James Madison's nightmare, that the merger of Church and state would weaken both institutions might have taken place after the conservatives catered to the reactionary elements within the American religious community in the past. Now Americans are leaving Traditional religion and it might not be such a bad thing. New Research shows that many Americans are leaving traditional religious practices for new age, pagan and spiritual practices.

Does the freedom we as Americans experience come from capitalism or from Democracy? Does capitalism understand that all men are created equal? Thom Hartmann caller asks this to Congressman Mark Pocan, one of the leaders of the Progressive Caucus in the democratic party leading to a lively discussion, What do you think, does the freedom we as Americans experience result from our free markets or from our democratic traditions and are these forces in conflict?

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For the first time in history, Progressive senators are invoking the War Powers Act to put an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's genocidal war efforts against Yemen. Already resulting in the starvation of hundreds of thousands of people, and the displacement of many more, Senator Bernie Sanders joins the Thom Hartmann Program to talk about his work to start the long process to end the violence in Yemen,

Cyntoia Brown is the latest in a long history of women of color being locked away for self defense against rape and assault.

More and more Americans are shopping for groceries at Dollar Stores where only food with the least nutritional content is sold.

Former CIA Intelligence Officer David Priess shares the methods that have gotten rid of unpopular, unable, and unfit chief executives over the last few hundred years. Having just written the new book How to Get Rid of a President, David Priess invokes a masterful understanding of history in conversation with Thom Hartmann as America faces a question on what to do with the latest unpopular, unable and unfit president, Donald Trump. Which method of getting rid a president will be used to get ride on Donald Trump?

Is Donald Trump using public relations strategies he learned from Professional Wrestling? Thom Hartmann smells what Trump is cooking, and it doesn't smell too good. Since the 2016 primary, Trumpmania has been running wild, but now that we know his strategy maybe the newly elected Democrats can put the figure four legislative leg lock on Republican policies and move toward impeachment and passing the Green New Deal. And that's the bottom line!

Conservatives and Republicans are fast to talk about the supposedly enormous cost of programs of social uplift. When Progressive democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders champion programs like the Green New Deal the story from Republicans and even some in the media was the same, they say it would cost too much. Stephanie Kelton joins the program to debunk this myth that social security, jobs, housing and the Green New Deal are uncomfortable, instead asking if America can afford to go on without the Green New Deal?

Progressive Democrats have pressured Amazon into giving it's workers a higher wage, can this strategy work in the future. Congressman Ro Khanna one of the creators of the Stop Bezos Bill joins the show and takes your calls. Should corporations be held accountable for the poverty of their workers who earn less than is needed?

With Donald Trump and Mike Pence moving closer and closer to impeachable offensives, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi could become America's 46th President.

The Market is starting to freak out and the FED doesn't have the wiggle room to lower the interest rate to put more money in the economy. Are we seeing the same signs of economic crash from late 2007?

The popular depictions of France's Yellow Vest Movement try to depict the grassroots populist mobilization as a "European Tea Party" fighting against big government and high taxes. Journalist Cole Stangler joins to tell the Thom Hartmann program the much more interesting truth to the Yellow Vest movement. Do you think we'll see similar mobilizations in the U.S.?

This week marks the burial of the 41st president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush. In the week since his passing, many in the press have taken this time to describe President Bush as a model president, statesmen and in contrast to Donald Trump. But in looking at the past with rose tinted eyes we ignore how the Bush Crime family led us to Donald Trump, and it is in that spirit that Lamar Waldron joins Thom Hartmann to go over the life and crimes of George H.W. Bush. The Real story that is not being told on the corporate media.

As the Mueller investigation into what some are calling #Russiagate continues to unfold, some like friend of the show and guest Stephen Cohen, are becoming concerned that the investigation, allegations, and 24 hour news cycle, are worsening tensions with Russia and leading to a place where we may have to choose between impeaching Donald Trump and war with Russia.