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      US Supreme Court Wants to Make America More Bigoted Again

      Bigots are switching to "creative expression" instead of religion as the club they'll use to beat down public accommodation laws.

      Thom Hartmann
      Dec 07, 2022

      The Supreme Court appears hell-bent on making America bigoted again. Step-by-step, they're undoing every bit of progressive legislation from the past 80 years that they can find.

      Now they're going after the right of gays and lesbians who want to get married to shop for a website, or pretty much anything else that requires "creative" effort.

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      The Best Chance of Progressive Power Remains the Continued Takeover of the Democratic Party

      In America, there is only one way for us to accomplish the progressive goals we’ve fought for all these years, and that’s through getting inside and seizing control of the Democratic Party.

      Thom Hartmann
      Mar 26, 2022

      Years ago, a caller named "Jeff from Denver" used to call my show complaining of a lack of progressive action and sold-out Dems in Colorado. One day I challenged him to show up at his local Democratic Party and do something about it instead of just complaining. He stopped calling, which made me think I'd offended him and he'd stopped listening.

      Instead, about six months later, he called back in to say that he'd joined first his county and then his state Democratic Party and not only helped get a good progressive candidate on the ticket but participated in writing the national Democratic Party platform.

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      What's Next: Fascist Takeover or New Era of Progressive Renewal?

      The GOP has embraced the oligarchic strong-man police-state and the Democratic Party is returning to its progressive and populist roots—we face a moment of great danger and one of great opportunity.

      Thom Hartmann
      Dec 13, 2021

      Do we stand on the edge of a grand new progressive era, with good wages for all, racial and gender equality and justice, and a reduction of the political power of reactionary forces in America? Or will the next president gleefully overthrow American democracy, shutter the free press, and imprison those who object?

      The question is whether the forces arrayed against such change, from corporate media (and social media) to packed courts to cranky billionaires, can be overcome.

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