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LiveBlog for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care, Obama in Russia and at the G-8, and the possibility of a second stimulus package. • Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, Obama in Russia and at the G-8, and the…

LiveBlog for Monday, June 22, 2009

• Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform. • David Shuster, MSNBC’s dayside anchor and regular substitute for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Iran and health care reform. • Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President for Communications at the Center for…

LiveBlog for Tuesday, June 2, 2009

• Ted Boutrous Jr., law partner of Ted Olson, calls in at 7:06am Pacific to discuss the constitutionality of Prop. 8 and to explain why they are going to the Feds now to overturn it. • Brazilian and French rescue teams combed vast sections of the Atlantic after an Air France jet disappeared in a…

LiveBlog for Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Follow Producer Chris Lavoie on Twitter!! Get updates on Steph’s appearances on TV, upcoming guests on the show, and much more. • NY Times columnist Frank Rich calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about his latest regarding the economy, “Awake and Sing!” • Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to discuss…

LiveBlog for Monday, March 9, 2009

• Comedian and actor Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:06am Pacific to talk about his opposition to California’s Prop. 8, and about the other news of the day. • President Barack Obama is expected today to bring an end to an eight-and-a-half year ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. White…

LiveBlog for Thursday, January 22, 2009

• Caroline Kennedy has given up her bid for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. In a one-line statement citing personal reasons, the widely considered front-runner said early this morning she told New York Gov. David Patterson a day earlier that she was no longer interested in the job. • President Obama retook…