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- May 24, 2013 Hour 1 New proposals in Congress to weaking financial regulations; proposals were written by bank lobbyists, of course. Average CEO pay continues to break records. Lanny Breuer, whose job was to prosecute bankers, explained why he didn’t pursue these criminals and outlined that he’s worried about other banks coming to get him for taking down their cohorts. Analogy about drug dealers being prosecuted while bankers walk free for their crimes. A bridge in Washington state collapsed last evening. It was on a list of bridges labeled “functionally obsolete.” All of the state’s bridges get a grade of C-. The debate over whether or ...
- May 23, 2013 Hour 2 The heckler Medea Benjamin of Code Pink during Obama’s speech. Ana’s experience at a gun range this morning. Kaitlyn Hunt, 18 year old girl in Florida facing charges for having sex with a minor girl. TYT Supreme Court about whether she should take a plea deal or not. A 27 year veteran at a local news station fired for a statement on his personal Facebook account saying that the IRS was pressuring him after an interview with Obama. Ricky Gervais made fun of Christians in an Oklahoma tornado tweet, and got in trouble. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel of Chicago is shutting down ...
- May 23, 2013 Hour 1 Obama’s speech on terrorism, the post-9/11 mentality, drone strikes etc. Speech sounds good, but Cenk’s not buying it. Look at the numbers of terrorist killed vs. civilians killed, including children. Obama didn’t distinguish between personality strikes and signature strikes, when you don’t know who you are hitting. And no mention of double taps. VIDEO of Obama bragging that we don’t kill as many civilians as the terrorists do. And he uses a false choice that it’s either drone strikes or nothing. Obama says conventional weapons or invasions would be worse options. Obama says he doesn’t support targeting American citizens, but ...