Thom Hartmann

— The fossil fuel industry is apparently paying off Republicans — in a practice legalized by Republicans on the Supreme Court — to make sure Congress never passes legislation to hold them accountable for all the death and destruction they’ve caused by lying about climate change for the past 50 years...

Far-right group plans to use boy scouts to get younger recruits....Wow!?

It may seem counter-intuitive, given that most people think of dictators as bad guys themselves, but the simple reality is that without proclaiming enemies — larger than life enemies — dictators have a hard time hanging onto power and accomplishing the things they want to do.

This week, President Biden warned America that an oligarchy is forming in Washington DC and that it threatens our republic. Turns out, this is not a new story.

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There’s no compromising with evil, although some Democrats apparently think they can. Evil, by its very nature, will always win in such situations, even when it appears to have compromised or cooperated.“Evil” is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “a force that causes bad things to happen.”In a dem...

Attending Trump’s inauguration today were six of the wealthiest and most powerful men in America: Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and the respective leaders/owners of TikTok, Google, and ChatGPT.Want near absolute power in America with the approval of at least half of the American public? Simply tweak the ...

Restoring power to the richest, whitest men in the room. How long can democracy survive under Trump’s iron grip?

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