Hour Two: Naked shorts exposed at Goldman – Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Magazine / Plus,veteran’s issues – Beau Biden, Attorney General-Delaware / And, Geeky Science – can sugar make you dumb?

Hour Three: Will controversial NDAA be overturned?

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss Veterans and Military Families for Obama.

John Lehman, Running for State Senate in the Wisconsin Recall election, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss the Wisconsin Recall election.

Con. Chris Van Hollen, D-MD, joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss Speaker Beohner’s comments on raising the debt ceiling.

President Obama warned congressional leaders on Wednesday that he would not tolerate a replay of the bitter debt-ceiling fight of last summer that nearly put the United States in default and led to the nation’s first credit-rating downgrade. We’ll talk about it.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised almost as much money as President Barack Obama last month, taking in more than $40.1 million in fundraising efforts, the Romney campaign reported on Thursday. We’ll give you the details.

Europe’s debt crisis, higher oil prices and the year-end budget cuts and tax increases still remain risks to the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday. We’ll bring you the latest.

Former and Future Congressman Alan Grayson calls in at 7am to talk about how the Bush economy is still affecting us

Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) calls in at 7:30am to talk about the Violence Against Women Act and the GOP’s efforts to weaken it

The Obama campaign dispatched Vice President Joe Biden to eastern Ohio Wednesday to push the president’s economic record and take direct aim at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s history as a venture capitalist.

Responding to attacks by the Obama campaign about his work at the helm of Bain Capital, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney defended his record, saying he “was no longer” at the company when it closed a steel factory.

The GOP-led House on Wednesday voted to approve the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a piece of legislation that is the subject of partisan controversy because the GOP stripped out some of the most basic protections for women.

John Edwards’ defense team rested Wednesday without calling the two-time Dem presidential candidate or his one-time mistress to the witness stand, a sign of confidence after presenting two days of testimony and evidence.

MAJOR Senior Legal Analyst time today with three law stories – including the latest in the Trayvon Martin murder case; the John Edwards trial and a court case involving Citizens United and secret money in politics!

Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson joins us to discuss his presidential bid and related issues! Also, Nebraska is getting a very interesting U.S. Senate race going and I”ll have details!

U.S. veterans are giving back their medals to protest the “war on terror” and THIS is causing controversy. What do YOU think of this?

The Presbyterian Church is now embroiled in the marriage equality issue. The what and wherefores of this today!

On Beyond The Norm, part two of our two-part corporate governance series. Can you say “Wal-Mart”???

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss.

Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss House Speaker John Boehner’s threat about the debt ceiling.

Washington braced Tuesday for a replay of last summer’s tense battle over the burgeoning national debt as House Speaker John A. Boehner threatened again to block an increase in the federal debt ceiling without significant new cuts in spending. We’ll talk about.

President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and Democratic groups affiliated with it raised $43.6 million in April. We’ll give you the details.

President Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defense policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees. We’ll bring you the latest.

JP Morgan Chase held their annual shareholder meeting today and Jamie Dimon, the CEO and Chairman of the Board, came out very well indeed. Is this justice? Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times joins us to discuss this and related issues!

President Obama is getting muscular with Reset Romney. This is a good sign and leaves me with a question – can you guess the question?

The John Edwards trial continues in North Carolina and some VERY interesting things have happened in the last two days that I will analyze for you when it is Senior Legal Analyst time!

Normally, we focus on the United States and domestic issues. BUT, what is happening in Europe’s economies needs our attention and that will happen today!

On Beyond The Norm, with all this Jamie Dimon/JP Morgan Chase stuff going on, it seemed a perfect time to tackle “corporate governance”. What is that? The first of a two-part BTN starts to answer that question today!

Fierce independence means going against the weight of popular opinion. We do this as needed, here, at the place where fierce independence IS the norm – The Norman Goldman Show!

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Hour Two: Is Facebook co-founder an American hero or anti-American?  Carrie Lukas, Independent Womens Forum

Hour Three: Romney on jobs…savior or vampire?  Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers Union

Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworker, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss the Obama campaign hitting Romney on his record with Bain Capital.

Bob Shrum, Democratic Strategist and Professor at NYU, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss the Presidential race.

