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The absurd Republican reaction to Obamacare being upheld
The Supreme Court’s health care ruling on Thursday protected hundreds of millions of Americans from being denied health insurance for pre-existing conditions, kept millions of young people insured under their parents healthcare plans, and will eventually lead to coverage of more than 30 million Americans who previously did not have access to health insurance. But if you asked Republicans about the ruling, they’d say it’s a sign of the apocalypse.
The reactions from Republicans to Obamacare being upheld are telling. Republican Congressman Mike Pence compared the ruling to 9/11. The former Spokesman for the Michigan Republican Party, Mike Davis, argued that an armed revolution might now be justified. And Conservative radio hosts Michael Savage and Bryan Fischer attacked Chief Justice John Roberts, suggesting this his decision may have been influenced by epilepsy medication – a story that was also picked up on the Drudge Report.
The point is, Obamacare will save the lives of millions of Americans – and if Republicans think that’s as bad for the nation as 9/11 or a sign that an armed revolution is necessary, then there’s something very rotten in today’s Conservative movement. It’s clear today’s Conservatives have been taken over by a strain of Ayn Rand psychopathy.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Jared Genser - Perseus Strategies, Freedom Now, "The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in Our Times", "The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Conversations with Great Minds - Jared Genser, Managing Director of Perseus Strategies, LLC. He is also founder of Freedom Now, an independent non-profit organization that works to free prisoners of conscience worldwide / Co-Editor (w/Irwin Cotler) "The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in Our Times" and author of the forthcoming, "The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice" 
The Big Picture Rumble:- Brian Darling, Heritage Foundation - Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator - S.E. Robinson, Freelance Journalist, The Paul Revere Project
Daily Take: Is Obamacare the right's new Roe v. Wade?
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here talking about all the important issues of the week and he'll be taking your calls too...
Plus, It's Anything Goes on Townhall Friday...what's on your mind today?
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: What SCOTUS means to ObamaCare- David Lyle, Courts Matter, Media Matters for America
Rep Jan Schakowsky on SCOTUS & ObamaCare- U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL, 9th Congressional District)
Hour Two: today's Supreme Court ruling...it never should have happened
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make..." Letter: " Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane", 6 Sept. 1819 " The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist, and shape into any form they please."
Hour Three: Supreme Court Obamacare ruling, Fast and Furious conspiracy theory- Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL, 19th District)
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour Two: Obamacare = taxmageddon...NOT!- Carrie Lukas, Independent Women's Forum 
Plus, we'll have 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
Will the SCOTUS ruling for ObamaCare help us achieve healthcare for all?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
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Geeky Science! Counting on your fingers influences your brain
The conspiracy theory - 2 black guys in the WH trying to take away white people's guns
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Does Roberts calling the mandate a tax give the right a political weapon?
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Acataleptically Ugly!
Watch the Full Show
Full Show 6/28/12: Obamacare Survives High Court
Thom dissects the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on Obamacare. Also discussed: the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder in the U.S. House and the rise of the Chinese middle class. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom details why today's Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare never should have happened.
Thom Hartmann on the News - June 28, 2012
Thom Hartmann talks with David Lyle, re: Supreme Court upholding Obamacare
Thom Hartmann talks with Rep. Schakowsky - The Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare
Thom Hartmann & Ron Pollock discuss The Supreme Court decision on Obamacare
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