There is still time to help the rest of America kick the habit by explaining how profitable hate and fear are for these media and social media empires. Recognition of Earth Day with sobering science facts. Food and Water Watch's Senior Iowa Organizer John Aspray reports on why the carbon pipeline should be stopped. Plus, is a pink star coming for non straight people in Missouri and researchers found that Greenland’s melt has gone into a disastrous hyper-drive in the last few years. Geeky Science! How important are small random acts of kindness?

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When you get right down to it, THIS is the biggest Republican scam- privatizing what ought to belong to all of us! Plus- Thom reads from 'Measuring What Counts' by Joe Stiglitz.

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Dr Michael Mann has the latest science...bottom line, how much longer can we continue to emit carbon before the change exceeds our adaptive capacity? And why is sea level along the Gulf Coast rising faster than elsewhere?

Plus - Why did Biden decide to expand drilling in Alaska and elsewhere?

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The so-called party of life does not, it turns out, give a damn about actual human life unless it has a net worth over $500 million. NATO chief says Ukraine’s "rightful place" is in the alliance - Is it? Veteran War Correspondent, Philip Ittner reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. Is America fed up with DeSantis? Did Fox-so-called-News shoot Ralph Yarl? Senator Wyden says that nothing unites the GOP more than "helping rich people cheat on their taxes." Co-Host of the weekly program Southpaws on Pacifica Radio, Jack Prince explains The fight for a Malcolm X Day of Observation in Mason, MI. Crazy Alert! Should abortion only be banned for Republicans? Geeky Science: ! Even listening to music prevents dementia.

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The vast majority of politically-inspired violence and murders in America over the past two decades have been committed by rightwing extremists. How many are watching Fox News? Investigative journalist Greg Palast is now going after the Dominion story. Plus TN Republicans are shielding gun firms- not children- from school shootings while obsessing over "divisiveness" in class. Also as Mitch McConnell returns to governmental obstruction, Senator Bernie Sanders discusses his new bill to tax the rich.

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Rebuilding American manufacturing not only returns jobs to our country, but also keeps profits here in America. Instead of strengthening China, we'd be rebuilding our own nation.  Interview: Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, Morris Pearl warns that the current tax code is destabilizing the nation and promoting inequality. Also how MN Dems are advancing a bill to ban election interference by billionaires, and just how cruel is the McCarthy budget proposal?

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Are right-wing billionaires who want more, more, more money willing to make common cause with bigots, fascists, and wannabee killers to get it? Also abortion pill judge is a corrupt scammer, accused of hiding information from Senate investigators. Plus democracy is further under attack for black Americans and why are only 1% of fake Russian trolls caught?

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No Labels and the Corporate Problem Solvers are now playing with political fire, flirting with fielding a “moderate” (i.e. bought-off) candidate for president next year. But that doesn’t seem to trouble them at all, just so long as the dark money keeps rolling in. 

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Thom is joined today by Professor Marcia Pally, author of "White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here?" & Professor Pamela Cooper-White, author of "The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide". 

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What is with the slate of new Republican initiatives to take away more of what little help people in need receive in America, and what does it have to do (if anything) with eating pudding with your fingers?

Plus - Thom reads from Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amidst a Clash of Empires "

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