Dear Friend,

I’m writing you today because the network on which my show airs, Free Speech TV, is only a few days away from the end of its fiscal year.

They have to raise $65,000 in order to be in a solid financial position for the rest of 2015. This is a crucial time for them during the year because the funds they have heading into the new fiscal year will determine what documentaries, programs, and special events they are going to be able to bring to you over the next 12 months.

Free Speech TV has been a loyal partner of mine for some time now and I am an ardent supporter of their programming, and you should be too.

Their programming director, Alexander, is waiting to find out what their budget is going to be, and, Caroline, the documentary acquisitions manager is waiting to find out if she can buy the rights to air some of the most ground breaking documentaries of the year.

So, in these last few days of the fiscal year, please give what you can and help to ensure that an independent progressive television network has a leg up as we move into a critical election year.

Your support means that I get to stay on the air. It would mean that you get to continue to watching some of the other amazing programming that they air--such as Democracy Now!, Ring of Fire with Mike Papantonio, The Stephanie Miller Show, and a vast selection of incredible documentaries created by passionate independent filmmakers and producers.

If you give in the next 24 hours, a generous donor has offered to match your donation dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000.

Here is a message from our matching grantor:

It's time to stand up and be counted. Free Speech TV is accurate and real information. People need to be able to think critically about what 'we the people' need to do to change the present status quo. Free Speech TV is the stimulus for developing the think tank for the people who are not the status quo. If you are a critical thinker this is your time to make a difference. I am rising to make that difference by making a $5000 matching grant. Every dollar you donate will be officially doubled by this gift. It is my hope that this amount will be matched by you. Join me and get involved NOW in Free Speech TV!

So please, turn this $5,000 matching grant into a $10,000 boost for the network.

Yours sincerely,

Thom Hartmann

The Thom Hartmann Program

P.S. Thank you to everyone who called in and made donations to honor and share their heartfelt condolences to the staff of Free Speech TV as they mourn the tragic and unexpected death of Development Director, Jason McKain.

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... The Rules of Global Trade Just Changed (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Be sure to check out our newest video: RESTORATION - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners / Visit GreenWorldRising.org to check out all the videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners

Big Picture Politics Panel:
- Jennifer Kerns, Washington Times/The Blaze
- Scott Greer, The Daily Caller
- Lee Camp, Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp

Best of the Rest: The Rules of Global Trade Just Changed
- Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress 127
- Curtis Ellis, Obamatrade.com/American Jobs Alliance

PLUS, Did SCOTUS Halt Redistricting?
- Stephen Spaulding, Common Cause

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Greek Meltdown..Is America Next & Who's Really To Blame?
- Peter Jedick, How Democrats Bankrupted America.

Article: "Smaller businesses struggle to make it in the U.S.A." by Jennifer Alsever.

Site: ObamaTrade.

Site: Economy in Crisis.

Article: "Greek Banks And Stock Exchange In Shutdown" by Sky.

Article: "Cash Withdrawals and Hoarding as Default Looms Over Greece" by Jim Yardley and Anemona Hartocollis.

Article: "Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites" by Michele Kambas and Lefteris Papadimas.

Article: "The world is defenceless against the next financial crisis, warns BIS" by Peter Spence.

In the studio with Thom...
- Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress 127

Article: "Chris Christie Announces Run for President" by Michael Barbaro.

Article: "President Obama overtime rule could raise wages for 5 million" by Edward-Isaac Dovere and Marianne LeVine.

Article: "Fast track (trade) (TPA)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Article: "John McCain and Congress helping mining company steal ancestral, ceremonial Apache land" by Carissa Lovelace.

Article: "Defense Bill Passes, Giving Sacred Native American Sites To Mining Company" by Michael McAuliff "The Iran connection comes from a uranium mine in Namibia, in which Tehran has owned a 15 percent stake since the days of the shah.".

Article: "Obama Admin’s TPP Trade Officials Received Hefty Bonuses From Big Banks" by Lee Fang.

Article: "How Richard Nixon Destroyed American Manufacturing" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Value added tax" (VAT) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)" by Wikipedia.

Site: Just USA Inc..

Site: Hart Schaffner Marx suits.

Article: "German 'hypocrisy' over Greek military spending has critics up in arms" by Helena Smith.

Site: Union Line Jeans & More.

Article: "KKK chapter to hold rally on South Carolina Statehouse grounds" by Adam B. Lerner.

Book: The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate by Lee Drutman.

Article: "Congressman Tries To Quietly Preserve Coal Loophole" by Nicole Gentile.

Article: "Governor Chris Christie Wants To Be President. Here’s How He Hurt New Jersey" by Kira Lerner.

Site: "AmericansWorking.com".

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Income-Based Repayment Plan" by Department of Education.

Article: "Chris Christie Is Officially Running for President. Here Is Everything You Need to Know About Him" by Allie Gross.

