Millions of Americans are now realizing that they're too poor to afford Obamacare - and it's all thanks to Republican lawmakers across the country.

 

Twenty-five states - which are either controlled by a Republican governor or have a Republican legislature - have refused to expand Medicaid coverage to their citizens under Obamacare - in what are purely political moves. As a result of the "red-state donut-hole" - nearly 5 million Americans remain uninsured - and are unable to get healthcare through Obamacare.

 

And - a recent study by researchers at Harvard University and the City University of New York found that as many as 17,000 Americans could die directly because of "the lack of Medicaid expansion in opt-out states." So - millions of Americans will still be without healthcare thanks to Republicans. It's time to force Republican lawmakers to finally embrace Medicaid expansion - like they did when it was first rolled out in 1965. If they won't then 2014 is the time to vote them out of office, for refusing to accept federal tax dollars that would give health coverage for the poor.

 

-Thom

 

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Why the KXL Pipeline MUST be rejected... plus Congressman Keith Ellison, My Country 'Tis of Thee (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

 

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Watch the video 'Last Hours' narrated by Thom Hartmann about the "time bomb" that is ticking underground, underwater and under ice... frozen methane that is now escaping and could trigger runaway climate change. www.lasthours.org

 

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Need to Know: Why the KXL Pipeline MUST be rejected...
- Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)    

 

Screwed: REVEALED: How the NFL is ripping off our tax dollars
- Patrick Hruby, Politico / Sports on Earth      

 

 

Conversations with Great Minds - Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN, 5th District) / Author of the new book, My Country 'Tis of Thee: My Faith, My Family, Our Future (DC viewers: Rep. Ellison will be speaking Monday (2/10) 12pm at C.A.P., 1333 H St. NW) 

 

Friday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
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Article: "The Week in Review Friday, January 31, 2014" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders Statement on State of the Union" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders Applauds Obama on Minimum Wage" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders Details Sweeping Veterans Legislation" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Event: Feb 1 2014, Montpelier, VT. "NSA: Out of Control".

Article: "Toyota will sell a fuel-cell car around the world in 2015" by Chris Ziegler.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "CranioSacral Therapy" by Upledger Institute.

Article: "Harry Reid rejects President Obama's trade push" by Eric Bradner and Manu Raju.

Article: "Report May Ease Way to Approval of Keystone Pipeline" by Coral Davenport.

Article: "Audio: Carter says Gore won 2000 presidential election".

Article: "David Wildstein: I Have Proof Christie Knew About Lane Closures" by Susie Madrak.

Article: "Fall in eurozone inflation rate fuels deflation concerns" by BBC.

Article: "Krugman: Talking Troubled Turkey" by Paul Krugman.

Article: "Who was there person who ran for president twice but never won? " by Alan R.

Article: "Productivity and Compensation" by Matthew Yglesias.

Article: "When Biography Trumps Substance" by Timothy Egan.

Article: "Millions Are Now Realizing They're Too Poor For Obamacare" by Jeffrey Young.

Article: "Medicaid Estate Recovery, Latest Obamacare Horror Story, Was Backed By ALEC" by Sam Stein.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "George Zimmerman Agrees to Celeb Boxing Match I'll Fight Anyone ... Even Black People" by TMZ.

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "Leonard Peltier" by Wikipedia.

Event: March 9, 2014, Selma, AL. "Bridge Crossing Jubilee".

Article: "Chicago Considers Raising Its Minimum Wage To The Highest Level In The Nation" by Bryce Covert.

Article: "Low Wages at a Single Wal-Mart Store Cost Taxpayers about $1 Million Every Year, Says New Committee Staff Report" by Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Article: "The White Ghetto" by Kevin D. Williamson.

Site: healthcare.gov.

Article: "Little-known aspect of Medicaid now causing people to avoid coverage" by Sandhya Somashekhar.

Article: "HSBC imposes restrictions on large cash withdrawals" by Bob Howard.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Techtopus: How Silicon Valley's most celebrated CEOs conspired to drive down 100,000 tech engineers' wages" by Mark Ames.

Article: "Hobby Lobby's Approval of Forced Chinese Abortions" by Brian Dann.

Article: "Oh... This Is F****** PRICELESS !!!" by WillyT.

Article: "An Open Letter to Ann Coulter" by John Franklin Stephens.

Article: "Sanders Statement on Tar Sands Pipeline" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "The Game -- I'd Beat the F**k Out of George Zimmerman" by TMZ.

 

Article: "Missouri executes Herbert Smulls, despite question about execution drug".

Article: "The Veterans-Benefits Bandwagon Is Getting Mighty Crowded" by Stacy Kaper.

Article: "Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?" by Tom Perkins.

Article: "Standing up against wealth-shaming" by Michelle Malkin.

  

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET 

 

Hour Two: Could a real progressive minimum wage fix happen soon?
- Peter Schiff, The Peter Schiff Show 

 

Hour Three: KXL pipeline...what's missing from the State Dept. report?
- Ryan Koronowski, Climate Progress  

 

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Full Show 1/31/14: We Know What Christie Did Last Summer

Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" discusses the new details suggesting Chris Christie new about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, how death penalty states are considering using firing squads and how five million Americans remain uninsured because of Governor's opting out of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. In tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with Campaign for America's Future Co-Founder Robert Borosage and Senior Fellow Richard Eskow.

Thom Hartmann on the News: January 31, 2014

ALEC: Medicaid is Just a Loan!

The Real Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Are we Heading to a World Wide Depression?

Brunch With Bernie January 31, 2014

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