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At least one Republican has gotten the message. Senator John Thune from South Dakota told a local newspaper that if he's learned one thing during this August recess holding town hall meetings with constituents - it's don't cut Medicare and Social Security. Thune told the paper that that message is one that he'll be taking back to Washington, DC. Of course - the rest of the Republican Party still doesn't get it.
That's because they're either not holding ANY town hall meetings, or they're holding private, corporate-funded town halls that charge constituents 40 bucks to ask a question, or they're busy keeping "watch lists" to intimidate their constituents from asking tough questions.
Either way - John Thune seems to be the only Republican who's actually doing his job - and listening to the American people who are in lock-step opposition to the Republican's radical agenda.
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(Will more Republicans get the message? Tell us here.)
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Afghanistan...America's "forgotten war?" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Afghanistan...America's "forgotten war?" - Jim Miller, "Rethink Afghanistan" Twitter
Screwed: Kick starting the economy...should Bernanke sit this one out? - Max Wolff, Professor of Economics-Graduate Program in International Affairs-New School University, NYC Twitter
Grinch alert: Eric Canter holds hurricane aid hostage for cuts - Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress.org Twitter
Daily Take: Revealed: The Real Terrorists
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Quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." -- Ross Perot.
Hour One: Show live from the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, live from Las Vegas, NV.
Article: "Thune: Top Message I Got From Town Halls Is 'Don't Cut My Social Security And Medicare'" by Alex Seitz-Wald.
Article: "Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Working Where Applicable" by David Dayen.
Article: "Federal Appeals Court Says Citizens Can Film Police Performing Duties" by Susie Madrak
Geothermal energy Michael Yackira, NV Energy, live at summit radio row with Thom.
Future of clean energy John Podesta, President/CEO - The Center for American Progress, live with Thom Twitter
Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, environment Dr. James Hanson, NASA.
Article: "NASA's Hansen Arrested Outside White House at Pipeline Protest" by Mark Drajem.
Video: "Conversations with Great Minds - Bill McKibben, 350.org. Part 1".
Video: "Conversations with Great Minds - Bill McKibben, 350.org. Part 2".
Hour Two: Alternative energy Governor Chris Gregoire live with Thom.
Site: "McKinstrey".
Site: "Young Entrepreneurs Academy".
Site: "Campaign for Free Enterprise".
Article: "Federal judge blocks Ala. illegal immigration law " by AP.
Article: "Rick Perry Warns Against Military Adventurism" by Doug Mataconis.
Article: "Limbaugh: Colin Powell Will Vote For Obama Again Because 'Melanin Is Thicker Than Water'" by Alex Seitz-Wald.
Article: "GOP Rep Who Promised To Eradicate Homosexuality If He Were God Will Challenge Openly-Gay Tammy Baldwin" by Igor Volsky.
The Navy and energy Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joins Thom live in Las Vegas.
Article: "Navy, USDA, DOE Seek Input from Industry to Advance Biofuels for Military and Commercial Transportation" by Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs.
Site: callcongress.org.
Speech: "The Economic Bill of Rights" by FDR (second bill of rights) (audio).
Energy Secretary of Energy Steven Chu live with Thom.
Hour Three: Energy policy, law, planning Kate Gordon, VP for Energy Policy, Center for American Progress
Site: "Apollo Alliance".
Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803.
Book: "The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning" by James Lovelock.
Book: "Gaia" by James Lovelock.
Solar and other energy Rose E. McKinney-James, J.D., McKinney James & Associate joins Thom live.
Article: "What LEED Is - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" by USGBC.
Site: "Center for American Progress".
Site: "Think Progress".
Book: "An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry" by Stephen D. Killops.
Site: "Progressive Democrats of America".
Site: "Rebuild the Dream" campaign.
Article: "From Waterbury to Wilmington, Vermonters shocked by Irene's destruction" by Matt Sutkoski.
