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No new nukes!... at least for a little bit
Aug. 9, 2012 8:26 am
By louisehartmann
On Tuesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it would temporarily freeze any new licenses or renewal of licenses for nuclear power plants around the country. That decision by the NRC was prompted by a US Court of Appeals ruling back in June that the NRC has insufficiently dealt with the problem of nuclear waste material - thus violating the National Environmental Policy Act. Currently, the NRC provides licenseDaily Topics - Wednesday August 8th, 2012
Aug. 8, 2012 11:00 am
By shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
In for Thom today, please welcome attorney Mike Papantonio, Host-Ring of Fire Radio
Hour One: News of the day - Cliff Schecter, Libertas LLC / Plus, CEO plan to steal Social Security - Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
America’s two-tiered justice system
Aug. 8, 2012 8:42 amBy louisehartmann
Eight billion dollars is a lot of money, but a small price to pay to stay out of jail. As the New York Times reports today, corporations are on track to pay as much as $8 billion in fraud settlements this year to the U.S.Daily Topics - Tuesday August 7th, 2012
Aug. 7, 2012 10:16 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
In for Thom today, please welcome attorney Mike Papantonio, Host-Ring of Fire Radio
Hour One: News of the Day - Cliff Schecter, Libertas LLC / Plus, latest on the Sikh temple shooter's neo-nazi ties - Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center
The world is on the brink of a major food crisis
Aug. 7, 2012 8:50 amBy louisehartmann
For the first time in recent history, humanitarian organizations are responding to three major food crises at once – one in West Africa, one in East Africa, and one in Yemen. Accelerating climate change and dwindling resources have created several severe food shortages – adding 43 million more people around the world to the ranks of those who will go hungry this year alone.
As Barbara Stocking, the chief executive with OxFam GThe second mass shooting in the US in just two weeks
Aug. 6, 2012 8:44 amBy louisehartmann
This time it was in Oak Creek Wisconsin where an, armed to the teeth gunman, walked into a Sikh temple and opened fire – killing six people. We may never know the shooter’s motivation since he was killed as well, but authorities are piecing together what looks to be a hate crime against Sikh worshippers – who’ve routinely been mistaken for Muslims and targeted for hate crimes since 9/11.
According to early reports – the shootDaily Topics - Monday August 6th, 2012
Aug. 6, 2012 8:17 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
In for Thom today, please welcome attorney Mike Papantonio, Host-Ring of Fire Radio
Hour One: Veepstakes...who will Romney choose? Cliff Schecter, Libertas LLC
“Social welfare” organizations, or “Dark money” groups?
Aug. 3, 2012 8:44 amBy louisehartmann
It’s not SuperPACs that are buying our elections, it's so-called “social welfare” organizations. According to IRS law – 501c4 and 501c6 groups – what are known as social welfare organizations or trade associations – are allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money in our elections – and not disclose a single donor – just as long as they don’t explicitly call for the election or defeat of a particular politician.Daily Topics - Friday August 3rd, 2012
Aug. 3, 2012 8:31 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
In for Thom today, please welcome progressive strategist & syndicated columnist Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies
Hour One: What is solutions driven unionism? Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers / Plus, "Odd Apocalypse" - Dean Koontz
Daily Topics - Thursday August 2, 2012
Aug. 2, 2012 11:34 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
In for Thom today, please welcome progressive strategist & syndicated columnist Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies
Hour One: Election 2012 - David Bender
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