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Thom Hartmann Groped Over Christmas Holiday
While Louise and I said "No" to the Chertoff Porno X-Ray Scanners this past weekend - and so were punished by waiting and getting groped - the TSA’s "security theater" has hit the road. TSA Security teams are now roaming the country setting up shop at other transportation depots besides airports. Over 9,300 unannounced checkpoints were set up this year at places like train stations, subways, ferries, and other mass transit hubs – costing taxpayers 110 million bucks. While they left the Chertoff x-ray porno scanners back at the airports – the TSA teams do arm themselves with radiation detectors and dogs. There’s no proof that the random checkpoints are working to prevent any sort of terrorist attack – but they are doing one heckuva job trampling on the rights of Americans to be presumed innocent for just wanting to get on a bus, train, or plane.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Occupy Iowa Caucuses? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Occupy Iowa Caucuses?- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine 
Screwed: Did the new voter ID laws bite Newt in the ballot?- Brad Friedman, Bradblog.com
The Best of the Rest of the News...
What does the National Defense Authorization Act really say?- Scott Horton, Harper's Magazine
TSA porno x-ray scanners...not just for airports anymore?- John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute
7 of the Nastiest Scams From Wall Street Crooks- Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future
Daily Take: Brazilians charge Big Oil for spill...why didn't we?
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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 Chapter 27: Restoring Government, of, by, and for the People today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom." -- Thomas Jefferson.
Hour One: Latest on the Iowa Caucuses- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: Thom & Louise refuse the Chertoff porno scanner and meet...the TSA gropers
Hour Three: Debate on Voter ID- Horace Cooper, The Heartland Institute
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Coming up Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
We'll keep an eye on the latest news out of Iowa as we head toward the first primary of 2012...
Plus, are Republicans in Congress about to turn off the heat for low income families...and how did they get to be so mean anyway?
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....TAG, YOU'RE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (OCCUPY SOMETHING!!!!!!!!)
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Thom's Poll
Do you go through the Chertoff Porno X-Ray Scanners as part of your air travel?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Conversations w/Great Minds - Prof. Gar Alperovitz, America Beyond Capitalism - Pt I.
Conversations w/Great Minds - Prof. Gar Alperovitz, America Beyond Capitalism - Pt II
Big Picture Rumble - The Tea Party Caved...What's next?
Hartmann: Why the 1% are Less Empathetic to the Poor
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show
Full Show 12/22/11 Conversations with Great Minds
Political economist, professor and author, Gar Alperovitz joins Thom for the first half hour for Conversations with Great Minds. They discuss his new book, "America Beyond Capitalism" and how it relates to the current state of America's fragile economy.
Thom Hartmann on the News - December 27, 2011
John Nichols - Occupy Iowa Caucuses?
Horace Cooper - Debate on Voter ID
Thom Hartmann: Wyden - You're Fired!
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