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FIGHTING THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER Nov 30, 2019

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Mark Pocan joins Thom for a fascinating town hall on what New Progressives in Congress are doing to push back against the billionaire-led takeover of our nation. Topics include - How many articles of impeachment? Why were the tactics of the Patriot Act activists poorly planned? What is the best strategy to influence your representatives? What's the real deal with Russia?

Plus Thom reads from 'Revolutionary Love' by Ruth Marcus' book as well as 'Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover'

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PEAK REAGANISM = A MAJORITY-POOR AMERICA Nov 29, 2019

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As of this year, new data shows that for the first time since World War II middle class Americans are no longer a majority. We are a majority-poor country now. Death rates for young working people have increased substantially- for the first time in the modern era- because of poverty in general and lack of access to health care in particular. Why is it so expensive for working people to merely live, and why is it so expensive to get ahead or pay for a college education?

Where is all the money our work generates going to? How much money does the top 1% need to be happy? Have we reached 'Peak-Reagonomics'?- an era in which some combination of poverty, drug addiction, obesity, and despair haunt the lives of so many Americans? What can the Progressive agenda hope to do to make things better? Is there a chance this could all change with the 2020 election?- because people's lives are at stake.

Plus Thom reads from Harvey JK's book 'Make America Radical Again'.

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TRUMP'S BIGGEST LIE Nov 28, 2019

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Donald Trump is following an old script, lie to the people to stay in power. How Far Will It Go? Callers respond.

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AMERICAN OLIGARCHS LEADING US TOWARDS CIVIL WAR? Nov 27, 2019

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Thom makes the case that American oligarchs already control much of the media, can legally bribe elected officials, and are taking control of the courts -- so will a police state marked by selective prosecution of political enemies be the next step down this road that many other societies have traveled before us?

How is billionaire propaganda dividing us deeply as a nation? Is there an analogy to the first civil war, that was also created by the oligarchs of South? And if Fox News cult members are deeply brainwashed, are they even competent to be on juries?

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FIGHTING BILLIONAIRE PROPAGANDA Nov 26, 2019

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How do we reclaim an independent press so we can actually learn what our candidates will do and our elected officials are doing? By only talking about horse-races and scandals, the press is letting the GOP get away with murder, while keeping people ignorant about Democratic Party solutions to our problems.

David Brock from Media Matters for America joins Thom to discuss why our media is broken, and why Billionaire owned media is working as a propaganda arm of the oligarchs-- threatening our very democracy.

Plus- given the recent protests and internal instability in Iran, has Trump's policy there brought us closer to a nightmare scenario, what guest Jamal Abdhi calls a 'combustible moment'?

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WHAT TO SAY AT THANKSGIVING Nov 26, 2019

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Today - Thom's tips on talking impeachment at Thanksgiving Dinner- the latest on the impeachment inquiry- and with Guiliani's buddy Lev in custody, will we get to hear what recordings he may have of Trump? And then we once again get the straight scoop from House Progressive Democrat Mark Pocan.

Plus- Thom reads from Michael Lewis's fascinating new book 'The Fifth Risk'.

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IMPACT OF IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS Nov 24, 2019

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Thom discusses the recent debate with callers and reviews some of the key testimony from the impeachment hearings.

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THE LONG ROAD WE'RE ON Nov 23, 2019

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As Progressive congressman Ro Khanna once again joins Thom, a fascinating discussion of the powers of Congress- are we building an Imperial Presidency based on the Republican-packed supreme court? Can pardons apply to impeachable crimes? Is the House oversight committee powerful enough to police federal government corruption?

Will the Roger Stone conviction of election crimes unlock the part of the Mueller Report we still have not seen? What would it take for the Senate to hold a secret impeachment vote? Will we ever repeal the so-called 'Patriot Act'?

Plus Thom reads from 'Why You Should Be a Socialist' by Nathan Robinson. And- Thom reprises his recent widely published article that charts how far down the road we are to an all-out oligarchy, and what to expect if we don't succeed in pushing back.

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FROM JFK TO WATERGATE TO TRUMP Nov 22, 2019

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On yet another anniversary of the JFK assassination, why has Trump -still- not followed the law Congress passed requiring the publication of all papers relating to the JFK assassination? Author-researcher Lamar Waldron joins Thom with evidence that ties JFK to Watergate to Donald Trump and Bill Barr- with stops along the way for Roger Stone and other career Washington shysters.

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TRUMP IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS: HILL & HOLMES TESTIMONY Nov 21, 2019

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Thom reviews the fifth Democratic debate and Netanyahu news plus caller questions before giving commentary on live congressional testimony.

Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official, and David Holmes, a diplomat in the U.S. embassy in Kiev, testify before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee.

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