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Politics Panel - Felon Voting Restrictions Are A Vestige of Jim Crow

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Alex Lawson, Social Security Works & Hughey Newsome, BOLD.global/Move-On-Up joins Thom. On Monday Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe moved to restore the individual voting rights of around 13,000 convicted felons. The move came after a Supreme Court ruling blocked an earlier order by McAulliffe that would have restored the voting rights of almost 200,000 felons - the majority of whom were African American and done their duty do society by serving out their sentences.

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We Are All Pharma-Bro Suckers

Martin Shkreli may have become the smug face of pharmaceutical greed - but he's not the only pharmaceutical CEO who's taking sick Americans for suckers.

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Full Show 8/23/16: Trump’s Plan to Make America a Police State

Tonight’s Politics Panel talks Trump’s call to transform America into a police state, whether Hillary’s close ties to The Clinton Foundation really mean anything, and whether felons should vote. Thom discusses how African Americans wait far longer than whites when voting with the Advancement Project’s Jennifer Farmer and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses the latest pharmaceutical company gouging the price of their drugs.

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Full Show 8/19/16: Pro-Lifers are Literally Killing Women in Texas

In tonight’s Rumble Thom discusses how restrictions on birth control access are literally killing women in Texas, the benefits of paid family leave, and Aetna dropping out of Obamacare exchanges with Gianno Caldwell, Sam Bennett, and Scott Greer. In tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds, Thom discusses the political views of millennials with journalist David Cahn.

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Libertarians: Pro-Corporate & Pro-Billionaire Ideology…

Mark Ames, Radio War Nerd Podcast/Pando Daily/Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellion from Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond joins Thom. Gary Johnson is pitching himself to young people as a fiscal conservative who's socially inclusive and doesn't care who smokes pot. But what is that all just a cover for a pro-corporate, pro-billionaire ideology?

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"Our Revolution" Begins - Progressive Roundtable

Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View & Jasmine Jefferson, Social Security Works joins Thom. Sanders Launching “Our Revolution."

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Is Trump a 21st Century George Wallace? Progressive Roundtable

Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View & Jasmine Jefferson, Social Security Works joins Thom. David Duke is bragging that the alt-right has taken over the Republican Party now that Trump has tapped Breitbart head Steven Bannon. Has Donald Trump solidified his position as a 21st century George Wallace?

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How Obama May Help Trump Become President

If Donald Trump becomes our next commander-in-chief - President Obama will very likely be to blame. I'll explain the shocking reason why in tonight's Daily Take.

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Full Show 8/22/16: How Obama May Help Trump Become President

Tonight's Progressive Roundtable discusses Trump's first campaign ad, David Duke's bragging that the Alt-Right has taken over the Republican Party, and Al Gore discussing why anyone who is concerned about the climate should vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Thom talks to Mark Ames about the pro-corporate and pro-billionaire roots of the Libertarian Party, and in tonight's Daily Take Thom explains how Obama's push for the TPP may help Donald Trump.

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Rumble: Aetna Makes Case For Single-Payer

Gianno Caldwell, Caldwell Strategic Consulting & Siobhan "Sam" Bennett, Political Strategist/Ascend & Scott Greer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. Aetna - which is the nation's third largest health insurance company joined United Healthcare and Humana in scaling back from the Obamacare state exchanges -when they announced on Monday that they would be withdrawing from 11 state health insurance exchanges. That same day - the Department of Justice blocked Aetna's request to merge with Humana - which seemed like more than a coincidence. And it was Huffington Post reporters uncovered a letter from July in which Aetna's CEO Mark Bertolini basically threatened the Justice Department, writing: "We believe it is very likely that we would need to leave the public exchange business entirely and plan for additional business efficiencies should our deal ultimately be blocked." Isn't this another argument for why we need to take the profit motive out of health care and offer a public option? Isn't this another aspect of the commons - like fire insurance and health care - that a government accountable to the people should manage?

Thom's Blog Is On the Move

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