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Thom's blog
If The Senate Trial Doesn't Blow Up The GOP's Big Lie — Democracy Is Doomed
 It's about more than just the impeachment of Trump Republicans are arguing today that impeaching Donald Trump after he has left office is unconstitutional and makes no sense…because he's left office. This just proves that they're operating in the interest of politics rather than the United States, and a couple of simple data points blow their argument all to hell. Read more here. -Thom
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Thom's blog
The Commons: The Most Ignored & Essential Part of Democracy
"Conservatives" don't want a discussion of the commons because they want to plunder it for private gain It's almost entirely absent from our political dialogue, but the issue of who owns the commons and how they're to be used (and by whom) is at the core of almost all the major debates between Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, and even those advocating democracy versus those trying to install oligarchy. The commons is the stuff we all use: The air and water, the public roads and schools, the police and fire departments, the airways that our planes fly over and through which we send radio and TV signals, outer space and our oceans. The commons, in aggregate, are one of the major stores of the wealth of a nation. Read more here. -Thom
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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Julio Rivera vs Thom - Enough with the "Big Lie" That Trump Won and is Still Prez..- Julio Rivera, Editorial Director - Reactionary Times / Contributor - Newsmax, American Thinker & Townhall.com 
If The Senate Trial Doesn't Blow Up The GOP's Big Lie — Democracy Is Doomed
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Hour Two: US Senate: Impeachment Trial - Live
Tweet: " These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!" by Donald J. Trump. Quote: " I hold myself, so long as I have the breath of life in my body, amenable to impeachment by this House for everything I did during the time I held any public office." - John Quincy Adams. Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 2. " ... The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. ...". Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 3. " ... Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States: but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law". Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 2 section 4. "... The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors..."
Hour Three: Continued coverage of US Senate: Impeachment Trial - Live
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
The Senate impeachment trial goes ahead, now that they have voted that it is constitutional. We'll cover it live with Thom's comments
And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week for "we the people"
And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Will the Small Business You Work For, Fail?
Will He Be Punished For Attacking America?
Why Would We Go Back to Reaganomics?
Too Soon To Unify With Trump Supporters? (w/ Rep. Andy Levin)
Thom Debates Senator Who Wants to Defeat Biden (w/ Senator Ted Harvey)
Should We Abolish The Filibuster?
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On the 'Road' Again
Virtual Events - The Hidden History of American Oligarchy
Feb 9, 4pm PT: Books & Books virtual event, in conversation with David Korten.
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