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Up Front – The gun lobby re-surfaces; new fracking rules for California; Medical Marijuana in court
The gun lobby’s starting to go public again in the wake of the Newtown massacre–we interview the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, who says the solution is more guns in schools! Plus: the city of Oakland is going to court to try to block the Federal government from seizing the building that houses the … Continued
UpFront – Social Security Cuts loom in fiscal deal; Solutions to gun violence
They’ve almost got a fiscal deal in Washington, and there’s bad news for anyone who ever intends to retire: Barack Obama’s apparently willing to accept a cut to Social Security benefits. Dean Baker joins us to discuss the deal, and what the cut would mean. Plus: Scott Klinger on the roots of the extremely well-funded … Continued
Up Front – Guns, Drones
In recent years, there’s been a state-by-state push to make it easier to get guns, and to carry them everywhere from classrooms to churches. Lisa Graves discusses the organizations behind the wave of de-regulation. California already has some of the toughest gun laws in the country — but there’s already a push to make them … Continued
Up Front – Egypt Referendum; North Korea Missile Test; Mass Shootings and the Gun Lobby
Ahmad Shokr joins us live from Cairo to de-brief this weekend’s election results–it looks like a success for the Muslim Brotherhood-backed constitution, but opposition groups are crying foul. Then Sonali Kolhatkar looks at what’s behind the posturing over North Korea’s latest missile test. Finally: Guns. Mother Jones senior editor Mark Follman on trends in mass … Continued
Up Front – Fracking California
Dueling protests in the streets of Egypt as the country barrels toward a referendum on a new constituion. Cairo-based journalist Ahmad Shokr joins us live. Then: Fracking comes to California. The Bureau of Land Management has just auctioned off drilling rights to 18,000 acres in the nation’s largest shale-oil formation. We talk to the agency … Continued