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How Oligarchs Gain Power & The Three Steps to TAKE IT BACK! - Thom Hartmann
The same disregard for humanity. The same corruption of justice. The same weaponization of government to serve ideology instead of law.
The echoes of the Amistad case are unmistakable. Back then, the federal government sought to hand kidnapped Africans over to foreign governments to appease diplomatic partners. Today, we are handing peaceful student protesters over to ICE and DHS to appease political donors and right-wing pressure groups. - Aired on 04/30/2025.