What’s Behind the GOP’s War Against Democracy?
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Are right-wing billionaires who want more, more, more money willing to make common cause with bigots, fascists, and wannabee killers to get it? Also abortion pill judge is a corrupt scammer, accused of hiding information from Senate investigators. Plus democracy is further under attack for black Americans and why are only 1% of fake Russian trolls caught?
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| 0:42.8 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:46.0 | And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, |
| 0:52.0 | freedom and the American way, Tom Hartman here with you. |
| 0:55.2 | A lot going on in the world today. |
| 0:57.2 | The Supreme Court has set a Wednesday deadline for thoughts on Mifha Pristone. |
| 1:04.6 | We'll keep an eye on that. |
| 1:06.4 | They've also set a May 17th date for hearing oral arguments on this whole larger issue. |
| 1:12.1 | This is going to get real, real interesting. |
| 1:15.2 | Here we have, this is the Republican weaponization of the courts. |
| 1:20.6 | Also, my boss, Jim Jordan's Sham New York City here, and I'll tell you all about that. |
| 1:25.5 | Also in the news, and this is just so tragic, Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old boy, a young black man. |
| 1:32.6 | He was going to pick up a friend, actually his brother, at a friend's house. |
| 1:37.4 | The friend lived at Northeast 115th Terrace in Kansas City. |
| 1:42.8 | Ralph went to Northeast 115th Street instead, not realizing it was street instead of Terrace. |
| 1:50.0 | Rang, this white man's doorbell. |
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