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On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 1,200 People Unaccounted for in the Colorado Flooding, and More
In today's On the News segment: Currently, flood waters cover more than 2,000 square miles in Colorado as half a year's worth of rain hit that region in a …

The Other 9/11: Part Two
Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in seventeen years of brutal dictatorship. In …

On the News With Thom Hartmann: DC Mayor Vincent Gray Vetoed “Living Wage” Bill, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. As of Thursday, Syrian officials said their country had become a full member of the Chemical Weapons …

Some in US Intel Community Reject Obama Admin Case for Syria Attack
Gareth Porter: US Intelligence on Syria

Seattle Environmental Activists Under FBI Surveillance
Journalist Mark Taylor-Canfield talks with Mike Malloy about the surveillance of Seattle environmental activists by the FBI.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Low Income Residents in Washington Losing Homes for as Little as $44, and More
In today's On the News segment: The President will sit down for interviews with six major news networks tonight, and call on Congress to approve the military strike; since …

US Attack on Syria Violates International Law
Michael Ratner: Without UN approval, US attack on Syria violates international law.

Fracking in Paradise
While the Golden State may be sitting on an oil fortune, the California coast is all too familiar with offshore drilling catastrophes.

Rachel Maddow | “No Good Options”: Radioactive Leaks From Japan’s Damaged Nuclear Plant Threaten the Pacific Ocean
Edwin Lyman, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, talks with Rachel Maddow about the alarming new radiation readings coming from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and …

In Secret AT&T Deal, US Drug Agents Given Access to 26 Years of Americans’ Phone Records
Under a secretive DEA program called the Hemisphere Project, the agency has access to records of every phone call transmitted via AT&T's infrastructure dating back to 1987.