Article: "Exxon Settles $9 Billion Pollution Case in New Jersey for Far Less" by Benjamin Weiser.

The good: Sam’s Morning Glory Diner: "Morning Glory Diner’s ‘Scalia is a Douche’ breakfast special sells out in record time" by Danya Henninger.

The bad: Allen West: "West: Confederate Flag Removal Is A Manufactured Political Frenzy" by LeftOfCenter.

The very, very ugly: Pat Hines: "CNN Guest Who Said Confederate Flag Removal Is ‘Cultural Genocide’ Thinks Booth Waited Too Long to Kill Lincoln" by Andrew Kirell.

Quote: "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows" - John Kenneth Galbraith(referring to "trickle down" economics).

Article: "Quarterly Update: Foreign Ownership of U.S. Assets" by Dinah Walker.

Article: "Barack Obama's 2006 speech at launch of Brookings Hamilton Project" by madfloridian.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Event: Madison WI, July 1 2015, 7pm: "Madison Rally with Bernie Sanders".

Article: "Stand Up for Steel Launches Ad Campaign Urging President Bush to Save American Steel" by PRNewswire, Feb. 13 1999.

Article: "U.S. Tells Iran That Preliminary Nuclear Deal Must Stand" by Michael R. Gordon and David E. Sanger.

Article: "Op-Ed: Obama To Double Salaried Workers Overtime" by William McDonald.

Article: "F.B.I. Opens Investigation Into New York Prison Where 2 Escaped" by William K. Rashbaum.

TV: "Orange Is the New Black".

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 6/30" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 6/29" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Can America Get Its Mojo Back?
- Peter Kiernan, American MoJo: Lost and Found...Restoring our Middle Class Before The World Blows By

Article: "1973 oil crisis" (oil embargo) by Wikipedia.

Articles: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo ("On labor" 1814, "On profits" 1816, "of wages").

Book: "A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" by Charles Dickens (free).

Article: "Small Business Administration (SBA)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Congress lets Export-Import Bank expire" by Susan Davis.

What's Next for Greece?
- Professor James K. Galbraith, University of Texas/Austin

Article: "Tsipras’s shock call for vote on Greek bailout sets day of destiny for Europe" by Ian Traynor.

Article: "Most Greeks will vote Yes in make-or-break bail-out referendum, polls suggest" by Colin Freeman.

Article: "9,500 expected at Madison rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders" by AP.

Article: "Obama, Brazilian Leader Rousseff Restore Fractured Relationship" by William McDonald.

Article: "In Brazil, Strong Labor Market, Weak Economy" by Kenneth Rapoza, May 4, 2013.

Article: "Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Don Beyer to Headline July 9 Forum on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Jason.

Article: "TPP: Don Beyer (D-VA) Puts “Free Trade” Above National Sovereignty and Democracy" by Joe Firestone.

Article: "Diablo Canyon Power Plant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How to Punish Bank Felons" by Robert B. Reich.

Article: "Fukushima operator 'knew of need to protect against tsunami but did not act' " by Justin McCurry.

Article: "In Historic Ruling, Dutch Court Says: Climate Action is a Human Right" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "Fat, sugar cause bacterial changes that may relate to loss of cognitive function" by Oregon State University.

Article: "NOAA Predicts 'Dead Zone' in the Gulf of Mexico Will be the Size of Connecticut" by Catherine Griffin.

Article: "Kangaroos are lefties" by Sarah Zielinski.

Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

Dahr Jamail will be here to talk about the Sixth Great Mass Extinction Event Beginning and 2015 on is Pace to Become Hottest Year on Record.

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Greece vs. Europe...Day of Destiny Approaches

How Scott Walker Gave $124 MILLION to His Friends

Will Former A.G. Ashcroft Finally Face Justice?

The Good, the Bad - and the Very, Very Doxasticly Ugly!

Reaganism...A Failure From Kansas to Greece

Geeky Science - Is Heavy Metal the Key to Happiness?

The Case for Reparations

Coming To Your Plate...Diseased Meat?

Full Show 6/29/15: The Crash of 2015?

Thom discusses the fate of Greece with radio host and former finance consultant Richard Eskow, the new bill in the Senate that would ask meat producers to voluntarily label their meat with Food & Water Watch’s Patty Lovera, and a debate with former Navy Seal Carl Higbie on whether reparations should be paid to African Americans. And in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how America would look like Greece does today if Republicans had their way.

Reagan Still Screwing America!

Greece is Melting Down...is America Next?

Thom Hartmann on Science & Green News: 6/30/15

Caller: Why Would Anyone want to have Children Today?

Republicans Want to Privatize Social Security Disability!

Why Thom Hartmann is Concerned Over Gay Marriage Ruling...

Should Uncle Sam Make you eat your Vegetables?

Caller: There is a Prejudice against Southern European Countries!

Greece and the Logical end Point of Reaganism...