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Can We Stop China, Russia, Murdoch & the "Putin GOP" From Tearing Down our Democracy? Sep 23, 2023

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So now we’re all standing largely naked before the coming onslaught of disinformation that is sure to come along with the 2023 and 2024 elections: the lies will be coming fast and furious. Are Trump's GOP opponents in an "Arm's race to out-extreme & out-cruel each other? Shutdown Watch! McCarthy hands the gavel to Gaetz as Jeffries tells the GOP, "We're not paying the ransom note" Holy Moly! Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events.

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Mark Pocan is Standing Up to Power Sep 22, 2023

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How can Democrats negotiate with Republicans that already broke their agreement over the last fake government shutdown crisis? Mark Pocan shares his ideas with Thom and Thom's listeners.

Also, Thom reads from "Down Along With That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy" by Connor O'Neill.

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Inequality on the Ground Sep 21, 2023

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Thom does a deep dive with Nick Hanauer, co-author of the new book "Corporate BS: Exposing the Lies and Half Truths that Protect Wealth and Power in America". How can we inoculate the public to recognize rich people's bull---t when they see it?

Plus - Thom reads from "The Privatization of Everything" by Donald Cohen.

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The Shutdown is the Two Santa Clauses Scam Rearing its Ugly Head Again Sep 20, 2023

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Hopefully this time Democratic politicians and our media will, finally, call the GOP out on Wanniski’s and Reagan’s Two Santa Clauses scam and put an end to it once and for all.

Congressman Earl Blumenauer - Marijuana, pollinators, homelessness and housing. Also Mike Rothschild author of "Jewish Space Lasers" & how we got here...?

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Can We Stop the GOP’s Big Pharma Rip-Off? Sep 19, 2023

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For today’s bought-off GOP (and a handful of bought-off “problem solver” Democrats), as long as Republicans on the Supreme Court keep the corrupt payola machine running, there simply is no bottom.

More evidence of Trump's crimes and lack of Government know how. Crazy Alert! GOP clutch's their pearls over Fetterman's shorts but stay mum on Boebert who just dumped her "groper" boyfriend for being a democrat. Will a "shutdown" work well for the GOP?

There's been a stunning steep rise in criminalizing pregnant people. It now appears US Elections are at risk of political violence with the spread of guns and distrust. Geeky Science! New study shows "forever chemicals" are increasing cancer in women.

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The American Dream Demands Paid Sick Leave & Low-Cost Child Care Sep 18, 2023

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America gives a lot of lip service to the American Dream, but we haven’t led the world in meeting human needs since the Reagan Revolution. Also can the UAW transform America again?

Crazy Alert! Christian Nationalist Boebart puts hypocrisy on display while her and her "friend" fondle each other in public in front of children...and oh by the way...was it tobacco or something else she was illegally vaping? Plus Trump revels in praise from Putin...still....and why wasn't Trump fact-checked on NBC?

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Republicans Don't Want the Public to Know What They're Up To. So Corrupt! Sep 17, 2023

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders was blasted over the move to gut Arkansas' freedom of information law. The world's largest carbon capture facility is coming to Texas - will it work or is it just greenwashing? Also is planet earth outside the safe operating space for humanity? And National Progressive Townhall with Rep. Ro Khanna.

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How Can America Get a Clean Bill of Health? Sep 16, 2023

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With new Covid strains circulating, why is the G.O.P. working against Biden's efforts to make prescription drugs affordable? And then-- is there a link between sugary beverages and depression?

Plus Thom reads from 'Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes' by Robin Feldman.

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How the DOJ Caved to Trump's Poisonous Political Violence Sep 15, 2023

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It echoes the terror campaigns run by followers of Mussolini and Hitler in the early days of their rising to power. Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of one of the more tragic moments of the civil rights movement — the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and the deaths of four little girls inside. Interview: The President of Muslims for Progressive Values, Ani Zonneveld explains the rise of the culture wars.

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Will January 6th be Buried Like the JFK Assassination? Sep 14, 2023

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Will January 6th be like the Kennedy assassination? Will we never know the whole story? Also Veteran War Correspondent Philip Ittner reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. Plus Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for an investigation into Musk and Starling as the Putin plan to win the war in Ukraine includes electing Trump.

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