Thom Hartmann has compiled a list of how authoritarians take over democracies as Donald Trump continues to do just that, will we stop him in time or is it already too late?
Is America heading to Oligarchy, no… it’s already there and this is how we can stop it!
Thom returns from Portland to find out why Trump is spending his time on football players instead of running the country? Could it have something to do with those “nice people” he praised a month ago?
On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom talks with Rev. Barry Lynn as the Supreme Courts delivers a blow against the separation of church and state. Then he talks with Horace Cooper and Charles Sauer about the EPA’s decision to put YOUR lives in danger by rolling back on public water rules with privatization, Rand Paul’s absurd claim that universal healthcare means to take you to the “Gulag”, and Monsanto’s weed killer now classified by California as a carcinogen.
Thom covers current stories you’re not likely to hear on corporate owned media. Republican senators writing their healthcare bill in secret, democratic candidates getting death threats, and more.
Mike Papantonio, America’s Lawyer (RT America)/Ring of Fire Radio/Law and Disorder. After days of speculation – Donald Trump announced today that he would pull the US out of the Paris Climate Deal. Why is this so-called nationalist president trying to surrender America’s climate leadership role to China?
Thom lays out the dirty republican strategy of BIG LIES on their healthcare plan and on the ACA (Obamacare). Their plan WON’T cover more people, WON’T lower deductibles, WON’T increase choices or quality of care, but WILL provide a HUGE tax cut for billionaires. Is the corporate media telling you this?
On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom discusses the future of neoliberalism and a 21st century approach to economics with Kate Raworth, author of “Doughnut Economics.” Then, Thom talks to Horace Cooper of the National Center for Public Policy Research and Charles Sauer of the Market Institute about the GOP’s newest attempt to repeal Obamacare and FBI Director James Comey’s comments on Wikileaks.
Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown/Democracy At Work(For tickets/info on Dr. Wolff’s speaking events, click Democracy At Work.) There is a bright line from Carter and Reagan deregulating the airlines to what happened United Airlines Flight 3411 and the PR disaster that’s followed.
Big Picture Panel: Janaya Khan, Black Lives Matter-Canada/Gender Justice L.A. & Dave McCulloch, Capitol Media Partners. Is the bold new world of marijuana legalization about to go up in smoke under President Trump?
Always Question Authority 