Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

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Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST /8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”

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Sanders Triumphs In Michigan Democratic Primary-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pulled off an upset victory in the Michigan primary Tuesday, picking up the majority of delegates in a state seen as a must-win for him to maintain a place in the Democratic race.

Hillary Clinton Nabs Victory In Mississippi With Help From Bill ClintonHillary Clinton won Mississippi’s Democratic primary on Tuesday. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton easily won the Democratic primary in Mississippi on Tuesday, aided by a strong infrastructure that she and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, have built in the state over decades. 

Networks Didn’t Cut From Donald Trump’s Speech Once To Air Hillary ClintonHillary Clinton gave a stump speech Tuesday night, but media networks were tied up covering a self-promotional event for someone else: Donald Trump.

Rubio Lost Big. He Has No Realistic Path To Winning Before The GOP Convention.Florida Sen. Marco Rubio did poorly in Tuesday’s primaries. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who was once called “THE REPUBLICAN SAVIOR” on the cover of Time magazine, lost big Tuesday night.Rubio looks likely to finish fourth in both Michigan and Mississippi, behind Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. After Tuesday, Trump will have more than a third of the delegates he needs to secure the nomination.

Trump Triumphant In Hawaii Republican Caucus.Donald Trump won Hawaii’s GOP caucus on Tuesday. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won Tuesday’s Hawaii GOP caucus.With 19 delegates, Hawaii is the third-smallest Republican contest in the country, behind Vermont and Delaware, which each have 16 delegates, and is considered one of the bluest states in the country.

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Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 am EST / 8:00 am PST.
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Trump cracks down on protesters— Donald Trump’s rally here began with the candidate asking all attendees to raise their hands and take an oath to vote for him, while extended barriers cordoned off the press and plainclothes private intelligence officers scoured the crowd for protestors. These new tactics, which the Trump campaign has introduced over the past week, represent refinements by Trump and his staff in their quest to control the atmosphere and message of his often unruly rallies.

Michael Bloomberg Nixes 2016 Run Because A Trump Presidency Is Too Dangerous-Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that he won’t launch a third-party run for president, fearing a three-way race would divide voters and ultimately be settled by congressional Republicans likely to unite behind Donald Trump.

Foreign Diplomats Voicing Alarm To U.S. Officials About Trump-Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College, Friday, March 4, 2016, in Warren, Mich. – Foreign diplomats are expressing alarm to U.S. government officials about what they say are inflammatory and insulting public statements by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, according to senior U.S. officials.

Rubio’s campaign is blasting a CNN report that says his advisers are telling him to drop out-CNN is standing by its report that senior campaign advisers for Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida have urged him to drop out of the Republican primary. CNN correspondent Jamie Gangel reported on Monday that, despite Rubio’s confidence in his chances of winning his home state of Florida on March 15, “there’s been a serious internal debate … about whether or not he should drop out before Florida,” Gangel said on CNN.

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Former First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94-Nancy Reagan, the former actress who was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan through a Hollywood career, eight years in the White House, an assassination attempt and her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease, died on Sunday at age 94, the Reagan library said.

Who won the delegate fight on Saturday? Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz-Donald Trump’s dominant victory in New Hampshire prompted Carly Fiorina and his pal Chris Christie to drop out of the race. Beyond that, though, the win earned Trump just 11 delegates — 3 percent of his current total and just less than 1 percent of the total he’d need to be the nominee.
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Ronald Reagan’s son endorses John Kasich-Ohio Gov. John Kasich picked up the endorsement of Michael Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate’s campaign announced Saturday.

Bill Maher Points Out How Frighteningly Similar Donald Trump Sounds To Hitler-After learning that Donald Trump apparently kept a volume of Adolf Hitler’s speeches at his bedside, Bill Maher made a scary comparison between the GOP front-runner at the German dictator on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday. Maher aired a clip of Hitler speaking with Trump-sounding quotes as subtitles.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

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Both Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders Could Beat Donald Trump, Poll Says. Either Democratic presidential candidate could handily defeat Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in the general election, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads Trump 52 percent to 44 percent among registered voters and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads Trump 55 percent to 43 percent, according to the poll.

