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For some, the pain of the shutdown isn't over...
The government shutdown may be over, but that doesn't mean that life has returned to normal for many people around our nation. Federal workers, who were furloughed during the shutdown, will receive backpay for the time they weren't able to work, but many others won't be so lucky. And, many businesses, research projects, and government contractors are now struggling to make up for the lost time and income.
For example, small businesses that rely on federal clients, like the consultant group Business Management Associates, will likely be paid late on outstanding invoices, and forced to finish projects in much less time. NASA researchers who were conducting experiments may have to re-do preliminary work, which means they may miss their scheduled time to use important equipment. Private contract employees, like line-cook John Anderson, were temporarily laid off during the shutdown, and they now find themselves short on much-needed income.
The list of stories like these goes on and on, as we learn about Americans who were hurt during the economic standoff. These are real people, and real businesses, who are suffering because the Tea Party held our government hostage – and they could be hurt even worse if a small faction in Congress is allowed to do this again. The debt limit deal provided a temporary solution to long-term political gridlock, and Congress is tasked with agreeing on a larger deal by December. For the sake of our nation, and for the thousands of Americans suffering because of the Tea Party, our leaders must find a way to prevent this from happening again.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Dr. Joe Romm, Climate Progress (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Watch the video 'Last Hours' narrated by Thom Hartmann about the "time bomb" that is ticking underground, underwater and under ice… frozen methane that is now escaping and could trigger runaway climate change. www.lasthours.org
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."
Conversations with Great Minds - Dr. Joe Romm, Climate Progress 
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: The Tea Party Cost us $24 Billion for What??
The Big Picture- Nate Sweet, The Big Picture producer
Plus, Everything You Know is Wrong...about the # 12?- William Gladstone, The Power of Twelve
Hour Two: What madness lurks in the Tea Party brain?- Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio
Plus, the debt deal winners & sore losers...- Professor Peter Morici, Newsmax
Hour Three: Geeky Science - where would we be without plants?
Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith.
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Anything Goes Friday
Hour Two: Anything Goes Friday
Hour Three: Another leak at Fukushima?- Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear
Plus, Help stop the KXL pipeline!- Tom Weis, Ride for Renewables
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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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have all the news and information you may have missed from the weekend...
Plus, why is the right blaming the shutdown on the government? I'll challenge conservative Tanya Marchiol
And, 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 Climate Change lead to another mass extinction?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
How the 'Know Nothing' Press Extended the Shutdown
Crazy Alert - Toilet Themed Food? Whoa....
Climate Change & The Power of Plants
YourTake/My Take LIVE - Caller sounds off on Term Limits
Thom vs. Adam - The Tea Party Meltdown
What Madness Lurks in the Tea Party Brain?
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 10/17/13: How the "Know Nothing" Press Extended the Shutdown
Thom talks the deal in Washington and the fate of the Tea Party with Attorney and Radio Host Mike Papantonio and debates Tea Party supporters on what their shutdown actually accomplished. Thom takes viewer video questions and phone calls in "Your Take, My Take Live," and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how the media is to blame for the 16-day government shutdown.
Thom Hartmann on the News: October 17, 2013
"Everything You Know is Wrong" - William Gladstone
Geeky Science-Where would we be without plants?
Caller: Republicans Just Want to Destroy the Economy!
Debt Deal: Sore Losers Take it out on Obama...
What Madness Lurks Inside the Tea Party Brain?
The Tea Party Cost us $24 Billion for What??
A Time Bomb is Ticking!
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