Article: "Vermont Towns Battle Historic Floods From Irene As Death Toll Tops 40 " by Wilson Ring and Jennifer Peltz.
Article: "Quake May Have Exceeded Nuclear Plant's Safety Specs" by Dina Cappiello.
Article: "Wikileaks 'accidentally' releases thousands of cables which name top secret sources" by Louise Boyle.
Crazy alert: "TSA: No Snakes On This Plane" by CBS.
Coming up Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour One: The chapter that went missing from Dick Cheney's boo John Nichols, The Nation Magazine Twitter
Hour Two: ISP's explosive new report on CEO pay Scott Klinger, Institute for Policy Studies Twitter
Hour Three: What you need to know about Rick Perry Eric Burns, Bullfight Strategies Twitter
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Democratic Strategist, Erikka Knuti fills in for Thom Hartmann. In the first half hour she talks with co-founder of Bullfight Strategies, Eric Burns about President Obama's plummeting approval rating and his accomplishments the Republicans refuse to acknowledge. Later in the show, ThinkProgress.org Editor-In-Chief, Faiz Shakir talks about the disturbing "Islamaphobia" trend in America.
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At least one Republican has gotten the message. Senator John Thune from South Dakota told a local newspaper that if he's learned one thing during this August recess holding town hall meetings with constituents - it's don't cut Medicare and Social Security. Thune told the paper that that message is one that he'll be taking back to Washington, DC. Of course - the rest of the Republican Party still doesn't get it.
That's because they're either not holding ANY town hall meetings, or they're holding private, corporate-funded town halls that charge constituents 40 bucks to ask a question, or they're busy keeping "watch lists" to intimidate their constituents from asking tough questions.
Either way - John Thune seems to be the only Republican who's actually doing his job - and listening to the American people who are in lock-step opposition to the Republican's radical agenda.
-Thom
(Will more Republicans get the message? Tell us here.)
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Afghanistan...America's "forgotten war?" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Afghanistan...America's "forgotten war?" - Jim Miller, "Rethink Afghanistan" Twitter
Screwed: Kick starting the economy...should Bernanke sit this one out? - Max Wolff, Professor of Economics-Graduate Program in International Affairs-New School University, NYC Twitter
Grinch alert: Eric Canter holds hurricane aid hostage for cuts - Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress.org Twitter
Daily Take: Revealed: The Real Terrorists
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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 the Chapter 14: Unequal Protection from Risk today.
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Quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." -- Ross Perot.
Hour One: Show live from the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, live from Las Vegas, NV.
Article: "Thune: Top Message I Got From Town Halls Is 'Don't Cut My Social Security And Medicare'" by Alex Seitz-Wald.
Article: "Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Working Where Applicable" by David Dayen.
Article: "Federal Appeals Court Says Citizens Can Film Police Performing Duties" by Susie Madrak
Geothermal energy Michael Yackira, NV Energy, live at summit radio row with Thom.
Future of clean energy John Podesta, President/CEO - The Center for American Progress, live with Thom Twitter
Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, environment Dr. James Hanson, NASA.
Article: "NASA's Hansen Arrested Outside White House at Pipeline Protest" by Mark Drajem.
Video: "Conversations with Great Minds - Bill McKibben, 350.org. Part 1".
Video: "Conversations with Great Minds - Bill McKibben, 350.org. Part 2".
Hour Two: Alternative energy Governor Chris Gregoire live with Thom.
Site: "McKinstrey".
Site: "Young Entrepreneurs Academy".
Site: "Campaign for Free Enterprise".
Article: "Federal judge blocks Ala. illegal immigration law " by AP.
Article: "Rick Perry Warns Against Military Adventurism" by Doug Mataconis.
Article: "Limbaugh: Colin Powell Will Vote For Obama Again Because 'Melanin Is Thicker Than Water'" by Alex Seitz-Wald.
Article: "GOP Rep Who Promised To Eradicate Homosexuality If He Were God Will Challenge Openly-Gay Tammy Baldwin" by Igor Volsky.
