Hour 1
Segment 1
Cenk, John Iadarola, and Brian Unger hosting. Republican Don Young told an Alaskan radio station that he and his father hired “wetbacks” on their ranch when he was a kid. Republicans like Boehner and Cantor have come out hard against Young’s comments. A racist EMT was exposed as the author of racist posts by a reporter, and was eventually fired. Supporters of the EMT came out harshly against the reporter, showing their own racist tendencies. Audio of Rep Steve King telling a radio listener that was upset about the Obama’s vacationing, that the daughters were given extravagant vacations to expensive places.
Segment 2
Fox and Friends discussed the priorities of government and lambasted things like Planned Parenthood and the sequester. Lanny Bruer, former head of the criminal division for the Dept of Justice, is getting paid by private companies now that he’s left after not prosecuting ONE banking company for their tremendous law-breaking. The EPA unveiled a proposal that will cut down emissions from our cars with more regulations in our gas. The Petroleum Institute’s chief lobbyist complains that this will raise gas prices by a lot.
Segment 3
A pro-gun control group is using the assassination attempt on Pres Reagan to show that he also wanted background checks for guns. Opponents are calling this divisive because they have no real answer for this.