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WILL AMERICA LOOK THE OTHER WAY ON THE GOP'S NEW ELECTION POLICE? Jan 19, 2022

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National Progressive Townhall Meeting with Congressman Mark Pocan. Professor Richard Wolff answers the question: How will American economics be affected If Trump or someone like him takes the White House and ends what's left of democracy? Will America look the other way on the GOPs new election police? Voter fraud isn't real, but election fraud is very much real and alive & that's exactly what DeSantis and the Texas GOP are proposing -- right out in the open.

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THE FIGHT TO VOTE BROKEN DOWN Jan 18, 2022

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How American democracy itself will be on the ballot in coming years, as Republicans embrace Trump’s Big Lie, and politicians like Stacey Abrams make the fight for voting rights central to their political strategy. Thom is joined by Michael Waldman, author of The Fight to Vote and member of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. Radio Host Dean Obeidallah - Biden Is Shedding the Support of His Base and That Could Be Bad for Democracy.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL Jan 17, 2022

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Regarding Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day and in this era of reconsidering monuments to people who built their careers on racism, it’s time to rename the Russell Senate Office Building, where 33 senators today conduct their daily business. Thom Hartmann reads from Martin Luther's King's Letter From a Birmingham Jail.

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THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE? Jan 16, 2022

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Journalist Art Cullen joins Thom from Iowa. Why have Republicans ended a 140 year long tradition by kicking reporters out of the statehouse? Will the next Republican candidate for president refuse to take part in presidential debates? What is the right wing strategy here?

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REFRAMING CHOICE Jan 15, 2022

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As Republicans push laws to restrict or ban abortions- and put abstinence only education in red state schools- how can Progressives work to preserve a woman's right to choose?

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WHY DON'T BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS GET THE SAME TREATMENT AS THE OATH KEEPERS? Jan 14, 2022

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Does Kirstin Sinema want black people to vote? Like the white supremacists of Thom's youth, they hide their dirty work with phrases like “bipartisanship” and “states’ rights” and their main weapon is the filibuster. Freedom Works are mobilizing their base. We need to mobilize ours.

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IF GOD IS LOVE... THEN DON'T BE A JERK Jan 13, 2022

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Writer and Pastor John Pavlovitz joins Thom for a deep dive on religion and the right. Are the politics of many evangelical Christians actually creating more hate and division in the world, in opposition to Christ's teachings?

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THE MOST TOXIC GOP MEME EVER? Jan 12, 2022

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Once citizens believe a nation is "a republic but not a democracy", then it’s easier for a strongman to limit majority-rule voting so “only the right people” get to vote-- or have their vote counted.

But can Biden and the Democrats prevent Republicans from rigging the game?

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IS THE LEFT CAPABLE OF COUNTERING THE RIGHT-WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE? Jan 11, 2022

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Was the January 6th riot just a small part of a larger plan supported by foreign and domestic oligarchs to end American democracy as we know it? Or will the benefit of hindsight help us to avoid descending into fascism?

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WHY DO WE LET PSYCHOPATHS IN SUITS GET AWAY WITH MURDER? Jan 10, 2022

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In America if you kill your spouse you'll end up in prison - but - if you kill millions of people, you can laugh at the law... and buy a new yacht. And Doctor Eric Feigl-Ding joins Thom. Can we believe Republicans who are claiming the danger of Covid has passed?

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