America has a "lying press" problem. And it's not the "enemy of the people" situation our president has asserted.

Consider the biggest threats America faces right now.

Abrupt climate change is happening around the world as a result of our use of fossil fuels. France 24 reported on February 18 that half the population of Somalia is facing famine because of an unprecedented, climate change-driven drought that's extending across north and central Africa, while the United States is whipsawed between unprecedented weather extremes because there's 6 percent more moisture in the air than in 1950, feeding massive storms.

The list goes on from the Arctic, which was up to 50 degrees warmer than it should be this winter, to the Antarctic, where sea ice is also reaching lows not seen since humans came out of the trees.

Have you seen the story on American network news? Probably not.

Read more news that you have not heard on mainstream media - and the reasons why - here.

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10:30pm... How Capitalism Gave Birth to Trump... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Tuesday's Daily Stack 

In for Thom, Progressive host Alex Lawson, Social Security Works/We Act Radio   

 

Hour One: GOP Attacks on Social Security Continue
- Nancy Altman, Social Security Works/Social Security Works! Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All  

 

Article: "Trumpcare 2.0: Republicans propose eliminating pre-existing coverage protections" by Matthew Rozsa.

Article: "Paul Ryan says he's been "dreaming" of Medicaid cuts since he was "drinking out of kegs"" by Matthew Yglesias.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "Bernie Sanders To Introduce Single-Payer Health Care Bill In U.S. Senate" by Peter Hirschfeld.

Article: "America's TV Media Crisis Goes Far Beyond Covering Trump: We Simply Aren't Hearing About the Most Pressing Issues of Our Time" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: Medicare Rights Center.

Article: "Frequently Asked Questions about Medicare" by Social Security Works.

Article: "Why Medicaid Is Important to Seniors" by Social Security Works.

Bill: "H.R.1114 - Social Security Expansion Act" by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4].

Bill: "S.427 - Social Security Expansion Act" by Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT].

Hour Two: Remembering MLK, Jr.
- Kymone Freeman, We Act Radio/Black Lives Matter DC     

Speech: "Beyond Vietnam" - Martin Luther King Jr., 4 April 1967.

Article: "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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

 

Alex Lawson of Social Security Works/We Act Radio will be talking with:
- Richard Eskow, The Zero Hour/Campaign for America's Future
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)
- Rebecca Vallas, Center for American Progress Poverty to Prosperity Program/Off-Kilter Podcast,
- Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia of Indivisible
and
- Noah Westreich of the IfNotNow Movement

 

And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...

 

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