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Super-Storms: The New Normal
May. 21, 2013 8:28 am
By louisehartmann
Yesterday, the city of Moore, Oklahoma was devestated by a monster tornado. The two-mile wide twister claimed the lives of dozens of people, and injured hundreds. And, the number of fatalities will likely rise as search and rescue operations continue. Oklahoma's Lt.Daily Topics - Monday May 20th, 2013
May. 20, 2013 11:03 am
By shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
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Hour One: ABC 'punked' by the GOP - David Shuster, Take Action News
Hour Two: Hey Tea Party...where's your "social welfare" cred? Judson Phillips, The Tea Party Nation
We're subsidizing the group that wants more GOP obstruction.
May. 20, 2013 8:44 amBy louisehartmann
For over a week, Republicans have refused to focus on anything but so-called scandal. And, it turns out, that's exactly the way they want it. On Thursday, the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank, sent a letter to GOP leaders, and told them to avoid working on any legislation that could take the focus off of the Obama Administration. The NLRB needs our help!
May. 17, 2013 8:17 amBy louisehartmann
For decades, unions have been fighting to preserve workers' rights, but that fight just got a lot more difficult. Yesterday, two separate events illustrated just how extreme the war on labor has become. First, Republican judges on Third Circuit Court of Appeals struck down President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Daily Topics - Thursday May 16th, 2013
May. 16, 2013 11:36 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
In for Thom today, please welcome Dr. Mike Newcomb, The Mike Newcomb Show, 1480AM KPHX, Phoenix, AZ
Hour One: Should corporations be able to own human genes? Dr. Elaine Schattner, Physician & Writer / Also, should we be more excited about cloning? Dr. Arthur Caplan
It doesn't take $50 million to make a point.
May. 16, 2013 7:49 amBy louisehartmann
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have made their point – they hate Obamacare. And, just in case anyone didn't get the message the first 36 times they made that point, they're about to waste even more taxpayer time and money on one more attempt to repeal the healthcare law. Daily Topics - Wednesday May 15th, 2013
May. 15, 2013 10:39 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Hour One: Memo to Bush Administration leftovers on Fox: Shut Up!
Hour Two: Where will the class be held on "stoning people to death" for worshiping the wrong god? Pastor Josh Moore, First Baptist Church of Muldrow, OK / Plus, no more trade deal sellouts! Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District)
The Real IRS Scandal
May. 15, 2013 8:36 amBy louisehartmann
Yesterday, in response to recent IRS admissions, President Obama called the enhanced investigation of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status “intolerable and inexcusable.” And, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a criminal investigation into the allegations against the IRS. But both of them are missing the point. Daily Topics - Tuesday May 14th, 2013
May. 14, 2013 12:35 pmBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Hour One: How the GOP is forcibly making working families..."flexible" - Leo Gerard, International President-United Steelworkers
Hour Two: GOP scandals & conspiracy theories...oh my! / Plus, We've been warned about the 'smooth invasion' before...
We must protect our Fourth Estate.
May. 14, 2013 8:03 amBy louisehartmann
The Associated Press has accused the Justice Department of “massive and unprecedented intrusion.” That's according to one of the AP's top executives, after learning that the government secretly acquired two months of the news agency's telephone records.
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
