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Thom's blog
NY Judge says liberty should depend on money...
 New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippmann is refusing to wait on Congress to reform our broken bail system. Last week, Judge Lippmann said, “Defendants who are unable to post bail serve a sentence before their cases are ever resolved.” And, he added, “They do so regardless of innocence or guilt, and the harm that this injustice causes is intolerable.” That's why Judge Lippmann announced that he will use his legal authority to set up automatic bail reviews for everyone brought in for misdemeanor charges. Although he can't change national policy, Judge Lippman's new guidelines will require all New York state judges reconsider bail amounts within 10 days, and he will urge them to consider affordable alternatives to high bail costs as well. He said, “It is fundamentally unfair for a person's liberty to be all about how much money you have.” And he is exactly right. Our entire Justice System is biased against those who can't afford a strong defense, and Judge Lippman's policy is one strong step towards re-balancing the scales of justice. Read more here. -Thom (What do you think? Tell us here.) |
Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... McConnell & GOP...Coming For Your Social Security Again (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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In for Thom tonight, please welcome Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress 127/The Benghazi Hoax 
Big Picture Progressive Roundtable:
- Andrew Slack, The Harry Potter Alliance
- Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange/CODEPINK!
Green report: Climate Change...Biggest Threat to our National Security
- Dr. Ben Strauss, Climate Central
Screwed: McConnell & GOP...Coming For Your Social Security Again
- Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future/The Zero Hour (radio)
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""
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Tonight’s Politics Panel discusses tonight’s first Democratic debate, who will become the next Speaker of the House, and how Carson’s craziness is working. And in tonight’s Green Report Thom airs “Restoration,” the last in a series of four climate change documentaries narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Caller: Jews with Guns Could have Stemmed Nazi Atrocities...
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