Homeowners in America are still screwed. As more records from the Federal Reserve go public – we’re learning that the 2008 bailout of Wall Street – known as “TARP” – was just the tip of the iceberg in public funds going to the banksters. In December of 2008 – the Fed secretly gave more than $1.2 trillion in virtually interest-free loans to big banks like Morgan Stanley – Citigroup – and Bank of America. That’s $1.2 trillion! Coincidentally – that’s about how much it would cost to save 6-and-a-half million homeowners who are delinquent on their mortgages and facing foreclosure.

In other words – a clear choice was made in 2008 to help banksters or help bilked homeowners – and the Fed chose the banksters. So today – it’s no wonder that banksters are seeing record profits again – while millions of Americans are still being kicked out of their homes. Yet another example of how the banksters in and out of government are taking care of their own. Given the choice between working people's homes or banksters million-dollar penthouses, the Fed chose the Banksters. Meanwhile, George Bush and Congress agreed and threw another $800 billion to the banksters.

Now Obama wants to help working people, and it’s time for Republicans to drop their opposition and pass a news jobs and stimulus package ASAP.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." -- Agatha Christie.

Article: "Join us in civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline" by Bill McKibben.

Article: "Bill McKibben Jailed After White House Tar Sands Pipeline Protest" by Kevin O’Connor.

Article: "Rep. Dennis Kucinich urges marijuana legalization at Seattle's Hempfest: video" by Sabrina Eaton.

Article: "Libyan rebels tighten grip on Tripoli as Kadafi stays in hiding" by Jeffrey Fleishman.

Article: "Donald Trump Warns Libyan Rebels Will Be ‘Richer’ Than Americans If We Don’t Steal Their Oil" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Article: "PHOTOS: Libyans Applaud President Obama And International Allies With Large Thank You Sign" by Faiz Shakir.

Article: "Stop Coddling the Super-Rich" by Warren E. Buffett.

Article: "Koch Responds To Buffett: ‘My Business And Non-Profit Investments Are Much More Beneficial To Society’" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Thom Hartmann Slams Fox and Friends Over Economic Stimulus Of Food Stamps" by Tommy Christopher.

Book: "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2011".

Book: "The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization" by James Bamford.

Book: "Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency" by James Bamford.

Working America is not Michelle Bachmann's Super Pac Karen Nussbaum, Working America

Article: "Statement from Working America Communications Director Joel Payne on Rep. Bachmann’s new Super PAC" by Joel Payne.

Article: "Organizing a Progressive Working Class" by Ali Cochran.

Hour Two: The J Curve and what's next for Libya? Dr. Ian Bremmer, Founder / President - Eurasia Group

Book: "The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall" by Ian Bremmer.

Article: "Don’t start wars you don’t know how to end" by Ian Bremmer.

What would one Tea Partier do if he were in charge? You won't believe it... Thom challenges Mark Williams, Former Chair-Tea Party Express

Article: "Put ME in charge" by Mark Williams.

Cheesy news alert: "Gaddafi Found Running for Republican Nomination" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "GOP may OK tax increase that Obama hopes to block" by Charles Babington.

Article: "Republicans want to raise your taxes" by Jed Lewison.

Talk Radio News Segment: Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "Obama: Gadhafi Regime On The Brink Of Collapse" by TRNS.

Article: "Moammar Gaddafi: Where is he hiding?" by Elizabeth Flock.

Article: "Report: Libya's prime minister flees to Tunisian island" by Douglas Stanglin.

Article: "Transition from autocratic rule in Libya a challenge" by CNN.

Article: "Sarkozy To Speak With Libyan Transition Council Monday" by Dow Jones.

Article: "For President at Play, Family Outings, Golf and Lots of Advisers" by Mark Landler.

Article: "President Obama to Present Jobs Plan in Post-Labor Day Speech" by David Chalian and Quinn Bowman.

Hour Three: AT&T and T-Mobile...The Rick Perry connection - Craig Aaron, CEO/President of FreePress.net

Article: "Only If You're AT&T Does 1 + 1 = 3" by Craig Aaron.

Article: "New Information On AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Proves It's About Eliminating Competition, Jobs" by Sarah Jaffe.

Article: "Ending the Internet’s Trench Warfare" by Yochai Benkler.

Article: "World’s Fastest Broadband at $20 Per Home" by Saul Hansell, April 3, 2009.

Crazy alert: "Spider-Man Writer Responds To Glenn Beck: ‘he’s just an idiot’" by Tanya Somanader.

Book: "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)" by David Cay Johnston.

Book: "Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else" by David Cay Johnston.

The good: "Bill Burton Rips Karl Rove's Lecture on 'Good Governance'" by David.

The bad: "GOP Sens. McCain and Graham Thank Everyone But U.S. For Libya Victory" by Marie Diamond.

The very, very ugly: "Donald Trump Warns Libyan Rebels Will Be ‘Richer’ Than Americans If We Don’t Steal Their Oil" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Book: "Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy" by Ravi Batra.

Article: "After Cellphone Action, BART Faces Escalating Protests" by Zusha Elinson.

Article: "Report: 36% of Michigan kids live in jobless households" by Karen Bouffard.

Article: "Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion From Fed" by Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz.

Article: "As Bank Profits Soar, Gingrich Claims Dodd-Frank Is ‘Killing The Banking Industry Now’" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Crazy alert: "Fox Viewers Overwhelmingly Think We Should Prepare For Alien Invasion Before Fighting Climate Change" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Hour Two: As the war on labor continues, AFSCME remembers the legacy of MLK Lee Saunders, Secretary Treasurer-American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Hour Three: How different the U.K. riots would have been if Brits were armed with guns instead of bats Jan LaRue, Senior Legal Analyst with the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU)

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