Republicans love to whine about the tyranny of the big bad federal government.

So why did they just vote to increase the power of corporate tyranny?

Everything any of us have ever done on the internet will now be sold off to the highest bidder.

That's because on Tuesday, House Republicans passed a bill making it LEGAL for companies like Comcast to sell their users' internet browsing history without permission.

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump, who's expected to sign it.

Republicans are always whining about big government tyranny. Doesn't this bill just show that what they actually want is big corporate tyranny?

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10:30pm... Who has more power... Trump or the Freedom Caucus? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Thursday's Daily Stack 

Article: "Senate intelligence leaders pledge bipartisan Trump-Russia inquiry" by Patricia Zengerle.

Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.

Article: "Did The Media Help Donald Trump Win? $5 Billion In Free Advertising Given To President-Elect" by Jason Le Miere.

Article: "The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them" by T.C. Sottek.

Article: "House Votes To Allow Internet Service Providers To Sell, Share Your Personal Information" (lists Republicans who voted against) by Chris Morran.

Article: "Why Was US Attorney Preet Bharara Fired? Dem Senators Seek Answers" by Deirdre Fulton.

Vote: "On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 233: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1431) to amend the Environmental Research" by Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA4].

Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

Facebook: "Thom Hartmann Program".

Hour Two: The "Third Way" Democrats Are Trying to Push The Party to the Right...
- Michael Corcoran, Truthout    

Article: "The DLC Lives: "Third Way" Democrats Are Trying to Push the Party Rightward" by Michael Corcoran.

Book: The New Democrats and the Return to Power by Al From.

 

Article: "Facebook officially launches "Town Hall" for contacting government reps, adds local election reminders" by Sarah Perez.

 

The Case against Monsanto
- Robert Kennedy Jr., Hudson Riverkeeper/Waterkeeper Alliance/Framed: Why Michael Skakel Spent Over a Decade in Prison For a Murder He Didn't Commit      

Article: "Glyphosate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Polyethoxylated tallow amine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tests Show Monsanto Weed Killer in Cheerios, Other Popular Foods" by Carey Gillam.

Article: "Atrazine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wikileaks-style document dump reveals deep EPA collusion with Monsanto to conceal dangers of glyphosate herbicide (deposition of Jess Rowland)" by Mike Adams .

 

Event: Apr 12, 2017: Kent, WA: "Dave Reichert Empty Chair Town Hall".

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones 

Article: "Pence and Ailing Senator Deliver Votes to Block Family Planning Money" by Jennifer Steinhauer.

Article: "2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports" by Matthew Rosenberg, Maggie Haberman, Adam Goldman.

Article: "Senate Intel Russia hearings -- live updates" March 30, 2017 by Kathryn Watson.

Article: "North Carolina lawmakers vote to repeal controversial bathroom bill" by Regina Holmes.

Article: "North Carolina lawmakers vote to undo 'bathroom bill'; ACLU says it's not enough" by AP.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Hour Three: The New Media Reality in the Trump Era
- Jan Frel, Alternet  

Article: "10 Big Media Realities in the Trump Era" by Don Hazen, Jan Frel, Steven Rosenfeld, Kali Holloway, Ivy Olesen.

Site: Alternet

Site: Raw Story

Site: Mother Jones

Site: Salon

Site: TPMMuckraker

Site: Think Progress

Site: Democracy Now!

 

Article: "SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch Started 'Fascism Forever' Club at Elite Prep School" by Deirdre Fulton.

Quote: "The illegal we do immediately, the unconstitutional takes a little longer" - Henry Kissinger.

Article: "Pence's unwillingness to be alone with a woman is a symptom of a bigger problem" by Paul Waldman.

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

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

 

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