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REPUBLICANS ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE Sep 11, 2021

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Republicans are playing with fire here, but it’s not just around abortion rights. They’re also explicitly going after a wide variety of other rights that Americans have fought to maintain for centuries. If they achieve their endpoint, the direction they’re currently heading, they will ultimately see their own rights stripped away as well, leading to the end of our democratic republic.

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TWENTY YEARS OF LIES AND BLOODSHED Sep 10, 2021

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Editorial Director & Publisher of The Nation Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on 20 Years of Lies & Bloodshed with the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Radio host Dean Obeidallah joins the show to explain his essay, "On September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a White guy. On September 11, I woke up an Arab."

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THE GOP'S OBSESSION WITH POWER Sep 09, 2021

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The GOP's Obsession with Power-At-All-Costs Will End Badly for Us All (Including Them). The monster of fear, hate, and greed the right wingers have created – as it rises from the primordial mud and shakes itself into life – will eventually consume them. Also Professor Richard Wolff explores what people understand of neoliberalism? And where is it going?

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ARE WE IGNORING THE REAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS? Sep 08, 2021

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With the hospitals overwhelmed, should the unvaccinated be the last in line to be treated? Should we blow up the filibuster and finally face up to the scams behind much of our health care system?

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STOOGES FOR BILLIONAIRES PRETENDING THEY'RE PATRIOTS Sep 07, 2021

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Genuine patriots work to heal a country, to bring out its best, to strengthen its social and political fabric and make a better nation and world for future generations. So who are these people set on tearing us apart while wrapping themselves in the flag?

Also, author Elie Mystal of the Nation joins Thom- are Democrats responding too meekly to the right wing crazies?

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WHY HEALTH INSURERS DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE THEIR PRICES Sep 06, 2021

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President of the Center for Health and Democracy, Wendell Potter joins Thom to explain that healthcare insurers work for the shareholders and not the patient. This year, the federal government ordered hospitals to begin publishing a prized secret: a complete list of the prices they negotiate with private insurers. Four hospital associations jointly sued the government to block it, and appealed when they lost.

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NUCLEAR WASTE ON A POPULAR CALIFORNIA BEACH? Sep 05, 2021

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Radioactive Waste Specialist from Beyond Nuclear, Kevin Kamps joins Thom for two unsettling new revelations. Why is 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste buried on a popular California beach? Plus - Are the Fukushima operators building an undersea tunnel to release treated water?

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SHOULD "BABY Q" BE IN JAIL? Sep 04, 2021

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After calling for bloodshed during elections, many are wondering, why is Madison Cawthorn in congress instead of in jail? Congressman Mark Pocan shares his thoughts in a national progressive town hall meeting among listeners.

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TIMES OF GREAT CRISIS ALSO YIELD GREAT OPPORTUNITIES Sep 03, 2021

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Is There a Sense of Impending Doom In the Air?

While some will give up and walk away from political activism, others realize the importance of doubling down on our activism. Outlawing abortion is more dangerous than the GOP wants you to think. Thom and Prof Richard Wolff explore the economics of women not having access to abortions.

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ON ABORTION - IS THE TEXAS GOP THE DOG THAT CAUGHT THE CAR? Sep 02, 2021

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Republicans are proud of how they're intimidating women in Texas. But could this abortion ban & its vigilantism be the tipping point that activates women & allies to take down the GOP? Dr. Ben Strauss joins Thom on whether extreme weather is on the rise and are we seeing it on the east & west coasts with fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes etc. Greg Palast explains the real reason the lights went out in Louisiana.

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