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Tom Perez Selected as DNC and What That Will Mean for the Democratic Party

Thom talks with a caller about the election of Tom Perez as DNC chair, Obama's involvement in the results, and how best to react to the party's intention to stay entrenched in corporate donations.

Attention: Your Health Care Will Be Replaced with Huge Giveaways to the Rich

Thom discusses republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with policies that would funnel money to insurance companies and the rich. But "Obamacare" is only broken because the republicans broke it!

The Republican War on the Working Class, Death of 1000 Cuts?

Thom talks about a few of the ways republicans are trying to sap the power of the resistance against them, redistribute wealth upwards, and also their double standard on protests.

Could California Create Its Own State Bank and Blow Off the Fed?

Thom talks with a caller about the possibility of the Golden State creating it's own bank, and using the money to fund projects like the high speed rail recently torpedoed by the Trump administration.

Steve Bannon Literally Wants to Destroy the US Government!

Thom covers Bannon's recent comments on the "deconstruction of the administrative state", in other words, the mechanism that actually make government work. Clean air and water, public schools? Nope. More profits for billionaires? Absolutely.

We've Got to Just Wake Up America and Get People Involved!

Thom talks with a caller about stopping the republican party and how more people need to get informed by various media sources and get involved in their communities and beyond!

New Poll Shows Even Republican Voters Don't Like What Republican Politicians Are Doing

Thom covers a new Quinnipiac poll that shows a majority of Americans, including many republicans do not support republican policies and recent actions. So why do so many people keep voting for them?

The Prevalence and Peculiarity of American Gun Culture (w/Guest: Howard Epstein)

Thom chats with Howard Epstein (British Historian, Attorney, and Author of "Guns, Trauma, and Exceptionalism: American in the Twenty First Century") about some of the underlying reasons for America's very unique gun violence problem, and some of the solutions we could try to solve it.

Getting Kids Involved In Politics Early?

Thom talks with a caller who took his 13 year old daughter to a protest march in their area, and her reaction to it and what she's doing now to become an activist.

War: James Madison Dire Warning to Republican Playbook

Thom reads from James Madison's comments in 1795 on the nature of war and its effect on a nation in terms of power structure, resources, and more and the dangers that can come of it. Meanwhile, republicans use war to consolidate and expand power and wealth.

Send Chicken Feed to Your Chicken Republican Congressman?

Thom talks to a caller with an ingenious plan for getting the message across to cowardly politicians that they need to be "brave" and face their constituents and the very real concerns they have.

Trump Is Here to Protect Programs, Really?

Thom talks about the perception that Trump is going to "save" federal programs that people support. Meanwhile his entire cabinet is hell-bent on dismantling their respective agencies. So what's the real truth?

Republican Snowflakes Facing Tough Time at Town Halls, When They Show Up

Thom covers Senator Tom Cotton's (R-AR) disastrous recent town hall, where the only things missing were pitchforks and torches in the hands of his irate constituents. Callers comment on their own town hall experience with their republican reps (or lack thereof).

Getting An ID to Vote Is Not as Easy as Republicans Say It Is

Thom talks with a caller about the very real difficulties many average Americans face in procuring a photo ID to be able to vote. Exactly as republicans want it!

Will Your New Cell Phone Give You Cancer (w/Kevin Mottus and Dr. David Carpenter)

Thom talks about the dangers posed by increasing radiation from cell signals as we prepare to move from 4G to 5G.

ADHD: Hunter in a Farmer's World

Thom Hartmann has written a dozen books covering ADD / ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder.

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