It’s another busy Tuesday! Keith Olbermann’s headed to Current TV. DLC will fold. No one’s leaving Tahrir Square. The House is back in session today, for a few hours anyway. And Glenn Beck is still out of his fucking mind.
Those stories and more on today’s Nicole Sander Show!
Seriously… We started with another call to my new friend in Egypt. Marwa Rakha joined us on Thursday, and I called her again this morning for an update on the mood in Egypt.
The reasons behind the uprising in Egypt are present here in the US as well. We have an ever-growing population of poor, unemployed and hungry citizens. Tomorrow, Congressmen Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott will hold a press conference to announce that they’ll introduce the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act when the House reconvenes next week (or when ever Speaker Boehner decides to get to work again).
This morning, I spoke with Gregg Rosen, co-founder of the American 99ers Union, who’ll be at the presser tomorrow.
Ellen Ratner brought us up to date on the news from TRNS.
And The Political Carnival‘s Gotta Laff joined in for our weekly get together to dish on the news. She brought us these stories today:
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