• Are the Koch Bros and their Tea Party followers shutting down the Government now?
• John Nichols of The Nation Magazine. Latest on the war on democracy.
• Ryan Streeter, Editor of ConservativeHomeUSA; Former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush-White House Domestic Policy Council. Why should your kids have give up their American Dreams to pay for lifestyles of the rich?
  

• Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). "Brunch With Bernie"
• 100th anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City.
• Congressman Steve King (R-IA). Should English be designated the "official language" of the United States?
• Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear. 'China Syndrome' at Fukushima nuclear plant?
  

Negotiations in Congress to prevent a government shut down have reportedly fallen through. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid placed the blame on Tea Party Republicans who are refusing to compromise in budget negotiations saying, “The infighting between the tea party and the rest of the Republican Party…is keeping our negotiating partner from the negotiating table."

More than 500,000 people took to the streets of London over the weekend to protest the British Government’s proposed austerity program that will cut $130 billion in spending and lay off nearly 500,000 public workers. All walks of British life are expected to be affected by the cuts to childcare services, retirees, public safety programs and sets the nation’s single payer healthcare system on the road to privatization. London hasn’t seen a protest