Friday 20 January '17 show notes
Jan. 23, 2017 8:50 amBy SueN- It’s Inauguration Day! How are you celebrating or…handling the day….?
- Gloria Allred, Attorney/Author, Women's Rights Activist: Women's Lawsuits against Trump, March
- Professor William "Bill” Ayers, Demand the Impossible!/University of Illinois at Chicago (retired): Demand the Impossible!
- Nate Sweet, Progressive Commentator: Marching Today in DC
China - Neoliberalism’s Last Hope?
Jan. 20, 2017 2:52 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Just two days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, China was trying to position itself as the leader of the neoliberal world.
That's right - China!Thursday 19 January '17 show notes
Jan. 20, 2017 8:48 amBy SueN- Seth Abramson, Huffington Post/Golden Age: The Conspiracy That Gave Trump the Election
- Greg Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
- Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Rainbow Push Coalition: The DC Marches
- Hour Three - In for Thom, Alex Lawson, Executive Director-Social Security Works
- Christina Gorczynskie: Why Women Will Be Marching This Weekend
The Rise of a Left-Wing Tea Party?
Jan. 19, 2017 2:07 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...During a heated confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Georgia Congressman Tom Price, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, refused to say whether or not he would support cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
Wednesday 18 January '17 show notes
Jan. 19, 2017 8:51 amBy SueN- Lily Eskelsen Garcia, National Education Association (NEA): Will The DeVos Education Model Bring About The End of Public Schools?
- Jamie Weinstein, The Jamie Weinstein Show/Daily Caller: Trump and protectionism...
- Drew Spencer Penrose, Fair Vote: Ranked Choice Voting & Voting Reform
- Ron Williams, Free Speech TV: Great News! FSTV Expands to NYC!
Transcript: How Trump Could Bring on the Crash of 2017 - Prof. Richard Wolff - 28 December '16
Jan. 19, 2017 8:37 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Hello, I'm Thom Hartmann in Washington DC and welcome to The Big Picture.
In 1992 when Bill Clinton first ran for president, his campaign famously had a large sign in their headquarters that said "it's the economy stupid!". Arguably all the navel-gazing being done by political commentators trying to figure out why Trump is about to walk into the White House can boil down to that same statement.
Why Chelsea Manning Is Going Free
Jan. 18, 2017 2:44 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...
In his eight years in office President Obama has waged a devastating war on whistleblowers, prosecuting more people under the Espionage Act than every single president - combined.But that war on whistleblowers took a possible step towards armistice today when the President commuted the prison sentence of former US Army private Chelsea Manning.