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THE PAST AND PRECEDENTS Dec 10, 2019

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THE PAST AND PRECEDENTS

Thom puts the Articles of Impeachment announced by House leadership into both deep and immediate historical context. Then, Thom's brilliant callers take time to digest the implications of this whole situation. What kind of people can knowingly defend Trump's blatant crimes? What are the chances of a secret ballot in the Senate? Will any of the brats end up doing the right thing?

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POINT OF (DIS)ORDER! Dec 09, 2019

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As the lying Republicans try to muddy the waters of the impeachment hearings with their relentless disinformation campaign, will the truth of what happened reach the American public? And as Trump is at least fulfilling his promise to be the only American president who made money while in office, with his kids, Bill Barr's kids, and Giuliani's kids all on the government payroll and working various hustles, are the Republicans calling the kettle black?

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TOWN HALL WITH CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA Dec 09, 2019

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Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna answers listener phone questions on topics from impeachment to immigration. Thom reads selections for the Book Club.

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ANYTHING GOES Dec 08, 2019

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Thom engages his callers on a wide range of topics, from impeachment strategy, to corrupt Republican Senators, to what led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago. For the Book Club Thom reads from "The Case for Impeaching Trump" by Elizabeth Holtzman and from his own work "ADD Success Stories."

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CAN WE DO BETTER THAN CAPITALISM? Dec 07, 2019

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Professor Richard Wolff posits that it is time to get rid of Capitalism rather than try to reform it. ~ For the Book Club, Thom reads from "Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable" by Jeffrey D. Sachs with Foreword by Bernie Sanders.

A perfect storm of economic and world geopolitical indicators are coming together to put a potential disaster in our future. Do you think that these forces coming together will put us into world war or a second Great Depression?

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TRUMP'S CRIMINAL INDIFFERENCE TO DOING HIS JOB Dec 05, 2019

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Michael Lewis, author of 'The Fifth Risk' joins Thom- What is up with Donald Trump's civil service? With political appointees with questionable experience at the helm of the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce, how are they taking care of business with so many mid-level positions simply left vacant? Why does Trump and the public at large have so little interest in understanding what our federal government does?

Trump and his cronies continue to enrich themselves at the expense of the American people- Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (who is personally heavily invested in student debt) is trying to move student debt into a private corporate so any future president could never cancel it. What other hustles, crimes, and foolishness of this corrupt head of state are worthy of impeachment?

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IMPEACHMENT: TOO NARROW, TOO THIN, OR JUST RIGHT? Dec 04, 2019

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Today, Thom tackles the testimony and cuts through Republican lies, misdirection and bull with his sharp knife of truth. But are the Democrats making a mistake by not including Donald Trump's many other huge and blatant crimes in the impeachment process?

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THE REAL HEART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Dec 03, 2019

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Thom wonders if neoliberal Democrats may be blindsided because they have no idea their voters are about to dump them... Can Progressive democrats recapture the love that presidents like FDR, JFK, and LBJ inspired by making sure the American system really works for the common person?

And the latest poll shows a dead heat between Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, and Warren for the Democratic primary. Can we overcome a system that has been rigged ever since the Supreme Court betrayed us by legalizing bribery?

Plus, Thom reads from a chapter from one of his books titled 'Reagan Kidnapped the Jetsons'.

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CAN KAMALA FIX HEALTHCARE? Dec 03, 2019

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Thom debates Charles Sauer, libertarian economist & president of The Market Institute, on Kamala Harris' plan to regulate prescription drug prices, followed by a hearty discussion of health care policy in this country with Thom's callers.

Plus, Thom reads from 'No Visible Bruises' by Rachel Louise Synder.

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FAIR FIGHT FOR 2020 Dec 01, 2019

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Greg Palast talks about support from Stacey Abrams and how to reverse 14 million voters from removal on the electoral roll in the past year. And you could be one of them. Ending voter suppression and preventing your name from being purged is really important as the 2020 election draws closer. Callers respond. Book Club : Minority Leader and Frederick Douglas.

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