This strategy, employed by dictators and autocrats, is as ancient as history. Caligula did it, as did Nero. Mussolini, Hitler, Putin, and Orbán achieved and exercised power using fear. Plus Thom is joined by Neil King, Jr., author of American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal. And Geeky Science! Could a plant filled home prevent disease? 

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As the grift continues, is the right-wing indifference a sign they just really like to fetishsize weapons of war- or is there more to the story?- a thoughtful series of conversations with Thom's callers from across the nation. Plus- Thom reads form his book "The Secret History of Guns and the Second Amendment".

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Nobody ever accused the reps of the G.O.P. of not knowing how to make a buck! From the mysterious 2 billion dollars Kushner  received the day after Trump left office, to Steve Bannon selling water filters off the result of Republicans deregulating the railroads- when will the big and the small time corruption become apparent to Republican voters?

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Trump Indicted - Is America in uncharted territory? What will the reaction be? Could we see our first Prez behind bars? Will he get a plea deal? Many Americans are baffled. Why, they ask, would Republicans refuse to act when semiautomatic weapons designed for the battlefield are used against our children? Why has Kushner received 2.5 billion from Emirates & Qatar? Also CA Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking his campaign to the red states and taking "authoritarianism" head on.

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Thom welcomes Jeff Sharlet, author of "The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War" and most famously, "The Family". How did the well-armed crazies move from the fringe to the center of conservative politics? And why are Republicans waging a cold war on direct democracy?

Plus - an update from the hot war on fascism with Phil Ittner in Kiev.

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Should we be carefully letting people see the carnage that weapons of war are inflicting on our schools? If we come to terms with the reality of epidemic gun violence, will we finally do something to prevent it? Nicole Hockley, who's son was murdered at Sandy Hook joins Thom to talk solutions.

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Thanks to the Republican Party, fully 82 percent of all the human beings living in the world’s wealthiest countries killed by firearms lived in the USA…Proud boy say's "stacking bodies" on the White House lawn was just "locker room" talk by "knuckleheads." The wife of SCOTUS Clarence Thomas, collected close to $600,000 in anonymous donations to wage a cultural battle against the left - SCOTUS needs to be regulated!?

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This is how democracies are transformed into fascism oligarchies. Political power, wealth, and impunity for me, Republicans say, but not for thee. Also how Cigna withheld millions for stockholders by having its doctors reject claims without reading them. And Senate Dems blast Medicare Advantage giants over 'Exorbitant' CEO pay.

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Thom welcomes author and activist Kymone Freeman to present his new work of fiction that imagines a future where even water is controlled by fascist capitalists. 

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Today, a focus on health- from Ivermectin to mental illness. And why is the religious right wining and dining our Supreme Court justices- could it have anything to do with abortion?

Plus - Thom reads from 'Stolen Focus' by Johann Hari.

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