If you'll be in L.A. this weekend (March 28-29) join me at SisterGiant3 presented by Marianne Williamson...I'll be speaking on Saturday together with (former) Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - for tickets and information go to http://sistergiant.com

A Revolution of Love | Sister/Brother Giant 2015

-Thom

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Why are FL prison inmates dying in record numbers? (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 & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio

In for Thom tonight, please welcome Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel

Big Picture Politics Panel:
- Mark Levine, VA Delegate Candidate (D-45th District) / The Inside Scoop
- Scott Greer, The Daily Caller

Best of the Rest: Why are FL prison inmates dying in record numbers?
- Maya Schenwar, Truthout / Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better

Monday's Daily Stack

In for Thom today...please welcome progressive talkers Danielle & Shane-O

Hour One: What you need to know about Ted Cruz
- John Fugelsang, Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM ch. 121

Article: "Ted Cruz Launches Presidential Campaign at Liberty University" by Ryan Teague Beckwith.

Article: "Ted Cruz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Disturbed Man Tries to Get Into White House" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "Ted Cruz Reads ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ on Senate Floor — And That’s Not the Weird Part" by Dan Kedmey.

Ted Cruz...Trojan Horse for theocracy?
- Bruce Wilson, Talk2Action.

Article: "Ted Cruz Worked With Religious Right Founder Paul Weyrich, To Elect George W. Bush" by Bruce Wilson.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "Ted Cruz: Born From The Heart of the Dominionist Christian Right" by Bruce Wilson.

Article: "David Lane" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson by David Barton.

Article: "In Video, Pastor Anoints Palin, Urges "Infiltration" of Schools, Government, Business" by Bruce Wilson, Sep 24, 2008.

Article: "Chester A. Arthur" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Natural-born-citizen clause" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A Hint of New Life to a McCain Birth Issue" by Adam Liptak, July 11, 2008.

Hour Two: Confederate flag...free speech?
- Ian Millhiser, Think Progress & Injustices: The Supreme Court's Nearly Unbroken History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted

Article: "Coming Up Monday at the Supreme Court" by Shane Farnan.

Article: "Supreme Court declines to take up Wisconsin voter ID case" by Adam B. Lerner.

Article: "Supreme Court To Decide If Texas Must Issue Confederate Flag License Plates" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Quote: "Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth" - Ann Richards.

Article: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt)

Article: "Anchor baby" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ted Cruz, Tea Party favourite, renounces Canadian citizenship" by AP, Jun 10, 2014.

Article: "Ted Cruz's Father Suggested His Son Is 'Anointed' to Bring About 'End Time Transfer of Wealth'" by Bruce Wilson.

Article: "Video: Ted Cruz Anointed By Pro-Religious War, Antigay Pastors" by Bruce Wilson.

Article: "Obama moots mandatory voting" by Cory Doctorow.

Article: "Pac-Man" by Wikipedia.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Obama Marks Anniversary Of Signature Health Care Law" by Loretta Lewis.

Article: "Ted Cruz: ‘I’m Running For President’" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "FDA approves genetically engineered potatoes, apples as safe" by Mary Clare Jalonick And Keith Ridler.

Article: "Fast food chains urged to boycott genetically engineered produce" by Lydia Wheeler.

Article: "Clinton: US needs solutions to income inequality" by Ken Thomas.

Article: "Rand Paul to Announce Presidential Run on April 7" by Katie Pavlich.

Article: "367 House members warn Obama on Iran" by Kristina Wong.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes – 3/23" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Why are so many disabled people getting killed by police?
- Susan Mizner, ACLU

Article: "City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan - Amicus Brief" by ACLU.

Article: "There Is No Police Exception to the Americans With Disabilities Act" by Susan Mizner.

Article: "Dallas police shoot, kill mentally ill man " by Anderson Cooper 360.

Article: "Albuquerque Cops Who Killed Mentally Ill Homeless Man Charged With Murder" by VICE News.

Article: "How Police Can Stop Shooting People With Disabilities" by Claudia Center.

Article: "Ted Cruz Wants You to Be Able to File Your Taxes on a Postcard" by Kate Scanlon.

Book: The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.

Article: "14 Mentally Ill Individuals Killed by Cops in 2014" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown.

Article: "Faith in Values: The Religious Right Wasn’t Created to Battle Abortion" by Sally Steenland, March 27, 2013.

Article: "Who Is Aqua Buddha?" by Amy Davidson.

Article: "The Seven Mountains" by Ray Edwards.

Article: "Every Claim In This Ted Cruz Statement Is Completely False" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Jeb’s Talk Radio Problem" by Michael Kruse.

Article: "Minutemen" by Wikipedia.

The bad: "‘Your world is on fire’: Ted Cruz scares the hell out of a terrified little girl in New Hampshire" by David Edwards.

Article: "The One Sensible Budget in Washington" by Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Article: "Republican Budget Proposes Drastic Changes To Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, Social Security, And Student Loans".

Article: "16.4M gain health coverage under Obamacare: Government" by Dan Mangan.

Article: "Taxes or tolls? Five fixes for highway funding" by Keith Laing.

Article: "Scott Walker cut $541 million in taxes last year. Now his state will miss a $108 million debt payment" by Jeff Guo.

Article: "Oregon is first state to adopt automatic voter registration" by Sheila V Kumar.

Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

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Full Show 3/20/15: FEMA to States: You Want Money? Then Admit Climate Change Is Real

Tonight’s “Big Picture Rumble” discusses Obama’s thoughts on mandatory voting, McConnell’s continued love for the coal industry, and how FEMA is calling out climate science denying Governors. In tonight’s “Conversations with Great Minds” Thom talks social security with Social Security Works’ director Nancy J. Altman, author of the new book “Social Security Works!”

Thom Hartmann on Economic & Labor News - March 23, 2015

Republican Disrespect for Obama has no End...

Bernie Sanders: Republicans Work for the Rich!

Ted Cruz Doesn't get Common Core...

Bernie Sanders: Voting Needs to be Easier...

Don't Recite the Pledge in Arabic!

Time for a Non-Violent Revolution...

Bernie Sanders on Running for President