Thom Hartmann

Working people in poorly-run, wildly-infected Red states are singing along with Johnny Paycheck.

While the "safety net" prevents personal, family or community disasters, "rights of citizenship" are not "welfare" or so-called "entitlements," but provide the foundation for society itself.

The American political landscape has become so toxic that we can't even pass simple legislation that is overwhelmingly supported not only by the majority of the populace but by the President whose party controls both houses of Congress.

Big Pharma's obscenely-priced drugs developed with tax dollars will continue to drain working people of income, savings, and—ultimately—their health until America recognizes healthcare as a right.

How what started out as a pleasant view of Aunt Sally's summer vacation ends up with a bloody police officer on the floor of the US Capitol and a democracy in flames.

Can the anti-grift Democrats pick up enough energy & votes to save America from a total descent into Trump’s GOP-corporate-funded Hungary-style grift?

They are trying to create chaos the media will blame on the Democrats while making it infinitely more difficult to pass Biden's $3.5 trillion Build Back Better legislation.

Perhaps the 2022 election will bring Democrats a large enough progressive majority that they can work around their own grifters—or maybe it’ll signal the death knell of the republic.