Revenge of the billionaires: How an oligarchy of the morbidly rich can take down democracy
By Thom Hartmann A...
The current issue of the Atlantic magazine - itself founded in the years just before the Civil War - is ominously titled, "How to Stop a Civil War."America: Meet Your Overlord Rupert Murdoch...
By Thom Hartmann A...
The main lesson that we've learned so far from the impeachment hearings is that if Richard Nixon had had a billionaire like Rupert Murdoch with a television network like Fox News behind him, he never would've resigned and America would have continued to be presided over by a criminal.
We Know How Far Trump Will Go - How Far Will Republicans Go?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Colonel Vindman's testimony pretty much proves that Trump was trying to shake down Ukraine for information on Biden, and that the Republicans are doing everything they can to cover up this extortion attempt.
Why Did Cadet Bone Spurs Go to the Hospital?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Not many people are buying Trump's story that he just kind of on a whim, decided to go visit Walter Reed Hospital in a motorcade without even first calling his doctor because he thought it would be a good time to start his February annual check up.The two most prominent theories right now are that
Impeachment: The Difference Between Nixon & Trump
By Thom Hartmann A...
There is a very simple reason why some Republicans participated in the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon, but none have so far broken ranks against Trump. That reason is the US Supreme Court.Pneumonic Plague & Medicare For All
By Thom Hartmann A...
Medicare For All is a national security and public health issue, and Democrats need to start marketing it that way.Trump - Dumb Luck or A Master Manipulator?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Either it's an act of a master manipulator, or he has the best luck there is. Donald Trump wanted the Fed to lower interest rates, knowing that that would provide a solid and multi-year boost to the economy. But when Trump came into office, rates were already low and the Fed was not inclined to help.
Now We Know How Democrats Can Win...
By Thom Hartmann A...
Well, now we know. The way for Democrats to win is by campaigning on the Green New Deal, debt free college, strengthening Medicare and letting it negotiate drug prices, free insulin, and covering every person in the state who doesn't have health insurance with Medicaid.
Democrats need to begin using the right word: Extortion
By Thom Hartmann A...
The favorite phrase in the media right now is "Quid Pro Quo," which is Latin for "this for that." but in the law there is a different word for what Donald Trump and his buddies did: Extortion.
Did Kushner Okay the Abduction of Khashoggi?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Reporters for the Spectator are reporting that the House Intelligence Committee has seven different whistleblowers.
Once a Mobster - Always a Mobster?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Politico is reporting that Donald Trump is raising millions of dollars for individual Republican senators who have signed a resolution opposing his impeachment.
Will the GOP Succeed In Destroying Social Security This Time?
By Thom Hartmann A...
This week, the Republicans began rolling out their classic "Two Santa Claus" scam. When Reagan became president, the national debt was less than $1 trillion.
America Has Become the Village Idiot When It Comes to Science...
By Thom Hartmann A...
A program funded by both the Bush and Obama administrations to catch and stop pandemics that could kill hundreds of millions of people was just shut down by the Trump administration.
How the Supreme Court and the morbidly rich are ruining democracy in America
By Thom Hartmann A...
People being killed by wildfires in California and people dying because they can't afford their insulin are the same thing. Both represent the capture of government by corporations-in other words, both are symptoms of democracy in the United States being replaced by a corporate state with little regard for morality, life or the law.The Danger Of Privatizing the Commons
By Thom Hartmann A...
Wildfires destroying people's homes in California and people dying because they can't afford their insulin are the same thing. Both are examples of how corporations have risen up and taken over the legislative process, turning the power of government to their own ends of ever greater profits.