Trump gives white supremacist radio show full press credentials, interview with son-But, as it turns out, Trump’s idea of disavowing hateful white supremacist groups includes giving them full credentials to his rallies and, just to make sure they got the message loud and clear, he also threw in an exclusive interview with his son, Donald Trump Jr.

More Bad News for Marco Rubio: He Just Lost the Support of Fox News-Cheer up — things will get better. (Actually, they won’t.) According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he’s lost confidence in Rubio’s ability to win. “We’re finished with Rubio,” Ailes recently told a Fox host. “We can’t do the Rubio thing anymore.” 

Ben Carson: ‘I Do Not See A Political Path Forward’ After Super Tuesday-Retired neurosurgeon and bestselling author Ben Carson said in a statement Wednesday he does “not see a political path forward” for his campaign after his poor showing on Super Tuesday.

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Hillary Clinton Victorious In Alabama Democratic Primary-Hillary Clinton won the Alabama primary handily on Tuesday, picking up yet another trove of delegates in her quest for the Democratic nomination.

Bernie Sanders Wins Crucial Victory In Minnesota Caucus-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Farmer Labor Party’s caucus in Minnesota Tuesday.

Marco Rubio Nabs His First 2016 Win In Minnesota GOP Presidential Caucus-His campaign is under pressure to prove he’s a better pick than Ted Cruz to take on Donald Trump.

Donald Trump Wins Alabama Republican Primary-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump easily won the Alabama primary on Tuesday.

Ted Cruz Wins The Alaska Republican CaucusTexas Sen. Ted Cruz has been declared the winner of the Alaska Republican caucus.

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Black Students Removed From Trump Rally In Georgia-Dozens of black college students in Georgia said they were asked to leave a Donald Trump rally on their campus Monday for standing silently on gymnasium bleachers before the business magnate began speaking.

Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly asked a question during oral arguments today — for the first time in 10 years. The notoriously silent Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked several questions during oral arguments Monday in a case about a ban on gun ownership for domestic-violence offenders.

Joe Scarborough: Donald Trump Playing Dumb About The KKK Is ‘Disqualifying’-Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” suggested business mogul Donald Trump’s refusal to disavow the Ku Klux Klan could disqualify him from the presidential race.”It’s breathtaking. That is disqualifying right there,” Scarborough said Monday. “To say you don’t know about the Ku Klux Klan? You don’t know about David Duke?”

Donald Trump Secretly Told The New York Times What He Really Thinks About Immigration. The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether he would stand by his own immigration views.

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Comedian, Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau for “Mondays with Monique” at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST.
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Hillary Clinton Wins A Resounding Victory In South Carolina-Her opponent, Bernie Sanders, had struggled to pick up enough support among black voters in the primary. Hillary Clinton won the Palmetto State’s Democratic presidential contest on Saturday, defeating Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) thanks to the strong support of African-American voters, who comprised over 60 percent of the primary electorate in the state.

Protester clashes with Bill Clinton over Benghazi attacks. Former President Bill Clinton got into a heated exchange with a protester over the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.”We had four lives that were killed at Benghazi, and your wife tried to cover it up,” the protester said. The protester, who claimed to be a former Marine, confronted the former president at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in South Carolina and launched into a speech accusing Hillary Clinton of covering up the attacks.

In a rollicking day of spectacle, spite and scorn, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey declared his allegiance to Donald J. Trump and war on Marco Rubio, describing the senator on Friday as desperate and unfit for the presidency.

Marco Rubio implies Donald Trump has small man parts with comment on his hands. He went there.Sen. Marco Rubio seemingly questioned the size of Donald Trump’s manhood during a rally in Virginia Sunday night, and in the process dealt Americans yet another outrageous moment in an already outlandish presidential campaign cycle.”His hands are the size of someone who’s [five feet five inches]. And you know what they say about men with small hands… you can’t trust ’em!” Rubio said during an event at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.

Host of her podcast, “From The Bunker”, Guest Host Jodi Hamilton fills in with Stuttering John Melendez, for Steph while she’s in Madison Wisconsin for her Sexy Liberal Tour.

E! News Entertainment Correspondent Marc Malking calls in at 10:22 EST / 7:22 PST, to discuss the Academy Awards.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 10:30 am EST / 7:30 am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

Stephanie Millers calls in, Host of The Stephanie Miller Show at 11:30 EST / 7:30 PST.

