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Can You Be There for FSTV?
By calling 1-877-FSTV-NOW...
The FSTV journey began many many years ago with just a first donor. Free Speech TV then was a tiny station no one had heard about. Today, that small community project has grown into a national television network, available to millions of homes across the nation and to the world, via FREESPEECH.ORG.
This isn't magic, but the result of the individuals like every one of you working together to create the unthinkable...Television completely free of corporate and government influence, owned solely by the people. Here we are, close to 17 years later, airing 24/7 via DISH Network, nearly 200 US cable stations, and on DIRECTV.
Our media project, FSTV, has grown into a national social justice movement and it is confronting its most pivotal phase. I'm asking you to please help and your team at Free Speech TV is taking roll call. Are you still with us? Will you help us sustain this momentum?
Here's what you'll get:
$60, or $5 per month: Thom Hartmann Program coffee mug & a bumper sticker that says "Proud graduate of the Thom Hartmann University.
$120, or $10 per month: My new book The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It. It will be hot off the presses in a few weeks and you will be the first to receive it - signed - with a special note of something you need to do.
$240, or $20 per month: Book: A special printed book edition of my new EBook about climate change - The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction. You will not be able to get a printed copy anywhere but through the FSTV pledge - only here! & The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It (with my special note of something you should do)
$360, or $30 per month: Book: A copy of the U.S. Constitution signed by me - yours truly. Having a copy of the US Constitution is very very important. A special printed book edition of my new EBook about climate change - The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction. You will not be able to get a printed copy anywhere but through the FSTV pledge - only here! & The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It (with my special note of something you should do)
$500: Everything listed above….
$1,000: If you can come to - or are in Washington DC - A visit to the studio so you can watch the TV show Live from the control room. It's a hoot. You will see how the show is made. Then we'll go out and grab a pizza together at one of the best pizza places in DC. They serve Gluten free pizza or regular - if you can't eat gluten like me. I've had many dinners with viewers/listeners and this is my favorite pledge point. I've met new friends that I now keep in touch with. Going to dinner with some of the smartest and interesting people on the planet is a highlight for me. I would love to meet you. Plus - I'm still going to send you my new book - The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It - with a special message for you.
Please don't let this momentum stop as you won't find movement politics and social justice anywhere else. You'll find "my team/your team" politics but you won't find the bigger picture and depth of this program. We have changed minds together.
Thank you for your continuous support of our network and for joining our efforts to continue to project the voice and views of the people, for the people, with your support.
We/I can't do this without you. I'm here for you. FSTV is here for you. Can you be here for us? PLEASE, TAKE ACTION NOW! By calling 1-877-FSTV-NOW
-Thom
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Thom's blog
This is not a compromise
Over the weekend, House Republicans approved a so-called compromise to avoid a government shutdown. However, their idea of negotiation was nothing more than ridiculous, right-wing demands they included in the continuing resolution. Rather than voting on the complete defunding of Obamacare, republicans voted to delay the healthcare law for an entire year. In addition, they want employers to have the right to deny women access to birth control coverage, and they want to repeal the medical device tax which is one of the funding sources for healthcare expansion.
According to thhe nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act would leave 11 million Americans without health insurance, and repealing the medical device tax would add $30 billion dollars to the deficit. And, the provisions are simply more political theater, as they will likely be stripped out of the continuing resolution by the Senate again anyway. House Republicans simply wanted to push our nation to economic brink in order to leave no time for the Senate to make changes to the legislation.
And, their political ploy is an effort to leave the upper chamber holding the continuing resolution when the government funding clock runs out, so that the Senate gets the blame for a government shutdown. But, Americans are not fooled by these political tactics, and they want Republicans to stop using our economy as pawn in their partisan games. If the government shuts down, federal workers will be furloughed, national parks will be closed, soldiers won't get paid, and our economy will suffer. Republicans can try all the political maneuvering they can think of, but Americans will know who is to blame for all of it.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... What if the government shuts down? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Have a question or comment for Thom? Grab your phone, hit record and send your video to YourTakeMyTake@gmail.com and we may air it on "The Big Picture."
Read Thom's latest Liberally Yours column for The Daily Caller....stop by the DC online to leave your comments & support your local liberal!
Screwed: What if the government shuts down?- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) 
The Best of the Rest...
How the Unions support climate change- Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers
Everything You Know Is Wrong: Is roadkill the most ethical dinner? - Brendan Buhler, Modern Farmer Magazine
Daily Take: Obama makes an exceptional phone call
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Friday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom 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... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Hour Two: Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!
Article: " 14th Amendment Section 4". " The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. "
Hour Three: Greenpeace activism and climate change...- Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director-Greenpeace
Plus, how do we eliminate global poverty by 2030?- Michael Elliot, ONE Campaign
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Will the government go dark at midnight?- Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR, 4th District)
Hour Two: Don Siegelman brings down "The Hammer"- Brad Friedman, The Bradblog
Hour Three: Obamacare Q & A...get your questions ready- Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin
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"...
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Will they or won't they? Unless an 11th hour agreement is reached...the government will go dark at midnight as the GOP takes America hostage again...we'll bring you the latest...
Plus, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"
And remember...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Thom's Poll
Will Congress prevent the government from shutting down?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
The Siberian Expedition - Methane
The Sleeping Giant - Arctic Ice Melt
Bigger Picture Panel P1: IPCC Report Should Serve as 'Wake-Up Call'
Bigger Picture Panel P2: IPCC Report Should Serve as 'Wake-Up Call'
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 9/27/13: The Challenge of Climate Change
Thom Hartmann discusses with the Bigger Picture Panel, the IPCC Climate Change Report. Also, Climate Week continues with interviews with Benjamin Black of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dr. Charles Miller, Research Scientist & Principal Investigation of Carve on whether the earth is endanger of another mass extinction.
Thom Hartmann on the News: September 27, 2013
Caller: We are not Treating our Mentally Ill!
Caller: Humans are Responsible for Global Warming!
Caller: House Republicans are Committing Economic Terrorism!
Greenpeace Activists Detained in Russia
Brunch with Bernie: September 27, 2013
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