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WHOSE JOB IS DEMOCRACY? WITH GUEST-HOST JEFFERSON SMITH Aug 07, 2022

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So many of the challenges we face are nobody’s job. In a market sense, what big company benefits from fundamentally improving our health system? Whose job is it to save the climate? Whose job is it to redeem ourselves from the oppression of black slavery and the genocide of Native Americans? Whose job is it to restore the middle class? So many of the most daunting challenges and exciting opportunities we face are, in a market sense? Nobody's job. You are the coalition of the benevolently irrational. The good people are doing good things for no good reason. And you are priceless. Definition of priceless? Worth a lot, not for sale.

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DID KANSAS SEND A MESSAGE TO REPUBLICANS TO WORRY ABOUT NOVEMBER? Aug 06, 2022

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Key Republican Senate candidates called the Dobbs decision a 'huge victory.' Kansas has given us undisputed proof that abortion is now a Democratic vote-driving single issue. National Progressive Townhall Meeting - Pramila Jayapal U.S. Rep (D-WA, Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus, Senior Whip-Democratic Caucus. Topic: Did Kansas send a message to Republicans?

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HOW TO FIGHT THE NEW G.O.P. SCHEME TO KILL SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE Aug 05, 2022

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Let’s take the first small step rolling back Reagan’s neoliberalism by making “income” from Social Security, unemployment benefits, and tips tax-free once again!

Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh shares a warning from the MAGA world: If Trump is indicted, expect "major violence." Also the GOP plan to purge un-loyal civil servants Is going to be YUGE in 2024. Was the Pentagon corrupted by Trump and part of the Jan 6th Coup?

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THE "SHARE BUYBACK" RAPE OF AMERICAN BUSINESS Aug 04, 2022

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How CEOs pulled off their coup, ending the golden age of growth for the middle class while beginning the current era of the CEO as modern-day superyacht-owning emperor. Also, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Mark Weisbrot postulates if the Fed may cause a recession. Professor Richard Wolff examines if capitalism should be regulated or changed.

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REPUBLICANS HAVE A PLAN TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION AND IT JUST MAY WORK Aug 03, 2022

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If the GOP plan works, they’ll rewrite our Constitution and state governors, the US Congress, and the President will have no say whatsoever in the process to halt it. President Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace’s warnings have come full circle. It’s critical that we call out these economic royalists for what they’re doing, and not let them and their minions rewrite our Constitution. Also President Joe Biden reunites 400 migrant families separated under Trump.

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AUTOCRATIC LIES AND THE FOOLS WHO REPEAT THEM Aug 02, 2022

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As Pelosi visits China, why do some Republicans parrot Chinese and Russian talking points? And will right wing propaganda be able to stop even the skinny version of the Biden agenda?

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HOW A CHILD-KILLER SET THE STAGE FOR TODAY'S REPUBLICANS TO REVEL IN CRUELTY Aug 01, 2022

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The libertarians have had 40 years to make their project work, we’re hitting peak libertarianism and it’s tearing our country apart, pitting Americans against each other, and killing people every day. Crazy Alert! Trump grimly reaps tax benefits from Ivana's paltry cheap grave - Is there anything sacred to Trump? The GOP wants to ban child support because they say it incentivizes abortion - Wow! Geeky Science - The hidden history of lawns - Could America kiss elite grass goodbye?

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ABORTION, GUNS, and CLIMATE CHANGE Jul 31, 2022

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Are these the three things Democrats should run on this Fall? The abortion ban is already endangering the lives of women. Will the uproar across the country against the Dobbs decision make a difference come election day?

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AS INFLATION TAKES A BITE Jul 30, 2022

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Will the inflation reduction act provide some relief to the middle class? Will efforts to reduce drug prices make a real difference? Thom's listeners share how they're surviving rising costs.

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REAGAN DUMPED AMERICAN VALUES FOR GREED Jul 29, 2022

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The GOP has become a rotting corpse, politically... infested with maggots and defended by wealthy vultures. It has only one true principle- greed, and is determined to reinvent America in greed’s image. Can we take our country back?

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