Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 01/29/19 - Corporate lobbyists and billionaires are directly running the executive branch, and many congresspeople have been bought and paid for- corruption is explicit and extreme, and the president seems to be looking for a good war wherever he can find one. Is it time to declare this a true crisis that requires an energetic Progressive crusade on the order of the world-changing Progressive movements in our past? And who should and could be elected to lead that change?

Thom makes the case that our present crisis of extraordinary corruption- with lobbyists and billionaires directly running the government to enrich themselves- is on the level of past crises that led to a powerful Progressive response. Who is the right person to disinfect government and return power to the people? Elizabeth Warren, or? ------ Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin examines the crisis In Venezuela and considers whether there will be a coup and if it will be led by the U.S.? Will this be a part of the crises that could require Progressives to push back in a massive way, or will Trump use war to gain power? ----- Thom reads from Medea Benjamin's book 'Kingdom of the Unjust'. ----- Callers respond, and the examples of the various Bush wars are examined. And Thom expands on his thesis that the present crisis requires a Progressive push-back to the chaos that has resulted from the billionaire power grab that has grown out of the Powell memo. ------ Investigative Journalist Greg Palast enumerates the potential of nine million green card holders as election-swinging voters if they become citizens, and the intimidation factor of Trump's anti-immigrant policies. ------- Thom holds court with callers and their thoughts on a Progressive strategy for 2020.

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