Democracy died when the Supreme Court turned money into speech. Now Americans are losing faith in elections, some even turning towards fascism. Although most Americans want universal healthcare, the right to unionize, and clean air…the politicians they elected are instead working for their corporate masters. If we are going to resurrect Democracy in America we are going to have to take a deep dive into its history. Thom Hartmann traces the rise of oligarchy from Citizens United all the way back to the confederate police state.

A Government shutdown unlike any we’ve seen before is coming. It could lead America right into the hands of our most dangerous enemies but that might be exactly what the Republicans behind the shutdown really want!

Donald Trump is a confidence man, a charlatan, an unrepentant liar whose deceits have cost at least a half-million Americans their lives. Why do so many Americans support him?

Is Tommy Tuberville’s failure to support strategic command appointments crippling America’s military and why? Are we witnessing the groundwork being set for a potential Trump takeover in 2024?

History has shown us repeatedly what happens when tyrants take education away from the public. Can the Republican led war on public schools turn generation Z, from Doomers to dumber? OR, will we learn from history so as not to repeat it?

Donald Trump is infamous for his outbursts but his latest tantrum could have implicated him in even worse crimes than he’s already been charged with. Did prosecutors give Trump the metaphorical rope to hang himself?

When is attempted murder not attempted murder? When SCOTUS says so? He shot at his girlfriend but this SCOTUS Justice doesn’t think he’s a threat. A new case before the Supreme Court could allow guns in the hands of abusers.

Tuesday could change America and, in the worst case scenario, even end our Democracy if votes go the wrong way. Yet, most Americans have never even heard of these elections.

Donald Trump’s guilt appears to be proven in court. Now prosecutors want to know just how much fraud the former president committed. Mother Jones Reporter’ Russ Choma joins us from just outside Trump’s courtroom.

Frank Schaeffer survived Christian Nationalism, sends a warning to America with an inside look at the Christian Nationalist movement that is threatening Democracy itself.

Wallbuilders is the name of the pseudohistory-promoting company founded by Texas right-winger David Barton. But, it seems, one wall he doesn’t believe in is the one that is supposed to exist between Church and State in America. As disturbing as this might be, Barton now has the ear of the new minted House Speaker, MAGA Mike Johnson, and THAT is truly worrisome.

The UN called out Wal-Mart and Amazon for paying their employees so poorly that they’re forced to go on food stamps and other government programs. More likely, the availability of such programs aren’t lost on those companies, and they bake that into the business plan. Sounds like yet another subsidy for billionaires.

Hateful incidents targeting both Muslims and Jews have been on the rise over the past month. It’s vile racism backed up by people in powerful positions, from Trump to Marjorie Taylor-Greene to Brian Mast. Mast was on the House floor yesterday when he compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis. Where does it end? As Dean Obiedallah writes, “It’s essential that we don’t lose our humanity.”

If Medicare Advantage, the profit-driven entity that is decidedly NOT part of REAL Medicare, could be summed up in three words, they might be: deny, deny, deny. That’s no real surprise given that the one thing Medicare Advantage companies care about most isn’t your health (hint: it’s your money).

Republicans have a long and sordid history of not paying their fair tax share, but it didn’t start out that way. The tax rate on the morbidly rich was a robust 92% when Eisenhower took office. It wasn’t until Lewis Powell’s SCOTUS goons opened the floodgates in the late ‘70s, legalizing political bribery, and laying the foundation for the sorry state in which we find ourselves today. In 2023, the average billionaire pays a tax rate of just 3.2%. MAGA Mike Johnson is just fine with that.