Are Republicans going to take out unions- and the press- in America? Who will lead the Democratic Party Now? Should Democrats form a shadow government? Progressive Representative Mark Pocan takes listener questions- and has ideas on how we can join the fight.

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The West’s response to Ukraine could redefine the future of democracy

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Will Trump get his Putin-loving nominees in power over the executive branch without congressional hearings using a constitutional trick? Is this how he becomes a "dictator on day one"?

Commentator Steve Schmidt joins Thom, with a warning. And, Thom read from "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year" by Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker.

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By choosing loyalists over experts, Trump risks unraveling the integrity of U.S. agencies while empowering adversaries like Putin…

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Can Social Security survive right wing efforts to hand it over to Wall Street? 

Meanwhile Republicans are full speed ahead on giving Trump concrete power to attack non-profits, immigrants, journalists, and protesters any other enemies of his consolidation of power.

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How Divisions and Complacency Allow Authoritarianism to Flourish…

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One security analyst, Stephen Spoonamore, wants to check to see if the Russian-generated bomb threats were designed to distract from a software attack on our elections in swing states. But will Kamala Harris ask for a hand recount? Stephen joins Thom to share his theories.

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The road ahead could lead to dictatorship or renewed liberty, as the American people confront the corrosive power of wealth in politics…

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Democrats must remake the party into the party of the bottom 90%, the party of average working people whose wages have gone nowhere and whose jobs are less secure. 'Blueprint of destruction': Experts outline 'chillingly clear' view of Trump's next term.MTG is teasing who will be arrested for "crimes against humanity" by Matt Gaetz and it's chilling. Should Dr Fauci flee the country? Marjorie Taylor Greene: Matt Gaetz will prosecute vaccine 'crimes against humanity'.

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Boris Johnson warns that some Republicans have a 'Weird Homoerotic Fascination' with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Also why women are hoarding birth control medicine as well as mifepristone thanks to the antiquated Comstock Act. Will the new regime enforce it as well as putting the hammer down on porn?

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MSNBC host and producers are under threat now as ex-Trump people start fleeing the country. The Russia Report will make your toes curl...Line up to kiss the ring! How to join the brownnosers sucking up to Trump. The new fascist mantra of the Republican party exposed... "If Trump says jump 3 feet high we jump 3 feet high"

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