Papantonio: Chris Christie's Koch Addiction
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Over the last few weeks investigative journalist Brad Friedman has been publishing articles that have exposed what really occurred at a Koch Brothers secret meeting in Colorado earlier this year. One of the revelations was that New Jersey governor Chris Christie was the guest of honor and keynote speaker at the event -- a revelation that isn't sitting well with New Jersey citizens.
Papantonio: The GOP's Cult Mentality
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If you think that today's Republican Party is starting to look like a spooky religious cult, you aren't alone. As the American right lurches from traditional conservatism -- a go-slow approach to governing that stresses the importance of continuity and social stability -- to a far more reactionary brand typified by acolytes of Ayn Rand and Tea Party extremists waving misspelled signs decrying Democrats' "socialism," the time has come to ask whether modern "backlash" conservatism has become a religious faith rather than a pedestrian political ideology.
Papantonio: The GOP's Plan To Raise Middle Class Taxes
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President Obama has finally drawn a line in the sand over government spending -- he's told the Republicans that he will veto any bill that comes his way that includes cuts to Social Security and Medicare and he's also unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce military spending and raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. As usual, the GOP has countered with their own plan -- a plan that includes entitlement cuts and tax increases on working Americans.
Papantonio: Now's The Time to Get Mad and Do Something
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Mike Papantonio talks with Ed Schultz about the plight of the American workers, and why there's no time to waste to get involved.
Papantonio: Who's Pulling The Strings For Rick Perry?
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Most Americans don't think to highly of former US Senator Phil Gramm. You may remember that Gramm led the charge to deregulate Wall Street shortly before Bush took office, which helped spur the great Recession. And while working on John McCain's presidential campaign, he told us that America was a nation of "whiners." Gramm's history as a hard line neocon gives us plenty of reason to worry about Rick Perry because Gramm just happens to be one of Perry's mentors.
Papantonio: Stop the Looting, Start Prosecuting
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Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to discuss the right wing attacks on Occupy Wall Street.
Papantonio: Is Rupert Murdoch Spying On You?
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With each passing week the evidence against Rupert Murdoch and his corrupt media empire continues to pile up. We now know that Murdoch has bribed officials, paid off criminals, and spied on high-profile people around the globe. But was News Corp the only media outlet engaging in illegal activities?
Sam Seder: Corporate Tax Dodgers Are Destroying The Economy
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A new study revealed that 25 major American corporations were paying their CEOs more than they were paying in taxes. In fact, when you factor in the tax subsidies that these companies pull in, they actually end up getting money BACK from the federal government, on top of billions of dollars in revenues. This lack of tax revenue is a major drain on our economy and is a major contributor to our federal debt.
Papantonio: GOP Ready To Steal 2012 Election
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The GOP is in bad shape heading into the 2012 election, as their crop of potential candidates isn't winning over the support of the public. So they've come up with another plan to win back the White House -- they're going to prevent Democrats from voting. By implementing new forms of poll taxes and voter ID requirements, the GOP is hoping to prevent underprivileged voters from casting a vote for Obama.
Nightline: Yaz Birth Control Investigation
Papantonio: What "Shared Sacrifice" Means To A Republican
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There's been a lot of talk recently about so-called "shared sacrifice." Politicians from both the left and the right have said that everyone will need to make sacrifices until we can get our economy back on track. The only problem is that the Wall Street billionaires who caused our economic collapse are not having to sacrifice anything, while working class families continue to struggle to put food on the table.
Sam Seder: Mike Lofgren -- Why I Left The GOP Cult
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We've talked a lot recently about how the GOP appears to be falling apart thanks to the extremists within the party who have pushed it further and further to the right. And that isn't just opinion -- a former GOP insider has also recently come forward to expose the truth about his former employers, and he doesn't have a lot of nice things to say about the Republican Party. Ring of Fire's Sam Seder talks with Mike Lofgren, the former Republican staffer who says that he's glad that he managed to escape the GOP cult.
Papantonio: Eric Cantor's Brain Occupied
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Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to discuss Eric Cantor's sudden change of heart regarding the Occupy Wall Street protesters -- a group that just a few days ago he referred to as a "mob."
