Nicole speaks with Fred Stanton - director of "Uprising" about the Egyptian revolution, Amy Simon of She's History, Huffington Post's Dan Froomkin about those Bain-affiliated boting machines, and Crooks& Liars' John Amato. And Donald Trump is an ass.
Wondering what it would take to get Americans walking like Egyptians these days. According to a report I saw numerous times on Al Jazeera English this weekend, the conditions that led to Egyptians taking to the streets to take control of their government are much like what we are experiencing here in US these days: High unemployment, growing poverty, huge divide between the rich and the poor, too many "businessmen" in government. Seriously. I had the honor of being a guest on Thom Hartmann's TV show, "The Big Picture" Thursday evening to talk about the plight of the 99ers. Interesting, [...]