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WHY IS AMERICA STILL BUYING SAUDI OIL WHEN WE COULD BE SELF SUFFICIENT? Oct 27, 2022

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America is capable of energy independence and we don’t need to dance to the tune of Saudi Arabia and Russia. Rep Mark Pocan joins the show for a National Progressive Town Hall. Plus Geeky Science! A new hybrid virus is in town and we need to pay attention.

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THIS IS THE ELECTION YOU GET FOR NINE BILLION BUCKS Oct 26, 2022

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Simply put, the elections are “tightening” because right wing billionaires and giant corporations are pouring billions of dollars into advertising. And advertising works. Why are the house progressives joining the #MAGA cult on Ukraine? Journalist and founder- of Popular.info Judd Legum explains what happens when you put right-wingers in charge of college. QAnon is ramping up to control elections. Crazy Alert! Tucker Carlson embraces Q-Anon conspiracy and says, Dems are ‘a child sacrifice cult.’ Why hasn't Clarence Thomas recused himself from all 2020 election issues? More Supreme Court corruption?

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THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CON IN AMERICAN HISTORY LAID BARE Oct 25, 2022

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When you compare Trump’s cons with the $50 trillion that the GOP has swindled out of the American working class and given to the top 1 percent since 1980, Trump looks like a piker. Lever News' Julia Rock reports that North Carolina senate candidate Ted Budd helped donors attempting to bypass predatory lending laws? Economist Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how an international alliance from America's enemies could lead to a disaster at home.

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AMERICANS' CARTOON VISION OF AUTHORITARIANISM CAUSES US TO MISS IT Oct 24, 2022

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Authoritarianism has been interwoven into the fabric of our republic since its inception and the Republican Party is today fighting what will hopefully be a losing battle to hang onto and expand it. Also why are American Generals selling out to the Saudis?

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ARE WE THE ONLY NATION WHERE MONEY IS FREE SPEECH? Oct 23, 2022

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Why couldn't the "For The People Act' get passed past Joe Manchins roadblock? Is it the same reason we can't prevent our industries and economy from being corrupted? Are election deniers preparing a push to deconstruct our democracy in favor of fascism?

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WILL OIL COMPANIES EVER BE LIABLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE? Oct 23, 2022

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Will we finally learn to have responsibility for the damage we are doing to the climate of our life-giving planet? Will the Anthropocene be an age of humans coming into balance with the earth, or will we sink deeper into an era of catastrophic planetary chaos?

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ARE SCOTUS REPUBLICANS IN ON A PLOT TO END DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENCIES FOREVER? Oct 21, 2022

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Instead of putting the Supreme Court in charge of US laws, the Framers of the Constitution did the opposite: they put Congress in charge of the Supreme Court. Why isn't congress regulating them? Senator Sheldon Whitehouse opines on how the Right Wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court and how we can get it back. Chief Washington Analyst-The DC Radio Company, Victoria Jones explains the recent Liz Truss debacle.

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DEMOCRATS MUST USE THIS ANCIENT DEEP PSYCHOLOGY TECHNIQUE TO WIN Oct 20, 2022

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It’s all in the message and it’s repetition, but if you don’t engage a topic, put it at the top of your 3-item list, and relentlessly pound on it - it’s as if it doesn’t exist. Radio host Dean Obeidallah joins Thom to consider Kari Lake’s real opponent in Arizona’s Governor’s Race.

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THE REAL CAUSES OF INFLATION Oct 19, 2022

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With a rising China, how are geopolitics changing the value of money? Professor Richard Wolff shares his thoughts on the gold standard- can it make any difference for a currency to be backed by gold in a modern capitalist economy? Plus - is the GOP deliberately shrinking the middle class?

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THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE BREAKING OF AMERICA Oct 18, 2022

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Thom Hartmann is joined by Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter, Maggie Haberman who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist. Her new book, Confidence Man shares a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that chronicles his life and its meaning from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency.

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