Republicans don't really want immigration reform.
May. 10, 2013 8:40 amBy louisehartmannYesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held the first of many hearings on comprehensive immigration reform. In the seven and a half hour hearing, senators debated 32 of the three hundred proposed amendments to the bill, and adopted 21 of the changes. The proposals ranged from plans to correct technical immigration issues, to Sen. Ted Cruz's amendment to triple the number of border control agents, to Sen.
Daily Topics - Friday May 10th, 2013
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Daily Topics - Thursday May 9th, 2013
May. 9, 2013 10:47 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
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Hour One: Free market anarchist wants everyone to have a wiki gun - Cody Wilson, Defense Distributed
GOP "whistle-blowers" blow the lid off Republican talking points.
May. 9, 2013 8:36 amBy louisehartmannYesterday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives postponed all floor votes so they could hold their ninth hearing about Benghazi. Instead of working on any number of pressing issues effecting Americans, Republicans spent nine hours on a political witch hunt.
Daily Topics - Wednesday May 8th, 2013
May. 8, 2013 10:44 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
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Hour One: Would Community Policing have prevented kidnapping? / Plus, Why There Won’t Be Anything New In Today’s Benghazi Hearing - Hayes Brown, Think Progress
Lawmakers ignore Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
May. 8, 2013 8:38 amBy louisehartmannTreasury Secretary Jack Lew appears to have the right ideas. But, it doesn't seem like any of our elected leaders are listening. On Monday, Secretary Lew sent letters to members of the House financial services committee, urging them to uphold provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that regulate derivatives.
Daily Topics - Tuesday May 7th, 2013
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Hour One: If the Oceans die...we die
Hour Two: Can states defy federal law? Rob Pincus, I.C.E. Training
Never settle with the Banksters.
May. 7, 2013 8:33 amBy louisehartmannLast year, five major U.S. Banks and 49 state attorneys general agreed on a $25 billion settlement to compensate victims of abusive bank practices and foreclosure fraud. But, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the banksters are violating the terms of that agreement.
Daily Topics - Monday May 6th, 2013
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Hour One: NRA convention...it's all about the kids - Alan Korwin, Gun Laws
Hour Two: Are you cynical?
The Cancer-stage of Capitalism.
May. 6, 2013 9:23 amBy louisehartmannUnregulated capitalism is cancer on our nation. Like tumors, greed has metastasized, strangling once-healthy parts of our economy, and our social safety net. A new piece on Alternet lists several ways this cancer capitalism has taken hold. For starters, the hoarding of wealth by the banksters and the 1% has diverted resources away from nutritional aid programs.