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What does President Obama’s new Treasury Secretary pick mean for the debt ceiling fight? The Nation Washington Correspondent John Nichols joins us live. Then: a report from on the ground in Texas, where activists have kicked off a new wave of direct actions to block construction of a pipeline that would import oil from Canada’s … Continued
How many troops does it take to make a “withdrawal” an actual withdrawal? The Obama Administration says it wants to leave as few as 3,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014. Obama’s top general in the country says he’d like to keep as many as 20,000 — we’ll discuss the prospects for real peace with activist … Continued
On the illness of Venezuelan President Hugo Chaves: Miguel Tinker Salas, professor of History and Latin American studies at Pomona College On how “shadow” nonprofits are laundering their campaign spending: Kim Barker, reporter with propublica.org On the Merger of the National Union of Healthcare Workers with the California Nurses Association: Steve Early, author … Continued
How much money does it take for a guy like Wayne LaPierre to block gun control bills? We talk to investigative journalist Suevon Lee of Propublica about how the gun lobby spends, and where they spend it. A political history of the movie industry: Sonali Kolhatkar interviews David Spanner about his book Hollywood Inc. and … Continued
