One of the really weird ironies of politics these days is the huge divergence between what the American people actually want and what the radical right-wingers in Washington actually do. You won’t hear this on Fox So-Called News, but right now the American people are as progressive as they ever have been.

Don’t believe me? Just check the polls.

The Progressive Change Institute recently asked likely 2016 voters about their views on a bunch of big issues, and it turns out that everyday Americans overwhelmingly support some of the most liberal policies around.

71 percent of all Americans support giving all students access to a debt-free college education.

70 percent support expanding Social Security.

71 percent a massive infrastructure spending program aimed at rebuilding out broken roads and bridges and putting people back to work.

59 percent support raising taxes on the wealthy so that millionaires pay the same amount in taxes as they did during the Reagan administration.

77 percent of Americans, support giving every American child free pre-K education.

And the list goes on.

58 percent of Americans support breaking up the big banks.

59 percent, meanwhile, support a basic guaranteed minimum income while a still higher percentage - 70 percent - support the creation of a “Green New Deal” that would see the government invest hundreds of millions of dollars in renewable energy.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough, support on Capitol Hill for the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ annual budget, which would put into place many of these very same liberal policies, is growing.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... The BIG LIE about religious 'freedom' laws (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

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Need to Know: The BIG LIE about religious 'freedom' laws
- Karl Frisch, Democratic Strategist

Screwed: Will Obama Expose the dark $ donors?
- Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen's Money In Politics Campaign & Congress Watch division

Best of the Rest: BUSTED! What corporations are hiding about TPP
- TJ Helmstetter, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)

PLUS, Why a military draft could end war...
- David Selig, Selig Associates

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Stephanopoulos Corners Pence over LGBT Discrimination: ‘It’s a Yes or No Question!’" by Evan McMurry.

Law: "Senate Bill 101" (Indiana, 2015).

Article: "Establishment Clause" by Wikipedia. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

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

Article: "Jane Goodall" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dear Conservative Religious People" by The Citizens Corporation.

Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886.

Article: "Why a Gay Man Like Me Is Going to Make It Hard for Indiana Shopkeepers to Exercise Their 'Religious Liberty'" by John Moyers.

Article: "NSA Doesn’t Need to Spy on Your Calls to Learn Your Secrets" (Google knows everything) by Bruce Schneier.

Article: "The Yellow Star" by Jennifer Rosenberg.

Article: "Godwin's law" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Indiana Governor Stunned By How Many People Seem to Have Gay Friends" by Andy Borowitz.

Video: Indiana Is A Great Place To Be A Bigot.

Quote: "The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries" by James Madison.

Law: "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby", 2014.

Article: "Apple CEO Tim Cook Blasts Indiana Religious-Objection Law" by Daisuke Wakabayashi.

Article: "Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous" by Tim Cook.

Article: "Indiana plans language to 'clarify' religious objections law" by Tom Davies.

Book: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet.

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

Bible: "Exodus 20 : Ten Commandments".

Bible: "Joshua".

Article: "Strict scrutiny" by LII.

Hour Two: Who benefits from religions 'freedom' laws?
- Neil McCabe, Townhall.com / The Washington Mercury

Article: "Is This Photo Proof Mike Pence Knew RFRA Discriminates Against LGBTs?" by Lucas Grindley.

Article: "Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention of 1787" by James Madison.

Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version)". "All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats."

Bible: "Matthew 6:5-6" "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret".

Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marcus Bachmann Refused Service in Indiana, Store Owner Assumed He Was Gay" by National Report.

Article: "Republican Budget Could Kick 11 Million Off Food Stamps" by Arthur Delaney.

Article: "Homophobic Men Most Aroused by Gay Male Porn" by Nathan A. Heflick, Ph.D.

Article: "Clear Skies Act of 2003" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Clean Water Act", 1972.

Article: "State Children's Health Insurance Program" (CHIP).

Article: "'Higher suicide risk for young gay and lesbian people'" by Declan Harvey.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1957" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1960" by Wikipedia.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 3/30" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Report: Gunfire At NSA Headquarters, One Dead".

Article: "Iran nuclear talks intensify as key deadline nears" by BBC.

Article: "Deal in doubt as Iran rules out sending nuclear stocks abroad" by Rob Crilly.

Article: "Supreme Court questions involuntary human GPS monitoring" by David Kravets.

Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".

Hour Three: Scientist speaks out about the coming food disaster
- Dr. David Schubert, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Article: "The coming food disaster" by David Schubert.

Article: "Monsanto Demands World Health Organization Retract Report That Says Roundup Is Linked to Cancer" by Anastasia Pantsios.

Video: Why Half Of All Children Could Be Autistic by 2025.

Article: "Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases" by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff.

Article: "interdisciplinary Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance" by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff.

Article: "Study: Monsanto’s Roundup causes “gluten intolerance”" by Jon Rappoport.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "One Restaurant Already Celebrated ‘Religious Liberty’ By Turning Away Gays" by Kay Steiger.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 section 2." ... [The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; ..."

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".

Article: "Mechanistic target of rapamycin" (mTOR) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gays And Lesbians More Popular Than Evangelicals Among Voters, Poll", 03/28/2014.

Article: "Georgia House Committee Cancels Meeting On 'Religious Freedom' Bill" by Jesse Rifkin.

Article: "Indiana: etymology" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Sequester: Absolutely everything you could possibly need to know, in one FAQ" by Dylan Matthews.

Article: "Senate passes Republican budget with deep safety net cuts" by David Lawder.

Article: "Judge Orders Thousands of Detainee Abuse Photos to Be Disclosed After US Government Fails to Justify Secrecy" by Kevin Gosztola.

Article: "Payroll Cards Could Be Reined In By Washington State Bill" by Cole Stangler.

Article: "The Growing Backlash Against Indiana’s New LGBT Discrimination Law" by Kay Steiger.

Article: "Minnesota Governor Wants To Spend Budget Surplus On Universal Pre-K" by Bryce Covert.

Article: "The Unnatural: How Mark Dayton Bested Scott Walker—and Became the Most Successful Governor in the Country" by Patrick Caldwell.

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Full Show 3/27/15: Wall Street Bullies Threaten Dems

Guest host Mike Papantonio is in for Thom Hartmann tonight and discusses the political power of big oil with “Rolling Stone’s” Antonia Juhasz, the dangers and risks of shipping oil via train with Public Citizen’s Tyson Slocum, how police departments nationwide are criminalizing black people to pay their bills with “The Nation’s” Chauncey DeVega, and whether Sanders’ and Warren’s stance on Wall Street will hurt the Democratic Party with Radio Host Richard Eskow. In tonight's “Daily Take” Thom discusses why Elizabeth Warren should run for president.

How Will Indiana "Christians" Know Who Not To Serve?

Caller: Only Humans Construct Belief Systems!

Round-Up Ready GMO Crops ARE Potentially Carcinogenic! (w/ Dr. David Schubert)

This Week, Gov. Mike Pence Doesn't Understand Discrimination

What's Discrimination Have To Do With Religious Freedoms? (w/ Neil McCabe)

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