You need to know this. Inhumane conditions plague Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s AZ's “tent-city” prison. On Saturday – temperatures at the outdoor prison housing 1,400 non-violent inmates shot up to 145 degrees – the hottest recorded so far this year.

To beat the heat – prisoners were given 6–ounce cups filled with ice to which one prisoner said, “They’re doing this for the media attention. This cup isn’t going to do anything.” The media was indeed on hand to ask Sheriff Joe about the conditions that day – conditions that were causing inmates' shoes to melt.

If we really think that the best response to the undocumented immigrant problem in this nation is to create giant sauna-like jails, then let's at least put into those jails the CEOs who hire undocumented workers, thus drawing more and more of them into our country, and the Republican politicians who supported Reagan's 1986 amnesty and subsequent suspension of laws that allowed prosecution of CEOs for hiring undocumented workers.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner." -- Nelson Mandela.

Article: "Temperatures rise to 145 inside Tent City" by Eugene Scott.

Article: "CHART OF THE DAY: ‘Out Of Control Spending’ Not Really Out Of Control At All" by Brian Beutler.

Article: "America And Europe Sinking Together" by Gideon Rachman.

Article: "Greece has no future within the eurozone" by Sir Martin Jacomb.

Article: "Rand Paul Vows To Filibuster Everything Until Senate Debates Debt Ceiling" by Marie Diamond.

Article: "The Mother of All No-Brainers" by David Brooks.

Article: "Bill of Rights" Amendment 8: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.".

Article: "Exxon Mobil admits spread of Yellowstone oil spill" by Matthew Brown.

Article: "Executives' Pay at Big Companies Rose 23 Percent Last Year" by Pradnya Joshi.

Article: "Illinois' death row officially shuts down" by Don Babwin.

Article: "DSK To Face Attempted Rape Charge in France" by Daniel Politi.

Article: "NEA endorses Obama's re-election bid" by UPI.

Article: "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation chapter 5, On Wages" by David Ricardo.

Article: "Miami Woman Escorted Off Flight Just for Snapping Photo" by Kyle Munzenrieder.

Article: "The worst idea in Washington" by Ezra Klein.

Hour Two: Why do conservatives hate poor people? Peter Ferrara, General counsel of the American Civil Rights Union, author

Book: "America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb: How the Looming Debt Crisis Threatens the American Dream-and How We Can Turn the Tide Before It's Too Late" by Peter Ferrara.

Article: "Block Grant Welfare to the States" by Peter Ferrara.

Book: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", Adam Smith, 1776.

Sign the Petition: "Shared Sacrifice " by Senator Bernie Sanders.

Site: Move to Amend

Pigeon alert: "Pigeons never forget a face... and aren't fooled by a change of clothes either, researchers find" by Daily Mail.

Article: "How one in four Americans don't know who their forefathers declared independence from" by Daily Mail.

Talk Radio News Segment: Ken Bazinet

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "Cornyn Says Republicans May Accept ‘Mini’ Deal on Raising U.S. Debt Limit" by Angela Greiling Keane.

Article: "Secret Service To Investigate Fox Tweets" by TRNS.

Article: "Rebels Scoff At Russian Proposal To Let Gadhafi Go Free" by Kenneth Bazinet.

Article: "The week ahead on the Hill: The Senate votes on Libya; Democrats to talk debt with Biden" by Felicia Sonmez.

Hour Three: How to Get Rid of Clarence Thomas John Dean, former White House Counsel, author

Book: "Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush" by John W. Dean.

Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.

Article: "John Dean Knows How to Get Rid of Clarence Thomas" by John Dean.

Article: "Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics" by Mike McIntire.

Article: "Sen. Schumer: GOP Hearing Boycott Proves Republicans Are Sabotaging Economy" by Alan Pyke.

The good: District Judge Emmet Sullivan: "Judge rules polar bears still 'threatened' " by Ashlie Rodriguez.

The bad: Governor Rick Perry: "School year in Texas will start without new textbooks" by Robert Cadwallader.

The very, very ugly: Rupert Murdoch: "Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the World" by Nick Davies and Amelia Hill.

Article: "British PM 'shocked' by report tabloid hacked voicemail of slain teen" by Douglas Stanglin.

Quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." by Margaret Mead.

Book: "Blind Ambition: The End of the Story" by John W. Dean.

Transcript: "'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' for Friday, July 1, 2011". Guest Host: Chris Hayes. Roger Ailes' "news" network.

Movie: "Orwell Rolls In His Grave".

Article: "Beyond Austerity" by William Mitchell.

Crazy alert: "Penis Size Study: Finger Length Ratio Indicator Of Penis Size".

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann - now in paperback!

Movie: "Network" (1976).

Movie: "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996).

Article: "World needs $1.9tn a year for green technology: UN" by AFP.

Coming up Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program

Hour Three: Is it time to bring back "The American Way?" Thom confronts Matt Patterson of the Capital Research Center.

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