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The Hartmann Report

IS "DEMOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE" HAVING A MOMENT?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Predatory industries making millions by helping billionaires squeeze pennies out of working class people are a tragic indicator of our having reached what I call “the cancer stage of capitalism.”  Louisiana wants to be the first state to send women to prison for murder. Senate Republicans make it plain: A federal abortion ban is in the offing. Texas GOP Governor considers challenging a 1982 ruling requiring free public education. Crazy Alert! Trump suggested 'secret' missile strike on Mexico in 2020 says the former Pentagon chief. 

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This is the Tom Harbin program.

0:46.6

And welcome back, Tom Harbin here with you. I'll be picking up your phone calls and just a wee

0:51.3

little bit here. Happy Sean's birthday, whatever it may be for you.

0:58.0

Yes, it's Taurus Week, month, whatever, two weeks, I guess, out of May, two weeks out of April.

1:05.8

Yeah, let's not go there. A lot to talk about today, and of course, whatever you'd like to

1:10.8

call about, it's just you and me. We're going to have a great time. I want to get into my rant today

1:15.8

over at HarbinReport.com, titled his Democracy in the Workplace, having a moment.

1:21.2

And it's about what's going on with the union movement. We talked about this at some link, but

1:25.0

this is, you know, quite a topic. There is a lot in the news. I'll just give you a little

1:29.2

information and then pick up your phone calls. So Louisiana wants to be the first state to

1:33.7

officially send women to prison or perhaps even put them to death. They do have the death penalty

1:38.9

in Louisiana for getting abortions. I'll tell you about that in a moment. Senate Republicans

1:43.8

are making it plain. They are intending to propose. Johnny Earns talking about this, a federal ban

1:49.6

on abortions so that no state can say, oh, yeah, you can have an abortion here. No, no.

1:55.1

You're going to have to be. You're going to have to go to Canada. And also free speech. Why is

1:59.2

the Supreme Court getting a buffer zone when they denied them to abortion clinics in a 2014

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