Papantonio: Cain -- The GOP's Latest Sex Pervert
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Herman Cain's campaign is now having to deal with more than just his usual "stupid talk." Today his campaign is dealing with allegations of sexual harassment as well as some potential election law violations. Mike Papantonio talks with Ed Schultz about the future of the Cain campaign.
Papantonio: The Continuing Assault on Labor
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The Republican Tea Party's favorite talking point these days is "where are the jobs?" Republican officials have hammered Democrats for allegedly ignoring the unemployment problem in America even though Republicans have beaten down every job-creating effort put forward by the president. And now the Republicans have gone even further and are trying to strip the National Labor Relations Board of their ability to prevent companies from shipping American jobs overseas. Mike Papantonio talks about the assault on labor from the GOP with Congressman Bruce Braley.
Papantonio: Tea Party Would Love a Sex Pervert Like Cain
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Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to discuss the ongoing Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations and what that might mean for his campaign.
Papantonio: Tea Party OK With Sexual Harassment
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Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz discuss whether or not the Tea Party is even going to acknowledge the sexual harassment claims being lobbed against Herman Cain and if they'll even matter in the long run.
Sam Seder: How Racism Still Influences American Politics
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In 2007 and 2008 the media was buzzing with news about the possibility of an African American winning the presidency. There were many in the media who believed that Obama's election meant that America was becoming a post-racial country. Unfortunately this was not the case and as we've seen from Tea Partiers and Fox News pundits, racism is still alive and well in America. Sam Seder talks about the hurdles that President Obama overcame and the hurdles that he continues to face, with Randall Kennedy, Harvard professor and author of the new book "Persistence of the Color Line."
Papantonio: How Much Did Herman Cain Cost The Koch Brothers?
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Herman Cain has had quite a week and things are just starting to heat up. Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz discuss the latest allegations coming out against Cain as well as his chief of staff's ridiculous statement that they might sue Politico.
Papantonio: Voting Machines Still Dangerously Vulnerable to Hackers
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After dropping off the front pages of progressive news publications and websites a few years ago, a lot of progressives believed that the problems with electronic voting machines had gone away. Nothing could be further from the truth. And as new investigations have shown, the new supply of voting machines that next year's presidential election will be using are more flawed than any of the machines we've seen in the last decade. Mike Papantonio talks about the latest round of problems with electronic voting with Brad Friedman, founder of The Brad Blog.
Papantonio: The GOP's Search For A Hero
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Every current GOP presidential candidate has done their best to invoke the image of Reagan throughout their campaign. But if you look at the policies of Reagan, you begin to realize that he wouldn't even be invited to the table to join the new wave of tea party Republicans who have completely taken control of the GOP. Mike Papantonio talks about what has happened to the Republican Party and why the party has gone so far off the deep end that they may not be able to survive, with author Cliff Schecter.
Sam Seder: The Best Way To Rob a Bank is To Own One
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Bank of America has become the poster-child for corruption and incompetence ever since they took a taxpayer-funded bailout to save themselves from their own incompetence. They then took that bailout money and paid record-breaking bonuses to their executives and raised fees for their own customers. And today it looks like the company is poised to repeat history again. Sam Seder talks about the next round of troubles facing Bank of America with William Black, author of the book "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One."
Papantonio: Ohio Voters Reject Kasich's Tea Party Agenda
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Remember when John Kasich and his arrogant loudmouth Republican squatters there in Ohio's Capitol told all of America that they didn't really care that working families, union families were upset with them when they set out to bust Ohio's employees' unions? According to Kasich it was going to be payback time to those unions who believed it was important to actually take care of Ohio workers. What you saw happen, Mr. Kasich, was a powerfully strong rejection, not just of your Fox News holdover regressive ideas -- what we all saw was a rejection of Tea Party republicanism. You, personally, were rejected Mr. Kasich. What you and your Republican moral cripples stand for -- that was rejected.
Papantonio: Corporate Money Loses In Ohio Election
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This week voters in Ohio went to the polls and told Governor Kasich that they weren't going to accept his attack on organized labor. But the fight to repeal Senate Bill 5 was one that laid the foundation for what we can expect in elections across the country in the coming year. Out-of-state corporate money dominated the election process in Ohio. Mike Papantonio discusses which companies wanted to strip labor unions of their ability to protect workers with Mike Ludwig, a reporter for Truth-Out.org.
Ohio Labor Movement Defeats Anti-Union Bill and Its Wealthy Supporters
Papantonio: Victory For Womens' Rights in Mississippi
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While progressives won a huge victory in Ohio this week they scored another victory in a battle in Mississippi where the right tried to take away a woman's right to make decisions about her own body. Mike Papantonio recently discussed that crusade by GOP extremists as well as their attempts to pass similar legislation all over the country with Nick Baumann from Mother Jones magazine.