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Brian Sandoval Takes Himself Out Of The Running For Supreme Court Spot-Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) was mentioned by both Democrats and Republicans as a potential compromise candidate for the Supreme Court-Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) on Thursday asked President Barack Obama to take his name off his list of potential Supreme Court

Marco Rubio Unloads On Donald Trump In His Best Debate YetCompared to his disastrous performance in New Hampshire, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was a new man during the 10th Republican presidential debate on Thursday, unleashing a searing barrage of attacks against real estate mogul and current GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

TRUMP: Mitt Romney was ‘one of the dumbest’ candidates in GOP history-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued to lash out at Mitt Romney on Thursday morning.-“Mitt Romney, who was one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics, is now pushing me on tax returns,” Trump wrote on Twitter.”Dope!” he added.

White Supremacists Mobilize For Donald Trump-As the Republican presidential primary moves into the American south, white supremacist groups are working to mobilize racists to get out the vote for Donald Trump.-On Wednesday, David Duke, the white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, encouraged his radio show listeners to volunteer for Trump’s campaign.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us at 11am / EST / 8am PST.
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Democrats No Longer View Donald Trump As A Joke. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is not a big fan of the man who won his state’s Republican caucuses. The continued success of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump isn’t just concerning, Senate Democrats said on Wednesday — it’s downright frightening. “For months everyone said someone else will catch on, but it seems that they better start catching because he’s moving down the road,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said at a roundtable with reporters, most from Hispanic media outlets.

Mitt Romney on Donald Trump: ‘There’s a bombshell’ in his taxes-Mitt Romney called in to “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News Wednesday demanding to see tax returns for the top three GOP candidates, saying specifically that he expects a “bombshell” from frontrunner Donald Trump’s most recent filings.

Tim Cook: If The FBI Gets What It Wants, It Will Threaten Public Safety-Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “bad for America,” and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans.

Iowa Lawmakers Approve Bill That Would Let Kids Have Handguns-Children of all ages in Iowa would be able to lay down their toy guns and pick up the real thing under a bill that passed the state House of Representatives. The measure approved Tuesday by 62-36 vote would allow children 14 or younger to possess “a pistol, revolver or the ammunition” under parental supervision. It now heads for the state Senate.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Orange Is The New Black’s Actress & Author, Laura Prepon calls in at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST.

Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

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Trump’s 3rd straight win has rivals looking for answers-Businessman Donald Trump inched closer to the U.S. Republican presidential nomination after easily outdistancing his rivals in the Nevada caucuses Tuesday, giving him his third win in four early nominating contests.

GOP Senators Won’t Even Meet With An Obama Supreme Court Nominee-Would an Obama Supreme Court nominee smell bad or something? Senate Republican leaders say they won’t even meet with whoever it is. Senate Republicans on Tuesday launched an unprecedented blockade of President Barack Obama’s yet-to-be-named Supreme Court pick, saying they won’t give any nominee a hearing or even meet with the candidate.

Marco Rubio Just Lost To Donald Trump For The Fourth Time In A RowWhen Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio finished third in the Iowa caucuses, the media said he was the real winner. His campaign talked of a “3-2-1” strategy in which he’d finish second in New Hampshire and first in South Carolina. Yet he lost both states to Donald Trump, finishing fifth in New Hampshire and second in South Carolina.

Nevada’s GOP Caucus Appears To Be Completely FUBAR-Once doors opened to Republican voters at caucus sites across Nevada Tuesday evening, it wasn’t long before reports of chaos amid high turnout began trickling in. 

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

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Conservatives: Court nominee must be stopped at all cost.-Conservative leaders are sending a blunt message to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: The Supreme Court is more important than your majority.

Bush’s billionairesThe Rubio, Cruz, Kasich — even Trump — campaigns are reaching out to fundraisers and power brokers of Jeb Bush’s former campaignBush’s team raised over $150 million for the campaign and super PAC, but the candidate never broke into the top tier after last fall

Ted Cruz asked his communications director Rick Tyler to resign Monday after Tyler distributed a video that falsely depicted Marco Rubio dismissing the Bible.

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Hillary Clinton Edges Bernie Sanders for Nevada Caucus WinHillary Clinton won Nevada’s Democratic caucuses on Saturday, NBC News projected, scoring a much-needed boost in the nomination race and depriving rival Bernie Sanders of a victory in a racially diverse state.

