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LiveBlog for Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 20th, 2009
• Christian Weller, Economist with The Center for American Progress, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about whether we are really seeing a recovery in the economy.
• Lorie Van Auken, 9/11 Widow and one of the “Jersey Girls,” calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the ongoing debate about closing Gitmo and moving the trials to New York.
• John Fugelsang joins us from the NYC Bureau at 8:05am Eastern for another edition of “Fridays With Fugelsang.”
• Digging in for a long struggle, GOP senators and governors assailed the Dems’ newly minted health care legislation yesterday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts, and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. Sen. Reid has scheduled an initial test vote for Saturday evening and full debate is expected to begin after Thanksgiving.
• Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting former U.S. Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings. The 45 day review will look into gaps in how the military identifies service members who might be a threat to others.
• “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey plans to announce the final date for her show during a live broadcast today.
Tags: Center for American Progress, Christian Weller, Fort Hood, Gitmo, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, John Fugelsang, Lorie Van Auken, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Gates, Togo West, Vernon Clark
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LiveBlog for Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Ted Massinello, President of the USA Coffee Company, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about the pro-union and made-in-the-USA aspects of his company.
• Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and jobs.
• Lamar Waldron, JFK conspiracy expert and author of “Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination,” calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about his book.
• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation last night to extend health care coverage to all but 6% of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. The bill would reduce deficits by $127 billion over a decade.
• A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims.
• Disappointing forecasts from technology companies and an unexpected drop in home construction added to worries about the economy and sent stocks modestly lower yesterday. The Dow fell 11 points at close yesterday.
Tags: Allyson Schwartz, Dow Jones, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Lamar Waldron, Robert Andrews, Ted Massinello, USA Coffee Company
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and Afghanistan.
• Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about jobs, the economy, and health care reform.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• David Plouffe, former campaign manager for President Obama, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about his new book, “The Audacity To Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory.”
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays With Hal.”
• President Obama huddled with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao this morning, the final day of his visit to China. The White House praised the meetings as strengthening possibilities for future cooperation. President Obama then toured the Great Wall of China before flying to South Korea.
• Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) declined yesterday to say when he would introduce a hotly anticipated health care reform bill. He said he was waiting for a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, and that estimate won’t be completed until at least this afternoon.
• Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama yesterday for the second time but guards on board repelled the takeover attempt.
Tags: Barack Obama, David Plouffe, Hal Sparks, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Joe Sestak, Karl Frisch, Keith Ellison, Maersk Alabama, Media Matters for America, Wen Jiabao
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LiveBlog for Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
• Charlie Pierce, author of “Idiot America,” calls in at 7:30am Pacific to riff on the news of the day.
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks today determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security, and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers.
• Sarah Palin told Oprah Winfrey yesterday that she doesn’t have her sights set on the 2012 presidency. She said that she’s concentrating on 2010 and making sure that there are issues to tackle
• Some American conservative commentators are seizing on President Obama’s bow to Japan’s emperor during the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling to a foreign leader.
• Investors kept the stock market’s upward momentum going yesterday, sending shares sharply higher after retail sales rebounded more than expected in October and the dollar extended its slide. The Dow jumped 136 points yesterday to a new 13-month high.
Tags: Barack Obama, Charlie Pierce, Dow Jones, Eliot Engel, Hu Jintao, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin
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LiveBlog for Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 16th, 2009
• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about moving Gitmo detainees to New York, and the media’s shoddy treatment of women.
• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Joe Decker, founder of GodHatesShrimp.com, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about how ridiculous religious arguments against homosexuality are.
• Politely but firmly pressing for greater freedoms on China’s own turf, President Obama spoke in Shanghai this morning against censorship, saying tough criticisms of political leaders should be allowed and the free flow of information on the internet “should be encouraged.”
• While President Obama’s decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan is primarily a military one, it also has substantial budget implications that are adding pressure to limit the commitment. Governmental estimates place the cost of adding 40,000 troops at $40 billion to $54 billion a year.
• Today’s Commerce Department report on October retail sales is likely to set the tone for the rest of the week on Wall Street. Economists polled by Reuters predict retail sales rose 0.8 percent in October after at 1.5 percent drop in September. Stronger consumer spending is needed for any rebound, and disappointment is likely to send stocks falling today.
