Cenk hosting today.  The situation between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate after Putin sent the army to occupy the Crimea region.  Discussion over what America and the European powers should do in response.  Video of Sec of State Kerry pointing out that the aggressive act was trumped up under phony pretenses to invade another country.  These statements were very ironic after what America did in Iraq under the Bush Administration.  Cenk points out that they set the precedent for this kind of act when they did the exact same thing.  Republican reaction to Obama’s response to the latest Russian moves is that of calling him weak and inactive.  John Boehner said that we have to recognize when enough is enough.  Videos of Sen Graham and Rep Mike Rogers leading the criticism.  The WSJ and WaPo also published scathing editorials, ripping Obama.  Sarah Palin posted to Facebook about how she was right about Putin feeling emboldened enough to invade Ukraine.  A businessman/scammer took several Texas State Representatives for $2.5 million to invest in a ponzi scheme business.  He convinced them that he was a devout Christian so that they would trust him.  These four state reps sued the scheming businessman even though they’ve received over $600K from a PAC that looks to stop lawsuits from people that were taken for money.  A Kentucky Church group has implemented a “guns for Jesus” campaign that attracts people to church by giving them guns.  These new members profess their faith, and get guns for it.  One of the pastors rile up the gun toting crowd and brag about an army forming right there in church.  In the Middle East, “Army of God” is Hezbollah.  When Republicans are challenged by the bank lobby for Dave Camp introducing legislation that forces them to have some responsibility in the tax system.  The bank lobby told them that all big fundraising would be cancelled for the foreseeable future if they didn’t shoot the proposal down.  The GOP responded by saying the proposal was merely a draft.  Glenn Greenwald has exposed more spying revelations about Britain’s online spying and propaganda that they share with America.  Their spying isn’t directed at terrorists, but at political opponents and “hacktivists.”  Greenwald exposed the instruction booklet on their tactics to pull this off correctly.  The manual details the way they get potential opponents to bow their heads.