Bus Drivers Shouldn't Pay More Taxes Than Millionaires
Aug. 31, 2016 1:57 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Way back in 1985, President Ronald Reagan outlined a very simple principle of tax fairness during a speech at Northside High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Loopholes that allowed millionaires to pay less in taxes in bus drivers, he said, were crazyTuesday 30 August '16 show notes
Aug. 31, 2016 3:48 amBy SueN- Carl Higbie, George Washington Leadership Foundation/Enemies, Foreign & Domestic: A SEAL’s Story: Kaepernick: Protest is Patriotic...
- Dr. Michael Mann, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University/The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy: NASA: 'Earth Warming Fastest in 1,000 Years'
- Trump Doesn't Know About the 'Rat Park' Explanation...
Trump Could Learn From the "Rat Park" Experiment
Aug. 30, 2016 2:06 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Even as Donald Trump's surrogates are re-tweeting photoshopped images of Hillary Clinton in blackface, Trump himself is trying to win the black vote by simply asking black Americans "What the hell do you have to lose?!"
And in response to the news that NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin had been shot in Chicago, he sent out two tweets talking about how bad the crime rate is getting.Monday 29 August '16 show notes
Aug. 30, 2016 7:57 amBy SueN- Translating GOP-ese Into Plain English...
- We Have Advice for Anthony Weiner's Weiner...
- Steven A. Medina: One Lawyer's Fight for Environmental Justice in FL
Colin Kaepernick isn’t Unpatriotic, Levi’s Is
Aug. 29, 2016 12:24 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Even the though the season doesn’t start for another two weeks, the NFL is already embroiled in controversy.
The latest lightning rod for sports radio hot takes is San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who surprised pretty much everyone last week when he refused to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers.Friday 26 August '16 show notes
Aug. 29, 2016 3:31 amBy SueN- War on Drugs - and death - in the Philippines
- Thom's Best of the Rest of the News!
- Anything Goes Friday!
Nuclear Plant Has Been Leaking For Four Years
Aug. 26, 2016 1:36 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...According to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Entergy Corp has allowed highly radioactive waste to leak into a contained area at the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant for the last four years.
The FitzPatrick plant is near Oswego, New York, but the NRC has said that the leak "poses no immediate risks to any residents or the environment."Thursday 25 August '16 show notes
Aug. 26, 2016 7:50 amBy SueN- About Those CEOs Who Put Profit Over Country...
- Michael R. McLean, Jacobin Magazine: Lakota vs. Bundys... The Tale of Two Protests
- Greg Palast, Rolling Stone Magazine: The GOP's Stealth War on Voters
CEO's Putting Profits Before Country Are Un-American
Aug. 25, 2016 1:28 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...If I declared right now that I won't be paying any taxes until the U.S. government lowers my taxes to a "fair rate", I'd almost certainly be arrested for tax evasion.