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The Hartmann Report

HOW TO FIGHT THE NEW G.O.P. SCHEME TO KILL SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann, Congress, News, The Hartmann Report, Debate, Democracy, Economics, Climate Change, America

4.38 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Let’s take the first small step rolling back Reagan’s neoliberalism by making “income” from Social Security, unemployment benefits, and tips tax-free once again!

Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh shares a warning from the MAGA world: If Trump is indicted, expect "major violence." Also the GOP plan to purge un-loyal civil servants Is going to be YUGE in 2024. Was the Pentagon corrupted by Trump and part of the Jan 6th Coup?

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0:47.2

Hey, hey, top of the day to you. We've got a lot to talk about today.

0:50.5

Some breaking news in both the Breonna Taylor and Brittany Griner's stories will get to those in a

0:55.9

little bit. There's a new Republican scheme to do away with Social Security and Medicare,

1:01.0

and I want to lay out a way to directly take that on, and what some Democrats are talking about

1:06.1

doing, former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh is going to drop by with his MAGA warning.

1:11.4

He says, if Trump is indicted, expect major violence, and there's a new Republican plan to purge

1:17.6

what they view as disloyal civil servants. So this is going to be huge in 2024.

1:23.0

Do you want the FBI agents to have to pledge loyalty to a particular president before they can go

1:28.8

out in the field? And also, it was the Pentagon corrupted by Trump part of the January 6th coup.

1:34.8

We're getting more and more information about this Inspector General Kafari that is really,

1:39.5

really creepy stuff. And so, let's start the program with how to fight the new GOP scheme to kill

1:45.2

Social Security and Medicare. And it's really kind of two parts. The first part of the op-ed is

1:51.5

talking about how Rick Scott, and well, actually, it's kind of right across the Republican board,

1:56.9

but basically, Rick Scott and Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, the multi-multimillionaire senator

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