PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Is Capitalism The Virus? with Richard Wolff” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮

Why didn’t the invisible hand of the free market save us from the Corona virus pandemic? Why wasn’t a cure invented that saved everyone from the illness and made a large profit? Because capitalism doesn’t work like that, Richard Wolff explains how the real sickness is the system!

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Republicans Struggle to Reboot Their ‘Small Government, Personal Responsibility’ Scam; Will Americans Buy It Again?” / Thom Hartmann / MUST READ! ☮

"American conservatism has been a scam since the 1920s and continues to be a scam that exclusively benefits the very White and the very wealthy in this country," writes Hartmann. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Joe Scarborough, on his morning TV show, had a roundtable with George Will and David Frum in which these three old conservative war horses discussed the possibility of the Republican Party returning to its “conservative values.”
Those values they identified included balanced budgets, personal responsibility, and small government. It’s important for Americans to understand what conservatives mean when they use these words.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Capitalism’s Dirty Little Secret: Prison, Slavery and Police with Richard Wolff” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮

Are prisoners being used as slave labor? Do police act as guards to private property? Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann exposing Capitalism’s dirty little secret….

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “YOU are in a New Global Crisis, but Don’t Know it with Richard Wolff” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮

The Federal Reserve is buying junk bonds to keep business in business, causing a new global crisis. This is desperate action and building up a massive debt. This is the third economic crash this century. The corporate debt is so large, that they are zombie companies, which are technically bankrupt.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Has Capitalism and the GOP Destroyed Religion?” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮

The number of Americans who call themselves Christians or even religious has sharply declined over the last decade and it looks like it is big money pushing people away from their faith.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “How Authoritarians Take Over Democracy Part tWO” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮

How many on the list of how authoritarians take over, has the Trump regime checked off? Part two in Thom Hartmann’s coverage of how Authoritarians Take Over Democracies?