Despite promising to renegotiate the bailout deal, to soften austerity measures coming down the pike, the new Conservative coalition government in Greece is moving forward with harsh new spending cuts. Even though the New Democracy party supported the bailout and austerity program during the campaign, the Party did promise to soften the austerity blow and have the spending cuts spread out over two years rather than inflicted immediately. But now, in the face of opposition from creditor nations like Germany, Greece is dropping its demands, and accelerating austerity that has already leveled the Greek economy, shooting unemployment up above 20%.

At least now, for the first time since this crisis began, there’s an alternative to austerity taking root in nearby France, where the Socialists have taken control and are promising to increase wages for working people, while forcing the super wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes again. Let’s hope France succeeds, the whole European continent depends on it.

-Thom

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Hour Three: Fixing America's trade policies
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

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Hour Two: who's really responsible for the jobs numbers?
- Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard

Hour Two: Help working people...increase the minimum wage
- Peter Ferrara, Carleson Center for Public Policy

Hour Two: U.N. proposes global billionaires tax
- Thom challenges conservative commentator Tanya Marchiol, Team Investments Inc.

Hour One: What's going on with Michigan's Voter ID battle?
- Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

"Brunch With Bernie". Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT) spends the hour with Thom discussing the issues and answering listener questions.

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Thursday's Daily Stack

Quote: "Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light." -- Dorothy Thompson, journalist.

Article: "Romney campaign's missteps have some Republicans grumbling" by Reuters.

Article: "Where the Money Lives: Investigation: Mitt Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A." by Nicholas Shaxson.

Article: "Romney’s offshore wealth deeply hidden" by AFP.

The Big Picture
- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator

Bring manufacturing home to America
- Mayor Virg Bernero, Mayor-Lansing, MI

Article: "China to face accusation of unfair trade" by Tom Troy.

Article: "The president's 'Betting on America' bus tour" by Donovan Slack.

Book: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", Adam Smith, 1776.

Article: "Assets offshore raise Romney wealth questions" by Stephen Braun.

Article: " Romney Invested in Medical-Waste Firm That Disposed of Aborted Fetuses, Government Documents Show" by David Corn.

Article: "Romney signs off on permanent assault weapons ban", July 08, 2004.

Article: "Bush Aids Detroit, but Hard Choices Wait for Obama" by David E. Sanger, David M. Herszenhorn and Bill Vlasic, December 19, 2008.

Hour Two: CON Senator says "no coverage for cancer"
- Mark Williams, Conservative Commentator & Author / Former Chair-Tea Party Express

Article: "Senator Says Employers Should Be Able To Deny Coverage To Cancer Patients Because ‘Our Nation Was Based On Freedom’" by Scott Keyes.

Article: "Death Panels" by Mark Williams.

Article: "Lawyers Have Already Drafted 13,000 Pages of Regulations for New ObamaTax Law " by Jim Hoft.

Article: "The Health Care Law & You" by healthcare.gov.

Article: "Shanker Institute Report: US Textbooks Ignore Labor’s Contributions" by Randi Weingarten, AFT and Albert Shanker Institute President.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "17 killed in bomb attacks on two churches in Kenya" by RTE.

Article: "Administration Challenging Chinese Tariffs On U.S. Auto Exports" by TRNS.

Article: "Josh Mandel Dresses In Drag In High School Yearbook Picture (PHOTO)" by Amanda Terkel.

Article: "Reopened Supply Routes May Save $100 Million Each Month" by TRNS.

"Tillman Act of 1907".

Speech: "Senator Nixon's Checkers Speech, September 23, 1952.

Article: "Carter Is Sworn In as President, Asks 'Fresh Faith in Old Dream'" by Haynes Johnson, January 21, 1977.

Article: "Where the Money Lives: Investigation: Mitt Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A." by Nicholas Shaxson.

Article: "Axelrod Tweet Burst Hits Romney for ‘Bermuda Tax Shelter’" by Devin Dwyer.

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) Illinois, November 2, 1968.

Article: "Teresa Heinz Kerry - Hacking the "Mother Machine"?" by Thom Hartmann.

Geeky Science rocks! - Kitty Litter can increase Suicide Rates in Women

Geeky Science alert: "Scientists suspect link between cat feces, female suicide" by AFP.

The good: Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee: "Rhode Island Passes State DISCLOSE Act" by Josh Israel.

The bad: "Rep. Bill Young on Minimum Wage Hike: 'Get a Job'" by Jason Bartolone.

The very, very ugly: Rev. Mel Lewis: "Alabama Pastor: “Whites Only” Conference Has Locals Upset" by Amanda Crum.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Movie: "Too Big to Fail". HBO.

Article: "Can congressional Republicans repeal Obamacare?" by Alan Silverleib and Dana Bash.

Article: "French Tax Hikes Target Business and Wealthy Amid Stiffening Crisis" by Bruce Crumley.

Article: "The Dog That Voted and Other Election Fraud Yarns" by Kevin Drum.

Article: "Rhode Island Law Forces Disclosure of Campaign Donations above $1,000" by Noel Brinkerhoff.

Article: "Mexico recounting more than half presidential vote" by AP.

Article: "Fukushima a 'profoundly man-made disaster' says official report" by DT.

Article: "New visions of the universe opened up by Higgs boson discovery" by Araminta Wordsworth .

We'll bring you all the important news & information you may have missed over the weekend plus the latest from the campaign trail...

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