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This is the Tom Hartman program.

And welcome back. So in this hour, I'd like to put one more topic on the table because I think this is

probably one of the more important issues that we're struggling with as a nation.

And that is the fate and future of the Republican Party.

And in that context, the fate and future of both Donald Trump as a figure and a figure head

and Trumpism or what you could call neo-fascism more broadly.

There's a lot in the news. Also, want to get into the possibility that COVID, getting COVID,

could turn you into a right-winger?

Seriously, who are the Broadway accelerants and why are they showing up?

And America has a militia problem, which is my rant today over at HartmanReport.com.

I'll get to that in just a minute. I did want to just point out a few headlines.

You know, we can talk about any of these things if you'd like, but number one, Russia says that

and they're publicizing, they're pushing this out to the news that they are with, you know,

pulling back their forces, the reports that I'm seeing on NBC News anyway are.

It appears that that's the case, but it's a small gesture, who knows where this is going to go.

But for the moment, the stock market's back, you know, up because people are going, oh,

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