Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director for thhe Center for Economic Policy & Policy Research joins the Thom Hartmann program to discuss Brazil's newest president, Jair Bolsonaro, a Fascist, pro-torture, anti- LGBT, who may be even worse than Donald Trump.

Should Parents be preparing kids for the world we live in with all of it’s flaws and hurts instead of merely trying to protect them from it, so that the children can face and succeed against the harshness of the world? How do we raise children to be capable of going after their dreams in a world full of capitalism, patriarchy and the instant gratification of screens and social media?

Regular caller Kenyetta talks about how America is moving backwards was race issues and how dangerous the situation could become.

Congressman Ro Khanna answers a caller about what white people should do to confront and ultimately take down racism and white supremacy in the United States?

Thom used the phrase "Trump Crime Family" as more than just a way to make fun of the current Republican President but as a statement of fakes. Heather Vogell of Propublica joins to talk about some of the illegal dealings of the Trump family. What does it mean that America has a criminal running the country?

Congressman Ro Khanna Joins the Thom Hartmann Program discussing the Tragedy at Tree of Life Synagogue where Donald Trump's violent rhetoric about central and south American Refugees inspired a shooter to Target the Jewish Community doing work to help refugees and migrants.

Thom speaks to a longtime listener with personal connections to the Tree of Life, where a man fueled off Donald Trump's xenophobic anti immigration rhetoric targeted the Synagogue. When will we be able to hold the republican party, Donald Trump and the right wing media accountable for spreading messages of hate and fear that fuel these kinds of tragedies

Congressman Ro Khanna on the Thom Hartmann Program discusses how we can find the ideological and systematic underpinnings of the violence we are seeing in the Trump era and how we can combat such ideologies.

In wake of the mail bombs sent to Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, George Soros, Maxine Waters and other liberal public figures, some on the media have started to call out Donald Trump and the Right for creating an environment normalizing violence, the right pushed back calling saying that "both sides" are to blame. Jefferson Smith filling in for Thom Hartmann brings on Jodi Jacobson from Rewire News to break down the fallacy that both sides are equally to blame.

Jefferson Smith, filling in for Thom asks us, "Who is going to tell the people?" will it be the corporate media, owned by either the Koch Brothers or Sinclair's news outlets, or will it be community media, run by people like you an me. Do the people need to seize the means of communication to make democracy possible?

Maxine Waters has been the choice target for attacks and hatred from the right for years and as the California Representative continues to take bold stances against the Trump Regime, their supporters, the morbidly rich, and late stage capitalism, including her calls to "Impeach 45" Maxine Waters's profile has only grown, as has the target on her back from conservative pundits, racist online trolls, Trump's brown-shirts and the President, Donald Trump himself. But why has the right targeted Maxine Waters over other politicians?

Trump can be compared to the worst of wartime Germany with his appauling rhetoric following the arrival of bombs at the homes and office of prominent Democrats.

Voter Suppression by Republicans is reaching taunting levels, where Republicans are admitting at least in closed door meetings that they don't want you to vote. Greg Palast Joins us to discuss what we can do to ensure your voting rights are protected.

Director of the new film The Long Shadow, joins the Thom Hartmann Program to talk to us about how the shadow of the "peculiar institution" still haunts our legal and social work and how acknowledging this history is the first step toward creating a world without these hierarchies.

Lies and dam lies from Trump and his administration.