Russ Feingold, Legalized Extortion & Alexis Goldstein, Occupy the SEC
May 2, 2012
Former Senator and founder of Progressives United, Russ Feingold (@russfeingold) joins Sam to talk about Citizens United, the partisan make-up of the Supreme court and what needs to be done to combat the corporate interests flooding Washington. Check out his book While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 . Also, from Occupy the SEC, Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein) on May Day events, Occupy’s demands of the SEC and her insider’s view of Wall Street. Click thru for links and updates. Use this post as today’s thread.
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Past Episodes
It's a casual Thursday on a Friday and the disastrous Senate bill passed somehow despite Chuck Schumer's renaming.
Our favorite, Heather 'Digby' Parton joins us today for a recap of the week's news.
In the Fun Half Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton join for further discussion of the ...
It's hump day and everything is fine because Chuck Schumer got the bill's name changed! That'll show 'em. Way to go Cuck (sic).
Today we are joined by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. With 1.8 million members, the AFT is one the largest public employee ...
The SENR Bill passed this morning, and we are still wading through the muck
David Dayen joins us to help in the aforementioned muck wading.
In the fun half we watch some more of Zohran's masterful answers to insane lines of questioning.
Tim Pool calls out the Sam for being a ...