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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Harold Holzer, Lincoln and the Power of the Press (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Be sure to check out our new videos: CARBON & LAST HOURS - both narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio

Big Picture Rumble:
- Patrick Hedger, American Encore
- Christy Setzer, New Heights Communications
- Jennifer Kerns, Washington Times / The Blaze

Conversations with Great Minds - Harold Holzer, Lincoln and the Power of the Press

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.

Article: "Senate Commerce Committee approves STAVRA by voice vote" by Arthur H. Harding and Seth A. Davidson.

Article: "How the Chained CPI Affects Social Security Payments" by Emily Brandon.

Article: "Sanders Reacts to Social Security Adjustment" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Senate Approves Fed Audit Sanders Amendment to End Fed Secrecy Passes " by Sen. Bernie Sanders, May 11, 2010.

Article: "The bottom 90 percent are poorer today than they were in 1987" by Matt O'Brien.

Article: "This Country Just Abolished College Tuition Fees" (Germany) by Joaquim Moreira Salles.

Article: "House Approves Bill to Expand Veterans’ Access to Care" by Jonathan Weisman.

Article: "Statement on House Passage of Veterans Bill" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders, Boozman Introduce 10 Million Solar Roofs Bill" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "The Senate Tried to Overturn ‘Citizens United’ Today. Guess What Stopped Them?" by John Nichols.

Site: Public Citizen

Hour Two: Creating high paying, high tech manufacturing jobs -
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

Article: "Senator Brown Announces That Nearly 64 Million Americans Will See Social Security Benefits Rise by 1.7 Percent in 2015" by Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Article: "Sen. Brown Announces Bill to Protect Seniors and Retirees by Increasing Benefits, Extending Life of Social Security" by Sen. Sherrod Brown, November 4, 2013.

Article: "Texas nurse Nina Pham 'cured of Ebola' and set to meet Obama".

Article: "Plutocrats Against Democracy" by Paul Krugman.

Article: "Tax ‘experiment’ rebounds on Republican in re-election campaign" by Neil Munshi.

Article: "Why Conservatives Opt for Propaganda Over Reality " by Amanda Marcotte.

Article: "Republican Congressman Is Unaware There Is No Surgeon General To Head Ebola Response" by Amber Ferguson.

Article: "Fox News Quietly Corrects Congressman’s Mistake On Ebola Response" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "A strong welfare state mitigates the impact of the Great Recession" by Stockholm University.

Article: "Today’s Republicans run from Reagan" by Gary Silverman.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cost of Arctic methane release could be ‘size of global economy’ warn experts" by Tom Kirk.

Site/movie: Last Hours

Site: Green World Rising

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Nina Pham To Meet With President Obama" by Leah Schwarting.

Article: "Face the Nation Transcripts October 19, 2014: Fauci, Blackburn".

Article: "Issa: CDC Chief Bumbled Ebola Response" by James Cullum.

Article: "Senators push for nationwide air bag recall" by Tom Krisher.

Article: "EPA chief: Public tired of debating climate change" by Peter Sullivan.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/24" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/23" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Gov. John Hickenlooper: It Was 'Reckless' For Colorado To Legalize Marijuana" by Matt Ferner.

Article: "Science Busts One of the Most Common Myths About Smoking Pot" by Paul Armentano.

Article: "Pope Francis blasts life sentences as ‘hidden death penalty’" by AFP.

Article: "Leaked draft confirms TPP will censor Internet and stifle Free Expression worldwide" by Wikileaks.

Book: Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues by .Martin J. Blaser

Article: "My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment" by Julia Scott.

Article: "What Becomes of Cuba After the Embargo Is Lifted?" by David Guggenheim.

Article: "School shooting near Seattle; police say suspect and another person killed" by Mark Berman and Elahe Izadi.

Site: NutritionFacts.org.

Video: Does Meditation Affect Cellular Aging?.

Book: " Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)" by Wikipedia.

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