Daily Topics - Thursday May 24th, 2012
May. 24, 2012 11:33 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Does the internet force you to live in a bubble?
Hour Two: Is it possible to have a populist movement on the right? Plus, Geeky Science Rocks - drink coffee, live longer?
Hour Three: Why is Detroit holding a funeral for Democracy? Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, Rainbow Push Detroit
Big Pharma is The Biggest Tax Dodger in America
May. 24, 2012 9:13 amBy louisehartmannThe pharmaceutical industry is the single biggest defrauder of Americans taxpayers in the country – surpassing the Defense Industry for the first time. A new Public Citizen report finds that over the last twenty years the pharmaceutical industry has accounted for 25% of all violations of state and federal law when it comes to the False Claims Act.
Among the infractions include illegally promoting drugs for purposes not approved byDaily Topics - Wednesday May 23rd, 2012
May. 23, 2012 10:53 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Crazy Fox News wants government run like a private equity firm
Hour Two: Would tougher regulations have prevented the JP Morgan debacle? David Harsanyi, Townhall.com
Hour Three: Will Libertarians hold their nose and vote Romney? Brian Doherty, Reason Magazine
Just in case you thought our Congress wasn’t the best that money can buy...
May. 23, 2012 9:06 amBy louisehartmann– This election year, the Chamber of Commerce is looking to confirm it. At a meeting in Washington, Chamber President Tom Donohue told members that his organization is, “planning on having a good year,” and will spend more money this election than they did in 2010, when they spent more than $30 million catapulting corporate shills calling themselves Tea Partiers into Congress.
Daily Topics - Tuesday May 22nd, 2012
May. 22, 2012 9:31 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: How progressive Cory Booker sold out democracy
Hour Two: Will the soft peddle take down of Obama work?
Hour Three: Time to legalize medical marijuana? Mike Riggs, Reason Magazine
Peter G. Peterson wants your Social Security money
May. 22, 2012 9:15 amBy louisehartmannMeet Wall Street billionaire – Pete Peterson – the man trying to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as we know it. According to tax documents – between 2007 and 2011 – Peterson has given nearly a half-billion dollars to his Peter. G.
Daily Topics - Monday May 21st, 2012
May. 21, 2012 12:39 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Please welcome syndicated columnist Karl Frisch in for Thom today
Hour One: Gay Marriage, The Republican Love Affair With the Past - Tina Dupuy, Crooks and Liars
Protesters bring the message of anti-war/anti-austerity to world leaders at the NATO summit in Chicago
May. 21, 2012 10:11 amBy louisehartmannTens of thousands of activists stormed Chicago to protest against war and inequality while the city hosts the annual NATO convention. Today is day two of the summit and more protest demonstrations are planned. At least 45 people were arrested during peaceful marches and rallies over the weekend. While some are applauding the Chicago Police Department’s professionalism in dealing with protestors – others are pointing
The Occupy Movement confronts the NATO Summit this weekend in Chicago
May. 18, 2012 10:15 amBy louisehartmannAll eyes are on Chicago this weekend – where an annual NATO Summit is going up against the Occupy Movement. Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to attend this weekend’s marches and rallies, calling for peace and economic fairness. Chicago police have already spent more than a million dollars on riot gear and high-tech crowd dispersal technology like long-range acoustic devices to use against the peaceful Occupy demonstrators.
Daily Topics - Friday May 18th, 2012
May. 18, 2012 9:43 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls