Daily Topics - Tuesday May 6th, 2014
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Hour One: Did SCOTUS just blow up separation of Church and State? Bishop Council Nedd II, Project 21
Hour Two: U.S. Scientists: We are not fearmongering - Dr. Michael Mann
USA: The world's newest 3rd world nation
And the newest third-world country is….America! That’s right. America looks a lot more like a third-world nation than the wealthiest country in the world.
Daily Topics - Monday May 5th, 2014
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Hour One: Trade, regulations and China's economic boom - Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum / Plus, Politics: Money Out, People In - Libby Car, Washington State Coalition to Amend the Constitution
Hour Two: America doesn't give a RAT's ASS about the poor!
The American Military Junta
America is now officially being ruled by a military Junta. That’s right.
Does hard work really pay off anymore?
For most of our lives, we've been taught that hard work pays off, but most of the super-rich didn't make their money by working hard. According to a new analysis by Paul Buchheit of UsAgainstGreed.org, those at the top make most of their money by betting against the American people.
Daily Topics - Thursday May 1st, 2014
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In for Thom today, please welcome Leslie Marshall, The Leslie Marshall Show
Hour One: Women on birth control...destroying America?! Pastor Steven Anderson, Faithful Word Baptist Church
Let's take back our land from Big Oil!
What do you do with the land that's been destroyed by the fossil fuel industry? Well, turn it in to a solar farm of course! The Maywood Solar Farm in Indiana is 43 acres, and it's made up of 36,000 solar panels. And, it sits on the site of a former coal tar refinery plant, which was designated as a Superfund site by the EPA.
Daily Topics - Wednesday April 30th, 2014
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Anything Goes Wednesday!
Hour One: Brunch With Bernie - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Bundy’s Friends Have Become the Kochs’ "Useful Idiots"
If you want to understand the modern American right, just head on out to Bunkerville, Nevada and visit the Bundy Ranch. The mainstream media may have backed off talking about them ever since The New York Times published Cliven Bundy’s racist rant, but, believe it or not, militia groups are still hanging around the Bundy Ranch and they’re really starting to annoy eve
Daily Topics - Tuesday April 29th, 2014
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Hour One: New Economic Perspectives - Dr. Stephanie Kelton, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Hour Two: Is democracy only available to the elite? Dr. Martin Gilens, Princeton University
Activism Started with Tim Carpenter - Now It's Your Turn
The Progressive movement in America has lost one of its greatest fighters. Each night when I close “The Big Picture,” I tell you that democracy begins with you, and encourage you to get out there and get active. Tim Carpenter was the living embodiment of those words.
Daily Topics - Monday April 28th, 2014
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Hour One: We are not living in a post racial world - Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show
Hour Two: What does the CIA have to do with the birthers? Dr. Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
Hour Three: How George W. Bush screwed this generation of college students...
How George W. Bush screwed this generation of college students...
Every kid in America could have a free public college education right now if George W. Bush hadn’t been such a war monger. In early 2001, prior to the war in Afghanistan, the Taliban government in Afghanistan issued an edict to ban opium cultivation in that nation, saying it was a violation of Islam.
Why don't bosses want us talking about our pay?
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act and upheld a boss's right to punish workers for talking about unfair pay practices. And, the corporate masters are happy that their “pay secrecy” rules are still in place. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have protected workers from discussing salaries, and make it easier for them to challenge wage discrimination in court.
Poverty is killing us.
According to a new study from the Brookings Institute, wealthy Americans are living considerably longer lives than Americans who are struggling with poverty. The report points out that the by the age of 55, the average American man in the top10 percent of the income bracket can expect to live another 35 years or so. But, by the age of 55, the average man in the bottom 10 percent of the country's income bracket only has around 24 years left to live.