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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Leaders Reached a Deal Monday to End the Economic Standoff, and More
Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated a deal to end the economic standoff.
Another US Whistleblower Behind Bars? Investor Jailed After Exposing Corrupt Azerbaijani Oil Deal
Democracy Now! looks at the case of multimillionaire American businessman and philanthropist Rick Bourke, who blew the whistle on a fraudulent scheme by international criminals to gain control of …
More Than 2,500 Killed by Drones in Pakistan, Names of Victims Now Available
Medea Benjamin: US government claims drone victims are mostly militants, but about half identified victims thus far are civilians and children.
“Edward Snowden Is a Patriot”: Ex-NSA CIA, FBI and Justice Whistleblowers Meet Leaker in Moscow
Democracy Now! spends the hour with four former US intelligence officials - all whistleblowers themselves - who have just returned from visiting National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden in …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans and President Obama Stalemate in Fiscal Negotiations, and More
Over the weekend, House Republicans and President Obama hit a stalemate in fiscal negotiations, and the Senate moved on to work out their own plan, and more.
Bill Moyers: Dollars v. Democracy
This week the Supreme Court began its new term with a case that could further upend campaign finance laws by allowing individual donors to give millions of dollars to …
Cleanup at 505 Toxic Sites Suspended During Government Shutdown
Kate Sheppard: One of the many programs crippled during government shutdown has been the EPA's cleanup of highly polluted superfund sites.
“Five Hundred People Will Control American Democracy” If Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Law
On Tuesday, justices heard arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which has been referred to as “the next Citizens United.”
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The GOP Has Its Lowest Approval Rating in History, and More
Jim Javinsky in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news…  You need to know this. On Thursday, President Obama stood strong against House Republicans. After a meeting with …
Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann Explain Why Congress Is Failing Us
Political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann tell Bill that Congress' failure to make progress on gun control last week is symptomatic of a legislative branch reduced to dysfunction, …