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Daily Topics - Tuesday July 17th, 2012

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Hour One: What is Romney hiding?

Hour Two: Romney's Bain departure date and why it matters - Matthew Vadum, Capital Research Center

Hour Three: What you need to know about the LIBOR scandal - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)

Daily Topics - Monday July 16th, 2012

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Hour One: Why would anybody proudly call themselves a conservative?

Hour Two: Socialism vs. wealth inequality - Chris Markowski, Watchdog on Wall Street / Plus, Disclose Act...is it time to stop selling off America? Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Hour Three: Meet the guy threatened w/jail for registering voters...

It's time for the banksters to lawyer up

The New York Times reported on Saturday that the Department of Justice is building several criminal cases against major Wall Street banks related to the ongoing LIBOR rate-rigging scandal. Charges are expected to be brought against at least one bank and its employees by the end of this year. It’s alleged that hundreds of billions – if not trillions – of dollars were manipulated in the global economy by a handful of banks colluding

What will be Wall Street’s punishment for fraudulently manipulating the LIBOR?

An analysis by Morgan Stanley finds that Wall Street stands to be hit with at least $22 billion in penalties over its involvement in rigging key interest rates that underlie trillions of dollars of investments around the world. But that’s a low number – as hundreds of thousands of litigants – from individuals, to cities, to businesses – might have cases against the banks as this investigation continues – and it’s learned just how much mo

Daily Topics - Thursday July 12th, 2012

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Hour One: Latest on the battle for democracy in Michigan - Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, Rainbow Push Detroit

Our crumbling infrastructure & long commutes

Our public transportation system is failing low-income workers. According to a new study by the Brookings Institute – only a quarter of Americans can get to their job within 90 minutes using public transportation. For a lot of Americans who can’t afford a car – or the gas to commute the average 13 miles it takes for the typical American to get to work – then public transportation is their only option. But that means long, exh

Daily Topics - Wednesday July 11th, 2012

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Hour One: House repealing Obamacare...creating wage slavery?

Hour Two: Put an end to all billionaires! Tanya Marchiol, Team Investments Inc.

Hour Three: Tax Breaks for 10 years...where are the jobs?

America’s entrepreneurial class is dying

While small businesses have certainly taken a hit following the Bush Great Recession, the evidence shows that American entrepreneurs have been getting pummeled for more than thirty years. According to a new study released today by the New American Foundation, the number of entrepreneurs per capita has dropped by 53% since 1977. And since 1991, the number of Americans who are self-employed has dropped by more than 20%. In othe

Daily Topics - Tuesday July 10th, 2012

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Hour One: Voter suppression...a legacy of slavery? / Plus, GOP ignores SCOTUS, plots health care repeal vote - Congressman Steve Israel, (D-NY)

Hour Two: Should firefighters be making the minimum wage...$7.25/hour? Peter Ferrara, Carleson Center for Public Policy

Hour Three: Would cutting the work week put everyone back to work?

The LIBOR rate fixing scandal could grow

After heads rolled last week at Barclays Bank following admission that the bank rigged key interest rates that underlie millions of consumer loans from home mortgages to credit cards, there are new allegations that other banks may be involved, and that this massive rip-off has been going on for decades. As one financial insider admitted to The Economist, “fifteen years ago, the word was that LIBOR was being rigged.” The insider wen

Daily Topics - Monday July 9th, 2012

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Hour One: FL Gov covers up TB outbreak...why we need a national healthcare system - Peter Suderman, Reason Magazine

Hour Two: Will Obama get tax breaks for the middle class? Daniel Halper, The Weekly Standard

Hour Three: Cities fight back against the big banks...

Corporations are eating our commons

So-called Emergency Financial Managers in Michigan are selling off public schools to private charter school corporations – and laying off hundreds of public school teachers in the process. The “mini-dictators” who – appointed by Republican Governors – have unprecedented power to fire local elected officials, break union contracts, and sell off our commons to corporate interests have decided to eat alive the public school system in West M

The Greek people are once again getting a raw deal

Despite promising to renegotiate the bailout deal, to soften austerity measures coming down the pike, the new Conservative coalition government in Greece is moving forward with harsh new spending cuts. Even though the New Democracy party supported the bailout and austerity program during the campaign, the Party did promise to soften the austerity blow and have the spending cuts spread out over two years rather than inflicted immediately.

Daily Topics - Thursday July 5th, 2012

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Hour One: Mr. 1% and his offshore millions... / Plus, bring manufacturing home to America - Virg Bernero, Mayor-Lansing, MI

Hour Two: Conservative U.S. Senator says "no coverage for cancer"... / Plus, Geeky Science - Kitty litter can increase suicide rates in women

Hour Three: Rwanda has better health care than America...

Roll back the Reagan tax cuts, like they just did in France

With the Socialists now in control of France – the wealthy are again - after a long pause of tax cuts for the rich under Sarkozy - being asked to sacrifice their fair share. President Francois Hollande introduced a new budget on Wednesday – restoring pre-Sarkozy tax rates on the rich.

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