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Is war on the menu for 2020 elections?
 We complain that democracy is under assault from Donald Trump, but he's just a cog in a much larger worldwide machine that is tearing down democratic self-governance. Purely to enhance profits, the transnational corporate community literally works every day to more deeply intertwine our economic, social, and political systems with those of "business-friendly" authoritarian regimes around the world. These American corporations are thus normalizing authoritarianism and helping silence those who speak out in favor of democracy. As a result, Freedom House notes, "Between 2005 and 2018, the share of Not Free countries rose [from 23 percent] to 26 percent, while the share of Free countries declined [from 46 percent] to 44 percent." And when democracy fails, history tells us that war usually follows. Read more here. -Thom |
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Thom's blog
Why Do The Wealthy Want to Throw Children Off Food Stamps & Medicaid?
The Global Wealth Report tells us that the worlds millionaires, composing less than 1% of the worlds population, own more than half the worlds wealth. Meanwhile, The New York Times is reporting that efforts by American billionaires like Charles Koch and millionaires within the Republican Party have changed the rules since Donald Trump came to office so that, in those 2 1/2 years, over 1 million US children have lost their health coverage.Koch and his billionaire buddies talk about how we must end food stamps and Medicaid to guide people toward the "redemptive power of work," suggesting that people will only go to work if they are threatened with hunger or severe illness that they can't pay to cure. But these guys, who have enough to stop working today and live in luxury for the rest of their lives, continue to show up at work every day, giving the lie to The core and principal argument of their entire philosophy.. So, if there is no truth to the rationalization, why are they so enthusiastic about throwing children off food stamps and Medicaid? Is it so there will be more money left over for them and they can get more tax cuts? Or is it that they hate poor people or think there are too many of them? Or is it a form of mental illness like hoarding syndrome, only, in their case, directed toward money rather than newspapers and tin cans? -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 |
Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Kshama Sawant vs. Amazon- Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council Member Representing District 3 / Member-Socialist Alternative and AFT 1789 
Why do the Wealthy Want to Throw Children Off Food Stamps & Medicaid?
Tweet: " So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN!" by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " "Lynching" brings back images of a terrible time in our nation's history, and the President never should have made that comparison." by Sen. Susan Collins. Tweet: " Trump compared the impeachment process to a "lynching"-to which I have two responses.
One, don't even try and imply that rich, white men were ever lynched by angry mobs in this country. Vile.
Two, it's not a lynching if Nancy Pelosi just gives you enough rope to hang yourself." by George Takei. Article: " Academi" (formerly XE, Blackwater) by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Is War on the Menu for the 2020 Elections?
Quote: " I'm trying to get out of wars. We may have to get in wars, too. OK? ... We're better prepared than we've ever been, if Iran does something, they'll be hit like they've never been hit before. I mean, we have things that we're looking at." - Donald J. Trump. Book: With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military by Michael L. Weinstein and Davin Seay.
Hour Three: How Should Ernst & Young Be Held Accountable for Trying to "Fix" Women?
Geeky Science - What Maslov Overlooked
Quote: " I Can Hire Half the Working Class To Fight the Other Half" - attributed to Jay Gould. |
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) will be calling in to talk about the issues of the day and take your calls.
And, Pam Vogel, Deputy Editorial Director - Media Matters, will tell us what Sinclair's Boris Epshteyn is fearmongering about now in new "must-run" segment
Plus, I'll be talking with Professor David R. Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he is a member of the Quaternary Research Center, who says that The Key to Saving Family Farms Is in the Soil
And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Amazon Spends $1.45m to Buy Votes in One City (w/ Kshama Sawant)
No! Trade Won't Stop War
Creating A Progressive Movement For 2020
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