Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 12/06/18 - As the financial markets freak out in response to Trump's erratic bellicosity, economist Richard Wolff takes stock. And Thom inquires into Democratic party strategy in the house from the perspecitves of Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Karen Bass. Then, high profile firings, some thoughts on the dynamics of city life, and which Texas Democrat took money from the anti-net neutrality lobby? Oh, and did Trump have to repeat the 5th grade?
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Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 6 December 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Why is the stock market tanking? What will be the consequence of arresting a Chinese executive for violating American-made sanctions against Iran? ------ Marxist professor Richard Wolff is watching capitalism hit the fan. How will the lowest under the capitalist pyramid deal with an economic downturn? ------ Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal joins Thom with a deep dive into the benefits of immigration ignored by Trump's racist pandering. ------ Congresswoman Karen Bass- chair-elect of the Congressional Black Caucus- shares with Thom her view on the unfolding Democratic strategy- both offense and defense. ------ Thom looks at some of the most consequential headlines of the day- Veterans Affairs executive resigns rather than be forced into silence over denouncing Charlottesville neo-nazis, CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill for supporting a two state solution for Palestine, GOP hijinks and more. plus: The war on Christmas? ------ A selection from 'The Next Generation City: The Big Promise of Mid-size Metros' by Mick Cornett. ------ On Talk Media News, Bob Ney's phone connection plays hide and seek while reporting on latest Saudi situation and their corrupting influence over Jared Kushner-- and Thom reveals legislators ready to suppress Net Neutrality for a price. ------ The mentality of Donald Trump, illustrated. And a caller says presidents should have to be educated, not 5th grade dropouts.
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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, |
| 0:20.0 | believers in peace, freedom, in the American way. |
| 0:23.3 | Tom Harmon here with you, boy there is so much in the news and so much I want to share with |
| 0:27.2 | you today. |
| 0:28.2 | We've got a huge show organized for the day. |
| 0:31.3 | Professor Richard Wolf is going to drop by. We're going to be talking about |
| 0:34.0 | you know what's going on with the markets and what you know how this works. |
| 0:37.0 | Congress member Karen Bass is going to be with us. |
| 0:39.0 | She is going to be the new incoming head of the Congressional Black Caucus. |
| 0:43.5 | Just a quick heads up of something for your activism, kind of an activism alert here. |
| 0:49.7 | Kathy Craninger is a woman who has been working in the Trump administration. |
| 0:54.7 | She participated in the zero tolerance policy that led to family |
| 0:58.8 | separations on the border and the detention of immigrant children. |
| 1:02.0 | She had oversight of parts of the response to Hurricane |
| 1:06.4 | Maria and Puerto Rico, both apparently complete disasters. |
| 1:11.0 | She has no experience as a consumer advocate. She has no experience with |
| 1:15.8 | consumer finance. And Mick Mulvaney wants to put her in charge of the Consumer Finance Protection |
| 1:21.9 | Bureau. |
| 1:24.6 | A right-wing Trump hack. |
| 1:27.4 | This is not a good thing for consumers in America. |
| 1:32.4 | Meanwhile, Wei Wei is a company that probably you've not heard about. |
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