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Thom's blog
Can We Stop the 27 Men Who Run America?
 In 1776 we declared independence from the world's richest man and the planet's largest corporation. Today, we again confront a similar challenge… Now it's official. Twenty-seven men run this country. Pundits are fond of saying, "The President of the United States is the most powerful person in America." He's not and hasn't been for over a decade. Political power in this country, since five Republicans on the Supreme Court fully legalized both overt and secret political bribery in their 2010 Citizens United decision, is now centered in the money bins of the morbidly rich. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 1. "... The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish...." Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). " The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States... To establish Post Offices and post Roads;"
How Do We Stop The 27 Men Who Run America
Tweet: " The wealth of these billionaire GOP donors grew by $82 BILLION in the first two years of the pandemic. Their donations this cycle? Less than 0.1% of that gain.
They're counting on that "small" investment in anti-tax Republicans to save them billions in taxes. #TaxBillionaires" [ image] by Americans For Tax Fairness. Tweet: " Confusion post-Roe spurs delays, denials for some lifesaving pregnancy care. In Wisconsin, a woman bled for more than 10 days from an incomplete miscarriage after emergency room staff would not remove the fetal tissue [ link]" by Fenit Nirappil.
Hour Three: 1 in 5 Americans (That's 50 Million!) Believe Political Violence is Justified and 44% Are Expecting a Civil War
Pennsylvania is Refusing to Count Absentee Ballots because They're Democratic Voters
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus) will be here to talk issues of the day and take your calls.
Plus, I'll be talking with Amanda Milkovits, Rhode Island Reporter - The Boston Globe about the growing signs of white nationalist recruitment across New England
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Should the Federal Reserve Be Abolished? Featuring Prof. Richard Wolff
Over 50 Million Americans Like Political Violence?
Climate Change Heatwave Kills Over 1,000 in Europe
How Racism Is Destroying Our Democracy
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