Guest : Director Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films www.bravenewfilms.org Guest: Lisa Graves - Executive Dir. PR Watch www.prwatch.org

The new film The Koch Brothers Exposed provides a much needed investigative look at the power and money empire of Charles & David the Koch and the frighting influence and control they have over the American political system and the media echo chamber. Director Robert Greenwald and PR Watch’s Lisa Graves join me to discuss clips from the film which reveal the multiple ways in which the Koch fortune has influenced and corrupted our Democracy.

In a scathing report, the British Parliament House of Commons has declared Rupert Murdoch “Unfit to broadcast.” What will be the ramifications be in the US, where FCC rules state that “broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor,.” Will Rupert Murdoch lose his 27 licenses?

Guests - Jackie Di Salvo - OWS May Day Organizer Arun Gupta - Journalist, Founder of the Independent and co-founder of the OWS Journal

Jackie Discuses the Occupy Wall Street May Day protests with over 50 unions and 20 emigrant organizations to rallying in Union Square and march led by  transit workers, who are facing wage freezes and benefits cuts. Arun discusses the co-optation of the OWS movement by various political groups who seek to use the name and concept but do not uphold the principles and vision of Occupy Wall Street.

Topic #2 - Topic: 17 Year Old  is Suing the Federal Govt. for Not Addressing Global Warming

Alec Loorz -  Founder - Kids Vs Global Warming, IMatter.org Alec discusses his long involvement with the global warming cause and his lawsuit on the grounds that the atmosphere is a Public Trust the Federal Govt. is  by law required to protect for future generations.

53 per cent of graduating college students are unemployed, despite expensive degrees from the best schools, with no job prospects what will this mean for the youth vote in 2012?

Topic #2 Drone Warfare - KIlling by Remote Control - Medea Benjamin’s New Book - Guest :Medea Benjamin - Code Pink, Global Exchange

Medea discusses her new exploring the new era of drone warfare.  What are the threats from these weapons, what are the moral ramifications, and how do we bring transparency and accountability to a secretive program that kills by remote control.

Topic #2 - Where Do Your Federal Tax Dollars Actually Go? Guest: Mattea Kramer - Senior Research analyst - National priorities project

The National Priorities Project has just issued a report that gives people a specific breakdown of how their tax dollars are spent, and  has startling examples, including that fact that 27 cents out of every tax dollar goes to military expenditures (weapons, etc.) while only 0.37 cents goes to the Veteran rehabilitation, education and training, they need when they return from war.

Guest: James Otto - Civil Defense Attorney

Where have all the jobs gone?

The Shameful Truth is That They Are Still Here.

Behind American Backs, Corporations are betraying the American Dream by Hiring 2,000,000 Workers per Year from Foreign Countries – much of the hiring taking place on US soil.

Civil Defense Attorney James Otto has filed a lawsuit –Beasley v. Molina Healthcare, Inc, a company that has laid off American workers in order to offer jobs to less expensive foreign employees.

Topic: Eric Holder Defends Killing Americans Without Due Process

On March 5th Attorney General Eric Holder defended drone assassinations of US citizens spoke at northwestern university claiming that it is legal to target US citizens for execution without ever be charged of a crime or told what the accusations are. Author and journalist  Marcy Wheeler who blogs at http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com discusses his claims.

John Rick MacArthur – Publisher Harper’s Magazine

Topics: Congressmen Kucinich discusses his election loss, and what the future holds for himself and the American people.

Rick MacArthur discusses his article Why Barack Obama Deserves to be Dumped and his upcoming book The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America: Or Why a Progressive Presidency is Impossible.

Topic: Afghan Massacre - Not an Atypical Event - But the Norm

In Afghanistan, in 2011 alone OUR military strategy has caused the death of more than 3000 civilians and, in Pakistan, it has cost the lives of 40,000 civilians; yet this incident is being treated in the media as an isolated act of violence against civilians, rather than the latest in a serious of horrific acts against civilians.

Kathy Kelly discusses the realities  of the war in Afghanistan.

Ann Wright

Topics:

BP Oil Settlement Sells out Victims

Obama’s AIPAC Speech- A Denier of Israel’s Crimes

Greg Palast joins us to discuss the BP settlement reached on Friday that includes no punitive damages for the oil giant in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Ann Wright discusses Obama’s catering to AIPAC, the powerful Israel lobby, while ignoring the crimes of Israel continues to commit against the Palestinian people.

Topic: 2012   The Year of the Big Donor

The hold the Super PACs have on this year’s election means that every major candidate needs his or her own billionaire to compete.

The Nation’s Ari Berman discusses outrageous campaign expenditures expected in 2012 and the influence these donors hope to buy in Washington DC.

Guest: Jodi L. Jacobson, Editor in Chief RH Reality Check

In the backlash of their threat to defund Planned Parenthood, we examine corporate and religious influences behind the Susan G. Koman Foundation and why this 2 billion dollar charity choose to defund access for breast cancer screenings for low-income women, because of the issue of contraception.

Guest: Alan Grayson

Congressional candidate Alan Grayson spends the hour with us for a candid conversation, discussing the nation’s most pressing issues issues, including health care, the economy, war, the political climate in Washington DC insiders and the FED Audit he helped to move forward.

David Swanson

Topic: Obama’s State of the Union Lies

Daivd Swanson of WarisaCrime.org discuss President Obama’s Tuesday State of the Union address and highlights the multiple lies and flip flops on policy, and the repeated broken promises to the American people.

Guests: Michelle Mitchell  - Producer, Nora Rasman - TransAfrica

On the 2 year anniversary of the devastating Haiti Earthquakes we discuss way half of all U.S. households donated $1.4 billion to major charities for relief and, there are still over half a million people living in squalid conditions.

Guest: James Otto - Civil Defense Attorney

Where have all the jobs gone?

The Shameful Truth is That They Are Still Here.

Behind American Backs, Corporations are betraying the American Dream by Hiring 2,000,000 Workers per Year from Foreign Countries – much of the hiring taking place on US soil.

Civil Defense Attorney James Otto has filed a lawsuit –Beasley v. Molina Healthcare, Inc, a company that has laid off American workers in order to offer jobs to less expensive foreign employees.