Lori Compas, running for State Senate in the Wisconsin Recall election, joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss the Wisconsin Recall.

President Barack Obama’s campaign released a video on Monday calling Mitt Romney’s private equity firm a job-killing “vampire” that ran a steel mill into the ground, signaling a new effort to carve into Romney’s image of corporate success. We’ll talk about it.

Michele Flournoy says Congress must show discipline, pragmatism to reach a budget deal that heads off across-board defense cuts. We’ll bring you the latest.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul effectively ended his White House bid on Monday, saying he would no longer campaign actively in states that have yet to hold primary elections. We’ll give you the details.

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Ian Millhiser, Policy Analyst for The Center for American Progress Action Fund, calls in at 8:30am to talk about Romney’s lack of an immigration plan

According to a new CBS News / NY Times poll, 46 percent of registered voters say they would vote for Romney, while 43 percent say they would opt for Mr. Obama. Romney’s slight advantage remains within the poll’s margin of error, which is plus or minus four percentage points.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon owned up to stock analysts and went on TV to accept blame for a $2 billion trading mistake. Today he faces shareholders, who are considerably less wealthy since the blunder was disclosed.

Speaking to Barnard University’s graduating class yesterday, President Obama challenged the young women to persevere in the fight for equality through leadership, touting a pro-woman message and emphasizing his hopes that today’s young women “will help lead the way” for change in America.

Ron Paul said on Monday he will no longer be actively campaigning in the GOP presidential primaries but won’t formally suspend his campaign. Instead, the libertarian candidate’s organization will continue to accumulate delegates to send to the Republican National Convention.

I have a basket full of “culture war issues” today – they DO all tie together! While there, I have a theological question, tied to today’s news.

Senior Legal Analyst time returns with a case of injustice from Florida. With all the talk about George Zimmerman gunning down Trayvon Martin, I have a case for you today to add to the injustice!

Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has called for a new Glass-Steagall Act to oversee the financial markets. JP Morgan Chase’s actions of the last few days proves she is right!

The drug wars continue to rage in Mexico. Does anyone care?

The U.S. is lagging behind the rest of the world in health care coverage. We are missing the boat big time as I’ll illustrate today with Noam Levey of the Los Angeles Times!

Ron and Rand Paul BOTH made news today and this weekend. I’ll have both for you!

On Beyond The Norm, a case that proves the value of class action lawsuits!

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Hour Two: What’s more important…Capitalism or Democracy?  Harris Kenny, Reason Foundation

Hour Three: Libertarian wet dream…one world government?

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Ring of Fire Radio Host Mike Papantonio joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss the Obama campaign hitting Romney on his record with Bain Capital.

Former Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss.

Mike Tate, Chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss Scott Walker’s “divide and Conquer” strategy.

Delivering a commencement address at the country’s largest Christian school, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Saturday defended traditional marriage and said there is common ground between his Mormon faith and that of the largely evangelical crowd. We’ll talk about it.

JPMorgan Chase announced last week that it lost $2 billion as the result of some complicated hedge fund trading, which according to its top executive is apparently not as bad as it sounds. We’ll bring you the latest.

President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival’s candidacy: his business credentials. We’ll give you the details.

Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7am  to co-host Right Wing World

Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), who introduced the Student Loan Affordability Act, calls in at 8:30am to talk about the GOP’s efforts to block it

Speaking at the graduation commencement of Liberty University, Mitt Romney told the crowd that people of different faiths can meet “in common purpose” through their moral decision-making. Romney also reiterated his position against same-sex marriage.

For the third year in a row, a slight majority of Americans consider gay and lesbian relations morally acceptable, signaling that this is the new “new normal” in public opinion, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday just days after President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage.

JPMorgan Chase is expected to accept the resignation of Ina Drew, one of the highest-ranking women on Wall Street, after the bank lost $2 billion in a trading blunder, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday.

The defense for John Edwards is scheduled to start this morning in the former presidential candidate’s corruption trial. Last week, the federal judge presiding over the trial turned down a motion to dismiss the charges against Edwards.

Listen each Saturday at 3pm for inside information, insight and advice from local real estate and mortgage experts Tina Mitchell & Drew Ebner.

