Thom Hartmann

Earlier today, three gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including two policemen.

Ross Perot is still right. During the 1992 presidential campaign, Ross Perot arguably played the role of spoiler. But he also played the role of realist.

Tomorrow, Republicans will officially take control of the Senate for the first time since 2006. Once Vice President Biden finishes swearing in the Senate class of 2015, they will have a 54 to 46 majority over Democrats.

Who should we really be drug testing?Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed a series of bills into law that will require some welfare recipients in Michigan to be drug-tested. Meanwhile, other states are considering following in Rick Snyder’s footsteps.

NBC’s Meet the Press isn’t exactly the cutting edge of journalism these days, but on yesterday’s episode, host Chuck Todd said something really, really insightful.

If you protest police brutality and you don’t protest police deaths, then you’re a hypocrite.

It's time to listen to George Zimmerman. Seriously, and I'll explain in a minute.

Over the past few weeks, Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a leader of progressives on Capitol Hill.

Are we really the land of the free and the home of the brave?On Thanksgiving Day, 26-year-old law student Cesar Baldelomar was pulled over by a police officer in northwest Miami. So what was the reason for his stop? He was playing the song “F**K Tha Police” by N.W.A on his radio.

Torture is about as immoral and unconstitutional as it gets, but that’s not how Antonin Scalia sees it.