The Navy and energy Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joins Thom live in Las Vegas.
Article: "Navy, USDA, DOE Seek Input from Industry to Advance Biofuels for Military and Commercial Transportation" by Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs.
Site: callcongress.org.
Speech: "The Economic Bill of Rights" by FDR (second bill of rights) (audio).
Energy Secretary of Energy Steven Chu live with Thom.
Hour Three: Energy policy, law, planning Kate Gordon, VP for Energy Policy, Center for American Progress
Site: "Apollo Alliance".
Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803.
Book: "The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning" by James Lovelock.
Book: "Gaia" by James Lovelock.
Solar and other energy Rose E. McKinney-James, J.D., McKinney James & Associate joins Thom live.
Article: "What LEED Is - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" by USGBC.
Site: "Center for American Progress".
Site: "Think Progress".
Book: "An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry" by Stephen D. Killops.
Site: "Progressive Democrats of America".
Site: "Rebuild the Dream" campaign.
Article: "From Waterbury to Wilmington, Vermonters shocked by Irene's destruction" by Matt Sutkoski.
Article: "Vermont Towns Battle Historic Floods From Irene As Death Toll Tops 40 " by Wilson Ring and Jennifer Peltz.
Article: "Quake May Have Exceeded Nuclear Plant's Safety Specs" by Dina Cappiello.
Article: "Wikileaks 'accidentally' releases thousands of cables which name top secret sources" by Louise Boyle.
Crazy alert: "TSA: No Snakes On This Plane" by CBS.
Coming up Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour One: The chapter that went missing from Dick Cheney's boo John Nichols, The Nation Magazine Twitter
Hour Two: ISP's explosive new report on CEO pay Scott Klinger, Institute for Policy Studies Twitter
Hour Three: What you need to know about Rick Perry Eric Burns, Bullfight Strategies Twitter
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program... your media support group for we the people.
Order the new "Unequal Protection" now!
Read an excerpt here, and buy the book!
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Democratic Strategist, Erikka Knuti fills in for Thom Hartmann. In the first half hour she talks with co-founder of Bullfight Strategies, Eric Burns about President Obama's plummeting approval rating and his accomplishments the Republicans refuse to acknowledge. Later in the show, ThinkProgress.org Editor-In-Chief, Faiz Shakir talks about the disturbing "Islamaphobia" trend in America.
Thom Hartmann on the News - August 30, 2011
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Thom Hartmann & Kate Gordon - National Clean Energy Summit 4.0
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Thom Hartmann & Secretary Ray Mabus - Natioanl Clean Energy Summit 4.0
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Thom Hartmann & Dr. James Hansen - Protest the Oil Sands Pipeline
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Thom Hartmann & John Podesta - National Clean Energy Summit 4.0
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A "For the Rich, By the Rich" Economy
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There's more evidence of a widening wealth inequality gap in America thanks to 30-plus years of Reaganomics. According to The Atlantic magazine - two-thirds of all new income in America between 2002 and 2007 went to just the top 1% of Americans. That's 2 out of every 3 dollars in America being sucked up by the richest of the rich.
Not to mention - that the wealthiest 400 Americans - our nation's most senior oligarchs, who own more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans - have seen their incomes double over the last twelve years while their tax rates have been cut in half. Talk about a "for the rich, by the rich" economy. Wealth inequality in America is at levels not seen since the 1920's - and we're now a more unequal nation than the Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan according to data from the CIA Factbook.
So when the entire American middle class disappears, then can we all accept that Reagan's vision of America - and the direction that the current Republican Party has this nation headed - will lead us all toward ruin?
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Need to Know: 3 Reality-Based Charts Your Right-Wing Relatives Will Have a Hard Time Ignoring - Eric Burns, Bullfight Strategies Twitter
Screwed: The Big Business of Islamophobia - Faiz Shakir, Center for American Progress Twitter
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GOP: are you naughty or nice... makin' a (watch) list and checkin' it twice - Marie Diamond Twitter
Daily Take: Climate change vs. professional wrestling
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Quote: "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." -- Abraham Lincoln.
