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Neoliberalism Spares No Part of Our Commons, Not Even Public Libraries
![Thom plus logo](https://cdn3.thomhartmann.com/sites/default/files/thom%20and%20logo_13.jpg) The GOP is threatening to turn Ben Franklin's public libraries into corporate profit centers. It's time for Americans to truly take our country back. I hope this week to be able to resume writing original articles for you every day; most likely, from what I understand about this type of back surgery, that should be Wednesday, but I'll keep you up to date. In the meantime, this OpEd from last December is particularly relevant right now, as so much of the money in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal are specifically designated to go to "public-private partnerships," one of the favorite techniques neoliberals use to make a buck off what should exclusively be public/government responsibilities. Enjoy! Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom
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Free Trade Is Ravaging National Economies
![Thom plus logo](https://cdn3.thomhartmann.com/sites/default/files/thom%20and%20logo_13.jpg) Equal trade, fair trade, honest, decent trade requires reasonable balance between trading partners and strong domestic economies. When that happens, Adam Smith's model works pretty well: prices for labor, materials, and finished goods all settle near the area where they "naturally" should be. But as we've seen from the immensely imbalanced statistics on distribution of wealth in chapter 19, something is not working the way Smith envisioned. Wages appear to be dwindling, and the number of strong, healthy competitors appears to be shrinking. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom
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Why Does the GOP Work So Hard to Let Psychopaths in Suits Get Away with Murder?
![Thom plus logo](https://cdn3.thomhartmann.com/sites/default/files/thom%20and%20logo_13.jpg) In America today if you poison & kill your wife you'll go to prison - but - if you poison and kill 100s of 1000s of people you'll take home a multi-million-dollar paycheck and buy a new yacht. I'll be back to the regular Saturday News Report next weekend, when, hopefully, I'm no longer living on post-surgery painkillers. This piece was first published here back in January, but since then the problem has only gotten worse and really needs to be highlighted again…Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom
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Hour One: Hot Democracy Summer - Jefferson Smith is in for Thom today...
Poem: " Monday" by Alex Dimitrov.
White Supremacy & Censorship Explained- Professor David Pepper, University of Cincinnati College of Law / former Chair-Ohio Democratic Party / Author - Laboratories of Autocracy ![Twitter](https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs028/1102605880949/img/128.jpg)
Hour Two: Fresh Start Monday with your calls...
Hour Three: Republic or Democracy...? Plus, rehashing history or learning from it?
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What The Hell is Going on with Ohio? Featuring David Pepper
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