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Revealed: Why Republicans Believe Fake News

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Trish Nelson

“Republicans, red states and red counties have much higher Covid death rates than blue counties… Why are Republicans so primed to believe lies?  …Republicans are eight times more likely to both believe and share fake or false news with others … Continue reading →

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Biden Administration Working For Americans But You Won’t Hear Much About It

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Our corporate media is a huge problem. Thom Hartmann is outraged by it and so am I. Hardly anyone knows what the Biden administration has been doing and the corporate media creates a platform that lets Republicans take credit for … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Paul Deaton

In The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy, author Thom Hartmann focuses on Big Data and its consequences for all aspects of our lives. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hidden History of American Healthcare

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Paul Deaton

In The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich, author Thom Hartmann returns to familiar themes of greed, racism and oligarchic corruption. He applies them to a system of healthcare that profits the … Continue reading →

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What Is The Democrats’ Killer App?

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Trish Nelson
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More Dark Money To Corrupt Elections

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Dave Bradley

If you are like my family, beginning Wednesday it was nice to be able to let a little bit of the guard down that we have had in place for at least four years. It was nice to hear the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hidden History Of American Oligarchy

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Paul Deaton

In The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class, Thom Hartmann recounts three periods of increased hegemony of oligarchs in American society. He posits that with the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on Jan. … Continue reading →

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An Epistemological Crisis

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Paul Deaton

It’s no secret there is an epistemological crisis undermining the authority of knowledge. It may be the most significant problem to grow out of the Reagan administration. That the discussion of creationism versus evolution returned during the 1980s was only … Continue reading →

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Defund The GOP

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Trish Nelson

I have never been sorry I took the time to listen to a Thom Hartmann program. “The Republican party has turned into either an organized crime syndicate or a cult. We have to stop them from destroying our democracy. These … Continue reading →

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Perception is Reality

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Thom Hartmann does a Democratic post-mortem with Indivisible Director Megan Hatcher Mays.  This video is about 9 minutes. Last week I discussed the proliferation of conservative media, particularly talk radio, in rural areas throughout the country including Iowa. Progressives have … Continue reading →

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