Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 02/07/19 - Despite the resistance of Republicans, Americans are desirous of the benefits of Socialism as Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin attempt a sinister spin. Scholars Barak Orbach and Richard Wolff give insights.
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Americans want Socialism - Trump and Mnuchin say no! Trump wants payday lenders to more easily rip off veterans and low income workers. Thom speaks with Professor Barak Orbach in Conversations with Great Minds - How Robert Bork Transformed America & We Never Even Noticed. Dr. Richard Wolff considers why do we have central banks, what is their role, and why is it important to regulate interest rates? Bob Ney gives the Talk Media News report and indicates that the Pelosi vs AOC skirmish over the Green New Deal has been overblown by the press.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, |
| 0:21.0 | believers in peace, freedom, and the American way. |
| 0:25.0 | Donald Trump starts his day complaining about the investigations coming his way |
| 0:30.0 | and he went to the National Prayer Breakfast and made a startling revelation to all of us. |
| 0:37.0 | Here he is. |
| 0:38.0 | Since the founding of our nation, many of our |
| 0:45.0 | independence to abolition of civil rights, |
| 0:51.0 | to abolition of civil rights, |
| 0:52.0 | to extending the vote for women have been led by people of faith and |
| 1:00.4 | started in prayer. Yeah, right. |
| 1:04.0 | Well, also people of color, but you know, Donald Trump would never mention that, |
| 1:08.0 | but the abolition of civil rights, that's very interesting. |
| 1:11.0 | People of faith have led the abolitionist say well you know I suppose |
| 1:14.0 | you could say it's kind of snarky you know obviously he misread his prompter but |
| 1:18.9 | there are larger fish to fry in the rants of Donald Trump. He started out with a tweet. This is the |
| 1:24.8 | guy who spends, you know, according to this recent leak, 60% of his time sitting |
| 1:29.2 | in his bedroom in his pajamas eating fast food and drinking diet coke and watching Fox News and |
| 1:37.3 | tweeting. 60% of his time, that's your president. |
| 1:42.6 | And the remaining 40% of his time is spent down in his office eating fast food, drinking, diet |
| 1:48.2 | coke, and talking to people who are on television on Fox News. |
| 1:54.0 | But this tweet that, |
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