Jeb Bush ends presidential campaign after failing to win South Carolina primaryFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a member of one of America’s political dynasties and the early front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, announced during the South Carolina primary Saturday night that he is exiting the race.

Bernie Sanders Blames Low Turnout For Loss In Nevada-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is attributing his loss in the Nevada caucuses to low voter turnout, saying his campaign does better when turnout is high.

Donald Trump wins big-Donald Trump did more than win his second easy victory in consecutive presidential primaries in South Carolina on Saturday.He advanced his takeover of the Republican Party. He proved that he can dominate a race in the Deep South. He vanquished the dynasty that ruled the GOP establishment for decades as Jeb Bush dropped his White House bid.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

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Religious Leaders Rush To Trump’s Defense After Pope Francis’ Comments-Religious leaders voiced support for Donald Trump after Pope Francis implied that the Republican presidential candidate is “not a Christian.”Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., who is the son of the late televangelist Jerry Falwell, told CNN that “the pope is mistaken … I do believe Trump is a Christian.” He added that “JFK would be rolling over in his grave right now.” 

Jeb Bush Says He ‘Probably Would’ Nominate A Supreme Court Justice If He Were ObamaRepublican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday broke with GOP leaders on the issue of replacing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week. Asked whether he would nominate someone to the court if he had 11 months remaining in his term as president — a situation President Barack Obama finds himself in now — Bush said he “probably would.”

Why Bernie Sanders Is In Deep Trouble In South Carolina. Without the black vote, Sanders doesn’t stand a chance.A new Monmouth University poll shows that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has struggled to make inroads with black voters in South Carolina. remained unconvinced that he would do a good job addressing concerns pertaining to African-Americans. Overall, 43 percent of black voters are confident in Sanders compared with 73 percent who are confident in Clinton.

Sanders hits Bill Clinton on welfare reform, trade-Bernie Sanders is running against Hillary Clinton, but he made clear on Thursday that he’s still no big fan of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us at 11am / EST / 8am PST.

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The Republicans Are Now Officially the Party of White Paranoia-Donald Trump currently has a negative 51 percent net unfavorable rating among Hispanic voters. Scott Olson/Getty ABC News published an intriguing poll the other day, one that spelled out a growing racial divid.

President Obama Might Visit Cuba Next Month-U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to visit Cuba as soon as March, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday, a major step in the thaw between former Cold War foes the United States and Communist-run Cuba.

Sandra Day O’Connor Says Obama Should Get To Replace Justice Scalia-Sandra Day O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court in 2006, but she continues to impart wisdom off the bench.

Ted Cruz Rises Above Donald Trump In NBC/WSJ National Poll-An NBC/WSJ poll shows Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) ahead of Donald Trump in a national primary poll.

Apple CEO says helping FBI hack into terrorist’s iPhone would be ‘too dangerous’-Setting up a pitched battle between Silicon Valley and the counter-terrorism community, Apple’s chief executive said Wednesday that his company would fight a court order demanding the tech giant’s help in the San Bernardino attack investigation, turning what had been a philosophical dispute into a legal skirmish that could have major ramifications for the tech industry.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Comedian Kate Quigley joins us live in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11 am EST / 8 am PST.

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Wild conspiracy theories floating around that Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered-Some have noted that Scalia, who died at 79, was pronounced dead over the phone and was allegedly found later with a pillow over his head, while others point out that Scalia had declined a security detail for his weekend visit to the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Texas.

GOP Senator Warns Against Party’s ‘Obstructionist’ Supreme Court Strategy-Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says it’s probably not a good idea to rule out every single Supreme Court nominee that Obama puts forward.

Carson: Republicans Wouldn’t Wait To Replace Scalia If We Held The White House-Then again, recognize that the two picks that the president has selected are ideologues, so there’s really no reason to believe that his next pick wouldn’t be an ideologue also.”

A Marco Rubio Surge Will Happen Any Day Now, The Press Insists-Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hasn’t won a Republican presidential primary yet, but his press team has done an incredible job of convincing the media he will do so any day now. 

Legal Analyst & Author Ian Millhiser calls in at 9:30 EST / 6:30 PST.

Charlie Pierce from esquire.com calls in 10:30 am EST / 7:30 PST.

Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 am EST / 8:00 am PST.

Bill Clinton Says ‘We Are All Mixed-Race’–Former President Bill Clinton has been called the first black president before, but he had a strange response when the phrase came up recently.Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) introduced Clinton Friday at a Memphis campaign rally for Hillary Clinton by saying that while he clearly was not the first black president, ”

Donald Trump releases raging statement threatening ‘legal action’ against ‘totally unstable’ Ted Cruz. Donald Trump released a statement threatening “legal action” against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) before holding a press conference during which he called Cruz “desperate” and “very unstable.”

Expert predicts Loretta Lynch will be Obama’s pick to replace Scalia-U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch might be the president’s choice to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.She’s the president’s top pick according to Tom Goldstein of the highly respected SCOTUSblog, which covers all things relating to the Supreme Court. Goldstein predicts Obama wants a black nominee for the court and writes, “The fact that Lynch was vetted so recently for attorney general also.

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Comedian Bob Perlow calls in promoting his book, THE WARMUP GUY at 10:45 am EST / 7:45 PST.

Comedian, Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau for “Mondays with Monique” at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST.

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Highlights From The GOP Debate In South Carolina-Six Republican presidential candidates took to the debate stage Saturday night in Greenville, South Carolina, and it was anything but boring.

Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan’s Final Year- Barely an hour after the news broke Saturday of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made it clear that he has no intention of letting President Barack Obama replace the conservative icon.

Antonin Scalia Died Of A Heart Attack: Report-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday of a heart attack, a West Texas television station reported Sunday.

(Thanks Rocky Mountain Mike!)

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Emmy Award winning Writer & Comedian David Feldman calls in at 10:30 am EST / 7:30 PST to discuss the Republican Debate. David hosts The David Feldman Show podcast, available at davidfeldman.com.

Comedian Suzanne Westenhoeffer joins us in the los angeles bureau at 11 am EST / 8 am PST.

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Democratic Debate Exposes The Real Divide Between Clinton And Sanders-Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate began with a dispute over health care policy and ended with an argument about President Barack Obama’s legacy.But in each of those moments, and at several points in between, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) were really arguing over something very basic.

Brace Yourself For The Return Of South Carolina’s Notoriously Awful Politics-Or in the words of Donald Trump, “very sleazy.”-If politics were, in fact, a game of beanbag, the South Carolina primary would be a bag of rusty nails. Alas, politics ain’t beanbag. And South Carolina is just the campaign equivalent of throwing rusty nails at your rivals.

The Pope, the Donald, and the wall between them-Imagine this split screen: On one side is Donald Trump, repeating his campaign pledge to build a big wall between the United States and Mexico. On the other is Pope Francis, kneeling to pray for the thousands of undocumented immigrants who have died trying to cross the border.

Japan stocks fall nearly 5% as rout continues-The global stock rout rolled across Asia on Friday.-Major Asian stock markets sank as investors continued to dump riskier assets. Japan’s Nikkei tumbled 4.8%, bringing its losses for the week to more than 11%. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong slipped 1.2% after plunging 3.9% the day before.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

ACTOR & Comedian Rick Overton joins us live in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11 am PST / 8 am EST.

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US Supreme Court blocks Obama carbon emissions plan-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a major blow to President Barack Obama by putting on hold federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, the centerpiece of his administration’s strategy to combat climate change.

New Jersey Gov. Christie drops 2016 Republican presidential bid: Aide-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will end his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, a senior aide said on Wednesday, a day after his disappointing sixth place showing in the New Hampshire primary.

Republican Carly Fiorina drops out of 2016 White House race-Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina dropped out of the 2016 White House race on Wednesday, the former business executive said in a posting on Facebook.

The Democratic Primary Is About To Get REALLY MessyThis is not the campaign that Hillary Clinton and the party envisioned. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ victory over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary all but guarantees the party what it wanted to avoid: a long, costly, and potentially damaging primary fight to determine the nominee.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”

 
John Kasich Surprises In New Hampshire-Compassionate conservatism is back.Running on a message of civility, empathy and moral purpose in a race dominated by fear and race-baiting, Ohio Gov. John Kasich surged to a second-place finish Tuesday night in New Hampshire, becoming the latest in a long line of long-shot presidential candidates to use the Granite State’s famously unpredictable and independent-minded electorate to stake out a place in the primary contest.

