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Can Social Media Seize Control of Our Elections?

Social Media has played a big role in combating the mainstream media's Bernie Sanders Blackout throughout the Democratic Primary. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have many of the same problems as traditional corporate media.

The Gospel By Jefferson, Tolstoy & Dickens…Wow!

Scott Carter, The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens & Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord/HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, joins Thom. Thomas Jefferson - Leo Tolstoy - and Charles Dickens all walk into a room in the afterlife. No - that's not the first line of a hyper-literary joke. It's the plot of a new play by "Real Time With Bill Maher" executive producer and playwrite Scott Carter

Does Citizen’s United Assure A Hillary Win? Progressive Roundtable

Chuck Rocha, Solidarity Strategies & Ani Zonneveld, Muslims For Progressive Values & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) all join Thom. Plus Special Guest: How Citizens United Is Helping Hillary w/ Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity. Hillary Clinton says she'll overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision if elected president. But can we really believe what she says when he has at her disposal not one - not two - not three - but four different Super PACs?

Anti-Gay Law: The Christian equivalent of Shari'a Law? Progressive Roundtable

Chuck Rocha, Solidarity Strategies & Ani Zonneveld, Muslims For Progressive Values & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) all join Thom. The Mississippi bill that allows Christians to discriminate against LGBT people was signed into law earlier this month - but it's not set to go into effect until July 1st. Nonetheless - the bill is at the center of thorough legal discussion that has been made more complex by the fact that the Supreme Court ruled last year that everyone has a right to marriage - regardless of sexual orientation. But this bill makes it law that any shop owner could refuse service to someone so long as it's on the basis of one of three beliefs: that marriage is between a man and a woman - that sex is reserved for heterosexual marriage - or that gender is determined at bith as male or female. But isn't this just the Christian equivalent of Shari'a Law? Why are we allowing people to discriminate based on their beliefs?

Will Obama's legacy on immigration be struck down? Progressive Roundtable

Chuck Rocha, Solidarity Strategies & Ani Zonneveld, Muslims For Progressive Values & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) all join Thom. The eight-person Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the case that could make or break President Obama's legacy on immigration reform. But will Democrats end up winning no matter how the court rules?

Full Show 4/18/16: Poll: Only 6% Trust the Media

Tonight’s Progressive Roundtable talks whether the Supreme Court will dismantle Obama’s executive orders on immigration, how even George Clooney thinks Hillary’s fundraising is “obscene,” and how Citizens United has helped Hillary Clinton throughout the election. Thom discusses what happens when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife with playwright Scott Carter, executive director of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom details the latest poll showing how only 6 percent of people trust the media.

Great Minds - Voter suppression laws compare to the pre-Civil Rights Era...

Dr. William Ferguson "Fergie" Reid, Sr., M.D., Civil Rights Pioneer/90For90 & Dr. William Ferguson Reid, Jr., M.D., 90For90 joins Thom. For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds I'm joined by two generations of activists. Dr. William Ferguson Reid, Sr. is a civil rights icon and a true American hero. A former Marine and trained physician - he was the first African-American elected to the Virginia Assembly since Reconstruction and played a pivotal role in that state's Civil Rights Movement by founding the Richmond Crusade for Voters in 1956. Dr. Reid is still fighting for equal rights more than half a century later - and recently founded the the 90 for 90 Campaign to help get out the vote in his native Virginia. Dr. Reid's Son - William Ferguson Reid, Jr. - is also a trained physician and is helping carry his father's legacy on to the next generation of activists.

Great Minds - 90 Yr Old Civil Rights Activist Explains Segregation

Dr. William Ferguson "Fergie" Reid, Sr., M.D., Civil Rights Pioneer/90For90 & Dr. William Ferguson Reid, Jr., M.D., 90For90 joins Thom. For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds I'm joined by two generations of activists. Dr. William Ferguson Reid, Sr. is a civil rights icon and a true American hero. A former Marine and trained physician - he was the first African-American elected to the Virginia Assembly since Reconstruction and played a pivotal role in that state's Civil Rights Movement by founding the Richmond Crusade for Voters in 1956. Dr. Reid is still fighting for equal rights more than half a century later - and recently founded the the 90 for 90 Campaign to help get out the vote in his native Virginia. Dr. Reid's Son - William Ferguson Reid, Jr. - is also a trained physician and is helping carry his father's legacy on to the next generation of activists.

Rumble: Does Wall Street money influence politicians?

Kevin Martin, Project 21 & Anya Parampil, RT America & Peter Roff, U.S. News & World Report all join Thom. Does Wall Street money influence politicians to help out banksters and screw the middle class?

Rumble: Bernie’s Moral Economy & Reaganomics

Kevin Martin, Project 21 & Anya Parampil, RT America & Peter Roff, U.S. News & World Report all join Thom. Senator Sanders arrived at the Vatican Friday and called on world leaders to create a more moral economy in line with the teachings of Pope Francis. Wouldn’t the best way to make a more moral economy be to repudiate Reaganomics once and for all?

Full Show 4/15/16: Bernie Beats ALL GOP Candidates in New Poll

Tonight’s Rumble talks last night’s debate and the many differences between the two candidates: Bernie supports a $15 minimum wage, Hillary does not. Bernie wants universal health care as a right, Hillary does not. And Bernie wants to put a tax on carbon, Hillary does not. Thom discusses voting and civil rights in tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds with activists Dr. William Ferguson Reid, Sr. and Dr. William Ferguson Reid, Jr.

Who's Reading YOUR Emails - Besides You?

Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel, joins Thom. Law enforcement may want to know what's in the emails that you send to friends and co-workers. But one House bill with lots of support says that if there's anything in there that they really want to read - they better get a warrant.

Robert DeNiro: "Everyone Should See Vaxxed"

Del Bigtree, Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe & Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe, joins Thom. Can we trust the CDC on vaccines? The documentary "Vaxxed" - which Robert DeNiro was forced to pull from the Tribeca film festival after public outcry - has come under fire from scientists and health officials who've called it anti-vaccine. But is that actually the case?

Size Matters! Elizabeth Warren vs. Paul Krugman

Richard Eskow, Bernie Sanders Campaign/The Zero Hour join Thom Hartmann. Size actually does matter - at least when it comes to Wall Street banks...

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