Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Stock market plunges (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Screwed: Stock market plunges - Max Wolff, Economist

Need to Know: NATCA to Congress: "Get back to Washington DC and fund the FAA!" - Paul Rinaldi, President - National Air Traffic Controllers Association

ALEC...Exposed in New Orleans - Lee Fang, Reporter / Blogger - Think Progress

Talking turkey about food safety - Seton Motley, Conservative Commentator / President-Less Government

Daily Take: Get ready America...congressional "hostage taking" and "do nothing" is the new normal

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.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is demanding Congress return from vacation & pass the FAA bill - will they?

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Thom Hartmann & Rep. Donna Edwards - What's next?

Lone Liberal Rumble: Do we need a peaceful "American Spring"?

Thom Hartmann: FDR has advice for Pres. Obama

Hartmann: It's The Good, the Bad, and the very very Liberticidally Ugly

Thom Hartmann: The Mystery of Crop Circles Revealed!

Thom Hartmann: Mormons, Polygamy, Sex Tapes & Pedophiles

Thom Hartmann: The Mystery of the Concord Project you need to know

Full Show - 8/3/11. Politics of Debt Deal, Progressives' New Mission

Thom sits down with Democratic Congresswoman Donna Edwards to discuss the Democrats recent loss in the debt deal debate. Then Thom takes on two conservatives in the Lone Liberal Rumble. Discussions include the economy, job creation, the manufacturing industry, the GOP shutdown of the FAA and the Koch brothers election tampering in Wisconsin. Also in tonight's show author, Sam Pizzigati, joins Thom to talk about inequality in America and which former president Barack Obama should turn to for political advice. And freelance journalist and author, Sanjiv Bhattacharya, talks about how the polygamy trial of Warren Jeffs could potentially affect two Republican Presidential candidates. Plus Thom's daily take focuses on what Progressives need to do now to influence the Democratic party.

Thom Hartmann on the News - August 4, 2011

Thom Hartmann: "Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others"

Thom Hartmann: Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak

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Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook.