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During the January 6th attack, militia members were glued to Trump’s Twitter feed, anxiously awaiting Trump’s proclamation of the Insurrection Act and instant deputization of them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will SCOTUS pause moving forward in Trump's immunity case? The Legal Coup - New Documents Reveal How Trump Lawyers Sought ‘Chaos’ to Force SCOTUS, or Whoever Else, to Anoint Trump. Guest Interview: Writer/Journalist, Gil Duran exposes The Tech authoritarians of San Francisco. Elon Musk and the rise of reactionary Big Tech (and big money) politics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/...

America is now the most unequal society in the developed world. Our billionaires are the richest, and our poor people are the poorest of any functioning democracy on Earth… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Are Trump allies training MAGA 'shock troops' to take over the government if Trump gets elected? Fascism hits a bump in the road as another state Supreme Court issues another devastating rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court. Also- the war between Jack Smith and Judge "Loose Cannon" continues to heat up. And, Thom reads from "The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" by Michiko Kakuta...

Increasingly Americans are being forced to choose sides: are we with democracy, or will we elect Trump and join Russia, China, and North Korea in making the world safe for dictators? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Progressive leader Mark Pocan just watched the G.O.P. have its craziest week yet- he joins Thom and his listeners to share front line observations. Plus - is it time to reinstate the draft? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The crazy train rolls on. Republicans in Iowa want to bring back "separate by equal" for trans people. But pay no attention as the billionaires buy up the country and maybe even our Supreme Court justices!.. How far will we wade into the collective insanity of Fox News fascism? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

The two cases — Trump retaining classified documents and Biden retaining them — are utterly different....Plus the role Garland played. Repression of LGBTQ community intensifies.  Following Hitler's playbook MAGA authoritarians target transgender population. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The simple reality is that the future of American democracy is as much on the line in this case as it was in 1866: that was lost in yesterday’s arguments, but should have been central to them… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Prison President? How Donald Trump might serve from behind bars. Is it looking like the GOP is all about "Trump first, Putin second and America third"? Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Phil Ittner gives a grim report that Ukraine is running out of ammunition and losing respect and faith in America's promised support. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

Odds are, however, that this decision will be as political and corrupt as the 2000 Bush v Gore was. But I’m more than willing to be surprised. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

At least one state is retiring medical debt, but meanwhile Nikki wants seniors to keep footing the bill for their medical expenses until they turn 70. And will Republicans and their billionaire donors finally succeed in making big money off Medicare? Alex Lawson joins Thom with details of the GOP's latest scheme. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

You have to break government pretty badly before people are willing to trade in a normal democracy for a dictatorship, but it’s sure happened before... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Commonsense prevails - appeals court refuses Trump immunity. Plus, why America needs a Trump election subversion verdict quickly. Guest Interview: Journalist, Commentator and Radio Host, Michelangelo Signorile explains why the absurdity of the GOP's "civil war" talk is even more off the charts. Crazy Alert! Horrifying deepfake tricks employee into giving away $25 million - Get ready for the d...

Medicare Advantage is not Medicare: it’s private health insurance for seniors that’s largely paid for with our tax dollars. They make their money by routinely denying claims… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will the Democrats learn to effectively counter Republican tactics? And- are the Europeans fighting for democracy in Ukraine getting an ugly education in American politics? Also, Thom reads from "Measuring What Counts: The Global Movement for Well-Being" by Joseph Stiglitz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-inf...

Now that several of the Republican justices have been so heavily saturated with fat-cat money and thus regularly vote in favor of their morbidly rich “friends,” what do those rich dudes want? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Biden has an opening to put new people over the post office- he needs to get on it! Meanwhile, the right is melting down over Taylor Swift and her football star boyfriend supporting Biden. Where will this all take us come November? Plus - Thom reads from his recent book 'The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

The Biden administration is finally recognizing the failure of Reaganism- is this why companies no longer bother to take care of their customers? Plus- Nikki Haley says Texas can secede if they want to. Say what? Also, Thom reads from "Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America" by Christopher Leonard, and from "Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy o...

Author and activist David Pepper joins Thom for a look at the Republican war on public schools. Will they succeed in subsidizing private educations for the better off? Plus - every attempt at libertarianism has been a failure. So why does the right keep pushing for it? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Madison wasn’t talking about an abstraction or some highfalutin concept. He was talking about how some rich people will inevitably try to seize political power to screw everybody else. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ukraine Update: Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine, Philip Ittner reports that Zelensky plans to oust Ukraine’s top general amid tension over new mobilization. Guest Interview: Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter on breaking the GOP death grip.  Also- it's a Celtic holiday - The pagan holiday of awakening...I'll explain. Also why...

Not only has Section 230 turned the web into a stalking ground for sexual predators, it’s also given Putin cheap & easy access to Americans, an access he’s been using for years to tear us apart... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest Interview: Staff Writer for The Atlantic, Tim Alberta explains his new book - The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals In An Age of Extremism. Also does the resuscitated "trucker convoy" reveal a dying MAGA movement? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This year’s election may be our last chance to push back against the oligarchy that the GOP has been constructing for the past forty-three years… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .