Thursday 5 January '17 show notes
Jan. 6, 2017 8:40 amBy SueN- Are We Hard Wired for Political Beliefs?
- Will Trumponomics Cause a Crash in 2017?
- Attorney Herbert Whitehouse: Why the People Who Brought Us the 401(k) Regret It
Transcript: How the Alt-Right Helps ISIS - Max Blumenthal, 23 December '16
Jan. 5, 2017 3:19 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Hello, I'm Thom Hartmann in Washington, DC and welcome to The Big Picture.
On the Way - Make America Sick Again?
Jan. 5, 2017 2:02 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Yesterday on Capitol Hill Vice President Elect Mike Pence reassured Republicans that repealing Obamacare will be "first order of business for the incoming Trump administration".
But as Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer pointed out in a press conference yesterday, Republicans simply have no idea what they're going to replace Obamacare with.
Wednesday 4 January '17 show notes
Jan. 5, 2017 8:48 amBy SueN- Congressman Marc Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District): Confronting the GOP…“Making America Sick Again?”
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute: Repatriation…Of Money?!
- Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch: Can Progressives Get Excited About Trump’s Latest Appointee on Trade?
Transcript: New Report Shows TPP Would Be Useless In Reining In China! - Lori Wallach 16 December '16
Jan. 4, 2017 5:34 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: And super pleased to have with me on the line Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, the website citizen.org/trade and you can tweet her @WallachLori, and Lori, there's another URL for you, for Global Trade Watch, isn't there?
Tuesday 3 January '17 show notes
Jan. 4, 2017 8:07 amBy SueN- The GOP's Secret Vote to End the Ethics Panel...
- Can You Be Friends With a Trump Supporter?
- Congressman Dan Kildee, (D-MI, 5th District): GOP Just Tried to Pull A Fast One...
- Julia Olson, Our Children's Trust: Federal Climate Lawsuit Youth Plaintiffs Seek to Depose Ex-Exxon CEO
- Richard Greene, Huffington Post/Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events: With Trump Taking Office, It's Time For The Nuclear Sanity Act!
What’s the Fake News Freak Out Really About?
Jan. 3, 2017 2:49 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...For decades a staple of the far-right has been the story that the news media in the United States is unreliable, doesn't tell the true story, and even promulgates outright lies. There was the "absolute reality" that the moonshot was faked, that the government is filled with communists, that whites are the superior race, or that both 9/11 and the Newtown massacres were false flag government psychological operations. Conspiracy theorist and right-wingers have long pointed the finger of doubt or damnation at the corporate news agencies in our country.