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This is the Tom Hartman program.

Boy, what a day.

Greetings, my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth, and justice, believers, and peace, freedom,

and the American way, Judge Katanjee Brown, Jackson, is testifying before Congress right now.

You know, sadly, it's relatively predictable, you know, what Republicans are going to be saying.

Well, I have some thoughts about that. We'll be getting into that in just a minute.

A lot coming up on the program today. I want to start out with talking about how the middle class

should be a dream and not a nightmare. It has devolved into a nightmare. It appears for many

Americans over the past 40 years. I'll talk about that in just a moment and Judge Jackson.

Also, crazy alert, dog gets dumped at shelter for being gay. What?

Also, in our second hour, wealthy countries have 12 years to end oil and gas production,

but none have plans to do so. We will be talking about that with a guest.

Also, Colorado ProTrump groups are sending armed members door to door to intimidate voters,

but I want to start out with a brief conversation about what's happening to the American middle class.

There's a fascinating piece published in the Washington Post yesterday afternoon

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