Senator Bernie checks in with Thom, and so does congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus. Former Republican Congressman Bob Ney chimes in with the most interesting headlines. Plus, further reading from the Mueller report, followed by a look at the criminals associated with Trump who are already in prison: how can we overcome this corruption?
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Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 23 May 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Bernie has proposed a transaction tax on financial transactions to pay for Medicare for All, and help minimize the chance of crashes from rapid trading. And Bernie puts his support behind McDonald employees fighting for a $15 minimum wage. ~~~~ Thom welcomes Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Progressives in the House as the co-chair of the House Progressive caucus. Her view on Medicare for All, and the strategy behind the House Judiciary Committee. ~~~~ Charles in Arizona wants to know if the Federal Marshalls are under the control of Congress- and Thom asks former Congressman Bob Ney what he thinks. Plus- the investigation into Trump's sketchy bank transactions continue. ~~~~ Thom reads from the Mueller report, starting on page 38, which covers 'implantation of malware' on DNC networks by the Russian CIA. ~~~~ And the Mueller report continues from page 43, which details communications between Trump's team and Russian secret agents. ~~~~ Thom wonders if it may already be too late to stop Trump. Or not?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | And greetings my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, |
| 0:19.4 | believers in peace, freedom, and the American way. |
| 0:23.3 | Boy, a big day, a lot going on today, but let's start out with Senator Bernie Sanders |
| 0:27.3 | running for president and of course representing the great state of Vermont. |
| 0:30.2 | Senator, welcome back to the program. |
| 0:32.2 | How are you, Tom? |
| 0:33.0 | You and I, you know, for 11 years on this program talked about financial transaction |
| 0:36.9 | taxes, what used to be called the stat tax, the securities transaction excise |
| 0:40.3 | tax. |
| 0:41.3 | And I understand you're reviving this tell me about it. |
| 0:43.2 | I am and by the way I want to tell you I'm going to go around the country I keep |
| 0:47.4 | pumping up the people who say how come you that at |
| 0:50.4 | Tom Hartman more often we make a deal |
| 0:53.2 | all that sweet we can have a little bit more than we have in the past |
| 0:57.8 | yes thank you |
| 0:59.1 | well that we have now and i yesterday are introduced legislation with the Congress woman |
| 1:05.2 | bodily of California and it will be a perfectly with national priorities |
| 1:10.6 | it has that at a time when warsh |
| 1:10.1 | street last year up It has that at a time when Wall Street Laste Yup made 237 billion dollars in profits. |
| 1:20.0 | And these are all the people that the taxpayers of this country bailed out |
| 1:24.0 | after their recklessness and illegal behavior plunged us |
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