Hour One: Is it Obama's bad economy now...majority of Americans still say Bush to blame Brian Hughes, The Washington Examiner Twitter
Topic: Is it really "Obama's bad economy now"...or the end result of 30 years of Reaganomics?
Article: "Obama escapes blame for economy" by Brian Hughes.
Article: "The Powell Memo or Manifesto".
Article: "As Irene Devastates, Ron Paul Says We Need To 'Come To Our Senses' And Abolish FEMA" by Zack Ford.
Book: "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule" by Thomas Frank.
Article: "Rick Perry: Social Security A 'Monstrous Lie'".
Article: "Michele Bachmann ties God to quake, hurricane. Was she kidding?" by Michael Muskal.
Video: "Giant Sucking Sound - Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate".
Article: "Thomas Freidman Spews Nonsense with Hurricane Force" by Dean Baker.
Article: "'Fracking': Rock fracturing's relation to quakes" by David R. Baker.
Article: "Stetson Kennedy Dies at 94; Infiltrated Ku Klux Klan" by AP.
Site: "Stetson Kennedy".
Movie: "The World According to Monsanto".
Hour Two: What are the Kochs up to now? Robert Greenwald, founder of Brave New Films Twitter
Video: "Why do the Koch brothers want to end public education?".
Article: "How the Koch Brothers Backed the End of Desegregation in North Carolina Schools" by Adele M. Stan.
Site: "Koch Brothers Exposed" Koch Brothers Exposed
Site: "Brave New Foundation" Brave New Foundation
Site: "Brave New Films" Brave New Films Twitter
Article: "Glenn Beck: Hurricane Irene is a 'blessing'" by Muriel Kane.
Article: "GOP Congressmen Put Constituents Who Asked Tough Questions On A 'Watch List'" by Marie Diamond.
Site: callcongress.org.
Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".
Article: "Colin Powell: Dick Cheney takes 'cheap shots' in memoir" by Kim Geiger.
Article: "Can the Middle Class Be Saved?" by Don Peck.
Talk Radio News Segment: Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent Twitter
Article: "Bachmann aide: Hurricane comment was in 'jest' " by Catalina Camia.
Article: "Krueger To Replace Goolsbee At CEA" by TRNS.
Article: "Alan Krueger's New White House Job" by Catherine Rampell.
Article: "Gaddafi's wife, daughter, two sons reportedly escape to Algeria" by Elizabeth Flock.
Article: "U.S.: Fate of Lockerbie bomber up to Libyan rebel movement" by Jill Dougherty.
Article: "Cantor: No Disaster Relief Funding For Hurricane Irene Without Budget Cuts" by Alex Seitz-Wald.
Hour Three: Tax cuts for mainstreet too or only for millionaires? Gretchen Hamel, Public Notice Twitter
Article: "Democrats To Launch Payroll Tax Cut Extension Campaign" by Sam Stein.
Article: "Report On Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton" by David S. Martin.
Movie: "Forks over Knives".
Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act".
The good: Marathon County Central Labor Council: "Republican Politicians Banned From Labor Day Parade In Wisconsin " by Amanda Terkel.
The bad: "In the Midst of Hurricane Irene, Ron Paul Slams FEMA".
The very, very ugly: Puerto Rican Senator Robert Arango: "Anti-gay Senator caught on all-gay dating site" by RT.
Article: "House GOP revs up a repeal, reduce and rein-in agenda for the fall" by Paul Kane.
Article: "Hurricane Claims Lives, Disrupts Power, Cancels Air Travel" by WKBW.
Article: "Intelligence spending at record $80.1 billion in first disclosure of overall figure" by Walter Pincus.
