Nicole recaps last night's 12-12-12 concert. Speaks with MI blogger Chris Savage @elclectablog about the Fox video editing, Howie Klein about the fiscal negotiations, Boca Britany and Maysoon Zayid too.
I actually voted yesterday, by in person absentee ballot. I know, that makes no sense, but remember - I live in FloriDUH! The current criminal governor, Rick Scott, decided to cut the early voting period in half. While we witnessed record lines, the Democratic Party of Florida filed a suit to extend early voting hours, a number of Supervisors of Elections of various counties took it upon themselves to offer this alternative: show up at their offices, have an absentee ballot printed on the spot, where you fill it in and turn it in. Sounds simple, right? Unfortunately, Miami-Dade [...]
Today's show was about all of these! Music and politics are probably my two favorite topics. Religion, notsomuch, which is one of the reasons we need to talk about it today! The show began with politics. Details are emerging about the 49 state settlement with the five big banks on foreclosure fraud. (Which state didn't sign on? I know that's what you're asking yourself right now. Answer in a moment.) David Dayen at FireDogLake probably had the best explanation of this piece of shit deal (which I read from on the air today) ... and Mike Lux has some good [...]
I know that Dylan Ratigan can be a bit polarizing. But today was the second time I've interviewed him, and I find him refreshingly honest and one of the few people who's not afraid to speak the truth. He joined me this morning to talk about his new book, Greedy Bastards, the need for real campaign finance reform and getting money out of politics entirely, and his Get Money Out organization merging with United Republic to effect real change. In case you need a reminder of the fire in Ratigan, remember back to August of last year: As if that [...]