The Big Picture

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Debt Slavery...the New Normal for Students?

Professor Andrew Ross PhD, New York University (NYU)/Strike Debt/Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal joins Thom. $1.2 trillion. That is how much money Americans now hold in student loan debt - a new record. And while student debt affects people of all races and classes - it is having a disproportionately large impact on low-income Americans and communities of color. As a recent study from Demos has shown - both black and latino students are more likely than white students to depend on loans to pay their way through school. Low-income students - meanwhile - are also more likely than wealthy students to depend on student loans to pay their way through school. So what should this tell us about the student loan system as a whole? And what does it mean for the future of upward mobility in American society?

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End the Bankster’s Get Out of Jail Free Card

The Justice Department says that today's multi-billion dollar settlement with the world's biggest banks will teach Wall Street a lesson. In reality - though - Wall Street isn't going to learn a thing unless we radically change our culture of crime and punishment.

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Rumble Panel: Filibustering the Patriot Act

Christy Setzer, New Heights Communications & Kris Ullman, Conservative Commentator/Activist & Gianno Caldwell, Caldwell Strategic Consulting/Project 21 joins Thom.

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Full Show 5/20/15: Bobby Jindal Legalizes LGBTQ Discrimination & TPP Confusion

In tonight’s Big Picture Rumble Thom discusses Bobby Jindal allowing Louisiana businesses to discriminate against the LGBTQ community, Senator Rand Paul launching a filibuster against the Patriot Act, Santa Barbara’s oil spill, and the ban on banning fracking in Texas. Then Thom talks with US Representative Alan Grayson about the confusion and secrecy over President Obama’s trade deal agreement. Thom also discusses student loan debt affecting minority students with NY University Professor Andrew Ross. And in tonight’s Daily Take Thom explains why recent guilty pleas from the world’s five biggest banks will not lead to any jail time.

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Former CIA Admits Dick Cheney Pushed Him on Iraq

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, THE GREAT WAR OF OUR TIME: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism—From alQa'ida to ISIS joins Thom. After 15 years of waging war on terrorism - we are no closer to defeating groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS than we were on September 10, 2001. In fact - we're probably in worse shape now than we were then. So isn't it time to rethink this whole "War on Terror" thing?

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Politics Panel: LA Gets A BIG Raise!

George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom & Ben Cohen, The Daily Banter & Nathan Leamer, R Street Institute joins Thom. Los Angeles - the second biggest city in the country - has just taken a bold step forward for income equality.

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Politics Panel: How to Save Our Intellectual Infrastructure

George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom & Ben Cohen, The Daily Banter & Nathan Leamer, R Street Institute joins Thom. Our intellectual infrastructure is our future. So shouldn't we make college free for all Americans?

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TPP Won’t Balance the Power of China

President Obama says that America needs the Trans-Pacific Partnership to balance out the rising power of China. He couldn't be more wrong

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Full Show 5/19/15: Re-Thinking the War on Terror

Tonight Thom talks to Former CIA Director Michael Morell about re-thinking the war on terror, and what the US needs to do to defeat ISIS. Then in the Big Picture Politics Panel Thom discusses Los Angeles’s decision to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020, Bernie Sanders’ College for All Act, Wall Street financial professionals witnessing wrongdoing and unethical practices, and the astronomical amount of money fossil fuel companies receive in subsidies. Then Thom explains why knowing where our foods come from is getting more difficult. Plus in tonight’s Daily Take Thom talks about what could be the real reason why President Obama is determined to pass the free trade agreement.

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Warren Exposes How Obama is Wrong on TPP

Neil Sroka, Democracy for America joins Thom Hartmann. President Obama hopes that Congress will give him "fast-track" trade authority this week. But one senator wants Americans to remember the record of broken promises in free trade agreements…wow.

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