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Thom's blog
Is Chris Christie trying to prove he's still a Republican?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie continues to screw over working people in his state. Earlier this week – he vetoed legislation to increase the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour. But, that’s not the only way Christie has denied help to the middle class. He also vetoed to key housing assistance bills, which would have brought much needed relief to struggling homeowners.
One bill would give authority to the state purchase foreclosed homes, and transform them into affordable housing for people who lost their homes in the Bush Great Recession. The other bill would have provided assistance to unemployed, and underemployed, homeowners to make mortgage payments.
In 2012, New Jersey outpaced every other state in the nation, when it came to homeowners falling behind on their mortgage payments – meaning while the housing situation may be slowly improving around the nation – it’s getting worse in New Jersey. And in just one week, Governor Christie has slammed the door on millions of residents in his state, who could have used higher wages, and a little help staying in their homes.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Big Picture Rumble (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
In for Thom tonight, please welcome Progressive Writer/Commentator Sam Sacks.
Conversations with Great Minds - Susan Cain, "Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking" 
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: the state of healthcare- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Some families to be priced out of health overhaul- Ron Pollock, Families USA
Los Angeles One Step Closer to Citizen United Ballot Measure- Bob Edgar, Common Cause
Hour Two: No Billionaires
So...what's wrong with a little socialism?- Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)
Article: " Letter to Samuel Kercheval" by Thomas Jefferson, July 12, 1816. " We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude."
Article: " 2nd Amendment". "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Article: " 10th Amendment". "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"
Debt Ceiling Games—Court Could End Leverage- Bob Weiner, Democratic Strategist.
Hour Three: Cover Missouri...expanding coverage to the uninsured- James Kimmey, MD, Missouri Foundation for Health
Dying for Coverage: The Deadly Consequences of Being Uninsured- Kim Bailey, Families USA
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in Deficit Reduction/Budget Talks- Max Richtman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Racial and ethnic disparities revealed in recession-era healthcare usage- Daniella Gibbs-Leger, American Values and New Communities-Center for American Progress
U.S. Exempts Some Student Health Plans- Aaron Smith, Young Invincibles
Hour Two: Ending Gay and Transgender Health Disparities- Kellan E. Baker, Center for American Progress, LGBT Progress
Five Reasons Why the NRA Must Be Stopped- Ethan Rome, Health Care for America Now (HCAN)
Healthcare reform- Dr. John McDonough, Harvard School of Public Health / HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership
NETWORK Responds to New Immigration Proposals- Sister Simone Campbell, NETWORK Executive Director Lawyer, advocate, poet / Nuns on the Bus
Hour Three: Civil Rights- Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Women in combat, reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act- Celinda Lake, Pollster and Democratic Strategist
Americans Favor Moving Forward on ACA Implementation and Filling the Financial Gaps in Medicare Coverage- Dee Mahan, Families USA
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have the latest news & information from the weekend...what's going on with the economy, politics and, of course, the gun debate...
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Thom's Poll
Is Gov. Christie trying to regain the support of his party?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
A Typical Day at School in NRA Utopia
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Macaronicously Ugly!
Crazy Alert! A Final Farewell...To A Whopper!
Geeky Science! Beetles Guided by Milky Way
Your Take/My Take - Billionaires, Socialism and Permian Extinction
Hazardous Fracking - Is it Time for Civil Disobedience?
Is MI Gov lying about electoral rigging?
Sparks Fly! Thom Hartmann vs. Austin Petersen...Ending Billionaire-ism?
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 1/31/13: The NRA's Typical School Day
Thom debates Libertarian Austin Petersen on outlawing our country's billionaires. Also discussed: the latest on the GOP election rigging campaign, what communities are doing around the country to save their environment and Thom takes viewer phone calls in "Your Take, My Take Live." In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom details what a typical school day would be like in America if we listened to the NRA.
Thom Hartmann on the News: January 31, 2013
Background Checks for Guns AND Ammunition!
So... What's wrong with a little socialism?
Suing For Filibuster Reform?
Moving Ahead With Obamacare
Help For Those With Medical Debt
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