The Supreme Court has turned America from a republic into a constitutional monarchy.

 

Last week, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear yet another conservative-fueled challenge to Obamacare. This time, the attack on Obamacare focuses on the phrasing of one sentence in the Affordable Care Act that talks about who can receive subsidies under the healthcare law.

 

That phrasing is in Section 36B of the Affordable Care Act, which gives the government the power to subsidize healthcare plans , "...which were enrolled in through an Exchange established by the State."

 

Basically, as it stands now, Americans who sign up for healthcare insurance under Obamacare through the federal exchange receive a subsidy to help pay for that insurance. However, the plaintiffs in the case are arguing that, based on the wording of the particular clause, Americans who sign up for Obamacare through the federal exchange AREN'T eligible for the subsidies; only Americans who sign up through state-run exchanges are.

 

Subsidies are a major aspect of Obamacare, and if the conservative justices on the Supreme Court were to rule against them in this case, millions of Americans will lose the healthcare coverage they got under Obamacare.

 

Read more here.

 

-Thom

 

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Obama Urges World Leaders to Approve TPP (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

 

Be sure to check out our new videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio

 

Need to Know: Obama Urges World Leaders to Approve TPP
- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine    

 

Screwed: Should the internet Be Reclassified as a Utility?
- Craig Aaron, Free Press    

 

 

Vote Scanners Failed in Citizen's United Ballot Referendum
- Brad Freidman, The Brad Blog  

 

Everything You Know Is Wrong: Jesus and the megachurches
- Frank Schaeffer, Why I am An Atheist Who Believes In God  

 

        

Monday's Daily Stack 

Article: "Netflix wants to put Comcast genie back in 'fast lane' bottle" by David Crow.

Article: "Chattanooga's super-fast publicly owned Internet" by James O'Toole.

Site: Voqal.

Article: "Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet".

Article: "Meet our pot critic Jake Browne, via a profile in the New York Times no less" by Ricardo Baca.

 

Site: Hunter School 

Site: Be The Light, Be The One.

Video: The Hunter School Saved Wilson's Life.

Article: "The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal" by Lee Fang.

Article: "In States With Medical Marijuana, Painkiller Deaths Drop by 25%" by Douglas Main.

Hour Two: GOP says "Repeal Obamacare"...again?!
- Dr. Elaina George, Conservative Commentator.

Article: "A Republican Congress Can't Repeal Obamacare. That Won't Stop Them From Trying" by Jeffrey Young.

 

Book: "The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child"

Book: "Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception" by Thom Hartmann.

If I Only Had A Brain Alert: "Stephen Ramsey Called 911 To Ask Dispatcher On A Date (Audio)" by David Moye.

Article: "New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage" by David Cecere, September 17, 2009 .

Article: "Harvard Study: States' Medicaid expansion refusal will kill thousands" by Joan McCarter, Jan 31, 2014.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones 

Article: "Chairman Wheeler's Statement on President Obama's Statement On Open Internet" by FCC.

Article: "Obama Makes Strong Push For Net Neutrality Rules" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "Obama: U.S. Will Continue Speaking Out About Hong Kong" by TRNS.

Article: "Obama, in Beijing, Calls for Restraint in Handling Hong Kong Protests" by Mark Landler.

Article: "Obama says momentum building on 'historic' Pacific trade deal" by Reuters.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" by EFF.

Article: "China's Free Trade Agreements".

Site: Nurse PTSD Toolkit.

Article: "TRNS News Notes 11/10" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: What does the GOP takeover mean for TPP fast track?
- Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch 

Article: "U.S. rules out major Trans-Pacific trade announcement at APEC" by Michael Martina.

Article: "TPP Trade Ministers' Report to Leaders Claims Overall Progress, Indicates Tough Negotiations on Intellectual Property" by Mike Palmedo.

Article: "Fast track (trade)" by Wikipedia.

Book: Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-right Alliance To Dismantle The Corporate State by Ralph Nader.

 

Article: "Howard Dean Rips Democrats: 'You Cannot Win if You Are Afraid'" by Evan McMurry.

Article: "Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered" by Ben Tufft.

Article: "Payday lending for military families a growing concern, federal regulator says" by Paul Purpura.

Article: "Assisted suicide bid rejected by UK court".

Article: "Assisted suicide: 10 years of dying at Dignitas" by Philippa Roxby.

Article: "Assisted dying will be made legal in UK 'within two years'" by Jamie Doward.

Article: "Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries" by InfoPlease.

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

Article: "The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection (Continued)" (Federalist 10) by James Madison.

Speech: "Farewell Address" by George Washington (1796) (factions).

Quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"" by Upton Sinclair.

 

The Hunter School, Permaculture and The Farm Stand
- Judy Julin, Hunter School 

 

Article: "Republicans Outspend Democrats in Most Expensive Midterms Ever" by Lucy Westcott.

Article: "Election 2014: A new level of collaboration between candidates and big-money allies" by Matea Gold.

Article: "F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality" by Edward Wyatt.

Article: "Kmart Workers Have To Come To Work Before Dawn On Thanksgiving" by Bryce Covert.

Article: "Why It Makes Sense To Give The World's Poorest People Glasses That Cost Just $2" by Sam P.K. Collins.

Article: "Last Night, One Million Workers Were Guaranteed The Right To Take Time Off When They're Sick" by Annie-Rose Strasser.

 

Article: "U.N. Panel Issues Its Starkest Warning Yet on Global Warming" by Justin Gillis.

Article: "Monsanto's 'Director of Millennial Engagement' Says GMOs Are Really Cool" by Anastasia Pantsios.

Article: "Next Generation Crash Dummies Will Be Overweight: A Reflection Of America's Obesity Epidemic" by Kathleen Lees.

Article: "Fracking Bans Pass in Denton, Texas, Two California Counties and One Ohio Town" by Anastasia Pantsios .

Article: "Scotland Produced Enough Wind Energy To Power Every Home In October" by Ari Phillips.

  

Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET 

Election 2014...what's God got to do with it?! That's what I'll be asking Dr. Alex McFarland

 

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GOP says "Repeal Obamacare"...Again?!

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