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What's It To Be? A Tinpot Dictatorship or Advanced Democracy?

Jan. 29, 2020 3:04 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Mike Pompeo lied to a reporter on the air, and then screamed obscenities at her afterwards. A few days later, he refused to allow another reporter from NPR on the state department airplane in punishment. Donald Trump just praised this behavior, Saying "You did a good job on her," as if it was some sort of a physical assault.

If Americans Die in a Pandemic - Blame the GOP

Jan. 28, 2020 3:35 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

As a possible pandemic looms on the horizon, the United States is the only developed nation in the world without a national healthcare system. Medicare For All is not just about saving as much as half of all of our half healthcare dollars, it's also about national security.

Will The GOP Hold to the Impeachment Coverup Just Like They Did with Justice Beer Bong?

Jan. 28, 2020 8:52 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

The revelations in John Bolton's book, reported in today's New York Times, bring to mind the previous scandal surrounding a White House cover-up.

Lev Parnas is afraid of Bill Barr - and he should be

Jan. 27, 2020 4:19 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Lev Parnas recently told Rachel Maddow that he's more afraid of Attorney General Bill Barr than he is of the mobbed-up foreign oligarchs he has betrayed. Barr, after all, can weaponize our prisons to punish Parnas.

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Trump and His Billionaire Buddies Plot to Destroy Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid

Jan. 23, 2020 2:11 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are officially in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, and they intend to go after them this year.

Would a Democratic President Wield Power as Ruthlessly as Trump?

Jan. 22, 2020 2:56 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Interestingly, the current divide in the Senate gives us an insight into how powerful a genuinely progressive Democratic president could be, and how much he or she could get done. As we saw yesterday, the Republicans voted repeatedly to participate in a cover-up of Donald Trump's crimes.

Democracy Itself Is on Trial

Jan. 21, 2020 2:58 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

While Donald Trump is on trial in the Senate impeachment hearings, many commentators are pointing out that the Senate is also at trial. Few, however, are pointing out that the fare and future of our country may will also be decided by this trial.

Trump Briefs His Buddies at Mar-A-Lago but Not Congress - WHAT?!

Jan. 20, 2020 3:30 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Donald Trump refused to brief the only branch of government that has the power to make war about his attack on Iranian General Soleimani.

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Does Trump "Tweet" When His Staff Says No?

Jan. 17, 2020 3:48 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Lev Parnas tells the story of how Donald Trump fired ambassador Marie Yovanovitch at least "four or five times," and that they were afraid that he would "fire her with a tweet." This is not the first time we have heard from White House insiders that the president often gives irrational or stupid orders that his staff then ignores.

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Are We At "Peak" Citizen's United?

Jan. 16, 2020 3:39 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Donald Trump has corrupted pretty much every federal agency, but the one that is most concerning is his corruption of the Department of Justice. Bill Barr, in 1992, ran the cover up of the Iran/Contra treason scandal on behalf of George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan. Now he's running, according to Lev Parnas, multiple coverups for Donald Trump.