The GOP has embraced the oligarchic strong-man police-state & the Democratic Party is returning to its progressive & populist roots -- we face a moment of great danger & one of great opportunity. The question is whether the forces arrayed against such change, from corporate media (and social media) to packed courts to cranky billionaires, can be overcome.

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Why are Democrats blocking legislation that most Americans want? Is the billionaire Koch Machine behind it?

And Thom checks in with Joe Madison as his hunger strike continues for the voting right bill.

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As the new variant spreads at least twice as fast as Delta, Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding warns of the coming wave of cases.

Also- are we living through an unprecedented wave of anxiety and depression? Lynn Parramore shares her research into a 'second pandemic' of mental health disorder.

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Progressive congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom- will "Build Back Better" pass before Christmas? What else is on the Progressive legislative agenda? Is any of it likely to pass?

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The Jan 6th conspiracy Is clearer - It was a coup attempt & treason. And, oh, the hypocrisy of Fox-So-Called-News, who were claiming it was Antifa as they were messaging Trump & Meadows to call the insurrectionists off... And, also - Isn't it the ultimate hypocrisy for Mark Meadows to grift on treason & so quickly!?

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Why doesn't the Meadows memo make the front page of newspapers or top TV or web headlines in America?  What do you do when the insurrectionists believe their version of America is under threat?

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Alarm sets in as DeSantis moves to form his own militia. He already has a national guard but they are overseen by the Pentagon. He wants to oversee his own military. What could go wrong? What happens when other red states do the same? We now know how a civil war begins.

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California Representative Ro Khanna joins Thom to answer listener questions in a Progressive Town Hall.  As momentum increases for passage of the Build Back Better bill callers debate Ukraine, defense spending, climate change, DACA and the newest predatory maneuvers for Medicare Advantage with the Direct Contracting Entities, DCE snare.

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Politics in the United States have become an increasingly polarized affair for decades, driven largely by the right moving further to the right. Now, some researchers say the partisan rift in the United States has become so extreme that the country may be at a point of no return.

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Could the Feds "accidentally" trigger a recession just in time for the 2022 election? Richard Wolff warns that our economy is in "serious trouble." Elon Musk calls for Senate not to pass Build Back Better. Social Security Works' Troy Miller joins Thom to discuss what Joe Manchin may, or may not, do in WV when it comes to drug prices and how progressives can reach across the aisle to force Manchin to lower drug prices.

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