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Thom's blog
Today is a preview of 2014 and beyond
Today is election day in several states around our nation, and the danger of many new voting laws is apparent. This week in Texas, former democratic representative Jim Wright was almost denied the right to vote under the new voter ID law. That state's new voter-theft law also nearly blocked a Texas district judge, a state senator, Democratic candidate for governor Wendy Davis, and even Greg Abbott – the attorney general of that state who is pushing the new law.
In Virginia, in one of the most high-profile races this year, 57,000 voters were purged from the rolls just days before the election. And, that state's attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has not recused himself from being involved in a challenge to today's election results. The very man behind the voter purge is on the ticket, and thinks there is no conflict of interest if his office needs to investigate election irregularities.
These scenarios are likely to become more common in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. After the justices made their ruling, republican-led states around our nation enacted various laws to disenfranchise as many voters as possible. And, we're already seeing the results of that decision in an off-year election.
Republicans know that keeping people from the polls is the best chance they have at winning elections, and they're not afraid to go to any lengths to make that happen. Hopefully, enough voters are fed up with these tactics, and overwhelm these voter-theft efforts by flooding the polls. We need a huge turnout in these races, and we must be prepared to fight for our democracy in coming elections.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Net Neutrality - Super Rich get Highways...We Get Dirt Roads (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."
Need to Know: Net Neutrality - Super Rich get Highways...We Get Dirt Roads- Bartees Cox, Public Knowledge 
Green report: Does a Carbon Tax Keep Ireland Green?- Eamon Ryan, Green Party of Ireland (former Minister of Energy-Ireland)
Daily Take: Foods Stamps are Affordable - Corporate Welfare is Not
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Is the NRA guilty of murder?- Austin Peterson, The Libertarian Republic
Site: Yes on I-522 - Label Genetically Engineered Foods, WA State.
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".
Hour Three: The super rich don't need our middleclass infrastructure...
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Net Neutrality - Rich get Super Highways & we'll Get Dirt Roads....
Plus, the birth of the modern Walmart business model
Hour Two: The collapse of our infrastructure- Mark Thornton, Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Hour Three: Why is Marianne Williamson running for Congress- Marianne Williamson, Candidate (D-CA, district 33)
Plus, Food Stamps are Affordable - Corporate Welfare in Not
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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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have the results from today's big elections - and what they mean for our country.
Plus, what don't conservatives like about "welfare to work"...I'll challenge Patrice Hill of the Washington Times...
And, we'll have all the news & information you won't hear from the corporate news media...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"
And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Thom's Poll
Are today's elections a test of new GOP voting laws?
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Watch Out! The insurance co's are tricking you right now...
Is the NRA guilty of murder?
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