Papantonio: Republicans Now Claim To Be Concerned About Income Gap
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Papantonio: Republicans Now Claim To Be Concerned About Income Gap
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Republicans, led by majority leader Eric Cantor, now want us to believe that they are concerned over the widening income gap in America. In the same breath they call for more tax breaks for billionaires. Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz expose the lies and hypocrisy of the righties.
Papantonio: How Anti-Science Republicans Are Destroying America
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Papantonio: How Anti-Science Republicans Are Destroying America
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The crop of Republican presidential hopefuls all seem to have at least one thing in common -- they hate science. Whether its evolution, climate change, or the scientific method, people like Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have gained huge support from the religious right by claiming to not believe in science. And to make matters worse, this anti-science movement is gaining a tremendous amount of traction within the Republican Party.
Papantonio: Obama's Jobs Tour Is Working
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Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to talk about the Republicans' jobs plan -- A plan that involves not coming up with solutions but trying to convince Americans that Obama doesn't care about them.
Papantonio: Women Are Being Crippled With Transvaginal Mesh Implants
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Papantonio: Women Are Being Crippled With Transvaginal Mesh Implants
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Most consumers are aware of the risks of prescription medications. There's plenty of literature available that shows the dangers of drugs like Vioxx, Fosamax, and Yaz but there aren't a lot of people out there talking about medical devices. And as we've witnessed in the past decade, our FDA is so inept and so corrupt that faulty medical devices are reaching the market at an unprecedented rates. Mike Papantonio talks about the latest in medical device recalls with attorney Robert Price.
Papantonio: Obama Keeps His Promise To End Iraq War
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Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz discuss the president's decision to bring all American troops home from Iraq by the end of 2011.
Papantonio: Big Pharma Lies Cost Women Their Lives
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Mike Papantonio talks with radio host Stephanie Miller about the dangers of Bayer's blockbuster birth control drug Yaz.
Papantonio: The GOP Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Perry is now a birther. Cain says Social Security is slavery. Bachmann is... well, she's still Bachmann. The GOP presidential candidates have gone off the deep end and Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz discuss the Party's dissent into crazy-land.
The Corporate Assault on the Middle Class
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The American middle class took a massive hit during the Great Recession when millions of working Americans lost their jobs, their homes, and their livelihoods. And more than 3 years after the economic meltdown occurred things aren't looking much better for this group. As Republicans continue to block unions, cut government spending, and reward companies for shipping jobs overseas, the American workers in the middle class are getting worked over yet again.
Papantonio: The GOP Crazy Train Derails
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The GOP Presidential wannabes are getting stranger and stranger by the minute. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to talk about how the entire Republican Party has devolved into a creepy fringe group that scares even Pat Robertson.
Papantonio: GOP Continues Its Class Genocide
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Republicans are whining like babies because they think that they are the victims of class warfare. They're upset because president Obama wants to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires -- less than 2% of the American population. But in the eyes of Republicans this is class warfare. But what they seem to forget is that they've already committed class genocide against the middle class of America. Mike Papantonio talks about the real class war massacre with Karl Frisch, a founding partner of the strategic communications firm Bullfight Strategies.
Papantonio: The Consequences of Violent Right Wing Rhetoric
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A few years ago a right wing extremist took his shotgun into a church and shot two people dead. He committed these murders because the victims were liberals -- people who in his mind were destroying America. The gunman told investigators that he believed people like Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly when they tell their listeners that liberals want to destroy America. This story highlights just how dangerous the conservative media has become. Mike Papantonio talks about the influence that the media has over the public with Maria Armoudian, author of the new book "Kill The Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World."
Papantonio: The Tea Party Cult
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If you think that today's Republican Party is starting to look like a spooky religious cult, you aren't alone. As the Republican Party moves away from traditional conservatism to a reactionary brand of politics inspired by Ayn Rand and Tea Party extremists wave misspelled signs decrying Democrats' "socialism," the time has come to ask whether modern "backlash" conservatism has become a spooky death cult rather than a pedestrian political ideology. Mike Papantonio talks about the new GOP Tea Party cult with Chauncey DeVega, a contributor to Alternet.