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Trickle-Down Authoritarianism Must Stop. The Health Insurance Biz Claims Another Victim. Blue States Show Listening to Scientists Works. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Professor Political Science, Portland State University & Author of the new book, The Last Imperialist, Dr. Bruce Gilley debates colonization and critical race theory. Dr Bruce Gilley thinks Critical Race Theory (CRT) is dangerous and close minded. He wants to restart colonialism. So should California then colonize Louisiana? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

Americans deserve to know how we’ve been manipulated- and by whom for the past 40 years! Will the Democrats and our media begin to call the GOP out on Wanniski and Reagan’s Two-Santa-Claus scam? Also- will the GOP Death Cult end? Once boosters & children's vaccines are available will it be only Republicans that are dying? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy N...

Thom is joined by Columbia University professor Adam Tooze for a deep dive on his new book, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World Economy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why is Fox News forcing its employees to get vaccinated? Is COVID-19 a liberal hoax according to them? Thom Hartmann explains how the hypocrites at Fox have shown us how to get anti-vaxxers vaccinated. WI Progressive Representative Mark Pocan answers listener questions in a national town hall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

Given the recent California election experience, how long before the GOP starts talking about compassionate conservatism again? Why isn't the media talking about the real reason Gen. Milley had to go outside normal policies to prevent Trump from starting a nuclear war?  Dr. Michael Mann joins Thom to explain that climate change is coming on fast while Americans are working on it slowly. See P...

So Texas kids continue to sleep on office floors, get handcuffed to desks, and trafficked out of state while Abbott & his GOP buddies bask in the votes of “concerned” white evangelical voters. Plus Prof. Richard Wolff joins Thom to explain the debt ceiling and what will happen is the GOP forces the government to default. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

Ron DeSantis is blasted for cruelly denying hungry kids food - The GOP has been doing this since Rick Scott killed Charlene Dill. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Author of the new book, "The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the Family" Professor Sophie Bjork-James is here with Thom for a forty minute deep-dive on the origin and nature of white evangelicalism- how did it come to take power and why does it's thinking align so strongly with the Republican party? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

It has been 50 years since the Attica Prison Rebellion, one of the most famous and bloodiest prison uprisings in America's history. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who refused to meet with the prisoners during the rebellion, stated that the prisoners "carried out the cold-blooded killings they had threatened from the outset." The deaths of only one of the officers and three of the...

Republicans are playing with fire here, but it’s not just around abortion rights. They’re also explicitly going after a wide variety of other rights that Americans have fought to maintain for centuries. If they achieve their endpoint, the direction they’re currently heading, they will ultimately see their own rights stripped away as well, leading to the end of our democratic republic. See Privacy...

Editorial Director & Publisher of The Nation Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on 20 Years of Lies & Bloodshed with the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Radio host Dean Obeidallah joins the show to explain his essay, "On September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a White guy. On September 11, I woke up an Arab." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

The GOP's Obsession with Power-At-All-Costs Will End Badly for Us All (Including Them).  The monster of fear, hate, and greed the right wingers have created – as it rises from the primordial mud and shakes itself into life – will eventually consume them. Also Professor Richard Wolff explores what people understand of neoliberalism? And where is it going? See Privacy Policy at https://art...

With the hospitals overwhelmed, should the unvaccinated be the last in line to be treated? Should we blow up the filibuster and finally face up to the scams behind much of our health care system? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Genuine patriots work to heal a country, to bring out its best, to strengthen its social and political fabric and make a better nation and world for future generations. So who are these people set on tearing us apart while wrapping themselves in the flag? Also, author Elie Mystal of the Nation joins Thom- are Democrats responding too meekly to the right wing crazies? See Privacy Policy at https://...

President of the Center for Health and Democracy, Wendell Potter joins Thom to explain that healthcare insurers work for the shareholders and not the patient. This year, the federal government ordered hospitals to begin publishing a prized secret: a complete list of the prices they negotiate with private insurers. Four hospital associations jointly sued the government to block it, and ap...

Radioactive Waste Specialist from Beyond Nuclear, Kevin Kamps joins Thom for two unsettling new revelations. Why is 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste buried on a popular California beach? Plus - Are the Fukushima operators building an undersea tunnel to release treated water? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell...

After calling for bloodshed during elections, many are wondering, why is Madison Cawthorn in congress instead of in jail? Congressman Mark Pocan shares his thoughts in a national progressive town hall meeting among listeners. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Is There a Sense of Impending Doom In the Air? While some will give up and walk away from political activism, others realize the importance of doubling down on our activism. Outlawing abortion is more dangerous than the GOP wants you to think. Thom and Prof Richard Wolff explore the economics of women not having access to abortions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...

Republicans are proud of how they're intimidating women in Texas. But could this abortion ban & its vigilantism be the tipping point that activates women & allies to take down the GOP? Dr. Ben Strauss joins Thom on whether extreme weather is on the rise and are we seeing it on the east & west coasts with fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes etc. Greg Palast explains the real reason the...

Trump "Salted the Earth" Against Biden to Get Chaos, Revenge & Profit - Trump has so far avoided the final fate of Abimelech, who was taken out by a woman...or has he? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Epidemiologist & Health Economist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding explores what the next 5 covid years may look like? Hey Ron Death-Santis - How Many Covid Deaths Are Enough For You? Executive Director-Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Lori Wallach joins Thom on why vaccinating the world will save Americans too. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

It’s probably beyond the power of human nature to prevent this from happening again, but we must not resign ourselves to another authoritarian movement now rising to power in America. Get active! Dr. Justin A. Frank joins Thom to ask are crackpot fake news sources destroying the minds of their believers? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19...

Policy & Research Coordinator for the Movement for Black Lives, Dr. Amara Enyia joins Thom to discuss the new report detailing the persecution of activists and organizing have been facing since the George Floyd protests. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .