What is going to happen when the government shuts down, why are Republicans so unwilling to do their jobs? Are there a group of superpacs

Thom goes over why most Americans didn't get a tax break and how the Morbidly Rich used lobbying to get a break for themselves! What kind of world do we live in where the rich get a tax break but the poor don't?

Karl Frisch from Allied Progress joins the program to discuss the Dodd Frank Consumer Protections are being Dismantled by Donald Trump. In the latest in the battle between Union Labor and the Trump Pence Regime.

Thom takes your calls on military spending, and on whether police belong in the labor movement, and are these issues that conservatives and liberals can agree on?

Lori Wallach joins the program today to discuss NAFTA and how broken clocks... might be right twice a day. Could Democrats work with Racist Donald Trump?

Trump's analysis of immigration is missing something. How can he complain about people coming into the United States without understanding why people come and go? The issue is obviously racism, and at the same time, it is an inconsistent racism that fails to take note of the material conditions like the social safety net, healthcare, gender pay equality in Norway that keep people there!

With the looming Government shutdown, Bernie Sanders joins the Thom Hartmann program to discuss how this is going to affect the average American family. Will they be put in economic distress because Republicans

Thom is joined by Mark Pocan for middays with Mark our weekly segment where Congressman Mark Pocan takes your calls on issues ranging from the military and trump to DACA to the budget and so much more.

Will Donald Trump start a way for political power or a war for money? The truth is likely both, Rex Tillerson's neocolonial trips aboard little mentioned in the mainstream media while they focus on Trump cursing, all the while the people of Hawaii and Japan are facing the very real fear of nuclear attacks, this cannot be allowed to continue.

With all of the mainstream Media focusing on the shiny objects of the day, Trump cursing, his weight, or the mushroom cloud looming over South East Asia, we may have missed Trump's wider plan. The US war machine may also have it's eyes on reorganizing the middle east, will Trump aim to stop Palestinian resistance? Star wars for oil or fight with Iran?

Trump sees his political power in danger, he thinks that the 2018 election could cost his party dearly. He also sees a way out. According to the Washington Post, Trump thinks that if terrorists attack, he'll be able to ride the re-election wave. Is Trump more concerned about political power than democracy!

Will the United States Military Disobey an Order from President Donald Trump to avoid Nuclear War?

Revolution is a constant struggle, and Thom is reminded of this by one of our callers who lets us all know, that the Struggle Continues, getting money out of politics will outlast Trump and Paul Ryan, the fight for a livable wage or even a guaranteed minimum income, will outlast Mitch McConnell, the union makes us strong and we must carry on! The struggle continues!

Donald Trump promised a historical Presidency and he delivered this time by making inequality even worse! How can this be in a nation where people are relying on crowd funding to pay their medical bills? Professor Steve Keen joins us to discuss!

Chelsea Manning, the former political prisoner and whistle blower who revealed United States War Crimes, is running for United States Senate, the media however is stuck on what she did and not why she did it? This isn't an endorsement, but it is going to make Maryland's Democratic primary interesting!