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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Curtails Arizona’s Disenfranchising Voting Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: TransCanada tells state law enforcement to treat Keystone protesters like terrorists, and more.
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Avoiding False Alternatives
To avoid making a judgment in politics simply gives someone else the power to judge for you, says Jensen in this piece about false alternatives.
A Window on the Rightwing
The story of how Lawrence Davidson's vacation became a cruise into the mind of right wing Americans.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Doctors Agree About the Medicinal Benefits of Pot, and More
In today's On the News segments: Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg passed away; Walmart is raking in tons of corporate welfare; the Republican Party admits it is failing to connect …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Judge Rules Google Must Honor FBI’s National Security Letters, and More
In today's On the News segments: Wisconsin Republicans want to peek into your bank account when you're out of work, and more.
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Too Juvenile to Govern
Eugene Robinson: Having demanded a budget for four years, Republicans are now refusing to let it go forward.
Would GOP Austerity Lead to Growth?
Consumers are between 65 and 70 percent of the economy and they are most affected by the recession. Business is not spending, because consumers aren't spending - cuts to …
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The GOP’s Black Friends Need More Black Friends
The Republican Party knows it cannot continue to compete nationally if it remains the party of old white men.
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The DC Circuit Court Versus Workers’ Rights
While the GOP in Congress blocks National Labor Relations Board nominees, thereby incapacitating the agency, the DC Circuit Court ruling absolving employers from posting the rule of the land …
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News Media Should Clearly Inform Public About Obstruction, Filibuster
Just months after a decisive election the country is paralyzed, the will of the people is thwarted and the information required to mobilize the pubic to take needed action …