Daily Topics - Monday December 17th, 2012
Dec. 17, 2012 12:37 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE M-F from 3-6pm ET!
Hour One: "Israel & Switzerland" solutions to gun violence? Dr. Janet Rosenbaum, School of Public Health-SUNY
Hour Two: Media's rush to judgement on what caused Newtown tragedy - Tommy Christopher, Mediaite.com
Hour Three: Obama's defining moment...
NOW is the time for leadership.
Dec. 17, 2012 11:48 amBy louisehartmannIn a memorial speech on Sunday for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, President Obama called the nation out. He asked the question of whether or not we as a nation are doing enough to keep our children safe.
Daily Topics - Friday December 14th, 2012
Dec. 14, 2012 12:54 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE M-F from 3-6pm ET!
Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Was Right-to-Work-Less Just a Distraction?
Dec. 14, 2012 9:20 amBy louisehartmannWe all now know about Right-to-Work-for-less laws in Michigan, thanks to Republican Governor Rick Snyder and the corporate oligarchs. But, believe it or not, Right-to-Work-for-less may not even be the most radical, anti-democratic law that passed in Michigan this week.
Daily Topics - Thursday December 13th, 2012
Dec. 13, 2012 12:45 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE M-F from 3-6pm ET!
Hour One: Even the GOP hates the GOP / Plus, Geeky Science - How do we warn future earthlings?
Hour Two: Why we should be lowering the medicare age...not raising it - Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) / Plus, exposing the GOP's REAL motives for cutting Social Security - Peter Ferrara, The Carleson Center for Public Policy
If you aid and abet terrorists...
Dec. 13, 2012 9:34 amBy louisehartmannYou’ll end up dead in a drone strike or indefinitely detained in Gitmo. But, if you’re a big Wall Street bank and you finance terrorist activities, then guess what? You get a slap on the wrist fine and then…well…that’s it.
Daily Topics - Wednesday December 12th, 2012
Dec. 12, 2012 12:20 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE M-F from 3-6pm ET!
Hour One: Was the AFP tent attack faked? Tom Duckworth
Hour Two: Who is really behind the latest Ground Zero mosque Islamophobia? Bill Keller, Live Prayer
Hour Three: Medicare...could this be a Todd Aiken moment for Obama?
Now that Governor Rick Snyder signed Right-to-Work-for-less...
Dec. 12, 2012 9:02 amBy louisehartmannInto law in Michigan, the focus shifts to how working people can overturn the legislation. Unfortunately, Republicans purposefully designed the law to make this task more difficult. By attaching Right-to-Work-for-less to a budget appropriations bill, Republicans made it harder for Michigan voters to repeal the law down the road. According to the Michigan Constitution, voter referendums do not apply to budget appropriations bill.
Daily Topics - Tuesday December 11th, 2012
Dec. 11, 2012 12:37 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE M-F from 3-6pm ET!
Hour One: Is Michigan the tipping point for unionization? / Plus, live from Michigan - James Hoffa-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Hour Two: GOP states pushing mandatory drug tests for welfare checks - Jamie Weinstein, The Daily Caller
Hour Three: What happened to Lee Iacocca and Steve Jobs?
Massive labor protests are expected in Michigan today...
Dec. 11, 2012 9:03 amBy louisehartmannAs Republicans lawmakers and Republican Governor Rick Snyder give their final approval to the state’s new right to work for less law. Michigan will join 23 other states in the nation that have gone right to work for less – but it is by far the most unionized state to suffer this fate, which should be very troubling to the organized labor community.