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What Will the Collapse of Neoliberalism Bring to America & Russia?
 As the world watches its 40-year experiment with neoliberalism collapse, Republicans in the US and Putin in Russia are facing a crisis they once thought would be an opportunity. There's a reckoning coming. The kind of oligarchy that neoliberalism has brought to both America and Russia is so unstable it will not hold. Both nations are thus confronting dramatic transitions over the next few years. As Russia has suffered substantial defeats in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may be looking at the end of his reign. There's similar tough stuff facing Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and their GOP buddies.As the world watches its 40-year-old experiment with neoliberalism collapse, Republicans in the US and Putin in Russia are facing a crisis they once thought would be an opportunity. Neoliberalism was brought to America in 1981 by Ronald Reagan with his "Reagan Revolution," and brought to Russia in the 90s by the IMF. It's an economic and political system where regulation of the economy of a nation is largely taken away from government and handed to the largest, wealthiest, and most powerful economic actors, be they billionaires, corporations, or both.Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
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Capitalists and Americans Speak Out for Community
Although we have much that we might change about our government and business, it's clear that we also have a great and noble heritage on which to build and many great leaders in whose footsteps we can follow. Unlike America's Founders, however, we don't have to start from a blank piece of paper. The Founders set the principles for us, and they inspired the world over—from the French Revolution to Tiananmen Square. Our job is to pick up the torch of liberty. In this chapter we ask, "Is this a biased view, or do others see a problem, too?" This time we look to three powerful proponents of capitalism and free enterprise: a billionaire, a Nobel laureate who was chief economist of the World Bank, and Business Week magazine. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
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Saturday Report 9/10/22 - Crazy Alert! Fox "News" host Bret Baer asks Turkish/New Jersey citizen Dr. Mehmet Oz if he should've gone to the meat counter instead of the vegetables...
The Best of the Rest of the News. — Bannon and Trump are grifters, but the Republican Party has been a grift ever since Reagan. — Uvalde suffers again, with another mass shooting this week. — Is voting going to be safe in Georgia this November? — Bucks County, Pennsylvania says "No" to privatizing their water and sewer systems. — Another Republican-appointed right-wing judge goes on the attack against gay people. — Good news! President Joe Biden is repudiating neoliberalism and embracing unions in a big way. — Crazy Alert! Fox "News" host Bret Baer asks Turkish/New Jersey citizen Dr. Mehmet Oz if he should've gone to the meat counter instead of the vegetables. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: What Will the Collapse of Neoliberalism Bring to America & Russia?
Is the De-Putinization of Russia Underway?
Hour Two: Should Bush Apologize for His Response to 911?
Quote: " As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.
Tweet: " Former Pres. Trump is at his Sterling, VA golf course today, per AP's @alexbrandon" by Gary Grumbach.
Qanon MI Man Snapped After Trump's Loss & Shot Family - The Failure of Neoliberalism Set Americans Up for the Trump Cult
Trump Boards Plane with Boxes 3 Days After Feds Ask for Missing Docs - Will the FBI Find Them?
Hour Three: Chief Justice Roberts Tries to Defend a Politicized SCOTUS and Fails...
Virtual booksigning
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
I'll be talking with Naftuli Moster, Founder - Yaffed / Community leader & expert on children's rights and education equity about private religious schools in NY
And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
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And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Watch & Listen to Thom
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Social Security Under Attack Again Featuring Alex Lawson
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