Hour One: Brunch With Bernie – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls

Robin Abcarian, national reporter for The Los Angeles Times, calls in at 8am to talk about Mitt Romney’s high school bullying incident

Vice President Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office and apologized to President Obama a few hours before the president announced that he supports same-sex marriage. The president expressed that he understood Biden’s comments came from the heart.

The Washington Post reported on a high school incident in which Mitt Romney repeatedly clipped the hair of a young man – presumed by other students to be gay – while other classmates pinned him to the floor, as the victim screamed for help and his eyes filled with tears. Romney repeatedly apologized Thursday for the incidents, even though he said he does not remember them.

A fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign, held under a stretched transparent tent outside George Clooney’s sprawling tudor-styled canyon home, raised nearly $15 million, a record for a single fundraiser.

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would replace looming Pentagon spending cuts opposed by the GOP with a series of domestic program reductions opposed by congressional Dems.

Marine Master Sgt Jerry Ensminger on water supply contamination at Camp Lejeune that poisoned a million people.

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Hour Two:  “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise“ – Thom challenges Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Insitute about his new book / Plus, Geeky Science Rocks – The Mozart effect…babies’ brains on music

Hour Three: Gay rights is NOT a states rights issue!

John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for the Nation, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss the Wisconsin Recall Election and the news of the day.

Mike Rogers from BlogActive and the Raw Story joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss President Obama saying “same sex couples should be able to get married.”

Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss the Republican pill that would protect military spending by cutting food stamps and other social programs.

Mahlon Mitchell, President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin and running for Lt. Governor in the Wisconsin joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss the Recall election.

After years of “evolving” on the issue, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. We’ll talk about it.

The historic recall election rematch between Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is just four weeks away, and compared with 2010 it’s already more costly, harder fought and more driven by resources flowing in from outside Wisconsin. We’ll give you the details.

The U.S. Postal Service said on Wednesday that it is abandoning for now its plan to close thousands of post offices in rural locations and instead will shorten their hours of operation. We’ll bring you the latest.

Ian Millhiser, Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, calls in at 7am to talk about Mitt Romney’s lack of an immigration plan

Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) calls in at 7:30am to talk about the GOP blocking the student loan debate

Comedian and author Judy Tenuta joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 8am to hang out and talk about her new book, “Tenuta: Full Frontal Tenudity”

Three days after Vice President Joe Biden said he is “absolutely comfortable” with two men or two women getting married, President Obama told ABC News in a hastily arranged interview that “same sex couples should be able to get married.”

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday said he unequivocally opposes “marriage between people of the same gender,” drawing a contrast to President Obama’s “evolving” position on the issue.

Federal authorities and the Justice Department said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos.

Listen each Saturday at 3pm for inside information, insight and advice from local real estate and mortgage experts Tina Mitchell & Drew Ebner.

Our guy in Wisconsin, Josh Orton on state election results, Democratic pick Mayor Barrett will face Scott Walker in recall election.

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North Carolina provided the perfect backdrop to the President’s decision, by re-illegalizing marriage equality yesterday!

A senior U.S. Senator serves a dose of justice of his own on the Republicon Party as he exits the stage and I’ll have his screed for you!

There is big Post Office news and voter identification laws are on the agenda today as well!

On Beyond The Norm, if you want pleasure, tweet yourself! No kidding!

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President Obama has announced his support for same-sex marriage. AP White House Correspondent Mark Smith reports.

The AP’s Mark Smith reports the president’s taking a calculated political risk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for marriage equality on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.

Obama’s announcement comes after an over year long period of time where the President repeatedly said his views are evolving.  Gay rights groups have long urged him to support gay marriage. The President’s announcement opens up a distinct area of disagreement with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage.

“I have hesitated on gay marriage in part because I thought that civil unions would be sufficient,” Obama said in an interview with ABC at the White House. He added that, “I was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word ‘marriage’ was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth.”

Now, he said, “it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be able to get married.”

The president’s decision to address the issue came on the heels of a pair of events that underscored the sensitivity of the issue.

Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday that he is completely comfortable with gays marrying, a pronouncement that instantly raised the profile of the issue. And on Tuesday, voters in North Carolina — a potential battleground in the fall election — approved an amendment to the state constitution affirming that marriage may only be a union of a man and a woman.

The president has already supported a number of initiatives backed by gays, including an end to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and a decision not to defend in court a federal law that was designed as an alternative to gay marriage.

