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Can Mass Extinction Lead to Something Better?

Aug. 14, 2015 4:29 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Every day we hear more and more about the disasters that we face if we continue to rely on fossil fuels for our main energy sources.

And while we used to hear about the warnings as dangers far off in the future - now we know that the effects of climate change are happening today.

And that the effects are more extreme than we originally predicted even two or three years ago.

Netanyahu is Pulling a George W. Bush on Iran

Aug. 13, 2015 8:57 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

One of, if not the biggest, Republican talking points about the nuclear deal with Iran is that it’s bad deal because it’s bad deal for Israel.

We know this deal is bad for Israel, Republicans say, because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is.

Fukushima - Selling Out the Next Generation

Aug. 12, 2015 5:23 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor to generate power since 2013. And that's really bad news.

Remember what happened in 2013? Why Japan closed all of its reactors abruptly and why we're still tracing the spread of radioactive material across our Pacific Coast and into the atmosphere?

Bernie & BlackLivesMatter

Aug. 11, 2015 5:26 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

You need to know this… Over 28,000 people came out to see Bernie Sanders speak at the Moda Center in Portland - Oregon last night.

It was the largest crowd yet for the Sanders campaign - and - this is even more impressive - the largest crowd for any candidate of any party this election cycle.

Rebooting the American Dream

Aug. 10, 2015 11:01 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Thom Hartmann Here with an excerpt from my book “Rebooting the American Dream: 11 ways to rebuild our country.”
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If You Liked the Iraq War, You'll Love the Iran War

Aug. 7, 2015 5:26 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

If you liked the war in Iraq, you probably love the idea of going to war with Iran.

Why? It's the same agenda from the exact same people who took us into Iraq just over a decade ago.

Welcome Back To the Smoked-Filled Back Rooms

Aug. 6, 2015 5:55 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

It’s an iconic image: A group of tough-talking, cigar-smoking politicians wearing cheap suits and drinking whiskey gather in the backroom of some convention center somewhere in America.

They trade bribes, offer each other favors, and calculate the odds, and then, after hours of debate punctuated by the occasional cigar puff, they pick their candidate.

Why aren't the Democrats debating now?

Aug. 5, 2015 7:23 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

You need to know this… Last night, Fox So-Called News announced the lineup for Thursday's first Republican presidential debate. The 10 candidates who will take the stage in Cleveland, Ohio will be: Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, and John K

Chris Matthews is a Shill for the Insider Machine

Aug. 4, 2015 6:10 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Mahatma Gandhi supposedly once said about all successful political revolutionaries that “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

“Rebooting the American Dream.”

Aug. 3, 2015 12:03 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Thom Hartmann Here with an excerpt from my book “Rebooting the American Dream: 11 ways to rebuild our country.”
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