Posted at Thom Hartmann on Sep. 14, 2016
Republicans, Proudly Serving the 1% Since the Gilded Age
On Wednesday night, Donald Trump did something that sounded downright progressive.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Sep. 13, 2016
Why Won't the Media Push Back Against Liar Think Tanks and Experts?
Matt Lauer was publicly roasted last week after he failed to hold Donald Trump to account during the "Commander in Chief Candidates Forum", but Lauer isn't the only media personality - or "news person," whatever that means these days - who needs to step up his game and press guests to tell the truth.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Sep. 12, 2016
Electing Trump to Stop Corruption is Like Smoking to Cure Cancer
Don't believe a word Donald Trump says about getting money out of politics -- he's part of the problem, and his apparent bribe of Republican Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi highlights it.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Sep. 8, 2016
Hillary's Mental Health Agenda And Trump
Contrary to what you might think by watching cable news - Hillary Clinton is - in fact - running for president - and she's using the opportunity to put out same very detailed policy proposals.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Sep. 7, 2016
Don’t Buy the Hype -- The TPP Won’t Secure America
As President Obama prepares to make his big lame-duck push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he's narrowed his sales pitch for the deal down to two basic arguments, and he made both of them during an interview this weekend with CNN.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Aug. 31, 2016
Bus Drivers Shouldn't Pay More Taxes Than Millionaires
Way back in 1985, President Ronald Reagan outlined a very simple principle of tax fairness during a speech at Northside High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Aug. 30, 2016
Trump Could Learn From the "Rat Park" Experiment
Even as Donald Trump's surrogates are re-tweeting photoshopped images of Hillary Clinton in blackface, Trump himself is trying to win the black vote by simply asking black Americans "What the hell do you have to lose?!"
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Aug. 29, 2016
Colin Kaepernick isn’t Unpatriotic, Levi’s Is
Even the though the season doesn’t start for another two weeks, the NFL is already embroiled in controversy.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Aug. 25, 2016
CEO's Putting Profits Before Country Are Un-American
If I declared right now that I won't be paying any taxes until the U.S. government lowers my taxes to a "fair rate", I'd almost certainly be arrested for tax evasion.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Aug. 24, 2016
How Funding the Vote, Schools & Police Could Change America
One of the most amazing things about Donald Trump as a presidential candidate is his ability to say something interesting or at least hint at something interesting when he appears to be saying absolutely nothing.