Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 01/14/19 - The government protects the common person from the power of the rich- both foreign and domestic. In a case of whodunnit?, Thom asks whether Trump is sold out to local oligarchs like the Koch brothers, Russian billionaires, or maybe Mitch McConnell's Chinese billionaire wife.... all want to see a weak American government that frees them to have more power and money. The discussion of social justice continues with a debate with conservative Charles Sauer. Plus, a look back to the Suffragettes. And Bob Ney is keeping an eye on the oligarchs and warmongers.
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Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 14 January 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
We now know the FBI has had reason to investigate Trump's financial obligations to the Russian government since at least 2016. And, financial ties have been demonstrated between foreign governments and some key Republican players in Congress. Thom asks who is really pulling the strings? Could it be oligarchs abroad, and/or at home? Does the federal shutdown further the mission of billionaires to create a disrespect for government generally? ----- Thom keenly discusses his thesis with callers, adding detail and dimension to his argument. ----- The discussion gets heated when Thom takes on conservative commentator Charles Sauer and the reality and causes of inequality in this country. ----- Thom reads from 'The Women's Suffrage Movement', a collection of essays on historic social justice activism. ----- Thom discusses the Los Angeles teacher's strike in the context of the struggle for freedom from oligarchic power. ----- Thom gets former Republican Congressman Bob Ney's take on just who Trump is sold out to. Plus, John Bolton asks the Pentagon to plan going to war with Iran.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, |
| 0:21.0 | believers in peace, freedom, and the American way, Tom Hartman here with you. |
| 0:26.0 | Okay, here's the bottom line. |
| 0:27.6 | The FBI, and you know, everybody's heard this by now. Back in 2016, before the election even had happened, people |
| 0:39.2 | in the FBI are looking around going, hmm, what's going on here with Donald Trump? It sure looks like this guy is |
| 0:47.3 | dancing to the tune of Russia. Now there's a couple of questions that I think are worth asking here and a couple of issues that are worth bringing out. |
| 0:57.0 | And I would love to hear your opinion on this too. |
| 1:00.0 | A lot of this is just frankly opinion right now. But to what extent could it be that |
| 1:08.8 | Donald Trump's embrace of Vladimir Putin and Russian perspectives and Russian |
| 1:14.8 | historical narratives. You know, oh the Russians went into Afghanistan |
| 1:19.0 | for example because terrorists were coming out of Afghanistan. Is it that Trump is just following his |
| 1:27.1 | economic interest that he thinks that if he does a deal, if he behaves in a way that keeps Russia very very happy that the |
| 1:37.0 | consequence of behaving that way will be that Russia then in turn will say to |
| 1:42.2 | him cool you know you want to have a Trump tower in turn will say to him, |
| 1:43.0 | you know you want to have a Trump tower in Moscow? |
| 1:46.0 | We're on it. |
| 1:48.0 | You know I mean in other words is this entirely about that |
| 1:51.0 | and about keeping the spigot open, the millions of dollars that have come from |
| 1:55.5 | Russia via the NRA for Republican candidates, including a number of Republican senators, |
| 2:01.5 | and back channel help, right? |
| 2:03.2 | You know, a little work from the internet research agency and all that kind of stuff. |
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