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 cheap wine may be costly to your health (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 America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio

Need to Know: How corporate negligence is ruining women's lives
- Robert Price, Levin Papantonio

Screwed: Why cheap wine may be costly to your health
- Michael Burg, Burg Simpson Law Firm

Best of the Rest: Did SCOTUS just hand a victory to Alabama voters?
- David Haynes, The Cochran Firm

PLUS, Ted Cruz...the Grand Old Party's 'annointed' son?
- Cliff Schecter, Libertas LLC / The Real McCain

Thursday's Daily Stack

In for Thom today, progressive commentators Danielle and Shane-O.

Hour One: Net neutrality...the fight continues
- Timothy Karr, Free Press

Article: "Here Come the Lawyers: First Net Neutrality Lawsuits Filed" by Candace Clement.

Article: "FCC sued over net neutrality rules" by Mike Snider.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Communications Act of 1934", of which Title II regulates Common carriers.

Case: "Ustelecom Petition". USTelecom's legal challenge to the FCC's net neutrality order.

Case: "Verizon v. FEC", 2014.

Law: "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA).

Bill: "PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA)".

Quote: "Google knows what kind of porn each of us searches for, which old lovers we still think about, our shames, our concerns, and our secrets. If Google decided to, it could figure out which of us is worried about our mental health, thinking about tax evasion, or planning to protest a particular government policy. I used to say that Google knows more about what I’m thinking of than my wife does. But that doesn’t go far enough. Google knows more about what I’m thinking of than I do, because Google remembers all of it perfectly and forever." - Bruce Schneier".

Book: Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier.

Article: "Hey Google: 9 in 10 Americans Want the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’" by Patrick Coffee.

Case: "National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. V. Brand X Internet Services" (2005).

Article: "NSA Doesn’t Need to Spy on Your Calls to Learn Your Secrets" by Bruce Schneier.

Article: "RadioShack puts customer personal data up for sale in bankruptcy auction" by Jared Newman.

Article: "Bundle of rights" ("bundle of sticks").

Law: "Clean Water Act", 1972.

Law: "Safe Drinking Water Act" (SDWA) by .

Article: "Time to End the Cheney/Halliburton Loophole" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Google Makes Most of Close Ties to White House" by Brody Mullins.

Hour Two: Why you really need to care about ag-gag laws
- Josh Balk, Humane Society of the United States

Article: "Gag Order: With "ag gag" bills, Big Ag seeks to stifle reform" by Karen E. Lange.

Article: "Ag-Gag Laws Are Lawsuit Fodder" by Sam Wright.

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

Article: "North Carolina Senate outlaws disclosure of fracking fluid secrets" by Mica Rosenberg.

Bill: "Trespassing to collect data", Wyoming.

Software: "Lightbeam" for Firefox.

Software: "Collusion" for Chrome.

Software: "Ghostery" for Internet Explorer.

Article: "Annie Machon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "RT Breaking the Set — interview about spies with Abby Martin" by Annie Machon.

Movie: "The Net (1995 film)".

Article: "Free the Vote" - Minnesota Voting Restoration bill.

Article: "Geodesic dome" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Buckminster Fuller" by Wikipedia.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "House Passes Bipartisan Medicare “Doc Fix” Bill" by Midori Nishida.

Article: "Senate's workload tonight is coined "voterama"" by KELO AM.

Article: "What Is a Vote-A-Rama?" by David Graham.

Article: "CA Attorney General To Ask Judge To Halt Anti-gay Ballot Measure" by Loretta Lewis.

Article: "Pope Francis To Visit White House Sep. 23" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "Left threatens to oust key Dem over trade" (Ron Wyden) by Vicki Needham.

Article: "Oregon MoveOn Members: If Sen. Wyden Supports Fast Track for TPP, We’ll Back a Progressive Challenger in 2016 Primary" by Brian Stewart.

Article: "Iraq special forces advance in Tikrit, U.S. coalition joins fight" by Saif Hameed.

Article: "Cuba Pushes For Human Rights Talks With U.S." by William McDonald.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 3/26" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 3/25" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Turning up the heat on TPP Fast Track...
- Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch

Article: "TPP Leak Reveals Extraordinary New Powers for Thousands of Foreign Firms to Challenge U.S. Policies and Demand Taxpayer Compensation" by Public Citizen.

Article: "Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - Investment Chapter" by Wikileaks.

Article: "Investor-state dispute settlement" (ISDS).

Article: "Obama’s Trade Deals Could Overturn New York’s Fracking Ban and Accelerate Climate Change" by Alison Rose Levy.

Article: "Despite Leak Of TPP Text, Obama Officials Say Trade Deal Will Not Let Companies Overturn US Laws" by David Sirota.

Site: "Stop Fast Track".

Site: " Corporate Attacks on the Public Interest" (Investor-State Dispute Settlement) (ISDS).

Petition: "File charges against the 47 U.S. Senators in violation of The Logan Act in attempting to undermine a nuclear agreement.".

Site: Andy Caffrey for President .

Article: "Desalination Water Purfication Ships".

Article: "Members of Congress to USTR: Stop Making False Claims on the Trade Deficit" by ENEWSPF.

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Full Show 3/25/15: GOP Always Listens to the DOD (Except When they Say Climate Change Is Real)

Guest host Mike Papantonio is in for Thom Hartmann tonight and discusses how the GOP budget ignores the Pentagon’s climate change warnings with Trial Lawyer Magazine’s Farron Cousins, how Dodd-Frank has done very little to reign in the big banks with Securities Attorney Peter Mougey, how U.S. troops are returning from combat with their houses foreclosed on with Attorney David Haynes, and the history of Wall Street’s ties to Washington with journalist and author Nomi Prins. In tonight's “Daily Take” Thom discusses how the banksters have already set up the crash of 2016.

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