Tag Archives: gun control

5/3 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Film Guy Matthew Weiss

Cliff Schecter explained why Senators who voted against gun control are paying a price, the insane new head of the NRA, the Confederate roots of the NRA, the shooting death of a two year by her five year old brother … Continue reading

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4/26 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Isabel Gillies

Cliff Schecter explained the Washington DC NRA lobbying complex, the companies pulling out of the gun business, is the gun control intensity gap a myth? Pat Toomey sees a approval rating surge after supporting gun control and Kelly Ayotte’s plummets … Continue reading

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4/19 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Jen Kirkman

Cliff Schecter, explained how the right is seizing on the crises in Boston to make stupid comments on guns, why the senate failed to pass control, the insane pro NRA proposal that got more votes in the Senate than background … Continue reading

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4/18 Jonathan Cohn: The Hell of America’s Daycare System

The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn explained the importance of early childhood education, the impact of poverty on educational outcomes, why daycare providers are so unregulated, the opportunity for smart policy in daycare, why some conservatives are open to improving daycare and … Continue reading

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4/12 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & David Cross

Cliff Schecter explained where gun control stands in the senate, what Democrats are filibustering gun control, what Republicans are vulnerable on guns in 2014, what is in the senate gun bill,how Mitch Mcconnell is spinning the Ashely Judd tape and … Continue reading

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4/11 Matt & Michael: Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Fast Food Strikes & More

Feminsting Executive Editor and Fast Food Forward organizer, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, explained the importance of the living wage movement spearheaded by fast food workers in New york City, the danger of how we frame poverty in America, Michelle Obama’s powerful recent … Continue reading

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3/22 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Film Guy Matthew Weiss With Matt & Michael

On today’s show, Cliff Schecter explained why Paul Ryan is finally unpopular with the press, how the Progressive Caucus budget proposal could get more attention, why 2014 will be the year of reckoning for gun control and why the Republican … Continue reading

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3/5 Haley Sweetland Edwards: The Financial Industry Assault on Wall Street Reform

Washington Monthly Editor Haley Sweetland Edwards, explained why the success of financial reform will be determined by its implementation, what “position limits” are and why they matter, how lobbyists are undermining Dodd-Frank, how the regulatory apparatus works, and what the … Continue reading

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3/1 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Richard Kind

Cliff Schecter, explained why Bob Woodward is a fraud, does this episode cast the rest of Woodward’s reporting into question? Why Cliff Schecter thinks we are living through the “Aaron Sorkin Presidency” Why what served President Obama during campaigns does … Continue reading

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2/1 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Matt Graham

Cliff Schecter explained how the NRA was taken over by extremists, the embarrassing arguments presented by pro-gun advocates to the Judiciary Committee, Ted Cruz’s ludicrous questioning of Chuck Hagel, John McCain’s bullying and why McCain has a grudge against Hagel. … Continue reading

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