Can The 25th Amendment Be Used to Stop the "2nd Coming of God"?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Since the mass executions in El Paso by a white nationalist citing Donald Trump, six other right wing terrorists have been stopped and their guns taken away before they could commit crimes.
Prison for Miscarriages?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Mike Pence's and the GOP's war on women took a sinister turn this week when Planned Parenthood was forced to abandon Title X funding; they can no longer get payment for serving low income women for cancer screenings and STD treatments.Could An Extinction Event Save the Humans & the Planet?
By Thom Hartmann A...
While most conversations about global warming end with concern about the possible extinction of the human race, long before that happens, nation after nation around the world will collapse, leading to a larger collapse of civilization itself.The Problem Isn't a "Trade War" - The Problem Is Trump
By Thom Hartmann A...
The United States needs to protect its domestic economy. We need to protect jobs in manufacturing. We need to rebuild manufacturing. But this needs to come from a comprehensive, coherent, multifaceted strategy that may well include tariffs.
Trump Is Gutting "The Web of Life" in the Name of Profits
By Thom Hartmann A...
The endangered species act, signed by Richard Nixon in 1973, has been one of the most successful defenses of the great web of life in the history of American legislation. It has prevented extinction for 99 percent of species under its protection and accomplished a 90 percent recovery rate in more than 100 species throughout the United States.
The right-wing love affair with Ayn Rand ties conservatism to one of the most disturbing sociopathic killers
By Thom Hartmann A...
There's a direct link between a sociopathic killer in 1927 and the GOP's willingness to embrace a sociopathic president like Trump. That link runs through the work of Ayn Rand.The Jeffrey Epstein Case is Weird
By Thom Hartmann A...
Epstein was hired by Bill Barr's father to teach high school girls, the same Bill Barr's father who wrote a novel about sex slavery. Epstein goes on to prosper in the sex trafficking business.The Economic Winds Are Howling...
By Thom Hartmann A...
In 2008, we saw the result of three decades of neoliberalism in the United States and Europe, what we used to call Reaganism and Thatcherism, damage and shake the world financial system.
Trump Goes After Brown Workers for the Crimes of Wealthy White Bosses
By Thom Hartmann A...
In one of the most vivid examples of the year, Donald Trump's ICE has shown us how this administration protects the interests and lives of the wealthy while attacking people who are poor, defenseless, and powerless.
The Death of the Middle Class & The Rise of Racism
By Thom Hartmann A...
According to new data from the federal reserve, if current trends of the rich getting richer and the middle class getting poorer continues at their current rate, in 33 years the top 10% of Americans will own one hundred percent of all American wealth. Everyone else will be in poverty and in debt.
The disturbing link between modern-day mass shootings and slave patrols
By Thom Hartmann A...
While, in the wake of the El Paso murders, the media and most of our politicians are acting shocked-"shocked, I tell you!"-that there are armed racists in America who are trying to terrify people of color, the reality is that it's pretty much always been that way here in the United States.
We Need To Defeat the White Supremacy Virus
By Thom Hartmann A...
From the first colonization of North America, guns have been the principle instrument to enforce white supremacy. This racialized violence isn't new.
The Media Doesn't Want Democrats to Have Big Bold Ideas but Republicans Can....
By Thom Hartmann A...
The Republicans have some big bold ideas. At least 17 million voters were purged nationwide between 2016 and 2018, according to a study by the Brennan Center for Justice, because Republicans have the big idea that only white people should vote. Here's another.
We Need to Get Profit-Seeking Parasites Away From the Public Good
By Thom Hartmann A...
CNN and so-called conservatives keep worrying about how we're going to "pay for" things like Medicare for all and free college at the Democratic Debates. It's the completely wrong frame and question.Can America Claim to Be Civilized?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Supposedly Stalin said, " A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
