Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Operation Burn Notice & Liberty University all made the list today.

Buying local is a great first start - but, there's more that needs to be done. Break up the big monopolies.

Thom talks about how small businesses are falling at the mercy of giant transnational corporations and how legislators on Capitol Hill need to reinforce the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to preserve the lifeline of "mom and pops" businesses.

As long as the corporations running the networks like your politics - and as long as they depend on access to you to keep viewership up and ad revenue coming in - then you can waltz in anytime you want - spew as many lies as you want - and no "news" person will ever point it out. At most, a network may allow on a third-party "strategist" from the other side who will call out the lie. And we can't expect these campaigns to police themselves - and not lie - any more than we can expect big multinational corporations to give a damn about keeping jobs in America. The main way We The People can know the truth is through the gatekeepers known as the media - and without them - so much for having an informed electorate - one of the most important part of a healthy democracy. It's time to bring back news in the public interest. And time to promote REAL journalism - journalism that puts the facts over profits and access.

Lamar Waldron, Thom's co-author on "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" joins Thom Hartmann. It's been nearly a half century since JFK was assassinated. So why is his murder more important now than ever?

Next month - the Guinness book of World Records will be on hand in the Bay City to officiate what could be the world's largest gathering of naked Santa Clauses. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Santacon - an event in San Francisco in which people dress up like St. Nick - get drunk - and commit blatant acts of debauchery around the city - hundreds are expected to turn out in their Santa hats and boots...and nothing else

Kuala Lumpur, Orange River Elementary School, Megyn Kelly, Bill O'Reilly

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, global CO2 was around 280 ppm - where it had been for hundreds of thousands of years. Guess where it is now?

Dr. Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation Climate Scientist joins Thom Hartmann. This has been one costly year for extreme weather in the United States. From the massive blizzards in the Northeast to begin the year - to the mile-wide tornadoes that decimated the midwest - to the flooding along the Mississippi that drowned whole cities - to wildfires that torched the American southwest - to Hurricane Irene which buzzzsawed the east coast - there have been 10 different natural disasters this year that have each cost more than 1 billion dollars. So what's in store for us next year - and for each year after that as our nation drags its feet on addressing climate change?

Tony Katz, Host-The Tony Katz Radio Spectacular join's Thom Hartmann. Mitt Romney tossed out his first TV ad of his 2012 campaign against President Obama. And he opened the campaign with a lie. Does the ends justifies the means? Aren't the means embedded in the end - a campaign based on lies will end up with an administration filled with lies? We have to crack through that wall and have a conversation about the right of the people to know what's really going on - beyond Karl Rove's anonymous hit ads.

Dr. Irwin Redlener, Children's Health Fund joins Thom Hartmann. Who's screwed now that the Gang of 12 has failed? We'll break down which Americans could be hit the hardest now that the trigger gets pulled

Captain Ray Lewis, retired Philadelphia PA Police Captain arrested at OWS last week joins Thom Hartmann. Did Seattle police kill an unborn child during a raid on the 99% Movement? A 19-year-old woman claims a swift kick to her stomach by a police officer led to a miscarriage. More on this tragic story - and why the 99% movement is bringout the dark side of the police.

Panama, OWS Participant from Zuccotti Park who marched to DC. Occupy Wall Street meets Occupy DC. After 2 weeks of marching - a group of patriots from Zuccotti Park has finally arrived in the nation's capital. So what kind of message are they trying to send?

Thom gets the latest developments on the Occupy Wall Street's march from New York to the capitol building in Washington, DC in efforts of protesting the Super Committee's failure to reach an agreement of cutting trillions of dollars toward the deficit.

Thom speaks with Occupy Wall Street protester JA Myerson and reporter for Think Progress, Amanda Beadle about the police brutality against the students protesters at UC Davis campus. Later in the show, Thom compares the recent Occupy Wall Street violence to the Selma protest riots in the 1960'S.