Article: "Tom Horne Sues to Overthrow Voting Rights Act: What's Next, the De-Abolition of Slavery?" by Stephen Lemons.
Coming up Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
I'll be coming to you from the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0: The Future of Energy, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, live from Las Vegas, NV and I'll be joined by some great guests...CAP's John Podesta, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and many more...
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Renowned environmentalist and author, Bill McKibben joins Thom for "Conversations with Great Minds". They discuss the latest developments in climate change, including the recent east coast earthquake and the threat level of Hurricane Irene. Later in the show, Thom debates the week's biggest topics in the weekly rumble.
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There's more evidence of a widening wealth inequality gap in America thanks to 30-plus years of Reaganomics. According to The Atlantic magazine - two-thirds of all new income in America between 2002 and 2007 went to just the top 1% of Americans. That's 2 out of every 3 dollars in America being sucked up by the richest of the rich.
Not to mention - that the wealthiest 400 Americans - our nation's most senior oligarchs, who own more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans - have seen their incomes double over the last twelve years while their tax rates have been cut in half. Talk about a "for the rich, by the rich" economy. Wealth inequality in America is at levels not seen since the 1920's - and we're now a more unequal nation than the Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan according to data from the CIA Factbook.
So when the entire American middle class disappears, then can we all accept that Reagan's vision of America - and the direction that the current Republican Party has this nation headed - will lead us all toward ruin?
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The good: Marathon County Central Labor Council: "Republican Politicians Banned From Labor Day Parade In Wisconsin " by Amanda Terkel.
The bad: "In the Midst of Hurricane Irene, Ron Paul Slams FEMA".
The very, very ugly: Puerto Rican Senator Robert Arango: "Anti-gay Senator caught on all-gay dating site" by RT.
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We have a jobs crisis in this country, and we know we can't cut our way to prosperity. Yet for too long, some members of Congress have pretended that brutally cutting the budget and irresponsibly cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy will get people back to work.
The private sector will not create the jobs we need in this country any time soon, so it's up to the federal government to step in.
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Dear Arnold,
We have a jobs crisis in this country, and we know we can't cut our way to prosperity. Yet for too long, some members of Congress have pretended that brutally cutting the budget and irresponsibly cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy will get people back to work.
The private sector will not create the jobs we need in this country any time soon, so it's up to the federal government to step in.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky has introduced the "Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act" that would put over 2 million people back to work and reduce unemployment by an estimated 1.3%. It's exactly the type of ambitious and aggressive response to the jobs crisis that we need.
Tell Congress: We don't need cuts, we need jobs. Click here to automatically sign the petition telling Congress to support the "Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act."
There's nothing mysterious or hard to understand about the bill.
Tens of millions of Americans are either unemployed or under-employed. Besides the personal pain this causes, the impact of legions of unemployed Americans on our economy is staggering.
At the same time, there's a huge need in our communities for more teachers, firefighters, health care workers and police officers. Many of our public schools are rundown and need to be repaired and upgraded. And there are all sorts of unmet community needs, like maintaining our public parks, that could be addressed by paying people to take them on.
The "Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act" would fund jobs programs to put millions of Americans back to work in these areas.
Large-scale federal jobs programs worked during the Great Depression, and they'll work now.
Tell Congress: We don't need cuts, we need jobs. Click here to automatically sign the petition telling Congress to support the "Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act."
It's time for Congress to stop using the jobs crisis as a pretext for even more corporate welfare and go big on the jobs front. The best way we can lower the federal deficit and get our economy moving again is getting people back to work.
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Maybe we should take a tip from France. The French government just introduced a new debt reduction package that includes a 3% income tax increase on people making more than $720,000 a year. But no one is screaming about class warfare in France today - that's because it was the millionaires and billionaires themselves who asked for the tax increase. In an open letter - some of the wealthiest people in France wrote, "We, the presidents and leaders of industry, businessmen and women, bankers and wealthy citizens would like the richest people to have to pay a 'special contribution'."
