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Trump - Dumb Luck or A Master Manipulator?
Nov. 7, 2019 3:42 pm
By Thom Hartmann A...
Either it's an act of a master manipulator, or he has the best luck there is. Donald Trump wanted the Fed to lower interest rates, knowing that that would provide a solid and multi-year boost to the economy. But when Trump came into office, rates were already low and the Fed was not inclined to help.
Now We Know How Democrats Can Win...
Nov. 6, 2019 3:57 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Well, now we know. The way for Democrats to win is by campaigning on the Green New Deal, debt free college, strengthening Medicare and letting it negotiate drug prices, free insulin, and covering every person in the state who doesn't have health insurance with Medicaid.
Democrats need to begin using the right word: Extortion
Nov. 5, 2019 4:21 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... The favorite phrase in the media right now is "Quid Pro Quo," which is Latin for "this for that." but in the law there is a different word for what Donald Trump and his buddies did: Extortion.
Did Kushner Okay the Abduction of Khashoggi?
Nov. 4, 2019 4:11 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Reporters for the Spectator are reporting that the House Intelligence Committee has seven different whistleblowers.
Once a Mobster - Always a Mobster?
Oct. 31, 2019 2:32 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Politico is reporting that Donald Trump is raising millions of dollars for individual Republican senators who have signed a resolution opposing his impeachment.
Will the GOP Succeed In Destroying Social Security This Time?
Oct. 30, 2019 3:04 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... This week, the Republicans began rolling out their classic "Two Santa Claus" scam. When Reagan became president, the national debt was less than $1 trillion.
America Has Become the Village Idiot When It Comes to Science...
Oct. 29, 2019 3:45 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... A program funded by both the Bush and Obama administrations to catch and stop pandemics that could kill hundreds of millions of people was just shut down by the Trump administration.
How the Supreme Court and the morbidly rich are ruining democracy in America
Oct. 29, 2019 5:07 amBy Thom Hartmann A... People being killed by wildfires in California and people dying because they can't afford their insulin are the same thing. Both represent the capture of government by corporations-in other words, both are symptoms of democracy in the United States being replaced by a corporate state with little regard for morality, life or the law.
The Danger Of Privatizing the Commons
Oct. 28, 2019 5:05 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Wildfires destroying people's homes in California and people dying because they can't afford their insulin are the same thing. Both are examples of how corporations have risen up and taken over the legislative process, turning the power of government to their own ends of ever greater profits.
The Washington Post Reveals Cracks in Healthcare
Oct. 23, 2019 2:27 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... The sales pitch by so-called "moderate Democrats" and Republicans who take money from the insurance companies is that people "don't want to get kicked off their existing employer-provided health insurance plans." But workers don't make the choice of plans, their employers do.
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