Tuesday 03 January '23 show notes

  • When Will Republican Voters Wake Up to Their Own Oppression?
  • Will Kevin McCarthy's disastrous day cause a blue wave to the democratic party?
  • Where will Trump flee to?
  • What does the Santos candidacy & swearing in say about the Republican Party?
  • Canada banned most foreigners from buying homes - can America do the same?
  • The Republican Vote Tracker Revealed
  • How did far right extremist groups infiltrate the secret service?
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When Will Republican Voters Wake Up to Their Own Oppression?
Thom plus logo Somehow the "conservative" base voters never seem to figure it out. Why? When will Republican voters figure out how badly they're getting screwed by Republican politicians?

— Desperate workers struggle with soaring rents (courtesy of Republican-donor hedge funds);
— lack of healthcare (12 GOP-controlled states still refuse to expand Medicaid for under-$15,000/year workers) is literally killing Americans;
— wages have flatlined since Reagan declared war on workers in 1981 while the merely rich have become the morbidly rich;
— Americans pay 10 times as much as Canadians for some drugs because Republicans block any effort to bring competition to that marketplace;
— at the same time Trump and his GOP buddies in the House and Senate borrowed $1.7 trillion to fund a tax giveaway to his billionaire buddies, student debt passed the $1.7 trillion mark…

Yet somehow the "conservative" base voters never seem to figure it out. Why?

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom
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While we were on break...
Tuesday's Daily Stack Daily Stack
Hour One: When Will Republican Voters Wake Up to Their Own Oppression?
Article: "The Newest Big Pharma Scam Exposed" by Thom Hartmann.
Tweet: "Couldn't agree more!
Republicans have gotten over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, idolatry, greed, profanity, lying and vulgarity.
But they've never gotten over Obama being black.
" by .
Article: "Nixon's Southern strategy" by James Boyd.
Article: "Benito Mussolini" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The 118th Congress will be a dumpster fire" by Steve Schmidt.
Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene" by Wikipedia.
Article: "George Santos" by Wikipedia.
Will Kevin McCarthy's disastrous day cause a blue wave to the democratic party?
Article: "Republican Rules of Disorder" by Robert B. Hubbell.
Where will Trump flee to?
Article: "Where Will Trump Flee to Avoid Prison?" by RichardLang.
Article: "Who is DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith?" by Dustin Jones.
Quote: "The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor." - Voltaire.
Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: What does the Santos candidacy & swearing in say about the Republican Party?
Article: "Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos" by Grace Ashford and André Spigariol.
Article: "James Traficant" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump University" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Benjamin Netanyahu" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Church Committee", 1975-6 by Wikipedia.
Article: "Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail in historic ruling" by Antonella Francini and Saskya Vandoorne.
Article: "Steve Bannon" by Wikipedia.
Canada banned most foreigners from buying homes - can America do the same?
Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.
Site: End The Bribe System (incl. bumper stickers).
Article: "Employment Guidance for the District of Columbia National Guard" by Christopher C Miller, 4 January 2021.
Article: "Christopher C. Miller" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Manchurian Candidate" by Dictionary.com.
Article: "Letters rogatory" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Republicans, Fear the Young" by John Della Volpe.

Hour Three: The Republican Vote Tracker Revealed
Tweet: "Nobody cares about the Twitter files.
Republican Vote Tracker
" by Tony Resistance.
Article: "Insulin" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Obergefell v Hodges" (2015) (same sex marriage).
How did far right extremist groups infiltrate the secret service?
Article: "Overton window" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Obamacare) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Major (Joe Biden's dog)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "White demographic decline" by Wikipedia.
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