News Analysis by Thom Hartmann

Author: Thom Hartmann

From Redcoats to Redhats: Oligarchs prevail when the core function of a democratic republic is suppressed

Posted by Thom Hartmann | May 18, 2021

The Republican party has now introduced over 300 pieces of legislation designed to make it more difficult for American citizens to participate in the process of selecting their representatives, the core function of a democratic republic. They’ve also proposed or passed numerous laws criminalizing protest and dissent, primary American values written into the First Amendment, and given a “get out of jail free” card to people who kill protesters. Today’s Republican party does not believe in democracy or the core idea on which this nation was founded: “That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their...

Under the Dome: Why a coalition of obstructionists fuel a Culture War to feed their agenda

Posted by Thom Hartmann | Apr 13, 2021

You can tell when Republicans are in trouble: they start throwing gunpowder on the fires of the culture wars. At the end of March, Republicans who control the Michigan State House and Senate passed a law requiring the state to inform recipients of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine that it was developed using fetal stem cells. As a result, the state health department had to update their website to say: “The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been produced by growing the virus in fetal cells during vaccine development and manufacturing. Even though fetal cells are used to...