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Why Should Gun Nuts Violate the Rights of the Average Person?
May. 3, 2012 11:54 amBy louisehartmannFlorida Governor Rick Scott thinks it’s a good idea to arm up the Republican National Convention in Tampa later this year. With an eye on safety, the city of Tampa has banned foreign objects like crowbars, water guns, and string.
Daily Topics - Thursday May 3rd, 2012
May. 3, 2012 9:59 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Will there be a shoot out at the GOP convention? Noel Flasterstein, Gun Rights For You
Hour Two: Exposing the biggest, most corrupt corporation ever / Plus, Geeky Science - pigeons developing a biological GPS
The battle between grassroots organizing and big corporate money is heating up in Wisconsin
May. 3, 2012 8:15 amBy louisehartmannA new poll by Marquette Law School shows Governor Scott Walker and likely Democratic opponent, Tom Barrett, in a dead heat among registered voters in the upcoming recall election. The poll shows Walker losing popularity among voters as his numbers have declined each month since January.
At the same time – Walker has dumped millions into TV advertising and announced that he raised a mind-boggling $13 million for his campaignDaily Topics - Wednesday May 2nd, 2012
May. 2, 2012 11:03 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Exacerbated by trickle-down austerity, the Eurozone unemployment rate has risen to 10.9%
May. 2, 2012 8:46 amBy louisehartmannThe European economy is tanking – and trickle-down austerity is to blame. New unemployment numbers show the 17-nation Eurozone now has its highest unemployment rate ever, at 10.9%. And, the two nations with the highest unemployment rates – Spain and Greece – just so happen to be the ones most hooked on austerity.
In Spain, budget cuts and massive government layoffs have driven up the unemployment rate to the EurozoneDaily Topics - Tuesday May 1st, 2012
May. 1, 2012 8:55 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
May Day: A Day Without the 99% - Occupy General Strike In Over 135 US Cities
May. 1, 2012 8:35 amBy louisehartmannWorkers of the world are uniting in a global day of action to commemorate International Workers Day. In hundreds of cities across America and around the world in London, Barcelona, Toronto, Kuala Lampur, and Sydney – there are calls for a general strike with no working, no shopping and no banking. The Occupy Movement here in the United States is branding it as a day without the 99%.
In response – Wall Street banks areCould CISPA be worse than SOPA?
Apr. 30, 2012 8:37 amBy louisehartmannMicrosoft is now rethinking its support for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act – better known as CISPA – which passed out of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives last week. CISPA allows for the sharing of information between the government and private online companies to stop possible cyber security threats. But since the bill is overly-broad on what exactly is a “cyber security threat” – there’s real c
Daily Topics - Monday April 30th, 2012
Apr. 30, 2012 7:55 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Why Senators should implement the Volcker Rule now - Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
10 People Fund the Best Democracy Money can Buy!
Apr. 27, 2012 3:11 pmBy louisehartmannThe oligarchs are making their voices heard this election. A new analysis of SuperPAC donations by the Center for Public Integrity finds that just ten donors are responsible for one-third of the $202 million of SuperPAC money so far this election. Of those ten donors – seven are individuals and four are billionaires. Leading the way is casino mogul Sheldon Adelson who’s dished out $26.5 million so far – mostly on Ne