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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 10/12/2018 - In this mixed up world where the murder-hungry Saudis are our buddies, and Mitt Rommney spits out some deep pro-Trump wisdom... Thom chews on 'America First' with a sharp woman who wrote the book on the subject... Progressive Democrat Ro Khanna talks strategy and serves some truth to the people... and Middle East expert Bob Ney digests the weeks headlines through his knowledgeable lens.

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Democracy, Climate Change, Congress, America, News, The Hartmann Report, Thom Hartmann, Economics, Debate

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Thom's take on the headlines of the day- Saudis, BPA in the blood of retail workers, Mitt Romney, and a sneaky caller. ------- Thom speaks with Sarah Churchwell, professor of American literature at the University of London about her new book, Behold, America: The Entangled History of "America First." and "the American Dream". Thom reads a chapter from Sarah Churchwell's book. ------- Congressman Ro Khanna of California's 17th District answers listener calls with Thom about voter suppression, ending the electoral college and the upcoming election.   -------- Bob Ney of Talk Media News looks at the Saudi situation through the lens of his personal knowledge of the Middle East. --------- Jill of Montana calls out a Republican troll.






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Just wanted to share a couple of stories with you real quickly the USA Today op-ed that

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Donald Trump wrote that was literally a lie in every sentence. USA Today has finally

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gotten around to publishing a fact check on it after they were shamed by the Washington

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Post, Glen Kessler's piece yesterday talking about that.

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This is pretty pathetic for Gennett and in fact we had a caller in the first hour of the program, as I recall, talking about

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how their local newspaper, which is also owned by Ginnett.

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Ginnett is the largest newspaper publisher in the United States by circulation and USA Today is the

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largest newspaper in the United States by circulation that their local paper

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which is published by Gennett had Trump's quote editorial in it today and no rebuttal you know a little mealy mouth thing about this is just an opinion

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But you know no it's just a bunch of lies and if you're a friggin news organization if you're to call yourself a newspaper, for God's sake, publish the news.

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And I'm telling you, if the President of the

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United States sends a letter filled with lies to a newspaper. That is news. The story in

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