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In Solidarity Thom Hartmann is blacked out - with a few candles....Watch Now!
A good portion of the web is blacked out today in protest of two online piracy bills being considered in Congress: The Stop Online Piracy Act – or SOPA – in the House, and the Protect IP Act - or PIPA - in the Senate. Both bills are being heavily lobbied for by giant corporate media outlets and thus have been ignored in the mainstream news they own.
Wikipedia went dark at midnight last night – and has since been joined by over 10,000 other websites – making this the largest online protest in the history of the Internet. Sponsors of the anti-piracy legislation in both chambers are still pushing forward with their bills – but more and more Members of Congress are dropping their support amid increasing criticism from their constituents and online activists.
The White House has also come out against the bills. This is arguably the first major web-based, grass-roots, citizen lobbying effort in history, and if it doesn't succeed our internet may well look more like Iran's.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... SOPA - I am not a Warlock! (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: SOPA - I am not a Warlock!
The Occupy Movement is Mutating- Ben Manski, Campaign Manager-"Jill Stein 2012" Green Party presidential candidate  - Ben Zucker, participant-Occupy DC
Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative- Robert Parry, Independent Investigative Journalist, Consortium News
Daily Take: This is how we win...
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read Chapter 27: Restoring Government, of, by, and for the People today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Hour One: SOPA & PIPA - "I am not a warlock!"
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make..."
Hour Two: Montana vs. U.S. Supreme Court- Jeff Milchen, American Independent Business Alliance
Hour Three: Is Capitalism Racist?- AWR Hawkins, Conservative writer.
Occupy the EGT- Kari Koch, Participant-Occupy Portland
Keystone XL pipeline- Bill McKibben, Environmentalist / Founder-350.org
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Thom's Poll
Democrats in MI are proposing FREE college by rolling back lavish tax cuts - shouldn't all of America do the same?
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I have previousely watched The Big Picture and wanted to have a Power Point presentation set for discussioin off line. I suggest you make your chart/black board presentations into Power Point available to subscribers.
I was listening to you yesterday when you told about Senator Sessions wanting to reduce the Food Stamp program to $1.78 per person per day allowance and you suggested that nutritional disease would result. Please give your reference to Sen. Sessions speech.