Less than 24 hours after voting to slash food stamp funding, House Republicans moved on to a full government shut down. On Friday, the US House of Representatives passed their version of a short-term spending resolution, which includes a measure to defund Obamacare. Before the vote, Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell called on Republicans to “wake up from their radical, ideological dream” and oppose the legislation.

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Hour One: Why Conservatives hate Obamacare - David Selig, Selig & Associates

Hour Two: Did the populous rebellion tank Larry Summers? Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio / Plus, Geeky Science - Why do fish swim in schools?

The United States House of Representatives is in the midst of a food stamp showdown. House Republicans want to slash the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by nearly $40 billion dollars, and House Democrats are fighting it with all their might. The drastic cuts are almost ten times the amount approved by the U.S. Senate in June as part of the farm bill.

On Wednesday, President Obama raised the pressure on Congressional Republicans, and asked business groups to help avoid another economic crisis. In a speech before the Business Roundtable, the president urged business leaders to demand that Republicans end their continued “brinksmanship” over two upcoming budget deadlines. President Obama said, “I'm tired of it, and I suspect you are too.”

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Hour One: More guns means more killings...

Hour Two: CA considers $10 minimum wage - Adrian Moore PhD, Reason Foundation

Hour Three: The Left Pushes Back...

On Monday, 12 people were killed in a mass shooting in our nation's capital, and at least 8 others were injured. Within minutes of the first shots, hundreds of police and naval officers surrounded the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters, and police shot and killed the lone gunman.

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Hour One: Banksters jack up your gas price...

Hour Two: Should the Mayor pass DC's liveable wage bill? Brian McNicoll, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)

Hour Three: Boulder's 100 year flood & weather weirding - Tom Weis, Climate Crisis Solutions

More than 1,200 people are unaccounted for in the wake of historic flooding in Colorado, and authorities say that more rain is on the way. Currently, flood waters cover more than 2,000 square miles in Colorado, and spread across 15 counties. The unprecedented flooding is being called a “1,000 year event,” as half a year's worth of rain hit that region in a 24-hour period, and more continues to fall.

As of Thursday, Syrian officials said their country had become a full member of the Chemical Weapons Convention, however U.N. officials reacted with caution.

Hour One: War or peace...what makes a great leader? Seth Cropsey, Hudson Institute / Mayday: The Decline of American Naval Supremacy

Hour Two: How Obamacare will make us all more free... / Plus, Geeky Science - this is your brain on...Zzzzz's

Hour Three: Why priests should marry...

It's no longer just an expression – the rich are getting richer, and the rest of us are being shut out of the game. According to a new report from economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty, the top ten percent of income earners in our nation took home more than half of all of the income in 2012. That is the highest percentage ever recorded in the 96-year history of data collection.

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Hour One: Rep. DeFazio on Syria - Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR, 4th District) / Plus, the REAL lessons of 9/11...

Hour Two: Progressives speak - "No Wider War in Syria" - Tim Carpenter, Progressive Democrats of America

Hour three: Chile - the other 9/11...

On the eve of the 9-11 anniversary, President Obama laid out an emotional case for a new military action. During the majority of his 17-minute speech from the East Room of the White House, the President tried to address the concerns of opponents to a Syria strike.

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Hour One: Did Putin & Obama outsmart the Republican Party?

Hour Two: Rep. Pocan on Syria - Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Hour Three: Conservative make-over for teacher's pensions? Marcus Winters, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

On Monday, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said, “We are calling on Syrian leadership to not only agree on placing chemical weapons storage sites under international control, but also it's subsequent destruction and fully joining the treaty on prohibition of chemical weapons.” Shortly afterward, a Syrian official told reporters that his nation welcomed the proposal.