THE DEADLY REASON REPUBLICANS ARE SUCKERS FOR FAKE NEWS
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.3 • 8 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
If the fake news wins and neofascist politicians like Trump again gain serious national power, America will be on a fast track down the same road as Russia. Autocrats have to be prosecuted and convicted - will it happen in America? President & CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State Rachel Laser reports on "No pray to play!" The Supreme Court's "Praying Coach" case explained. Will these guys succeed turning America into a theocracy?
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| 0:47.2 | Wow, a lot of news going on here today in Ukraine. |
| 0:51.2 | I don't know if you've been noticing, but an awful lot of the reports. |
| 0:54.4 | The reporters have been in Laviv, which is like the city way over on the, on the west side of |
| 0:59.4 | Ukraine, over by Poland. And the Russians started bombing there. They killed seven people and injured |
| 1:05.9 | eleven. And in Mary Opel, the Ukrainian soldiers are saying, no, we will fight to the last man, |
| 1:14.8 | we will die for our country. This country is showing us what patriotism means. |
| 1:21.5 | It's just remarkable. Also, just, you know, kind of in the headlines and the fascinating news, |
| 1:28.6 | March 29th, that was what two weeks ago, we now have, you know, we get the numbers of power |
| 1:35.0 | generation state by state around the country, they just came in. And last March 29th, |
| 1:40.7 | wind generated more electricity in the United States than coal or nuclear. |
| 1:46.9 | That's pretty amazing. 19% of all the power generated in the United States, almost one-fifth |
| 1:53.9 | came from wind power. It's just amazing. Okay, we've got a lot to talk about today. |
| 1:59.7 | I want to get into the deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news. Also, |
| 2:05.6 | autocrats have to be prosecuted and convicted, says Ruth Ben Giot. Will that happen in |
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