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Mainstream Media Ignores S&P Attack On Republicans
Have you seen, anywhere, in any media, or even heard reported or repeated on NPR, the following sentence? “We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act.”
It’s right there on Page 4 of the official Standard & Poors “Research Update” – the actual report on what they did and why – published on August 5th as the explanation for why they believe Congress – and even the Gang of Twelve – will be unable to actually deal with the US debt crisis.
Read more and tell us what you think here.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Screwed: Second U.S. recession...worse than the first? - Richard Wolff, Economist. 
Need to Know: U.S. Never Got Out of Recession - Leo Hindery, InterMedia Partners LP
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Is the Wisconsin election a game changer? - Graeme Zielinksi, Communications Director, The Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Revealed-"Why Some Politicians are more dangerous than others" - Professor James Gilligan, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University.
Daily Take: Guess who's building a car factory in China?
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read the Chapter 11: Corporate Control of Politics today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established." -- Alexander Hamilton, Report on Public Credit, January 9, 1790.
Latest on the war on democracy... Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan, State Rep (D-WI, 78th District)
Hour Two: S&P Downgrade of U.S. Debt: What it Means Professor Richard Wolff, Economist/Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Latest on the war on democracy... Wisconsin John Nichols, Washington Correspondent - The Nation Magazine
Hour Three: WI Recall Election tomorrow Mike Tate, Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Article: " Amendment 16" " The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.".
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Coming up Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour Three: Free Trade...who wins, who loses? Bryan Riley, Heritage Foundation
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program... your media support group for we the people.
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Thom's Poll
Did the Tea Party get what they wanted on Friday when our nation's credit was downgraded?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - Bob Edgar. P.1
Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - Bob Edgar. P.2
Thom Hartmann: The Big Picture Rumble - Hostage Takeover!
Thom Hartmann: The $1 Million Corporate Personhood Mystery
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show
Full Show - 8/5/11. Conversations with Great Minds and Weekly Rumble
Former U.S. Congressman, author and CEO of 'Common Cause', Dr. Bob Edgar, joins Thom for the first half hour of "Conversations with Great Minds". They discuss how Dr. Edgar's nonprofit and nonpartisan government watchdog organization is working to strengthen our democracy and make the U.S. government more accountable. In the second half of the show Thom discusses the GOPs hostage takeover tactics used to get its' way in the Weekly Rumble.
Thom Hartmann on the News: August 8, 2011
Thom Hartmann & Professor Richard Wolff: S&P Downgrade of U.S. Debt: What It Means
Thom Hartmann & John Nichols: GOP's Debt Ceiling Games
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