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Where Your Rights STOP and Start Being PRIVILEGES Handed Out by Those in Power - Thom Hartmann
This fight isn’t really about immigration.
It’s about whether the Constitution still restrains government power at all.
Thom discusses the violation of rights and the origins of the Declaration of Independence. He references Thomas Jefferson's enumerated list of grievances against King George iii, highlighting the historical context of the American revolution.
The latter part of this clip includes a dramatic re-enactment of an ICE raid on a home, drawing parallels between historical and contemporary issues in politics. - Aired on 02/17/2026.
Read the full article here: https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-american-revolution-started-over-5c5