He had stopped short of supporting gay marriage, though, saying his position was “evolving.”

Obama spoke about his support for gay marriage in deeply personal terms, saying his young daughters, Malia and Sasha, have friends whose parents are same-sex couples.

“Malia and Sasha, it wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated different,” Obama said. “It doesn’t make sense to them and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective.”

Obama said first lady Michelle Obama also was involved in his decision and joins him in supporting gay marriage.

“In the end the values that I care most deeply about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people,” he said.

Acknowledging that his support for same-sex marriage may rankle religious conservatives, Obama said he thinks about his faith in part through the prism of the Golden Rule — treating others the way you would want to be treated.

“That’s what we try to impart to our kids and that’s what motivates me as president and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those precepts, the better I’ll be as a as a dad and a husband and hopefully the better I’ll be as president,” Obama said.

The political cross-currents are tricky.

Some top aides argued that gay marriage is toxic at the ballot box in battleground states like North Carolina and Virginia because, as Tuesday’s vote proved, the issue remains a reliable way to fire up rank-and-file Republicans. It also could open Obama up to Republican criticism that he was taking his eye off the economy, voters’ No. 1 issue.

Other Democratic supporters claim Obama could energize huge swaths of the party, including young people, by voicing his support for gay marriage before November. He also could appeal to independent voters, many of whom back gay marriage, and he could create an area of clear contrast between himself and his Republican rival as he argues that he’s delivered on the change he promised four years ago.

On Tuesday, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, told Obama to “man up” and take a position on gay marriage.

Romney has not generally raised the issue in his campaign.

On Wednesday, he told KDVR-TV in Denver that “I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name. My view is the domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights, and the like are appropriate but that the others are not.”

The Romney campaign did not respond to questions about which benefits the Republican candidate would oppose.

The former Massachusetts governor told an Ohio television station Monday that he believes “marriage is between a man and a woman, and that’s a position I’ve had for some time and I don’t intend to make any adjustments at this point — or ever, by the way.”

Public opinion on gay marriage has shifted in recent years, with most polls now finding the public evenly split, rather than opposed.

A Gallup poll released this week found 50 percent of all adults in favor of legal recognition of same-sex marriages, marking the second time that poll has found support for legal gay marriage at 50 percent or higher. Majorities of Democrats (65 percent) and independents (57 percent) supported such recognition, while most Republicans (74 percent) said same sex marriages should not be legal.

Six states — all in the Northeast except Iowa — and the District of Columbia allow same sex marriages. In addition, two other states including Washington have laws that are not yet in effect and may be subject to referendums.

Hour Two: Don’t moms deserve a safety net too?  Carrie Lukas, Independent Womens Forum

Hour Three: Latest on the Caterpillar strike in Joliet, IL – Steve Jones, District 8 IAM&AW

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss the Senate Republicans blocking a bill to keep college loan rates at 3.4 percent.

Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss winning the Democratic Primary.

Con. Gary Peters, D-MI, joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss Mitt Romney taking credit for saving the auto industry.

Wisconsin Democratic primary voters on Tuesday picked Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to face controversial Republican Governor Scott Walker in a recall election next month. We’ll talk about it.

The Associated Press is reporting that North Carolina voters have approved Amendment One. The constitutional revision bans not only same-sex marriage, but civil unions and domestic partnerships as well. We’ll give you the details.

Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed challenger on Tuesday. We’ll bring you the latest.

Graeme Zielinski, communications director for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, calls in at 6:30am to talk about the results of yesterday’s primaries to defeat Gov. Walker

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) calls in at 7:30am to talk about the budget and the GOP’s non-stop obstructionism

A majority of North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved a controversial amendment that will write a ban on same-sex marriage as well as civil unions for both gay and straight couples into the state Constitution.

Sen. Richard Lugar – the longest-serving senator in Indiana history – has lost his Republican Senate primary on Tuesday to state Treasurer and Tea Party darling Richard Mourdock.

Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett defeated three other Dems and is set to face Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker in next month’s recall election that has become a nationally watched battle over union rights.

An insider who worked with the United States and an allied security service to thwart an al-Qaida bomb plot hatched in Yemen was the man picked to carry out the suicide attack on a U.S.-bound airliner. He’d been working for Western intelligence from day one.

