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Is the Corporate Media acknowledging the death of the American Dream?
The New York Times is finally catching on to the fact that the American Dream is dead. An article running in the paper today points out the disturbing fact that the United States is one of the least socially mobile nations in the developed world. As in – it’s harder for someone born poor to become rich – or even just join the middle class throughout their life. Only 8% of Americans born in the poorest fifth of the population – ever make it to the top fifth, which is an income a bit over $100,000. The Times goes on to cite persistently high poverty rates, which “leave poor children starting especially far behind” as one of the reason for low social mobility. So much for the idea that America is a class-less society. Every day, millions of Americans are living a real life version of The Christmas Story – complete with corporate Scrooges and fully a quarter of American children living in poverty like Tiny Tim.
-Thom
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Jan. 5 (Bloomberg Law) -- Brad Smith, Professor at Capital University Law School and founder of the Center for Competitive Politics, and Thom Hartmann, host of the Thom Hartmann Program and author of 'Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" and How You Can Fight Back', talk with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the legacy of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC and the effects of the case on the Republican presidential primary.
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Has Gov. Snyder declared financial martial law in MI? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Screwed: Voter fraud is different for Republicans than Democrats- Bill Pascoe, Citizens for the Republic (CFTR) 
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Report reveals "ALEC's disturbing level of influence" in VA- Anna Scholl, ProgressVA
Thom Hartmann vs. Brad Smith...Occupy the Courts- Brad Smith, Center for Competitive Politics
Is the ongoing housing crisis worse than we know?- Michael Olenick, Legalprise, FindtheFraud
Daily Take: Why can oil barons get away with threatening the President...?
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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 
Hour One: How did the worlds biggest gas guzzler become the biggest exporter of...gas?!- Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen's Energy Program
Hour Two: Will Evangelicals "settle" for Mitt Romney?- Dr. Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas
Changing the world one drop at a time...- Doc Hendley, "Wine To Water"
Quote: "Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp..." attributed to Thomas Jefferson".
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Coming up Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
Plus, it's Anything Goes on Townhall Friday...you choose the topic and let's talk...
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
Virginia & ALEC, is this what a corporatocracy looks like?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Lone Liberal Rumble - Social Safety Nets = Fascism?
Has Pastor Jeffress started the Crusades on Mormonism?
The Good, The Bad, and the Very, Very, Nucivorously ugly...
Is NYC about to toss out Corporate Personhood?
With Europe near collapse - why Germany is doing just fine?
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 1/4/12 Lone Liberal Rumble
Thom discusses the latest results from the Iowa Caucuses and debates the the GOP presidential nominees' intentions among his conservative guest panelists. Later in the show he breaks down the evangelical voter turnout with widely known Texas pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress.
Thom Hartmann on the News - January 5, 2012
Thom Hartmann & Tyson Slocum: How did the worlds biggest gas guzzler become the biggest exporter of...gas?!
Thom Hartmann & Robert Jeffress: Will Evangelicals "settle" for Mitt Romney?
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