Papantonio: GOP Debate Filled With Stupid Talk
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This week the Republican presidential hopefuls held yet another debate completely devoid of any intelligent conversation. Many pundits are now speculating whether or not Rick Perry's poor performance and hilarious gaffes have put the final nail in his campaign's coffin. But even without Perry's disastrous gaffe there was still plenty of stupid talk going on. Mike Papantonio spoke with John Amato from Crooks and Liars about the winners and loser of this week's debate.
Papantonio: The Death of Keynesian Economics
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Any credible economist in America will tell you that Keynesian economic policies are the only policies that will help spur economic growth. From FDR to Bill Clinton, Keynesian economics helped pull America out of the great Depression as well as the recessions that were created by Ronald Reagan and Bush Senior. So why have Democrats today abandoned those policies? To help answer that question, Mike Papantonio spoke with Michael Corcoran, an investigative journalist with Truth-Out.org.
Sam Seder: Dirty Tricks of the Insurance Industry Exposed
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The average American reads on a 6th to 8th grade level—something that the insurance industry is well aware of. And because of this the industry writes the literature regarding their policies on a collegiate level, making it virtually impossible for the vast majority of Americans to even comprehend. So they end up buying policies that they don't even need. That's just one of the dirty tricks that the industry is playing on American consumers. Sam Seder discusses even more shady tactics by the insurance industry with Wendell Potter, author of the book "Deadly Spin."
Papantonio: Places To Occupy Next
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When a small group of protesters began to Occupy Wall Street two months ago, no one could have imagined that the movement would have spread across the globe in just a month's time. Instead of disappearing like the folks at Fox News had predicted, the movement is growing with each passing day as more and more people are becoming fed up with the way corporate America has treated them. The big question now is, what is the next step? Mike Papantonio talks about that next step with investigative journalist Daniel Denvir.
Papantonio: Generational Income Gap Is Destroying Young People Financially
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Unlike the "Don't Tax Me" Tea Party, the members of the Occupy Movement tend to be young adults who are struggling to find work. And there's a reason why this generation is becoming increasingly angry at corporate America. Studies show that young Americans are now falling way behind in income while the older generations hold almost half of all the wealth in America. Mike Papantonio discusses the generational income gap with Alternet editor and senior writer, Josh Holland.
Papantonio: Time To Tax Wall Street
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The Republicans are willing to do anything to reduce the deficit in America -- as long as they don't have to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, or multinational corporations. But they have absolutely no problem sticking it to the remaining 99% of the country by slashing Social Security, pensions, and other social safety net programs. But if we want to talk about deficit reduction -- seriously talk about it -- then tax increases have to be on the table. Mike Papantonio spoke with Congressman Bruce Braley from Iowa recently about his plan to help bring down the deficit.
Papantonio: Gingrich Campaign Out of Money and Hope
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Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz discuss the big news over the last few days, including the similarities between the Occupy Movements in the US and the UK, as well as the latest developments with the GOP's candidate du jour Newt Gingrich.
Sam Seder: The Abuse of Presidential Powers
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When President Bush and Dick Cheney assumed office, they began systematically increasing the powers of the executive office. By issuing hundreds of signing statements, they managed to give their offices more power than any administration in history. When Obama took office eight years later, we assumed that he would reverse the policies and direction of the previous administration, but as we've seen, he's only continued the policies of Bush and Cheney. Sam Seder talks about the sweeping expansion of executive powers with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Charlie Savage.
Papantonio: Stupidity Damaged Cain More Than Sex Problems
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Herman Cain has gone down in flames, so the Tea Party Republicans have found a new savior: Newt Gingrich. But as Mike Papantonio points out, Gingrich is the most flawed candidate for the GOP.
Papantonio: The Skeletons In Newt's Closet
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Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to discuss Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls and how all of the skeletons lurking in Newt's closet should be enough to turn off even the most ardent Teabaggers.
Sam Seder: The Problem of Republican Stupidity
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Both the mainstream media and the Republican Party have been going down the drain for decades. And if you turn on network news or tune into the Sunday morning political pundit shows, you've probably noticed that the problems with the media and the GOP are not getting any better. In fact, about the only word you could use to describe both is "stupid." Sam Seder discusses the problems that arise from this stupidity with Eric Alterman, Professor of Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and contributing writer for The Nation.
Papantonio: The Dimwit Republican Circus Freaks March Again
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Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to discuss a Republican campaign season that has brought us: Donald Trump telling us Obama wasn't born in America; Gingrich's $500,000 credit line at Tiffany's; Rick Perry's lack of knowledge on every issue; Michele Bachmann's "pray away the gay" clinic and her chronic mythomania; Mitt Romney's flip flops; Herman Cain's endless trail of sexual trysts. These people are making George Bush look like Dwight Eisenhower.