Written on August 19, 2009
• Jennifer Palmieri of the Center for American Progress calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform • Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, and the national call-in with President Obama today. • Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) calls in at 7:30am…
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• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the Sotomayor hearings and the Right’s reaction to them (also about his upcoming appearance in San Francisco on Sunday, July 26). • Administration officials defended President Obama’s broad health care proposals yesterday and urged a skeptical public not to judge the…
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Written on April 28, 2009
• Mary Tyler Moore calls in at 6:06am Pacific to talk about her new book, “Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes.” • Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy. • Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the torture memo…
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• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to discuss her recent battle with breast cancer. • Filmmaker Robert Greenwald (Brave New Films) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about his recent trip to Afghanistan. • Actress Sharon Gless calls in at 7:48am Pacific to discuss the possibility of a “Cagney…
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• Dennis Herrera, City Attorney for San Francisco, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to discuss his arguments before the California Supreme Court this coming Thursday against California’s Prop. 8. • President Barack Obama is sending his Treasury secretary and budget director to Capitol Hill today to defend his proposed tax increases, which are being met…
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• Top Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have expressed concern over President Obama’s plan to draw down nearly two-thirds of U.S. forces in Iraq by August 2010, while some key GOPers are offering praise. Obama plans to leave between 35,000 to 50,000 residual forces in the war-torn…
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