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The Hartmann Report

THE UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Obama peeled the skin off of Donald Trump in her convention speech! But will the next would-be American fascist be as impaired or as incompetent as Donald Trump? Come November will we stop the advance of the Republican scam powered by the massive political influence of rich people allowed ever since the Supreme Court essentially declared bribery legal? Or will Republicans be able to use fascism to stop the spread of real power to women and people of color?

Time to check your voter registration! Mimi Kennedy, actress, and activist with Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) explains how to use 2020voterscalendar.org to make sure you're registered. And Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend joins Thom on how the convention is helping us get started getting out the vote.

Plus- How could the 12th amendment apply if the election is contested?.. What is the real dollar cost of universal mail-in voting?.. Voting to limit the power of the rich and giant corporations... And getting excited about Joe Biden!

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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:15.0

Wow, what a convention for Michelle Obama just knocked it out of the park.

0:22.0

I thought Bernie Sanders did a brilliant job of speaking

0:25.2

to people like me, you know, basically people who have supported him for years and years

0:30.1

and share his perspective on politics.

0:34.0

It was extraordinary.

0:35.0

We've got a huge show today.

0:37.0

Mimi Kennedy is going to drop by at about 45 minutes,

0:40.0

the star of Moms.

0:41.0

She's also on the board of Progressive Democrats of America.

0:44.2

She's going to be talking about how to check your voter registration. A pretty

0:47.9

important thing. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the oldest daughter of

0:52.4

Robert Kennedy and Ben Wickler on the convention.

0:57.0

Today is the anniversary of the ratification 100 years ago today, the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, or, I think correctly,

1:06.8

frame it, with which women seized the right to vote.

1:11.3

There's just a lot going on on and an enormous amount of news. But I think that the main

1:16.0

theme of last night's Democratic Convention repeated over and over by multiple people and we'll dig into that a little bit as we go through the three hours of our

1:24.4

program today is that Joe Biden is a decent man good guy that you can trust

1:30.2

who actually has empathy and cares about other people,

1:33.8

none of which are qualities that Donald Trump has.

1:36.5

And that Donald Trump is corrupt,

1:39.2

is incompetent, and is mentally ill.

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