The letter goes on to say, "When the public finances deficit and the prospects of a worsening state debt threaten the future of France and Europe and when the government is asking everybody for solidarity, it seems necessary for us to contribute." As in - they realize there's not much quality of life in being rich while living in a poor country - a sentiment that most billionaires here in America don't appear to understand.
I guess it IS true - not all billionaires are created equal.
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Book: "Tear Down This Myth: The Right-Wing Distortion of the Reagan Legacy" by Will Bunch.
Book: "The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama" by William Bunch.
Video: "Reagan Campaigns for Truman in 1948".
Article: "Laffer Curve".
Article: "Will Bunch: A Reagan litmus test for 2012 GOP hopefuls".
Article: "Will Bunch: Why Reagan Still Matters Today".
Article: "Obama Seeks Jobs Plan as U.S. Workingman's Status Suffers Further Erosion" by Mike Dorning.
Article: "Attorney General Eric Holder tells 9/11 relatives he's probing Rupert Murdoch for possible hacking" by Joseph Straw.
Article: "News Corp Set To Air 9/11 Documentary Glorifying Bush; Producer Says He's Not Interested In 'Facts'" by Lee Fang.
Article: "Mitt Romney: Humans contribute to global warming" by Brian Montopoli, June 3, 2011.
Article: "Jim Inhofe backs Rick Perry over 'mushy' Mitt Romney" by Robin Bravender.
Article: "'Mushy' Mitt Romney Takes New Climate Stance: 'I Don't Know'" by Brad Johnson.
Article: "U.S. May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages" by Shaila Dewan and Louise Story.
Article: "Gaddafi loves Condi Rice" by Jonathan Capehart.
Fighting the war on Democracy...1st national Democracy Convention Ben Manski, Democracy Convention Twitter
Article: "Democracy Convention kicks off, boosted by Wisconsin Capitol protests" by Judith Davidoff.
Hour Two: BART police vs. Anonymous in San Francisco Stephen Webster, Raw Story Twitter
Article: "Anonymous claims to publish nude photos of BART spokesman" by Stephen C. Webster.
Article: "BART police clamp down on second week of protest" by Stephen C. Webster.
Geeky Science rocks! Fukushima fallout's electric signature.
Article: "Japanese fallout left electric signature" by Janet Raloff.
Article: "Hurricane Irene: East Coast urged to heed evacuation warnings" by Rene Lynch.
Article: "France's rich keen to pay more tax as PM Fillon announces 'rigour package'" by Kim Willsher.
Book: "On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting for" by Rick Perry and Ross Perot.
Article: "AFL-CIO head: Labor to ditch Democrats" by Byron Tau.
Article: "President Obama Has All The Legal Authority He Needs To Make Recess Appointments Right Now" by Ian Millhiser.
Talk Radio News Segment: Ken Bazinet Twitter
Article: "Hurricane Irene Expected To Hit Inland, May Reach D.C." by Elianna Mintz.
Article: "4.5-Mag Aftershock Rumbles Overnight" by AP/NBC.
Article: "Gadhafi Bails, Leaves His Photos Of Condi Rice Behind" by Kenneth R. Bazinet.
Article: "PHOTOS: Blind Former Sudanese Slave Taken To The US For Eye Surgery" by Ellen Ratner.
Hour Three: Revealed...Toxic Koch: Keeping Americans at Risk of a Poison Gas Disaster John Deans, Greenpeace Twitter
Article: "Toxic Koch: Keeping Americans at Risk of a Poison Gas Disaster " by John Deans and Will Vickery.
Article: "Texas GOP Congressional Candidate Compares Welfare Recipients To Donkeys In New Ad" by Marie Diamond.
Article: "Malkin: Obama And Congressional Black Caucus "Would Rather See Black Americans Dependent And Collecting Food Stamps"" by Media Matters.
Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896.
Article: "Marco Rubio at Reagan Library: 'Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up'".
