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Ronald Reagan launched an attack on the middle class. We must reverse it to save our democracy
Oct. 3, 2019 2:36 pm
By Thom Hartmann A...
The destruction of the middle class is destroying democracies and paving the way for authoritarian rule.
Is Trump's Call For Civil War Really a Call For a Race War?
Oct. 2, 2019 2:29 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Donald Trump has suggested that South and Central American refugees fleeing gang violence and starvation from climate change should be shot in the legs as they approach the US border to ask for asylum.
Our Republic Is At Risk
Oct. 1, 2019 2:04 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... We just learned that attorney general Bill Barr, who engineered the 1992 cover up of Iran Contra on behalf of Reagan and Bush, was in Italy last week trying to find evidence that the Mueller investigation, the FBI, and US intelligence agencies were corrupted by the Clinton campaign.
Is Trump Encouraging Civil War?
Sep. 30, 2019 2:49 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Over the weekend, Donald Trump used words like "treason" and "Civil War" in his tweets, and called for the imprisonment of the US congressman who is leading the impeachment inquiry. Clearly, he is willing to put personal political survival above the good of our country, which is all the more reason he needs to be impeached right away.
Would You Rat Out A Mob Boss?
Sep. 27, 2019 2:25 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Donald Trump essentially called for the whistleblower and his sources to be put to death, accusing them of being spies and telling his employees at the United Nations that we used to deal with spies differently.
Our Republic Hangs in the Balance
Sep. 26, 2019 2:50 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Donald Trump, with the help of Mike Pompeo, Bill Barr and Mike Pence, has clearly tried to force a foreign government to find or manufacture dirt on his political opponents. This is impeachable. This is literally the definition of "High Crimes" defined in the Constitution.
How The Republican Party Responds to Corruption Says It All
Sep. 25, 2019 2:57 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... At this moment when it appears certain that Donald Trump has used the power of his office for corrupt political purposes, the larger question that we will all live with for years is how will the Republican Party respond.
Time To Clean House?
Sep. 24, 2019 3:21 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Trump's Ukrainian extortion scandal is metastasizing across his administration. It's now apparent that his Chief of Staff played a role in stopping the money that Congress had appropriated for Ukraine to defend itself, and that Mike Pence communicated part of the implied threat, to the Ukrainian president.
Call Congress & Demand Trump Be Impeached Now
Sep. 23, 2019 2:20 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... In trying to solicit help for his presidential campaign from Ukraine, Donald Trump committed a unique crime: one that he could only do because he was president of the United States. Using your political office for your own personal and political advantage is the most severe form of political corruption possible.
Did Trump Commit Treason?
Sep. 19, 2019 3:22 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... News reports increasingly are suggesting that Donald Trump has committed treason in making a promise to a foreign leader. The question is, who is the foreign leader and what was the promise?
Would a Democratic President Wield Power as Ruthlessly as Trump?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Interestingly, the current divide in the Senate gives us an insight into how powerful a genuinely progressive Democratic president could be, and how much he or she could get done. As we saw yesterday, the Republicans voted repeatedly to participate in a cover-up of Donald Trump's crimes.
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Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
Mueller's favorite place to pray (written about in "Prophet's Way"), and the roof of the room where the Last Supper is reputed to have happened.
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