A conservative former prison staff worker wants to know why we can't get rid of criminals and terrorists who are "obviously" guilty. Because It's the right thing to do, because it is what makes us American.

Thom looks at the bigger picture, combining the implications of both the loss of Net Neutrality and Citizens United to create corporate control.

Given the merger of state and corporate power that is our government today, how are we any different from fascist governments?

Republicans are going old school with voter disenfranchisement, and are trying to create a new poll tax, will you be able to pay?

Thom takes your calls on this Wednesday before Thanksgiving. One caller suggests a sort of civil disobedience against Trump's racist policies, if Trump is trying to kick out all the brown people, be they Haitians, Mexican, central American, or Syrian, we need to make America Brown Again! What do you think? Could we stop Trump by defying his orders? More next on the Thom Hartmann Program

As we depart for Thanksgiving, we talk about how what the Koch brothers, the republicans and others of the Billionaire class are doing today, is really just following a long tradition of colonization. Last year Indigenous folks were attacked by the state because they sought to protect themselves against a pipeline, this year, they are cleaning up a spill in the ground. We have to break the imperialist cycle.

The FCC has had "Enough" with Net Neutrality and Evan Greer, the Campaign Director for Fight for the Future, has had enough of corporate control of the internet, and joins us to discuss the way to a free and open internet.

There is still a sealed indictment from Robert Mueller and no one knows who it's for, Thom speculates that this sealed indictment is for the President himself, a trump card, pun intended, for when the President tries to Pardon one of his minions. What do you think? Is Robert Mueller playing seven dimensional chess?

With Thanksgiving this week, there will be no live program for Thursday or Friday.

It looks like a larger cultural shift i s taking place right in front of our eyes, where men will actually be held accountable for their crimes against women.

Greg Palast joins Thom to share his investigation into the alteration of pipeline safety equipment to avoid the cost of repairing old pipelines, the results are explosive.

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As goes the internet so goes the nation. The end of net neutrality could be a few steps away from actual fascism. The use of this kind of control is seen all over the world, governments that want to decide where and when their citizens can go online, for now in our United States this power is in the hands of Internet Service Providers, and only used so far to further their profits... but how long until the merger of state and corporate is complete and this control is used to maintain power as well?

Are the Republicans just blundering fools or is there a plan behind enacting unpopular legislation prior to elections they think they are going to lose?

With the media landscape becoming more and more consolidated by the right wing, and a sly Republican party lying about the effects of their policies, and then blaming any material consequences on Republicans, what can Democrats do to let the people know the truth?