The American people have spoken – and it’s time Republicans AND Democrats listen. According to a new ABC/Washington Post poll – 62% of Americans want to see a balanced approach to raising the debt-limit that includes both spending cuts and revenue raisers. And when it comes to what sort of revenue raisers the American people want to see – the Republicans’ heads are about to explode. A whopping 72% of Americans support raising taxes on people who make more than $250,000 a year.

Only 27% oppose. Not only that – large majorities of Americans also support: raising the Social Security tax cap – closing the hedge fund manager tax loophole – and cutting off taxpayer subsidies for big oil corporations. So why is it that President Obama is supporting the Gang of 6 plan that includes none of these reforms – and instead cuts $1,300 a year out of Social Security checks – and further lowers taxes for millionaires, billionaires, and corporations?

Maybe we were all fooled – and President Obama really is just the best Republican President in the last 50 years.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther King, Jr..

Hour One: Gang of Six details Congressman Peter DeFazio, (D-OR, 4th District)

Article: "Disaster Warning on 'Gang of Six'" by Sen. Bernie Sander.

Article: "Statement on the Gang of Six Plan" by Dean Baker.

Chart: "Tax Curs, Wars account for nearly half of public debt by 2019" by CBPP.

Article: "National Lampoon" ("If you don't buy this magazine, we'll kill this dog").

Cheesy news alert: "GOP Propose Replacing Social Security with Letting People Eat Cake" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "Bill Clinton would use 14th Amendment to raise debt ceiling" by Alicia M. Cohn.

Hour Two: "From Tea to Coffee to Democracy 2.0" Former Tea Party Member Shane Brooks

Article: "From Tea to Coffee to Democracy 2.0 — My Story" by Shane Brooks.

Article: "Standing on Great Divide: Former Tea Party activist calls for unity, reason" by Shane Brooks.

Case: "Citizens United v. FEC".

Book: "Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction" by Barry C. Lynn.

Book: "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" by Gordon S. Wood.

Book: "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)" by David Cay Johnston.

Book: "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too" by James Galbraith.

"Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version)".

Article: "Plastics compound may slow boys’ development" by Janet Raloff.

Book: "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein.

Rush Limbaugh Alert: "Limbaugh: The Killer 116° Heat Index Is ‘Manufactured By The Government’" by Brad Johnson.

Article: "States That Cut The Most Funding Lost The Most Jobs: Analysis".

Article: "CHART: States That Cut The Most Spending Have Lost The Most Jobs" by Adam Hersh.

Talk Radio News Segment: Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent

Article: "White House and House Speaker shoot down report that debt deal reached" by Stephanie Condon.

Article: "Exclusive: Fed planning for potential default" by Kristina Cooke and Tim Ahmann.

Article: "Reid calls House 'untoward' for taking weekend off" by Kelly O’Donnell and Libby Leist.

Article: "House votes to shackle power of new financial consumer protection agency" by AP.

Article: "FEC Slaps John Edwards With $2.3 Million Bill" by TRNS.

Article: "West Says He Won't Apologize To Wasserman Shultz" by TRNS.

Article: "How ‘Gang of Six’ Revived Idea of Grand Debt Deal" by Michael D. Shear.

Saying: "Failure to plan on YOUR part Does not constitute an emergency on MY part."

Article: "Nearly 10 Years Ago Today, The U.S. Began Borrowing Billions To Pay For The Bush Tax Cuts" by Zaid Jilani.

Protest at Rep. Allen West's office: Franco Ripple, Florida Young Democrats

The good: "Kohl urges feds to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile" by Rick Barrett.

The bad: Tea Party: "Las Vegas Resort Sues Tennessee Tea Party Group Over Hotel Bill" by Alex Alvarez.

The very, very ugly: "Kilmeade Says Conditions In Bahamas Jail "Aren't Like They Are At Gitmo, Which I Hear Are Sterling"" by Media Matters.

Article: "Chinese Firm Opens Iraq’s First Oil Field in 20 Years" by VoA.

Documentary: "Hot Coffee".

Article: "Polls: Americans want compromise in debt ceiling standoff" by Paul Steinhauser and Alan Silverleib.

Article: "Florida GOP Rejects Money To Fight Child Abuse And Neglect" by Sarah Bufkin.

Article: "News Corp. Response to Hacking Claim Was ‘Deficient,’ Computer Expert Said" by Bloomberg.

Article: "House Republicans May Shutdown The FAA Over Anti-Union Demand" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Article: "Alabama Continues To Tax Citizens To Pay For Confederate Memorial Park" by Tanya Somanader.

Article: "Kochs Max Out To Sen. Scott Brown" by Brad Johnson.

Crazy alert: "Palin on mainstream media: ‘I want to help them…I have a journalism degree’" by Judd Legum.

Coming up Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...

Plus, It's Anything Goes on Townhall Friday...you choose the topics and we'll talk...

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