18 State Senators undid fifty years of civil rights in Wisconsin
Mar. 10, 2011 10:29 amBy louisehartmannLate last night – Governor Scott Walker and Republicans in Wisconsin proved to the world what we all suspected - that their union-stripping agenda has absolutely NOTHING to do with the budget. With Democrats still AWOL and public opinion turning against him – Walker used the nuclear option. Senate Republicans convened a special session last night – and stripped the budget bill of all the stuff related to an actual budget so that they
Daily Topics - Thursday March 10th, 2011
Mar. 10, 2011 9:44 amBy shawnt56This week, Truthout proudly begins publishing weekly installments of Thom Hartmann's much-lauded book, "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back." Click here to see Thom's video and to read chapter one
Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks Reese Erlich if Ronald Reagan cut an Iran hostage deal and steal the election from Jimmy Carter? 20 Jan '11
Mar. 10, 2011 9:20 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: This is the 50th anniversary of a whole bunch of things from the inauguration of John Kennedy, I mean it just kind of happens around this time of year. From the inauguration or John Kennedy to the inauguration to Ronald Reagan, which coincided with the so-called students in Iran releasing the hostages in Iran. So let’s take a, let’s step into the way-back machine for a minute and figure out what happened and what the consequences are for us, 30 years on. Reese Erlich is with us.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks, On the 50th anniversary of JFK's inaugural speech, how are we doing as a nation? 20 Jan '11
Mar. 10, 2011 8:09 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, freedom and the American way. Thom Hartmann here with you. Our telephone number 866-987-THOM, our website ThomHartmann.com. Everything there from podcasts to the free chat room, free live chat room and message boards, you can create your own blogs, all kinds of cool stuff.
Wednesday 9 March '11 show notes
Mar. 9, 2011 5:24 pmBy SueN- John Nichols, Washington Correspondent - The Nation Magazine; Associate Editor-Capital Times; author. Latest from the trenches...Wisconsin's war on Labor
- State Senator Chris Larson, Wisconsin State Senator (D-District 7)(one of the AWOL 14). Dems fight back against Walker.
- Dan Gainor,Vice President & T. Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow at the Business and Media Institute. Is O'Keefe style "gotcha" journalism the future of news?
Daily Topics - Wednesday March 9th, 2011
Mar. 9, 2011 9:43 amBy shawnt56This week, Truthout proudly begins publishing weekly installments of Thom Hartmann's much-lauded book, "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back." Click here to see Thom's video and to read chapter one
Tuesday 8 March '11 show notes
Mar. 9, 2011 5:53 amBy SueN- It's International Women's Day.
- John Nichols, Washington Correspondent - The Nation Magazine; Associate Editor-Capital Times; author. Latest from the trenches...Wisconsin's war on Labor
- Ken Blackwell, Chair of the Pass the Balanced Budge Amendment. Why are conservatives pushing for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget?
- Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women's Forum.
Have Republicans made a Faustian bargain with the rich and don't know how to get out of it?
Mar. 8, 2011 11:01 amBy louisehartmannWho’s screwed? America's children. There are 16 million children living in poverty right now – and if trends continue – a quarter of all the kids in our nation will be living poverty. There haven’t been numbers this troubling since the Great Depression. And what do Republicans want to do??
Daily Topics - Tuesday March 8th, 2011
Mar. 8, 2011 9:48 amBy shawnt56This week, Truthout proudly begins publishing weekly installments of Thom Hartmann's much-lauded book, "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back." Click here to see Thom's video and to read chapter one
Hour One: Latest on from the trenches...war on Labor - John Nichols, The Nation Magazine