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After all, doesn’t their wealth prove their brilliance? And doesn’t brilliance at busting unions and destroying competitors translate into the right stuff for guiding the fate of nations? This is not a political party – This is a Cult! Nearly 70% of Republicans say IMPEACH BIDEN after the midterms. Interview: Physicist and co-author of Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race, Peter Fiekowsky reports: Can a trillion tons of excess CO2 be removed from the atmosphere? Plus the Bank of England is warning an "Apocalyptic" global food shortage may be coming.

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Students and teachers told U.S. House members during a Thursday hearing that their right to talk about race and LGBTQ+ issues in public schools is being silenced due to an onslaught of new state laws as well as pressure on school boards from right-wing advocates. New poll shows Americans back Roe - Will this help in November? Could another recession cause us to rethink returning to Keynesian Economics? Or will it cause the Dems to lose? Study finds many existing oil and gas sites must be shut down to avert climate disaster. Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear reports how bad Is the plan to dump Fukushima water Into the Pacific?

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Republicans believe that Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán has figured out the “secret sauce” to turn a republic into a hard-right oligarchy, and today they’re in Budapest drinking deep from his insights on the fine points of destroying democracy.   US Rep. Mark Pocan joins Thom for a national Progressive Town Hall and score card on recent primary elections. Shocker! Tyson Foods wrote the draft of Trump's order keeping meat packing plants open during the Pandemic.

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The GOP hates on young parents & babies just to make Dems look bad & they're fine with terrorism...Are Republicans starting to see through the perpetual election lies & extremism? Crazy Alert! DeSantis' press secretary ‘duped’ by fake story about ‘homophobic dog’ on International Day Against Homophobia. Host of the "Mueller, She Wrote Podcast" and Navy vet Allison Gill explains how overturning Roe would be disastrous for the US Military. Geeky Science! Scientists finally did a study to see if taking 10,000 steps a day actually matters & here’s what they found. Jan 6th committee Now Investigating Capitol "Reconnaissance" Tour By GOP Lawmaker - Treason? Domestic Terrorism? Has Conservative Charlie Sykes found the "Achilles Heel" for the GOP.

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The poison that is racism has never made a nation better. Every time it has been used for profit or power. The white supremacy industry in America with a healthy fundraising and publishing arm stood right beside the Buffalo terrorist giving him talking points and a twisted history to justify his rage. Professor Richard Wolff examines if inflation leads directly to authoritarianism. President of People For the American Way, Ben Jealous reasons that the horror in Buffalo should make the GOP change its 'Great Replacement Theory' rhetoric.

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Dem voters flip off party leaders and their big donors. Pennsylvania and Oregon election results show voters rejecting the demands of oligarchs and corporate Dems. Is the GOP focusing most of their efforts to put Trump in position to steal the 2024 Election? Also author and co-founder of the media collaborative Study Hall, P.E. Moskowitz asks: Is the antidepressant industry about to hit a reckoning?

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Congress holds first UFO hearing in half a century with the Pentagon task force at US House Intelligence subcommittee. Also is coronavirus going to be like a bad common cold we live with or like Malaria in Central Africa?  Geeky Science: Is Long Haul Covid caused by coronavirus "Ghosts" in the gut? Also, on this day in history segregationist George Wallace won the Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary. What was the impact?

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Even when a shooter acts alone, their ideology is often shared. The myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ shooter. Republican Caucus chairwoman Elise Stefanik’s and many other Republicans pushed 'Replacement Theory' that inspired the Buffalo shooter.  Why democracy's relentless enemies always try to destroy trust first. The crisis with the Supreme Court; the racist mass shooter in Buffalo; Republican primary candidates trying to one-up each other on how they will refuse to count all the ballots in the 2024 election; and our hitting 1 million deaths from Covid all derive from the same thing: the destruction of trust.

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Republicans rule from the minority in some states because they've rigged the system. Dave Daley from FairVote.org joins Thom with the details. Also- why do right-wingers tend to become petty tyrants when they gain power- and then take away women's bodily autonomy?

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Former fundamentalist Frank Schaeffer explains how the radical right hijacked religion and become the biggest threat to individual rights & democracy. Senior Fellow at FairVote, David Daley writing for the Boston Globe writes the thought provoking article "Your Vote Won't Help restore abortion rights" WHAT!? How Republican led efforts to disenfranchise voters, gerrymander voting districts and more all make it so that your vote, can hardly stop the overturning of Roe v Wade, abortion rights.

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