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Republicans should be thrilled with President Obama's State of the Union address.
 
That's because the extremely limited vision of government he presented last night is exactly what Republicans plotted to create since day one of the Obama White House.
 
In his fifth State of the Union address, the president essentially said that he is going to go it alone. His major policy plan for 2014 is to bypass Congress altogether and use targeted executive orders to get things done.
 
As part of this plan for a so-called "year of action," the president said that he will soon issue an order unilaterally raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10 an hour.
 
A flurry of executive orders is obviously better than nothing, but it's hardly the kind of bold change this country needs to undo the destruction caused by thirty-three years of Reaganomics.
 
Read more here.
 
-Thom
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Hour One: Thom's State of the Union
Speech: "Speech before the 1936 Democratic National Convention", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "A Rendezvous With Destiny" June 27, 1936 by Franklin D Roosevelt. "Private enterprise, indeed, became too private. It became privileged enterprise, not free enterprise."
 
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Plus, it's Thomas Paine's birthday!
- Professor Harvey Kaye, The Fight for the Four Freedoms Twitter
Book: "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Article: "14th Amendment
 
Speech: "Madison Square Garden Speech", President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 31, 1936. "They are unanimous in their hate for me-and I welcome their hatred"
Article: "Bonus Army" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Some truths about Cathy McMorris Rodgers" by Boudica the Lyoness.

Hour Two: What do the Koch brothers know about inequality?
- Professor Donald Boudreaux, Mercatus Center Twitter
Article: "No Time Like the Present" by Donald Boudreaux.
Article: "Why Inequality Matters" by My Fair London in association with The Equality Trust.
Book: "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.
Law: "Davis-Bacon Act", 1931.
 
Article: "Background Briefing with Ian Masters, January 5 2014" (with Professor Michael Greenberger).
The good: The American Solar Industry: "2013 Broke Records For New Solar Jobs In America" by Joanna M. Foster.
 
Talk Radio News Segment:
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Article: "TRNS News Notes - 1/30-14" by Victoria Jones.
Article: "TRNS News Notes - 1/29/14" by Victoria Jones.
Article: "Progress in Senate unemployment debate" by Burgess Everett and Manu Raju.
Article: "See you in court, says GOP" by Alexander Bolton.

Hour Three: The Republican conspiracy has won...
Article: "The Republican Conspiracy Has Worked" by Thom Hartmann.
 

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Hour One: Who is full of "bull-shevik?"
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Plus, the middle class is toast...
 
Hour Two: An out of control Pharma?
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Stop Trade Treachery!
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Full Show 1/29/14: Thom Hartmann's State of the Union Address
Full Show 1/29/14: Thom Hartmann's State of the Union Address

Thom delivers his third annual State of the Union Address and discusses his plan to get America back on track with tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" panel. Progressive Change Campaign Committee's Co-Founder Adam Green and Maine's Progressive U.S. Senatorial Candidate Shenna Bellows joins Thom to talk about the future of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how "The Caucus Room Strategy" to obstruct the Obama presidency has unfortunately worked.


Thom Hartmann on the News: January 29, 2014
Thom Hartmann on the News: January 29, 2014

Caller: Thom, You Don't Understand Capitalism!
Caller: Thom, You Don't Understand Capitalism!

What do the Koch Brothers Know About Inequality?
What do the Koch Brothers Know About Inequality?

Obama vs. FDR
Obama vs. FDR

The Republican Conspiracy has Won
The Republican Conspiracy has Won

What Would Thomas Paine say About the State of the Union?
What Would Thomas Paine say About the State of the Union?

Thom's Take on The State of the Union
Thom's Take on The State of the Union

The Thom Hartmann Program - January 29, 2014
The Thom Hartmann Program - January 29, 2014
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