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Eric Boehlert, God Hates Shrimp, Joe Decker, Lee Papa, Media Matters for America, Retail Sales, Rude Pundit
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LiveBlog for Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, November 13th, 2009
• Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about Lou Dobbs getting fired from CNN.
• John Fugelsang calls in at 8:30am Pacific for another edition of “Fridays with Fugelsang!”
• President Obama met with Japan’s new leader this morning in Tokyo, hoping to shore up relations with a nation that vows to be more assertive with the United State, even as Obama also weighs whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
• In what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.
• Self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Gitmo detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the decision later in the morning. It is considered a key step in President Obama’s plan to close the Gitmo detention center.
• Top White House counsel Greg Craig is announcing his resignation today. Craig has been dogged by talk that plans to close Gitmo by January went awry under his leadership.
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LiveBlog for Thursday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to discuss the Ft. Hood shootings.
• Feminist and SuperLawyer Gloria Allred calls in at 7:30am Pacific to tell us why she thinks that Carrie Prejean has done something illegal.
• Paul Fitzgerald joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific to talk about his new movie, “Forgiven.”
• Kelly Carlin-McCall calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about her father, George Carlin’s, posthumous book, “Last Words: A Memoir.”
• Senate Majority leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on upper-income earners to help finance health care reform legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, Dem officials said yesterday.
• President Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government.
• Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, said last night that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately.
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Gloria Allred, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Kelly Carlin-McCall, Lou Dobbs, Mikey Weinstein, Paul Fitzgerald
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Veterans’ Day, health care reform, the economy, and his run for Senate.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays With Hal.”
• Former President Bill Clinton told anxious Senate Dems yesterday to pass a health care bill soon because the U.S. economy can’t resist the toxic combination of exorbitant medical costs and nearly 50 million uninsured for much longer.
• Caution returned to the stock market yesterday as investors decided to slow an advance that has lifted the Dow Jones industrial average 475 points in five days. Stocks fell in light trading, though the Dow tacked on 20 points to close at a new high for the year.
• A senior government official tells ABC News that investigators have found that alleged Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan had “more unexplained connections to people being tracked by the FBI” than just radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. Names and countries of origin are likely to emerge soon, according to officials.
Tags: Anwar al Awlaki, Bill Clinton, Dow Jones, Ft. Hood, Hal Sparks, Health Care Reform, Joe Sestak, Karl Frisch, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, Maxine Waters, Media Matters for America
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LiveBlog for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and the NFL.
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) calls in at 6:45am Pacific to talk about GOP obstructionism with the health care reform bill.
• Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) calls in at 6:50am Pacific to talk about her new book, “What Would Susie Say?”
• Humorist Charlie Pierce (author of “Idiot America”)calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and other news of the day.
• Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Former President Bill Clinton is expected to speak to Senate Democrats today about the importance of health care legislation during their weekly caucus. President Obama wants to sign the legislation into law by the end of the year, but abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the bill.
• Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Ft. Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an “assessment” of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. After the shooting, the FBI is doing a new assessment – of its own conduct. President Obama, meanwhile, will attend a memorial service for the victims today at Ft. Hood.
• D.C. Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed today for the attacks that terrorized the nation’s capital region for three weeks in 2002.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Charlie Pierce, Debbie Stabenow, Ft. Hood, Health Care Reform, John Allen Muhammad, Linda Sanchez, Nidal Hasan, Robert Andrews, Susie Essman
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LiveBlog for Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, November 9th, 2009
• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about passage of the health care reform bill in the House of Representatives.
• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), calls in at 7:30am Pacific to discuss the repeal of gay marriage in Maine.
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for a special Monday edition of “Humpdays with Hal.”
• President Obama yesterday praised the “historic” House vote to pass a bill overhauling the nation’s ailing health care system, and said it is now time for the Senate to “take the baton” and complete its work. The House passed its health care bill late Saturday night by a 220-215 vote, with 39 Dems opposing and 1 GOPer supporting.
• The alleged Ft. Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two 9/11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. The FBI is looking into any possible associations.
• Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana as Hurricane Ida heads toward the Gulf Coast. It’s the first hurricane to target the U.S. this season.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Eric Boehlert, Ft. Hood, GLAD, Hal Sparks, Health Care Reform, Hurrican Ida, Lee Papa, Mary Bonauto, Media Matters for America, Rude Pundit
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