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Democracy Was Just Sold To Wall Street
Was Democracy just sold to Wall street? Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann to explain how federal regulators are "mortgaging the country to wall street." He explains the wall that was created as a result of…
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How Did Big Banks Dispense Taxpayer-Backed Covid Loans?
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with David Dayen. After weeks of refusing to release the list of taxpayer-backed loans through the Paycheck Protection Program the Small Business Administration under the US Federal Treasury this week made public…
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Will America Recover From Right-Wing Billionaires?
Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has killed over a hundred thousand Americans, and has thrown this country into a multilevel disaster, both medical, economic, political, and personal for Americans all across the country. If…
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Trump Panics, Says He'll Send 2nd Stimulus Checks
Donald Trump is increasingly desperate and panicking, and is now promising a second coronavirus stimulus payment to Americans, despite it being unclear if this will be passed. The David Pakman Show is a news and…
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The Financial Bomb Can Destroy Your Savings & Capitalism
Debt has exceeded 100% of GDP across the world. The capitalist system is unraveling before our eyes. How will the financial bomb affect and destroy your savings – assuming you have some? Richard Wolff joins…
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Tell The Bosses We’re Coming: A New Action Plan For Workers In The Twenty-First Century
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Shaun Richman. he coronavirus pandemic brought new attention to the role of low-wage labor in the United States. While most Americans were quick to praise the courage of so-called “essential…
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Pandemic Corporate Bailouts Are A Repeat Of History
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Michael Powelson. The Trump White House is refusing to divulge which corporations received more than $500 billion in taxpayer-backed loans during the coronavirus. From the documentation that exists, media outlets…
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Is the FED About to Own Your Employer?
Does this look like a crash to you? Has the Fed bailout gone beyond a bailout? Are the Fed buying stock in companies that are in serious trouble? The Fed is buying in the private…
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If Corporations are People, Why Isn't PG&E Getting The Death Penalty?
PG&E Killed at least 84 Americans. Even though Citizens United legislated corporations as people, they don't seem to be facing the same consequences actual people would. Corporations will keep killing us until we start putting…
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No Oversight of $1.5 Billion Electric Project Raises Alarm over Privatization of Puerto Rico’s Power
As hurricane season begins, Democracy Now! looks at moves to privatize Puerto Rico’s electric grid and a new investigation that reveals the island’s government failed to follow proper oversight or examine the environmental impact when…
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June 20th Moral March On Washington Takes On The War Economy
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Laurel Ashton. On June 20, 2020, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will hold a “Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington.” Because of…
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Niall Ferguson on Trump, Viral Disinformation & Coronavirus
Niall Ferguson, historian and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, whose new PBS series Networld explores the history and science of networks, joins David to discuss coronavirus disinformation, lockdowns, media coverage, network effects and much…
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Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth And The Crisis Of Disconnections
Sonali Kollhatkar speaks with Anne Kim. Newsweek magazine recently published a cover story by Sam Hill entitled, “OK, Millennial: Boomers Are the Greatest Generation in History,” that claimed, “Millennials seem to think their challenges are greater than…
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Mass Transit Workers Worry About Safety as NYC Begins to Reopen
As New York City begins to partially reopen, we look at what it means for the nation’s largest public transportation system. “It’s a very stressful and dangerous situation,” says Seth Rosenberg, a subway operator, shop…
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Capitalism, Racism, and Police Brutality
What is the root of police violence against African Americans? Could it have something to do with capitalism? What are you going to do to stop the problem of police violence... The Thom Hartmann Program…
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Will Economic Crisis Create Political Turmoil?
The create crash of 1929 changed the political world and gave rise to far-right politics in Germany. Now, the current crash is going to change US politics and it looks as it will be for…
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Understanding The US’s Pandemic-Era Capitalism
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Richard Wolff. Randall Lane, Business writer for Forbes magazine has just published a lengthy article entitled Greater Capitalism: How the Pandemic is Permanently Reshaping Our Economic System for the Better.…
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Thousands of Workers Complain Over Unsafe Workplaces
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Remington A. Gregg. As US coronavirus deaths edge closer to 100,000, President Trump spent the weekend golfing. The federal government released its strategic national plan on how to tackle the…
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The Next Global Crisis
The Federal Reserve is buying junk bonds to keep business in business, causing a new global crisis. This is desperate action and building up a massive debt. This is the third economic crash this century.…
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Coronavirus Has Exposed Our Fragile Economy
Ross Douthat, Columnist at the New York Times and author of "The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success," joins David Pakman to discuss decadent societies, advancement, growth, and how this…
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