This is What Real Gun Control Looks Like!
Jan. 15, 2013 8:18 amBy louisehartmannToday New York is expected to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation – and the first new gun law since the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school. Under the new provision, which passed the state Senate Monday night, and will be taken up by the state Assembly today, any assault weapons with a “military rifle” feature will be banned.
Daily Topics - Monday January 14th, 2013
Jan. 14, 2013 11:51 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Hour One: Debt ceiling...will Obama call the GOP's bluff? / Plus, drones, guns and...groupies? Thom talks with retired General Stanley McChrystal, author "My Share of the Task"
Hour Two: Should "we the people" help each other out when disaster strikes? Nicole Gelinas, Manhattan Institute
Internet trailblazer and activist Aaron Swartz is dead at age 26
Jan. 14, 2013 8:14 amBy louisehartmannAaron, who often appeared on this show, was found dead in his apartment after an apparent suicide over the weekend. He had long battled depression. But friends, family, and supporters of Aaron are placing the blame for his death on the Department of Justice, which was currently prosecuting Aaron for an incident that happened back in 2011 on the campus of MIT.
Daily Topics - Friday January 11th, 2012
Jan. 11, 2013 11:49 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!
Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your callsWould you like a side of the flu with your order?
Jan. 11, 2013 8:16 amBy louisehartmannAll around us, people are coming down with the flu – and the Centers for Disease Control warn that it could be the worst flu season in ten years. And to make matters worse, our national workplace policies are helping to spread the flu.
Daily Topics - Thursday January 10th, 2013
Jan. 10, 2013 12:11 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Hour One: Do you really want "Dirty Harry" standing outside your school with a gun? Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, AZ / Plus, should names of legal gun owners be published in the newspaper? Noel Flasterstein, Attorney/Host-The Gun Show
Nothing Short of Theft
Jan. 10, 2013 8:15 amBy louisehartmannThe days of guaranteed retirement benefit in the form of a pension are long gone. As numbers out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics show – defined benefit retirement pension are on a drastic decline since 1981. That was the year when over 80% of full-time workers in the private sector participated in a pension plan. By 1997, that number had plummeted to just over 50%.
Daily Topics - Wednesday January 9th, 2013
Jan. 9, 2013 11:58 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Hour One: Ma Biz / Baby Biz...? / Plus, Should Senator Feinstein be tried for treason? Alex Jones, Host-The Alex Jones Show
Hour Two: Should plastic water bottles be banned nationwide? Brian Dunning, Host-Skeptoid
The poor should not be political pawns.
Jan. 9, 2013 8:35 amBy louisehartmannFlorida Governor Rick Scott is using poor people in his state as pawns in his political game. Scott is one of a number of Republican Governors, who are using their grudge against President Obama to deny millions of low-income Americans health insurance coverage. As part of Obamacare – states are expected to expand their Medicaid coverage to cover more low-income Americans.
Daily Topics - Tuesday January 8th, 2012
Jan. 8, 2013 12:04 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Hour One: Guns don't make a revolution, people do... / Plus, corporate personhood in the carpool lane? Jonathan Frieman, JD
Hour Two: Mandatory prayer...coming back to a public school near you? - Dan Gainor, Media Reserch Center