Hour 1
Segment 1
Cenk hosting today.  The House has finally passed the Senate’s version of the Violence Against Women Act.  Cenk attributes this to the age old declaration that if you beat them with a stick a couple of times, they will do. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/house-passes-violence-against-women-act.php  Sherrod Brown is teaming up with David Vitter to pass a bill to reign in the banks’ influence on the country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/sherrod-brown-banks-david-vitter_n_2782665.html?utm_hp_ref=politics  The Obama Admin is going to back the side of gay marriage in the Court fight against Prop 8.  Cenk notices how vigorously Dems are defending and advocating for gay rights since they realized that the gay lobby is where the next influential voting block was coming from. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/obama-gay-marriage-brief_n_2782290.html  Bradley Manning has agreed to plead guilty on some of the lesser charges, which could land him in prison for 20 years, but the more serious charges are still up for debate.  He also tried to give the story to the Washington Post & NY Times at first, but they turned it down.  His statements show that he was a true whistleblower, which the government despises.  http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/28/us-usa-wikileaks-manning-idUSBRE91R0T720130228

Segment 2
Bob Woodward vs. The White House on the sequester.  Cenk points out that Woodward is a Republican and trying to pressure Obama to do the Grand Bargain and obtain more cuts to programs that help the Middle Class.  In carrying out this tactic, he’s said that the WH has threatened him through emails. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/02/woodward_misses_the_mark.php  Now that the infamous emails have been released, they show that it was a very friendly exchange.  Video of him relaying his account of the threats on CNN.  http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/exclusive-the-woodward-sperling-emails-revealed-88226.html The fun fight that occurred between Sean Hannity and Rep Ellison continues to make news.  Hannity invited Black former Congressman JC Watts to bash Ellison.  Permafrost melting to double carbon into the air.  Videos of Bill O’Reilly’s role reversal, suddenly advocating the American people’s right to know everything that’s going on in the government’s drone program.