Is Jim Crow really dead? Maybe not, although largely defeated during the civil rights movement, discrimination and subjugation of African Americans has been passed down to James Crow Esq,. the sophisticated cousin of Jim Crow. What would the discrimination of the 1960;s look like with today's technology, would voter purges happen in voting machines, through hacking elections instead of by poll taxes? Joe Madison of the Joe Madison show joins the program to discuss.

Should democrats and progressives focus on the Kitchen table issues, building infrastructure, housing, minimum wage to grow and mobilize their base or is the situation with the current administration so bad that the only cure will be impeachment? Tom Steyer joins us advocating that we impeach Trump and save our country and ourselves.

Looking at the state of African Americans inside the United States, a caller asks whether or not slavery was abolished, what if it morphed into other forms of social control? How would we defeat the peculiar institution in it's latest forms?

A 92 Year old Civil Rights activists and grandmother was denied the right to vote during the 2018 midterm elections. creating fear and heavy emotions in the community. How could someone who voted in every election since she had the power to, be turned away and told there was no record of her ever having voted, and how common is this is and who does Greg Palast need to sue to make this kind of voter intimidation stop?

Did the Civil War really end? Trump's brand of right wing, white supremacy puts him in line to be the next confederate President. What does that say about the United States and how can we stop the south from rising again?

With Democratic Control of House, Impeachment Could Mean Democratic President Before 2020

Congressman Mark Pocan takes a call form a viewer who wants to know if the Republican controlled Senate will be able to pass restrictions on healthcare, medicare and social security without the house, will the lameduck session in congress be able to get away with aggressive attacks on the pillars of democracy?

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What will the 115th congress do as it reaches it's lameduck session, that period after the election of a new congress but before the current congress steps down? Congressman Mark Pocan joins to discuss what we can do to stop them from funding Trump's border wall through the defense spending bill, and even attacks on social security and medicare.

If Republicans were honest, running campaigns on a platform of giving money to corporations, and destroying the environment, no one would vote for them. instead they run on tricks, pulling in racist, gun nuts, and more but those tricks can't last forever and more and more people are starting to wake up!

The historic possibilities of the 2018 midterm elections sometimes overshadows what history can tell us about elections like these and the possible outcomes, will we see a repeat of the midterms in the 1990's that resulted in the impeachment of Bill Clinton or will we see a do nothing congress with a split house and senate?

Is it possible that the Democratic Party could not only take the house but also the senate after tonight''s election. Michael Blake, Vie Chair of the Democratic National Convention is optimistic that this isn't just a dream!

The American people are choosing their next elected officials and we get to see the road America will go down, will the United States be one where a family can afford healthcare or one where the Billionaires and morbidly rich gain total control?

Joe Madison joins the Thom Hartmann Program to stress the importance of voting to Millennials and generation Z who failed to show up during the last election, Would Trump be in office if young voters had showed up in massive numbers?

Can the democratic party do more to let their voters know about voter disenfranchisement, election fraud and voter purging before Republicans do unrepeatable damage to our democracy? Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee joins the program to answer these questions and more!