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Avedon from the Sideshow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:30:15 -0400

So all of these news organizations have reporters travelling with Obama, and suddenly the reporters are receiving strange queries from their news editors about an allegedly chaotic "mob scene" at an Obama appearance. Now, you might wonder why these editors are asking about something that none of their reporters who were actually there have reported. Why?

VIDEO: Ask Dr. Maddow

Dorsey Shaw — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:46:00 -0400

What to do about your hangover.

Today's TRMS

Vanessa Silverton-Peel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:34:16 -0400

On today's show Rachel will be playing all of Obama's landmark speech in Berlin and then we will compare it to McCain's speech. McCain's wasn't a landmark speech but it was at a landmark. It was at Schmidt's Sausage and Fudge Haus in Columbus, Ohio. There, McCain was literally drowned out by wind chimes. Another grand moment in campaign stagecraft brought to you by the McCain campaign!

Rachel will be talking to David Bender, her political guru and host of Politically Direct, about his reaction to Obama's speech.

Ron Kuby and Congresswoman Maxine Waters

Chris Rosen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:53:55 -0400

Ron Kuby and Congressman Peter DeFazio

Chris Rosen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:44:27 -0400

Kuby: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Chris Rosen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:21:28 -0400

Rachel on Political Lunch

Tim Einenkel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:25:43 -0400

VIDEO: Neoconservative Thinking

LionelShow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:05:19 -0400

If there's a sprain, amputate. That's the neoconservative mindset.

Today on Doing Time - Thursday July 24th

Alex G. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:55:08 -0400

Republicans want to drill. Democrats want to conserve. And everyone is terrified of appearing impotent in the face of high oil prices. Congressman Peter Defazio (D-OR) will help us sort out all the myriad gas price reduction bills on the Hill now. Thing is, Congress pretty much is impotent in the short term so … watch out for some potentially terrible legislation.

Also on the Hill … if the housing bill is confusing you, or if you had no idea there even was a housing bill, then listen to Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) explain the meat of the complex legislation. We want to know, with a skeptical furrowed brow, why all the housing industry lobbyists seem so happy about it. Isn’t that a bad thing? But Bush was against it, so … something is up.

VIDEO: Barack Obama's Berlin Speech

Dorsey Shaw — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:54:40 -0400

Speaking at the foot of the Victory Column in the German capital the Democratic presidential nominee told the cheering crowd that the world "cannot afford to be divided" and held out the concept of a planet free of nuclear weapons.

Thom Hartmann: Can you drive 55?

Chris Rosen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:20:22 -0400

Thom Hartmann: "Me or We" society?

Chris Rosen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:18:53 -0400

David Bender w. Debra Bowen

Ring of Fire — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:48 -0400

David Bender of Air America's Politically Direct and GoLeft TV talks with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas. Debra has been leading the charge to reform California's voting systems so that we don't run into the problems we saw in places like Ohio in 2004.

Today on Air America 7-24-08

Dorsey Shaw — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:56:29 -0400

Stay groovy with Andrew Vergolina & Logan Pollard

Your happening world

Avedon from the Sideshow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:15:12 -0400

Peter Daou is returning to his old aggregation duties at a new Daou Report site (which refreshes too frequently for my tastes), and Steven D reports there on the murder by taser of a 21-year-old when he didn't rise fast enough from a prone position after having his wrists cuffed behind his back. That's right, he wasn't resisting arrest, he had already lain face-down as ordered to be cuffed, and didn't stand up fast enough for the cop, who then repeatedly tased him because he kept falling down and not being able to get up again. Then the cop made up a story about how the victim had resisted arrest and after being tasered "fell ill and told the officers he suffered from asthma and was high on crack cocaine and PCP." As Digby notes, what tasers are really for is teaching people who's boss. They've given the cops the right to terrorize and kill us in our own streets,