A WEIGHT IS LIFTED
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 23 January 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
A literal madman and fulminating racist is no longer in charge of our nuclear arsenal and police apparatus. As the toxic fog clears, and after taking a deep breath... what kind of America have Trump and the Republicans left us with? When did we begin to glorify 'lifestyles of the rich and famous'? And how can we move towards a fairer world?
Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna shares his views on how we must deliver on improving people's lives.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Harman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, it's a beautiful day. |
| 0:18.0 | It's a wonderful day. |
| 0:19.0 | It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. |
| 0:23.0 | Yeah, you don't want to hear me sing. |
| 0:25.0 | You really don't want to hear me sing. |
| 0:27.0 | I'll come back to the Tom Harman program. |
| 0:31.0 | A weight is lifted. |
| 0:33.0 | A literal madman is no longer in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. |
| 0:43.0 | I mean, just let that sink in. |
| 0:45.0 | A literal, culminating racist is no longer in charge of the police apparatus of our nation. |
| 0:54.0 | A man who is clearly has put the interests of foreign governments, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China. |
| 1:04.0 | You name it, right? |
| 1:06.0 | I had of the interests of the United States, Turkey. |
| 1:09.0 | Erdogan said, hey, I want to slaughter the Kurds in northern Syria, right in the border with southern Turkey, |
| 1:15.0 | because he's got a bunch of Kurds in southern Turkey that he wants to kill too. |
| 1:18.0 | Would you please move your troops out of the way? |
| 1:21.0 | And Trump is like, yeah, sure, we'll pull the troops out. |
| 1:24.0 | Remember that when the Kurds were giving us the finger and shaking their fist at us because we were deserting them. |
| 1:29.0 | And then sure enough, Erdogan's troops came in from Turkey and slaughtered them, men, women, and children. |
| 1:35.0 | All because he told Donald Trump to let him do it. |
| 1:38.0 | And Trump said, yes, sir. |
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