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PRESIDENTIAL CRIMES, POWER, AND THE KURDS Oct 11, 2019

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Is Trump looking for a war in the middle east to get himself re-elected? As Turkey slaughters the Kurds on its border after Trump's green light to do so, Trump has ordered more aircraft and soldiers into Saudi Arabia to prepare for a possible war with Iran. Is Trump distracting us from his multiple crimes and unconstitutional acts, like taking money from foreign powers and violating his federal lease on the Trump hotel in Washington?

Author Lamar Waldron joins Thom for a close look back at the history of America and the Kurds- Trump is far from the first Republican president to betray our Kurdish allies.

Plus - the emerging details on the bribes paid to Congressman One by Giuliani's Ukrainian friends who were arrested at Dulles airport.

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MONEY RULES Oct 10, 2019

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When money rules, do principles go out the window? Are we becoming a sociopathic culture that in reality believes in nothing? If that's true, is it because we have a sociopath setting an example in the White House, or is he instead a symptom of the disease?

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BETRAYING THE KURDS Oct 09, 2019

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The Turkish attack on the Kurds that Donald Trump greenlit is now underway. Who are the Kurds, and why did they give up 10 to 15 thousand of their fighters to contain ISIS? Are we betraying the only American-style democratic republic in the middle east? Doctor and author Edmund Ghareeb joins Thom with the latest.

Plus- Thom reads from ''Proof of Conspiracy: How Trump's international collusion is threatening American Democracy'' by Seth Abramson.

And while the world is distracted, Trump tries to privatize Medicare. We get the details from Social Security Works' Alex Lawson.

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OLIGARCHS v. DEMOCRACY Oct 08, 2019

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How did it happen that right-wing autocrats have taken over and putting back the progress of American democracy made since the New Deal? The level of corruption in this administration is stunning, as nearly half of surveyed Americans think it might be better to have essentially a king. ~ Are the principles of democracy this country was founded on being eroded right before our eyes? The director of the CIA has described Trump's administration as equivalent to a banana republic. Did Trump fire our ambassador to Ukraine as a part of a scam to get an American oligarch on the board of an oil and gas company there? ~ Are conservatives deliberately radicalizing our police forces to become the right wing's Gestapo? ~ Plus Thom reads from 'The Cult of Trump' by Steven Hassan.

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TRUMP TOWERS ISTANBUL Oct 07, 2019

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Has Trump has betrayed our allies the Kurds, by pulling out American troops there and seemingly giving the dictator Erdogan a green light to invade? What will happen to the 90,000 hard-core ISIS fighters the Kurds are holding in detention camps there? Does the five million dollars per year Trump is earning from Trump Towers Istanbul have anything to do with it?

Plus, What is at stake with the upcoming Supreme Court decision on civil rights? Alphonso David with the Human Rights Campaign has the details.

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WAS ROY COHN THE CREATOR OF THE TRUMP MONSTER? Oct 07, 2019

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Documentary filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer describes his new release "Where's My Roy Cohn?" The story of the notorious lawyer who coached demagogues from Joseph McCarthy to Donald J. Trump. Thom continues his live Labor event from Chicago with the local union leaders and questions from the attending audience.

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CHIPPING AWAY AT MEDICARE Oct 06, 2019

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Trump is working as fast and as furiously as he can to destroy Medicare before it can become Medicare for All... Meanwhile, Thom and his callers look at Medigap plans, Medicare "Advantage"... what options are out there, and which are they not telling us about? How could some of these plans figure into a sneaky plan to crash real Medicare?.. and what is health care really like in Canada and England? Plus, Thom reads from the book 'Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes' by Robin Feldman, and from his own book 'Walking Your Blues Away'.

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LIVE WITH LABOR Oct 04, 2019

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From a live studio audience in Chicago with union leaders Jim Allen and John Daniel plus personal injury lawyer and WCPT talent Louis Cairo, Thom leads a discussion on impeachment, Washington politics, and the implications for the American worker and the labor movement. Can Trump hold on to his base even when so many of his promises have turned out to be lies? What is the latest on impeachment, and where is it likely to go? What should be our role in a democracy?

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THE PLOT THICKENS Oct 04, 2019

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What did Pence think he was doing when he met with president of Ukraine in Poland last year? And what was left out of the notes Trump released from his extortion call? Thom's callers consider how we should react to all of this. Are we headed towards a constitutional crisis? Is Democracy itself at risk? And what should we make of the Biden-China connection and Trump's call for China to dig up dirt on his opponent?

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THE PICKLE WE'RE IN Oct 02, 2019

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Did the Republicans make the mistake of hiring somebody to be their president who believes the lies they make up to manipulate the public?.. when they literally have nothing to sell the American people, because their real goal is to make the rich richer. And is the Hunter Biden story just another of their carefully repeated conspiracy theories?.. Meanwhile we update our congress-eye view with Progressive House leader Mark Pocan. And Thom goes through all the kinds of Congressional contempt.

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