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Wow! In just two days, more than 175,000 people have joined you in signing the Contract for the American Dream.
Lots of media outlets have covered the Contract, and our full-page ad ran yesterday in The New York Times. But if we're really going to change the conversation to be about jobs, not cuts, we need to make sure lots more people know about the Contract.
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Since the tea party took our economy hostage to protect tax breaks for the wealthiest among us, we've seen:
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So, if you're sick and tired of Washington's games, you're not alone.But just getting angry isn't going to solve anything. What we need are solutions and action. What we need are Jobs, not Cuts—just like Americans want.3
And while Washington was negotiating a debt deal that sold out working people, 130,000 everyday Americans considered 25,000 solutions to create A Contract for the American Dream.
It's a Contract to create jobs, invest in America, and rebuild the American Dream for all. And as a first step, if we can get at least 100,000 citizen signers right away, Rebuild the Dream and MoveOn will join together to put the Contract in a full page ad in The New York Times, so America can see the solutions to our broken politics and struggling economy writ large.
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A CONTRACT FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
Americans who are willing to work hard and play by the rules should be able to find a decent job, get a good home in a strong community, retire with dignity and give their kids a better life. Every one of us...has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is our covenant, our compact and our contract with one another...
1. Invest in America's Infrastructure
2. Create 21st-Century Energy Jobs
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4. Offer Medicare for All
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7. Return to Fairer Tax Rates
8. End the Wars and Invest at Home
9. Tax Wall Street Speculation
10. Strengthen Democracy
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A CONTRACT FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
"I have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream."
–Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963 March on Washington
We, the American people, promise to defend and advance a simple ideal: liberty and justice... for all. Americans who are willing to work hard and play by the rules should be able to find a decent job, get a good home in a strong community, retire with dignity and give their kids a better life. Every one of us—rich, poor or in-between, regardless of skin color or birthplace, no matter their sexual orientation or gender—has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is our covenant, our compact, our contract with one another. It is a promise we can fulfill—but only by working together.
Today, the American Dream is under threat. Our veterans are coming home to few jobs and little hope on the home front. Our young people are graduating off a cliff, burdened by heavy debt, into the worst job market in half a century. The big banks that American taxpayers bailed out won't cut homeowners a break. Our firefighters, nurses, cops and teachers—America's everyday heroes—are being thrown out onto the street. We believe:
AMERICA IS NOT BROKE. America is rich—still the wealthiest nation ever. But too many at the top are grabbing the gains. No person or corporation should be allowed to take from America while giving little or nothing back. The super-rich who got tax breaks and bailouts should now pay full taxes—and help create jobs here, not overseas. Those who do well in America should do well by America.
AMERICANS NEED JOBS, NOT CUTS. Many of our best workers are sitting idle, while the work of rebuilding America goes undone. Together, we must rebuild our country, reinvest in our people and jump-start the industries of the future. Millions of jobless Americans would love the opportunity to become working, tax-paying members of their communities again. We have a jobs crisis, not a deficit crisis.
To produce this Contract for the American Dream, 131,203 Americans came together online and in their communities. We wrote and rated 25,904 ideas. Together, we identified the 10 most critical steps to get our economy back on track and restore the American Dream:
INVEST IN AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE. Rebuild our crumbling bridges, dams, levees, ports, water and sewer lines, railways, roads and public transit. We must invest in high-speed Internet and a modern, energy-saving electric grid. These investments will create good jobs and rebuild America. To help finance these projects, we need national and state infrastructure banks.
CREATE 21ST-CENTURY ENERGY JOBS. We should invest in American businesses that can power our country with innovative technologies like wind turbines, solar panels, geothermal systems, hybrid and electric cars, and next-generation batteries. And we should put Americans to work making our homes and buildings energy efficient. We can create good, green jobs in America, address the climate crisis, and build the clean energy economy.
INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. We should provide universal access to early childhood education, make school funding equitable, invest in high-quality teachers, and build safe, well-equipped school buildings for our students. A high-quality education system, from universal preschool to vocational training and affordable higher education, is critical for our future and can create badly needed jobs now.
OFFER MEDICARE FOR ALL. We should expand Medicare so it's available to all Americans, and reform it to provide even more cost-effective, quality care. The Affordable Care Act is a good start and we must implement it—but it's not enough. We can save trillions of dollars by joining every other industrialized country—paying much less for health care while getting the same or better results.
MAKE WORK PAY. Americans have a right to fair minimum and living wages, to organize and collectively bargain, to enjoy equal opportunity and to earn equal pay for equal work. Corporate assaults on these rights bring down wages and benefits for all of us. They must be outlawed.
SECURE SOCIAL SECURITY. Keep Social Security sound, and strengthen the retirement, disability, and survivors' protections Americans earn through their hard work. Pay for it by removing the cap on the Social Security tax, so that upper-income people pay into Social Security on all they make, just like the rest of us.
RETURN TO FAIRER TAX RATES. End, once and for all, the Bush-era tax giveaways for the rich, which the rest of us—or our kids—must pay eventually. Also, we must outlaw corporate tax havens and tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas. Lastly, with millionaires and billionaires taking a growing share of our country's wealth, we should add new tax brackets for those making more than $1 million each year.
END THE WARS AND INVEST AT HOME. Our troops have done everything that's been asked of them, and it's time to bring them home to good jobs here. We're sending $3 billion each week overseas that we should be investing to rebuild America.
TAX WALL STREET SPECULATION. A tiny fee of 1/20th of 1% on each Wall Street trade would raise tens of billions of dollars annually with little impact on actual investment. This would reduce speculation, "flash trading," and outrageous bankers' bonuses—and we'd have a lot more money to spend on Main Street job creation.
STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY. We need clean, fair elections—where no one's right to vote can be taken away, and where money doesn't buy you your own member of Congress. We must ban anonymous political influence, slam shut the lobbyists' revolving door in D.C. and publicly finance elections. Immigrants who want to join in our democracy deserve a clear path to citizenship. We must stop giving corporations the rights of people when it comes to our elections. And we must ensure our judiciary's respect for the Constitution. Together, we will reclaim our democracy to get our country back on track.
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1. "Dow Jones Industrial Average," Google Finance, August 8, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=262902&id=29646-19299026-CyJR7vx&t=6
2. "Disapproval Rate for Congress at Record 82% After Debt Talks," The New York Times, August 4, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=262766&id=29646-19299026-CyJR7vx&t=7
3. "U.S. Jobs, Economy Largely Considered Country's Most Pressing Issues: Poll," The Huffington Post, July 19, 2011
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In poll after poll, Americans said they wanted shared sacrifice
The American People Are Angry
The American people in poll after poll said they wanted wealthy individuals and large corporations to pay their fair share of taxes for deficit reduction. They also said they wanted bedrock social programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to be protected. In the end, Congress did exactly the opposite of what Americans wanted. “Is it any wonder, therefore, that the American people are so angry with what's going on in Washington?” Bernie asked in a Wall Street Journal column last Friday.
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Large gas guzzling SUV filling up
Goodbye Gas Guzzlers
Cars and light trucks would get 54.5 mpg by 2025 under new fuel economy standards agreed to by automakers and the Obama administration. Bernie introduced legislation last year with the same goal. "The historic agreement is a huge step forward for saving car owners money at the gas pump, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and creating American jobs," Bernie said.
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Questions about nuclear safety
Nuclear Safety
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission came under fire at a Senate hearing for foot dragging on task force recommendations to beef up reactor safety in the United States in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis. “Delay is not an acceptable option," Bernie said at an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. “We must do everything in our power to make sure nuclear power plants are safe and that this country never experiences what happened in Japan.”
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INCOME GAP
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THE FED
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