Right-wing governments rarely put the good of the people first. Instead, they achieve & hold power by scapegoating minority groups — usually racial or religious. Further, they suppress voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights and the rights of women to fully participate in society.

Will the West’s overreaction to cataclysmic geopolitical events force us into a new dark age and threaten the survival of democracy itself?

War rage boiled over for one Illinois landlord, who took out his anti-Palestinian hatred by stabbing an innocent 6-year old…27 times. Plus, as the world mourns thousands of deaths in the Middle East, Dean Obeidallah and Thom Hartmann ask, “Why is America so BAD at messaging?”

- The agencies we put our trust in to protect us & treat us with dignity…FAILED miserably in the case of one Alabama woman. Arrested & tortured at the hands of her jailers before, during and after giving birth… but that wasn’t the end of her nightmare…

Republicans appear on the verge of picking Jim Jordan as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. If they do, Donald Trump, by proxy becomes the defacto leader of the House…at least half of it. This dangerous turn of events would greatly diminish our standing in the world…

Will the Republican Party cause even more untold damage to the world simply by continuing to operate in their current state of malevolence?

The world is in peril but without getting to the root of the problem, world conflicts will keep bearing strange fruit. It’s time to speak about the unspeakable…

America prides itself on the right to vote, freedom of speech and the freedom of peaceful assembly. These power-mad Republican politicians want to take your rights away to accomplish their own selfish agendas.

In a very real way, the US and Russia have been at war for eight years now. And...Russia is close to having the upper hand because of Putin’s ability to get Republican politicians to mouth his talking points and propaganda...

Public assistance helped her escape a dangerous and abusive relationship, but this caller doesn’t believe ANYONE should be on welfare. Thom Hartmann explains why welfare is not cutting your wages… but neo-liberalism is.

We are living through one of those hinge points in history when people remember events in the context of “before” and “after.” Moments pregnant with possibility yet saturated with danger - requiring exceptional, farsighted leadership. A time for statesmanship vs. politics together with a commitment to the general welfare.

In the name of “election integrity,” conservatives in Virginia are training an army of voter disenfranchisement. Thom Hartmann highlights one of the ways Republicans are attempting to sow chaos and disorder in future elections.

The GOP has only a small voter margin - They can’t afford to lose a single Republican and so the party of “family values” is refusing to get rid of some of the most deviant & corrupt politicians in history. Most Americans wouldn’t want these people near their children let alone running the most powerful country in the world.

What happens to us when the flowering plants we rely on for crops go extinct? Scientists are warning that pollution and global climate change are killing 50% of all flowering plants on earth. How will we navigate the coming global food crisis?

The differences between the Republican and Democratic visions for America are as clear as clean drinking water vs ash filled skies. Today’s Republican Party is dedicated to destroying what they call the “deep state” and the rest of us call the American government. From rallying Trump followers in MAGA hats to Republican Senators in DC, they’ll all tell you this without a moment's hesitation.