• Daily Take: If the Truth Is a Crime, Then We Are All Criminals, Because Silence Is What Tyranny Depends On
    Jul 8 2025

    Now that Trump has threatened to prosecute CNN, what happens next will define the role of the press and the soul of this nation…


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    10 mins
  • Declaration of Independence Revisited
    Jul 7 2025

    For all the festivities around July 4, the nation’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence, actually depicts a wounded, fearful society, teetering on the brink of disaster. Sound familiar? Along with the ideals it expresses, the Declaration of Independence mourns for something people lost in 1776 − and now, too. Texas flood disaster...FEMA, only for red states?

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    58 mins
  • Daily Take: What If This is the Last Generation that Gets to Ask "What If"?
    Jul 7 2025

    The Iroquois planned for seven generations. Our leaders can’t plan past the next corporate quarterly report — and we’re paying the ultimate price...


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    9 mins
  • How Trump Turned Police into Perfect Criminal Cover
    Jul 6 2025

    America's worst criminals aren't just joining Trump's fascist ICE raids they are using them as cover to kidnap and attack unsuspecting victims. Also columnist Jo Carducci also known as JoJoFromJerz explains how Trump got roasted online, so he launched a war. Totally stable behavior from a totally stable genius. Believe me.

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    57 mins
  • A Little More Compassion... A Little More Truth
    Jul 5 2025

    Guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann analyzing the implications of the devastating new GOP bill. Despite the performative protests of a few right-wingers, the passage of the Brutal Bill of Betrayal marks the complete end of modern Republican ideology. Can the Democrats embody the party of truth and compassion so sorely needed at this time?

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    57 mins
  • Will Moderates and Progressives Heal the Rift for Democracy?
    Jul 4 2025

    Guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann considering whether the surprising primary win in New York bodes well for Democratic gains. Moderates ring in with spirited push-back and an old friend from the bus project gets Jeff emotional in remembrance.

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    58 mins
  • Daily Take: James Carville Is Right to Panic — Because Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob
    Jul 4 2025

    Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter, and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan.

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    8 mins
  • From the Belly of the Beast
    Jul 3 2025

    Guest Host Jefferson Smith dives deep into the lie of the Trump's legislative agenda - buried in a 1000 page spending bill - with progressive Congressman Mark Pocan.

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    58 mins