Socialized medicine is popular with everyone in nearly every other rich nation- so why can't we have it here? Thom's listeners chime in with their ideas and experiences.

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• Weapons stockpiles gutted
• Foreign aid funds white grievance
• Blanche eyes a national abortion ban
• Patel heads to Moscow
• Hospital monopolies double your bill
• The War on bike lanes

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Can Trump even get out of the mess created in Iran when we sucker-punched their leadership by assassinating dozens of them during good-faith negotiations?

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• Iran names its price for Hormuz
• Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza plan
• Billionaires rage over Mamdani’s tax
• Trump’s oil allies land in Greenland
• Wind power dies
• And do birds talk?

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Could Trump, or Anyone, Win Elections by Simply Promising Medicare for All?

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As the planet dries and the west burns, the same Republicans who said climate change wasn't real keep on lyin' so the profits don't stop rolling in.. But are we ever going to face the problem?

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The consolidation of the economy to benefit the ultra-rich is rolling along. Next up, are local TV stations about to be rolled up into giant propaganda networks?

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Senators not worried about reelection- including Dick Durbin- are quietly proposing a law to scale back Social Security payouts in the future. Will the wealthy succeed at even further shrinking the American middle class?

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As Cornyn caves on confirming Trump's personal lawyer and fixer as Attorney General- is this is where we are as a nation?- or is it just the final complete corruption of the Republican Party? 

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Progressive leader Pramila Jayapal joins Thom- as the leader of our nation enriches himself with thousands of millions of our dollars each year, can he and the Republicans keep the focus on scary brown people and away from their blatant law-breaking? Or can we give some oxygen to the Democratic agenda?

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• Trump attacks birthright citizenship again
• The FCC hands local TV to billionaires
• The new CDC chief wants your abortion data
• Russia eyes NATO
• Michigan Republicans go full racist

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