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This commercial featuring Clint Eastwood aired during halftime of the Super Bowl. Eastwood says that it is "halftime in America" because "people are out of work and they are hurting." He suggests that America will pull out of out it, because the American people always band together and do what's right. He cites bailing out the auto industry in Detroit as an example.

In his daily take, Thom explains how ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Counsel is leading America into a corporatocracy, which means that elected officials represent corporations instead of people. ALEC joins with CEOs and lawmakers a few times a year to draw up legislation approved by the corporations. Florida Republican State Representative, Rachel Bergen, proposed legislation to reduce corporate taxes.

Occupy Oakland debates the question of non-violence in this clip.

The Stream shows a clip of Robert Reich, the CEO of Common Cause explaining the implications of the Citizens United ruling through a illustration/animation video. The video says the court ruling basically decided corporations were people, that super PACS are expected to shatter all spending records on political ads, and that corporations that caused a failed economy that caused Americans to lose their jobs and homes are the ones that are drowning out peoples voices in elections.

NJ Republican Governor Chris Christie says he made a deal with the gay man, Bruce Harris, who he nominated to the state's high court to recuse himself on the same-sex marriage case! Christie wants to put gay marriage rights to a popular vote-and says that it is too bad Mississippi and Alabama could not have had state referenda on civil rights for African Americans in the 1960s. The Republican presidential contest gets wackier and wackier.

Thom discusses how voters are being fooled in to believing they're voting for people, but they're really voting for large special interest groups. Also discussed: the UN's warning of increased poverty due to rapid population growth, election fraud allegations against Newt Gingrich and Thom's "Daily Take" on how Republicans and the media are rewriting Pres. Obama's first term in office.

This is a video for a song about a refugee. According to a recent U.N. High Commission for Refugees study, nearly one half of the world's refugees are from Afghanistan and Iraq. And then there are the ones who didn't survive to become refugees. The images used for this video were gathered for a multi-media show called, Occupied. Leralee Whittle and I created that show in 2008 about the US occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan and American minds. This song and the images used are about Iraqi refugees.

Thom discusses Grover Norquist's call for impeaching Obama if he wins and doesn't extend the Bush tax cuts. Also discussed: the latest from the occupy movement, California's efforts to move to a single payer system and Thom's "Daily Take" on how Michigan and Greece's economic and democratic problems are oddly similar.

Thom talks to author and attorney Jeff Clements on his latest book, "Corporations are Not People." Tonight's Big Picture Rumble panel discusses last night's GOP debate, the backlash against conservatism and the Wisconsin recall effort.

The copy of the 28th Amendment is delivered to the steps of the Supreme Court by Occupy the Courts in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25, 2012.

Craig Aaron, the president and CEO of freepress.net appeared on The Big Picture to talk about how much money broadcasters are getting to air political ads. The reliable estimate is that $3 billion will be spent on political ads and be paid to broadcasters on this election. Aaron talks about how these ads are misleading, and how the broadcasters don't spend the money to make the election make sense to the American people, but instead get rich by perpetuating a misinformed electorate.

Thom and his panel discuss last night's State of the Union Address, specifically the "party of no's" lack of enthusiasm for the President's speech. Also discussed: why we have a capital(ist) gains tax and Thom's Daily Take on economic austerity.

Thom delivers his State of the Union Address. Also discussed: the release of Mitt Romney's tax returns and the SCOTUS' decision on the police's ability to use a GPS device to track criminal suspects.