A Democratic Socialist Just Won The New Hampshire Primary-Sanders beat out former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.- New Hampshire’s Democratic primary voters confirmed Tuesday that they do, in fact, want a self-described democratic socialist as their party’s presidential nominee.  

A racist, Sexist Demagogue Just Won The New Hampshire Primary-New Hampshire Republican primary voters on Tuesday made official their choice for president of the United States: real estate mogul and reality television star Donald J. Trump.

Daily News Calls Out The ‘Brain Dead’ Voters Of New Hampshire-“Clown comes back to life!”The New York Daily News is not amused with the people of New Hampshire.Following business mogul Donald Trump’s double-digit win in the state’s primary, the brash media outlet announced that its cover on Wednesday would depict a clown-faced image of the GOP front-runner alongside a sharp jab at the voters who’ve gotten him this far.

Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7:00 am PT.

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

 
Decision day in New Hampshire-New Hampshire voters will make their choice for president in the first-in-the-nation primary contest that polls suggest could deliver victory to a pair of outsider candidates, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders.

North Korea rocket: First images emerge of debris; satellite ‘tumbling’ in space-South Korea has released the first images of debris believed to be from a long-range rocket fired by North Korea on Sunday.

Donald Trump Returns to Core Populist Nationalism in Last Pitch to New Hampshire Before Primaries in Packed Stadium-Before a packed 4,000-strong crowd at Verizon Wireless Arena here Monday evening — hours before the polls open in the first-in-the-nation primary state — Donald J. Trump, billionaire and national GOP presidential frontrunner, made his final case to the set of voters who will decide his future.

Gas is near $1 a gallon in some places-Forget $2 gas. Gas is getting close to the $1 mark in some parts of the country.

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Comedian, Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau for “Mondays with Monique” at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST.

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Trump doubles down on waterboarding threat-Donald Trump on Sunday defended his support for waterboarding and other controversial interrogation techniques, saying the U.S. is at war with terror groups willing to do far worse to Americans.

Sanders Condemns ‘Bernie Bros’-Bernie Sanders likes to express appreciation for his grass-roots supporters, but he is not standing by the so-called Bernie Bros.-Jake Tapper asked Sen. Sanders (I-Vt.) about the phenomenon of his backers saying sexist things to supporters of Hillary Clinton, his rival for the Democratic nomination, on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.Sanders renounced them unequivocally.

Ben Carson Wants An Apology From CNN-After Saturday night’s Republican debate — where Cruz once again apologized for his team calling Carson supporters and telling them the former neurosurgeon was suspending his campaign — Carson now wants an apology from the news network that Cruz blames for the incident.

Marco Rubio Says He’ll Keep Using The Same Obama Attack Line Over And Over Despite Being Mocked
People dressed as robots are following him around at a town hall in New Hampshire.-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) doesn’t care if people are sick of hearing him say the same line over and over. He’s going to keep on doing it.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Alernet columnist Sarah K. Burress calls in at 10:00 am set / 7:00 am PST, to discuss What Democrats — and Clinton — need to worry about after the Iowa caucus.

Emmy Award winning Writer & Comedian David Feldman calls in at 10:30 am EST / 7:30 PST to discuss the Republican Debate. David hosts The David Feldman Show podcast, available at Davidfeldman.com.

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Simmering Tensions Erupt In First Face-Off Between Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton debated Thursday night over their stances on the death penalty, Wall Street, foreign policy and a number of other issues. 

Des Moines Register calls for audit of Sanders-Clinton result in Iowa-The Des Moines Register is calling for a “complete audit” of the Iowa Democratic caucuses in light of concerns by Bernie Sanders about the razor-thin margin.

Female senators urge Warren: Back Hillary Clinton-Female Democratic senators are privately urging Sen. Elizabeth Warren to formally endorse Hillary Clinton for president.

Donald Trump’s poll numbers took a nosedive in the first national survey after Iowa-Real-estate mogul Donald Trump’s poll standing deflated in the first national survey released after his loss to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the Monday-night Iowa caucuses.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

Dean Obeidalah at 10 am EST 7 am PST

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

Thom Hartmann at 11:00 am EST / 8 am PST

Comedian Jessica Michelle Singleton joins us live in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11 am PST / 8 am EST.

