Posted at Thom Hartmann on Feb. 12, 2015
Meet Saudi Arabia's New Frankenstein…
Let me remind you about the story of Frankenstein.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Feb. 11, 2015
It's Time to Wake People Up From Their Death Cults
Today, President Obama sent to Congress the White House’s plan for authorizing the fight against ISIS. The President’s proposal limits to three years the now-six-month-long campaign in Iraq and Syria, but it perpetuates the idea that war is the answer in the fight against terrorism. And that’s a big mistake.
Posted at Alternet.org on Feb. 10, 2015
Hard Right Politicians Trying to Scare Us About Gitmo Suspects Are Also Subverting the American Way of Life
The oldest human right defined in the history of English-speaking civilization is the right to challenge governmental power of arrest and detention through the use of habeas corpus laws.
Posted at Alternet.org on Feb. 10, 2015
Exposing the Republican Party's Sleazy Playbook to Destroy Social Security
In one of its first actions, the Republican House of Representatives of the 114th Congress, changed its rules to manufacture a Social Security crisis.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Feb. 10, 2015
Leaked files reveal new bankster scam
When are we going to lock up the banksters?Thanks to one of the largest leaks in the history of the banking industry, we now know that big bank HSBC helped hundreds of thousands of wealthy customers from across the globe avoid paying their taxes.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Feb. 9, 2015
The Biggest Welfare Queens of Them All
Republicans love to talk about how Democrats take money from good, hardworking Americans and give it to lazy deadbeats.
Posted at Alternet.org on Feb. 5, 2015
Free Trade Deals Have Devastated the U.S.: Now Obama Pushes Through Biggest One Yet
Our economy has gone into the toilet over the past 30 years, and President Obama and his advisors think "free trade" is the solution. Like Bill Clinton and both George Bush, he's so enamored with it he's backing the biggest trade agreement in world history, the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Posted at Alternet.org on Feb. 5, 2015
How American Oligarchs Are Pushing America to the Brink of Fascism
As the American Heritage Dictionary noted, fascism is, "A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Feb. 5, 2015
FOX News: American PR Department for ISIS
ISIS’ propaganda machine just gained a new ally.Conservative pundit Erick Erickson has a new piece over at Red State, where he praises Fox News and its president Roger Ailes for boldly making the decision to air the gruesome unedited version of a Jordanian pilot being burned alive by ISIS terrorists.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Feb. 4, 2015
What the Corporate Media Isn’t Telling You About The TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP as it’s more commonly known, is a public health disaster waiting to happen.