Thom Hartmann discusses the motive behind a conservative think tank demanding the email records of labor professors in Michigan. Later in the program, radio talk host Shannyn Moore shares her thoughts on lawmakers in Alaska proposing a union-busting bill, similar to Governor Scott Walker’s in Wisconsin.
Watch the video and take note of the fact that there are palm trees in the video. There are no palm trees in Wisconsin. From what I know, there are no mounted police in Wisconsin either. The truth? This occurred in Sacramento.
It appears the republicans are trying to run things in the Wisconsin State Assembly without the democrats and they could care less about the democratic process. Democrats were told to show up at 5pm. They got there a few minutes early and found out the republicans were trying to vote without them in order to get their agenda passed.
Rep. Peter Barca gives an even better speech against the shenanigans of the republicans.
You can watch the entire session here. If you click on Part 4 and skip to 16:30 you can see the entire thing.
Thom and Seton argue over unions and what’s happening in Wisconsin