Author Eyal Press, what makes ordinary people stand up with moral courage and conviction against popular tide especially at great personal risk?

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There are significant elections to watch today and watch them we will! Will a longtime Republican Senator be shown the gate? Will North Carolina practice hate? We’ll see, today!

Senior Legal Analyst time returns with Planned Parenthood and Texass. You won’t believe the legal doings and machinations there!

Reset Romney cannot even be as strong in standing up for our values as John McCain – and the audio tells the story!

I was watching Fox Boobs this weekend and you won’t believe what they were doing – o.k., you WILL believe what they were doing – but it’s a great class in mind control and I’ll share it with you!

With the foiled underwear bombing out of Yemen yesterday, more news about how it happened. I’ll have it, and analysis, for you! This also plays into the Pentagon’s latest plans!

On Beyond The Norm, confession time! I got scammed by one of the scams I have been warning YOU about!

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Hour Two: Why America is obese…

Hour Three: CISPA, the beginning of the end for online privacy?  Dr. Steve Bucci – Heritage Foundation

Professor William Lazonick from the University of Massachusetts joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss how we can make corporations work for average Americans.

DeSmogBlog managing editor Brendan DeMelle joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to give us the inside story of the Heartland Institute’s attack on climate science, and climate change activists.

Attorney Mark Proctor joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to tell us what the recent BP oil spill settlement really means for victims of the environmental disaster.

And we’ll uncover the dangers of the blockbuster drug Pradaxa with attorney Ned McWilliams.

Wisconsin Democratic primary voters go to the polls Tuesday to pick a challenger to face Republican Scott Walker in a recall election next month, a contest that has captured national attention as a test of labor union strength and a gauge for how the battleground state may vote in November. We’ll talk about it.

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum endorsed his one-time fierce rival Mitt Romney on Monday, a move that may help the party’s presumptive White House nominee win over religious conservatives. We’ll give you the details.

Voters in Indiana are set to decide the fate of one of the longest-serving U.S. senators on Tuesday, who has fallen behind his conservative Tea Party-backed opponent in recent polls and whose future is now uncertain. We’ll bring you the latest.

Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 7:30am to talk about the real start of the 2012 Presidential Campaign

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) calls in at 8:30am to talk about the GOP’s plan to boost the military and cut social programs

The CIA thwarted a plot by al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design. Officials, however, deny there was ever any immediate threat to the public.

Rick Santorum endorsed presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney late Monday night in an email to supporters, saying a private meeting with the former governor last week had given him confidence that issues important to him would be well represented in the general election.

Speaking at a plant that stamps parts for truck manufacturers, Romney continued his attack on President Obama ‘s economic stewardship, including the April unemployment rate of 8.1 percent–a figure the presumptive GOP nominee has said is double what it should be.

President Obama’s re-election team unveiled a new ad Monday, striking back at the presumptive challenger Mitt Romney’s assertion that Mr. Obama’s three-plus years in power have been a failure.

Hour Two: Any room for moderates in the GOP anymore?  Dustin Stockton, The Tea Party dot net

Hour Three: Have we now reached the tipping point for Gay Marriage?

Jesse LaGreca, a member and unofficial spokesperson of the Occupy Movement joins the 1st hour of Monday’s show to talk about how the mentality of Right Wing politicians is shifting further towards the fringe.

Nation Magazine contributor Ben Adler Joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to tell us why young voters are abandoning the aging GOP.

Author Chris Mooney joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to take us on a spooky journey into the brain of the average Republican.

Alternet Senior Editor Josh Holland joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to discuss the alternate reality inhabited by Republican faithful.

Investigative journalist Brad Friedman joins the 3rd hour of today’s show to tell us all of the ways that the GOP is trying to steal the 2012 election.

The Obama campaign is releasing a new television ad which argues that President Obama saved the country from near-desperate economic straits in early 2009. We’ll talk about it.

The Senate plans to vote Tuesday on whether to start debating a Democratic plan to keep college loan interest rates from doubling on July 1st. We’ll give you the details.

The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care, and social services like Meals on Wheels to avoid major cuts to the Pentagon’s budget come January. We’ll bring you the latest.