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The US Chamber of Commerce is under investigation
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is taking a close look at the Chamber of Commerce’s political activities. On Tuesday – Schneiderman issued a subpoena to executives with organizations that have funneled millions of dollars into the Chamber of Commerce under the disguise of charitable contributions, to determine whether or not that money was actually used for political purposes – like running ads against Democrats and lobbying Congress.
Conservatives like Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers may have been violating the tax code, claiming tax-exempt status, to shield their donors, while they run blatant political advertising. But now, Attorney General Schneiderman is on to them, and his investigation could blow open the doors of these giant pools of dark money – revealing exactly who is behind at least some of the cash flowing into the 2012 election.
Republicans had hoped this issue wouldn’t be litigated before the election, so as to keep the anonymous money flowing in and assuming that a Romney administration wouldn't prosecute them, but with Attorney General Schneiderman throwing around these subpoenas, we may well soon see some much needed transparency in our politics. Keep an eye on this one.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Michael T. Klare, author of "The Race for What's Left", director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Should Scalia be impeached?
Lone Liberal Rumble:- Adam Bitely, NetRightDaily.com  - Marc Harrold, Libertarian Commentator / Attorney / Author-"Observations of White Noise…an ‘Acid Test’ for the First Amendment".
Conversations with Great Minds - Michael T. Klare, Author of fourteen books, including his latest "The Race for What's Left" and previously, Resource Wars and Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. A contributor to Current History, Foreign Affairs, and the Los Angeles Times, he is the defense correspondent for The Nation and the director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: What has Obamacare done for you?
Who is secretly funding Voter ID laws?- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: Why are the Republicans holding jobs hostage again?- Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal, co-author, "End of Prosperity" and "Return to Prosperity"
Hour Three: Who is the real extreme party?
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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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." -- Abraham Lincoln.
Hour One: The most important question is not being asked in this election...
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.""
Hour Two: The real job killer is "NOT" raising minimum wage...- Phil Kerpen, American Commitment / Author, Democracy Denied
Hour Three: Obamacare...are we "all" in this together or not?
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on Obamacare tomorrow morning...we'll have the latest...
Plus, my favorite segment of the week, Geeky Science rocks...BPA and brain cancer, what you need to know about what you're eating...
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
Should Antonin Scalia be impeached for a lack integrity and impartiality on the High Court?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Immigration...it's about de-legitimizing the President
Could a giant tidal wave wipe out the East Coast?
Crazy Alert! Mega Churches...Meet Mega Brothels
Revealed...FL Officials Misleading Public about Voter Purge
Obamacare...are we "all" in this together or not?
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Somnifugously Ugly!
Montana can't keep corporate money out of it's elections...
The most important question is not being asked in this election...
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 6/26/12: Impeach Obama?
Thom Hartmann on the News - June 26, 2012
Thom Hartmann vs. Phil Kerpen - Is Minimum Wage a job killer?
Thom Hartmann - Why higher income taxes stimulate job growth
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