Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 11/27/18 - Political games of chess played around the world: Paul Manafort loses his plea agreement, is Trump's gambit undermined? Mia Love and General Motors are moving their respective pawns. Tom Perez calls on the Democratic Party's pieces to move out. Greg Palast plays white to the Republican's voter-suppression black. And Luke Vargas kibitzes on the Ukraine versus Russia match in the Sea of Azov.
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Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 27 November 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Thom analyzes what the withdrawal of Paul Manafort's plea agreement could be in the chess game between Trump and his Special Prosecutor. And thoughts given to Mia Love's comments to Trump, and the possible economic recession that may be predicted by GM's plant closures. -------- A fascinating reading from 'Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance' by Ian Goldin. -------- DNC Chair Tom Perez presents Democratic party strategy in the context of Trump's gradual unraveling. -------- With the Senate runoff in Mississippi in play, and with Stacey Abrams still speaking out over the hanky-panky in Georgia, investigative journalist Greg Palast has alot to talk about today. -------- Then, Thom looks at some of the more interesting headlines. -------- Luke Vargas, foreign correspondent, has an analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis- what is the state of play there? -------- Laura in Iowa wants to know what books to use to help teach her kids civics. Thom gives his take on the news of the day including the withdrawal of Paul Manafort's plea agreement, Mia Love's comments to Trump and the possible economic recession that may be predicted by GM's plant closures.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Creetings my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, |
| 0:20.0 | believers in peace, freedom, and the American way Tom Hartman here here with you, the special prosecutor Robert Mueller, |
| 0:25.3 | has come out and said he's pulling Manifort's plea deal. And everybody's speculating about what this means and the Guardian came out with an article |
| 0:36.2 | suggesting that in March of 2016 Paul Manafort I believe it was March of 2016, that Paul Manafort actually met with |
| 0:48.0 | Julian Assange. |
| 0:50.6 | And the WikiLeaks Twitter account said, |
| 0:53.0 | we'll bet a million dollars that never happened. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, they might not have met in person. |
| 0:56.7 | I mean, maybe they talked over the phone, |
| 0:58.3 | maybe they walked, talked through an intermediary, |
| 1:00.4 | or maybe they didn't have any communication at all. |
| 1:03.0 | But the very specific kind of timeline that seems to be erupting |
| 1:10.0 | is showing, okay, on February 29, this is back in 2016. |
| 1:17.0 | Okay, Donald Trump looks like he's moving forward and Paul Manafort sends Trump a written pitch to make me your campaign |
| 1:24.5 | manager I will not even take a salary and of course free is Donald Trump's |
| 1:28.4 | favorite word and so you know he hired them and there was a recommendation from |
| 1:32.4 | Roger Stone. |
| 1:34.6 | The week later, a week after that, |
| 1:36.8 | this is, I'm getting this off Daily Coast from a piece |
| 1:39.5 | Mark Sumner wrote. |
| 1:41.5 | A week after that, Sam Clovis, who seems to have some associations with some |
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