & The Media Joined In!The GOP is using antisemitism to win over some of Donald Trump's "very fine people" and the media is buying it up and even sharing it. How dangerous is this for our democracy?
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October-10-18, 07:13 PM #10134
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As Progressives We Need More Than Just Elections To Defeat The Trump Cult
Will it take more than winning elections and blue waves to defeat the cult around Donald Trump? How do we deprogram the cult of Donald Trump?
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October-11-18, 06:25 PM #10135
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Attachment 36707
Climate Change Could Raise Sea Levels Enough To Sink Tropical Islands
[[w/Guest Dr. Michael Mann)Dr. Michael Mann, Professor of Meteorology and author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, joined the program to discuss the dire state of the planet in the face of climate change and what will happen to coastal lands and islands when the sea levels begin to rise in response to increased temperatures that are melting the ice at the poles.
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October-11-18, 06:47 PM #10136
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Is It Time To Find Alternatives To Capitalism?
After reports show the dire situation that the earth is being put in thanks to the oligarchs and the morbidly rich, is it time to try alternatives to strengthen democracy that may not include capitalism? Is it time to give socialism another shot after the lessons and failures of its execution in Russia? What about sortition? Callers in a desperate place ask important questions. What do you think?
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October-11-18, 07:48 PM #10137
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Congressman Mark Pocan Takes On Corporate Media With Thom Hartmann
Congressman Mark Pocan responds to one of the largest newspapers in America publishing a White House press release as an op ed full of lies, many of which were lies against Democrats. How do we handle newspapers that publish lies like this?
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October-12-18, 06:21 PM #10138
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Taking On Trump And Supporters Using His Own Words [[w/Congressman Ro Khanna)
Congressman Ro Khanna joins the Thom Hartmann Program, answering calls from the audience and taking on Trump supporters and Republican rhetoric with the words of Donald Trump himself. Digging up damaging and contradictory statements, could Trump's own words be enough to condemn him in the eyes of his supporters?
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October-12-18, 06:38 PM #10139
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The Dark History Of Trump's "America First" Slogan Traced To KKK & Fascism
Sarah Churchwell author of Behold America traces Donald Trump's slogan to its origins in fascist Italy and in the 20th century resurgence of the Klu Klux Klan [[KKK) in America. What does this say about the slogan, Donald Trump and the Republican use of it? And lastly, is "America First" still a fascist phrase?
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October-12-18, 07:09 PM #10140
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Republicans Admit They Dont Want You To Vote [[w/Guest Congressman Ro Khanna)
Congressman Ro Khanna comments on Republicans' explicit message that they don't want progressives to vote, because they have less of a chance of winning if we do!
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October-15-18, 08:43 PM #10141
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How Republicans Plan To Steal Your Vote [[w/Guest Tom Perez)
Tom Perez, the chairman of the DNC joins the program today to talk to about Republican efforts to steal your vote and the election. Can the DNC fight election fraud before it's too late or will the Republicans gain majorities in the House and the Senate?
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October-15-18, 09:27 PM #10142
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Attachment 36731
Why Technology Companies Can't Be Allowed To Ignore Human Rights Abuses
[[w/Guest Anand Giridharadas)Will Big Tech be able to take a moral stand against working for human rights abusers like Saudi Arabia? Anand Giridharadas joins to talk about technology companies and Saudi Arabia, his new book on the futility of changing the world without changing the power structures under it, and much, much more.
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October-15-18, 10:19 PM #10143
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How Is Trump's New Gilded Age Treating You?
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October-15-18, 10:34 PM #10144
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Anniversary Of The Black Panther Party
Today marks the fifty-first anniversary of the Black Panther Party's founding. We celebrate by reading from the Panther's ten point program. Which of these do you want to see happen today? How have the Black Panther Party for Self Defense Influenced the world? Let us know in the comments!
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October-16-18, 05:12 PM #10145
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If Enough Young People Vote There Won't Be Any Republicans Left In Office [[w/Nick ...
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October-16-18, 05:29 PM #10146
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DEBATE: How The Republican Tax Scam Steals Your Money And Power
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All is not what it seems when it comes to the Republican Tax Scam, but how are people seeing extra money in their paycheck going to react when they find out the true cost of the cuts the Republicans have made. Is it worth it?
A man receiving additional revenue in his paychecks due to the Republican Tax cuts, passed by a majority Republican Congress and signed by Donald Trump, wants to know why progressives and Democrats are against the Republican Tax Plan, and challenges Thom Hartmann on this and other points on the Republican Tax Plan, leading to a tax debate and an unexpected outcome.
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October-16-18, 06:24 PM #10147
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Debate: Is It Time To Use The F Word? [[w/Guest Dave Workman)
Have we reached a stage-two fascism problem? The GOP invited Proud Boys to an official function in NYC, where they enacted the assassination of a socialist by a far right nationalist, and then went out attacking people on the street. The police did nothing. Do we have a Fascism problem?
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October-17-18, 05:41 PM #10148
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What Will Happen When Republicans Remove The Pillars Of Democracy?
What will happen when the Republicans remove the pillars of democracy we rely on for a functioning society, things like social security, medicare, the social safety net?
Worse, what happens when they are removed to add endless wars, authoritarian leaders and increases in income inequality...
or maybe we should be asking, who will it land on?
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October-17-18, 06:04 PM #10149
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How Republicans Use Debt As A Political Tool To Win Elections
Jude Wanniski popularized a strategy for Republicans to use to beat Democrats by giving their constituents, the billionaire class, oil oligarchs and war makers, every tax cut they want, increasing the debt and then blaming it on Democrats and the social safety net, cutting it more and giving the billionaires more of what they want. And this time they are trying again. Will the Two Santa Claus Theory work during the 2018 midterm elections?
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October-17-18, 06:35 PM #10150
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Are Pollsters Failing Black Progressive Candidates Ahead Of Midterms? ...
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Are Pollsters Failing Black Progressive Candidates Ahead Of Midterms?
[[w/Guest Pete Tucker)Pete Tucker seems to think so after noticing the huge margins of error in the work of pollsters that puts progressive people of color behind political rivals they would otherwise be beating.
What blame do pollsters have when they undermine the popularity of progressive black candidates by lowering their popular appeal?
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