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Mike Papantonio talks with PR guru and political columnist Cliff Schecter about his recent piece on "Rick Perry: The French Cuff Cowboy."
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Dick Cheney is back in the headlines and making the cable news rounds talking about his new memoir. In this upcoming book he tells us that if he had his way, the US would have been involved in even more unwinnable wars and that most of the problems with the Bush administration can be blamed on anyone but Cheney.
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Republicans and their corporate masters for years have been trying to keep the truth about climate change from reaching the American public. They work tirelessly to tell us that the earth isn't getting hotter; or that there is no scientific consensus that global climate change is real; or even that climate change is a GOOD thing because its going to open up shipping routes in the arctic. Their latest efforts however go far beyond their usual tactics as they're now trying to get their anti-science agenda taught in public schools. Mike Papantonio discusses this issue with author Chris Mooney.
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It's been 6 years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, becoming one of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes in American history. But the storm itself wasn't the only tragedy -- the sub-standard levees in New Orleans made the death toll much higher than the average hurricane. Mike Papantonio talks about the real reason those levees failed with actor Harry Shearer, director and writer of the new documentary The Big Uneasy.
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Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz discuss what they expect to happen at tonight's Republican presidential debate. This is the GOP's big unveiling of Rick Perry, and the rest of the candidates are running scared. Pap and Ed also talk about Chris Christie's Koch connections and Rick Perry's love/hate relationship with the federal government.
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The "Sovereign Citizens" movement has been below the radar since their poster boy ideologue, Terry Nichols, helped murder 168 men, women, and children in an Oklahoma government building. Terry was one of those "anti" types who hated government, taxes and regulations. And we saw last year when anti-tax, anti-government, "anti-everything" oddballs fly their suicide planes into tax offices, that emboldens the next "anti" nut to grab his rifle and kill people at the Pentagon and that in turn emboldens the other loonies like Marlon to grasp onto the philosophies of groups like "Sovereign Citizens" or the teabaggers.
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When that basket of Republican eggplants was unloaded in South Carolina on Labor Day to bash unions, attack organized labor, and praise Boeing, what we saw was a clear picture of how the Republicans regard the American worker. It is the same way Beijing or New Delhi attracts corporations to their back yard.
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The Republican Party is scared to death that Obama has shown strong leadership on issues like Libya, they were scared when he managed to kill Bin Laden, and they were scared when he took out Somali pirates. They also want us to forget that they were in charge of the country when bin Laden sent his terrorists to kill 3,000 people on 9/11. That's why they look completely pathetic this week when they attack Obama for being a strong leader. Mike Papantonio talks about the GOP's national security crisis with Ben Adler, a contributing writer for The Nation.
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If there's one thing Republicans love to attack, its government regulations. They tell us that regulations cost us jobs, they cost us too much money, and that they prohibit businesses from operating properly in the so-called "free market." What they're really upset about is that corporations have to take a little extra time to ensure that their workers aren't put in danger every day while doing their jobs, which costs these multinational conglomerates a few extra dollars. Mike Papantonio talks about the assault on regulations -- regulations that are saving peoples' lives -- with Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen.
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Earlier this year the Koch Brothers held a secret meeting for wealthy GOP donors where they discussed how they would help the Republicans defeat President Obama. And until earlier this week what transpired at that meeting remained a mystery. Luckily we still have great investigative journalists working in America today -- journalists like Brad Friedman who managed to get a hold of an audio recording of the Koch's secret meeting. He spoke with Ring of Fire's Sam Seder recently about what really happened behind the Koch's closed doors.
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For years groups like the US Chamber of Commerce have flooded the country with stories about out of control lawsuits and how doctors are being forced to pay huge insurance premiums because of medical malpractice lawsuits. Well, according to a new report, most doctors in America ARE facing medical malpractice lawsuits but only a tiny fraction of these doctors will ever have to pay a dime. Mike Papantonio discusses the truth about lawsuits with Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy.
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While 68.3 million Americans struggle to get enough food to eat and wages are declining for 90 percent of the population, US millionaire household wealth has reached an unprecedented level. According to an extensive study by auditing and financial advisory firm Deloitte, US millionaire households now have $38.6 trillion in wealth. On top of the $38.6 trillion they have an estimated $6.3 trillion hidden in offshore accounts.