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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND POLITICAL ACTION Feb 08, 2020

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Guest host, Jefferson Smith recaps the sobering recent events in Washington and beyond, encouraging listeners to call in with their own stories of hope and participation. Jeff recalls his own organizing of the Oregon Bus Project which later evolved into the Next Up action fund for mobilizing change.

Lee Fang of the Intercept joins Jefferson Smith to discuss the delayed vote results in Iowa, Bernie Sanders' near tie with Pete Buttigieg and the implications this brings up.

Book Club readings from "Walking Your Blues Away" by Thom Hartmann, "It Came from Something Awful" by Dale Beran, "Mindf*ck" by Christopher Wylie.

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GETTING SMART IN THE AGE OF VOTER MANIPULATION Feb 07, 2020

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith digests the weeks historic news with insightful callers.

Huffington Post reporter Paul Blumenthal joins Jefferson Smith to discuss how a radical new theory, that no president can be removed for abuse of power, has broken our checks and balances and let Donald Trump off.

Reading from "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Jeff goes into s deep discussion on voter manipulation with Karen Kornbluh, Senior Fellow and Director of the Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a think tank dedicated to promoting transatlantic cooperation.

For the Book Club Thom reads from "In Putin's Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones" by Nina L. Khrushcheva.

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THANK YOU MITT ROMNEY Feb 06, 2020

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, Jefferson Smith speaks about the healing power of being thankful and the courage of Mitt Romney and especially Doug Jones.

Plus - we meet Jefferson's dog, and consider how the response to Trump's absurd State of the Union could have been more effective.

Emily Cherniak of NEW POLITICS explains why we focus too heavily on the presidential race when boosting candidates for other races produces many rewards.

Jeff explains the 'sausage making' behind whipping the votes of congress.

Calls come in on veganism and animal rescue to emphasis what to be thankful for.

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THEATER OF LIES Feb 05, 2020

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What sort of man is Rush Limbaugh that he deserved a Medal of Freedom? What has been the real long game of the billionaire propaganda network over the last 50 years? Guest host Jefferson Smith says he will not dance on Limbaugh's grave, but he does mourn the way that he has lived his life.

Author John Nichols of the Nation magazine reports in- what did we learn from the caucuses?- and what would we lose if we stop having them? Maybe it's good to have to look each other in the eye and build community by learning how we need to treat each other? And why can't voting be a national holiday so everyone can be off work to participate?

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IS IT ENOUGH TO SAY HE'S A DUMB-DUMB? Feb 04, 2020

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Today, esteemed guest host Jefferson Smith confronts a big news week- we've got the Iowa Caucus, the state of the Union speech, and closing arguments in the Senate for removing or keeping Donald Trump in the White House. How should Progressives respond to the case Lamar Alexander and others are making for keeping Trump in office? On the Democratic side, is it enough to mock Trump and call him stupid without making a moral argument?

And Progressive congressional leader Mark Pocan joins Jeff to deepen to conversation.

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THE COUNTRY CAN'T WAIT FOR PROGRESSIVE POLICIES Feb 03, 2020

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Progressive gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith is taking on a billionaire standing for election as governor in West Virginia. He joins Thom to discuss his platform of 32 different policies.

Listeners call-in with ideas about the Democratic Presidential candidate.

For the Book Club Thom reads from "Repeal the Second Amendment: The Case for a Safer America" by Allan Lichtman.

Author Allan Lichtman joins Thom to explain why it is time to change the Constitution and save us from gun violence.

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GETTING OUT OF THE POCKETS OF BIG CORPORATIONS Feb 02, 2020

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Thom Hartmann examines the economic impact that may occur from ongoing coronavirus outbreak. A recent study finds that Americans are at the peak of feeling that our democracy has failed us. Will a progressive president be able to turn things around and give people hope again?

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RESISTANCE RADIO Feb 01, 2020

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Today, veteran radio host Shawn Taylor fills in for Thom, leading a thoughtful town hall with callers on a variety of questions-- Could 'We The People' sue Congress for not doing their job?.. Is Putin ultimately pulling the strings of all the oligarchs?.. Why don't the Democrats filibuster the impeachment over calling witnesses?.. And what kind of public official asks for foreign governments to help get them re-elected?.. What can we be doing to make Trump's re-election less likely?.. If FDR and Lincoln didn't cancel the elections why should Trump?.. And how much would you give up to stand against an oppressive regime?..

Plus, Thom reads from "Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office" by Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes, and "Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work" by Robert H. Frank.

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CULTS OF PERSONALITY: POWER AND FEAR Jan 31, 2020

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Donald Trump just told a rally in Iowa that Democrats want to kill them and wipe Iowa off the map. Woah!- How dangerous is this kind of talk? Is it possible Trump will move from being acquitted in the Senate by cowed Republicans to postponing the election like so many strongmen before him? Are Republican Senators who believe Trump is guilty actually afraid of armed Trump supporters threatening to kill them and their family?

Thom is joined by Krystal Ball, host of 'The Rising' on Hill TV, and coauthor of "The Populist's Guide to 2020: A New Right and New Left are Rising"- along with her cohost and right-wing populist Saagar Enjeti. Why is populist anger rising here in America and around the world and why is this invisible to the political pundits?

Thom reads from N.B. Turner's book 'Is China an Imperialist Country?'

And as the new corona virus caught from a slaughtered wild animal continues to spread, in addition to the human cost, could we be looking at a major economic impact?

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WHEN DID TYRANNY FIRST BREAK OUT IN AMERICA? Jan 30, 2020

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Julio Vs Thom - Do You Want to Live In A Country Where President Bernie Sanders Can Do Anything He Wants?

With Mitch McConnell promoting Dershowitz’s idea that a president can commit any kind of crime he wants so long as it gets him reelected because he “believes his reelection is in the public interest,“ we are about to see our American democratic republic transformed into an oligarchic semi-dictatorship. This is exactly what the Founders warned us against, and may well be the death-knell of not only our democracy, but of democracy around the world.

At the same time that more evidence emerges about Trump's heavy drug use the Republican defense in the House also becomes increasingly unhinged from reality. How can Republican Senators like Ted Cruz ask questions that are themselves outright lies about Hunter Biden while Trump's crime family makes billions from their grift flowing to them from Qatar and China- and probably many others?

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