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Thom's blog
Has Capitalism and The GOP Destroyed Religion?
 The number of Americans who called them selves Christian or religious has declined precipitously over the last decade, and the number of Americans who are "unaffiliated Christians", atheists, or unconcerned about religion or spirituality has increased. In the same way that big money has corrupted our politics since the Supreme Court legalized it in 1976, it appears that big money is also corrupting religion. Evangelical megachurch pastors and televangelists have become the new Borgia families, living lives of luxury, building massive personal fortunes, and suggesting to their followers that God loves certain corrupt politicians. The Catholic Church never completely excised it's internal rot and corruption, and continues to pay the price for it. The question now is whether contemporary Protestant Christianity will return to its core and generally apolitical middle-class values, or will its most visible leaders continue to support the Republican Party and it's billionaire megadonors? -Thom |
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2019 Is About Local Progressive Candidates Like Our Friend Karl Frisch
Longtime friend of the show and stalwart progressive Karl Frisch is running for local office against a Trump-loving Republican! His people-powered campaign for Fairfax County School Board in Northern Virginia needs our help to get his new digital ad skewering Betsy DeVos in front of Democrats and progressives who sometimes skip local elections. Join me by chipping in $10, $25, or whatever you can to help get Karl's message in front of voters so he can win on November 5. See the ad and contribute: KarlFrisch.com/Thom4Karl-Thom |
Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Is Trump the Catalyst For War and Authoritarianism Around the Planet?
Quote: " All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace." - Benjamin Franklin. Quote: " Where there is an active opposition and a free press, governments cannot neglect tens of thousands of people starving to death" - Per Ahlmark. Quote: " Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire. Tweet: " ....If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal." Pastor Robert Jeffress, @FoxNews" by Donald J. Trump. Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", Franklin D. Roosevelt, 27 June 1936 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. " These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power."
Hour Two: Has Capitalism and the GOP Destroyed Religion?
Speech: " First Inaugural Address", Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 4 March 1933. " Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Hour Three: ADHD: Are You a Hunter In A Farmer's World?
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
I'll be talking with Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council Member Representing District 3 / Member-Socialist Alternative and AFT 1789, about the Protest at Amazon HQ on Thursday.
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Is Trump Fueling Authoritarianism & War?
Congressman Proves Medicare For All Is Cheaper! (w/ Ro Khanna)
Why Most Americans Want To See "Far Left" Policies?
Pramila Jayapal Warns Nation Is Heading Down "Road To Fascism" (w/Pramila Jayapal)
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