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Obama Makes Historic Visit To U.S. Mosque-Obama wants to highlight the American right to freedom of religion for all, including Muslims.-U.S. President Barack Obama visited a U.S. mosque on Wednesday and declared that attacks on Islam were an attack on all faiths in a move to counter rhetoric from Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates that have alienated Muslims.

Trump says he ‘probably will’ sue over results of Iowa caucuses-Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would likely file a formal complaint over the results of the Iowa caucuses, accusing primary rival Ted Cruz of “voter fraud.”

Rick Santorum To Suspend Presidential Campaign: Report.-Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R) is suspending his presidential campaign, CNN and The Washington Post report.

Clinton, Sanders agree to four more debates-Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have agreed to four more debates beginning with a Thursday night showdown in New Hampshire, the Democratic National Committee confirmed to The Hill.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”

AP declares Clinton winner over Sanders in Iowa-The Associated Press has declared Hillary Clinton the winner of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses.
The AP made the call after 1 p.m. Tuesday as Clinton maintained a 0.2 percentage point lead on Bernie Sanders with all of Iowa’s 1,683 precincts reporting.

‘Scott ‘Brown will reportedly endorse Trump in N.H.-Former Massachusetts senator Scott P. Brown, a moderate Republican who two years ago ran for Senate in New Hampshire, will endorse Donald Trump at a rally here Tuesday night, one week before the state’s presidential primary.

Republican wants Obama to explain Iran ‘ransom payment’-Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) wants the Obama administration to provide details on more than $1 billion given to Iran, suggesting the money amounts to a “ransom payment.” 

First US case of Zika virus in Dallas County, health officialsThe first U.S. case of the Zika virus has been contracted in Dallas County, local health officials said on Tuesday, adding there are no reports of the virus being locally transmitted by mosquitoes in the Texas county.

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

Ted Cruz shocks Trump, scores upset win in Iowa-In something of a stunner, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came out on top of real-estate mogul Donald Trump in the Monday-night Iowa caucuses, multiple networks projected.

Clinton edges out Sanders-former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had won by a razor-thin margin against U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the closest in Iowa Democratic caucus history.

Donald Trump Came In Second, But The Republican Establishment Still Lost-The chaos has only just begun.-The most self-assured candidate in the 2016 race failed to win the Iowa Republican caucus Monday night. But as unexpected a setback a silver medal is for Donald Trump — a man who loves seeing his name emblazoned in gold — he can take solace: his immense imprint on the election promises to be long-lasting.

Zika-linked condition: WHO declares global emergency-A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the World Health Organization.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST.

Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am EST / 7am PST.

Comedian, Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau for “Mondays with Monique” at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST.

The New York Times’ editorial board on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton and John Kasich for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, a potential boost for the candidates two days before the Iowa caucuses.

Bernie Sanders Calls Hillary Clinton’s Emails ‘A Very Serious Issue’-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said last year he was “sick and tired of hearing about [Hillary Clinton’s] damn emails.” 

Former Trump campaign staffer files discrimination complaint-A 26-year-old former campaign staffer for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has accused the campaign of sex discrimination, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

Sanders supporters advocate using O’Malley as spoiler in IowaBernie Sanders’ supporters are urging Iowa caucus-goers to back Martin O’Malley as part of a strategy—after Sanders’ camp bashed Hillary Clinton’s campaign for using the same political tactic.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Billy Baldwin calls in at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST to promote the 3rd season of his show, “Hit The Floor.” airing on VH-1 Monday nights 10PM ET/PT.

Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

The Republican Party Can’t Rid Itself Of Trump, Even When He’s Not There-The Republican presidential race entered an alternate universe on Thursday evening, transporting viewers to a moment in time in which Donald Trump never ran for president. Despite the best efforts of his rivals, however, the front-runner’s shadow loomed large — even though he wasn’t actually present at the Fox News Republican presidential debate.

Massive Shakeup At Politico With Co-Founder Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen Set To Leave Politico CEO Jim VandeHei and chief White House correspondent Mike Allen will leave the news organization they helped launch nine years ago and built into a politics and policy juggernaut. 

We Were Very Confused By Ben Carson’s Weird Answers During The GOP Debate-Who knew Putin was “a one-horse country”?-Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson gave some bizarre answers during Thursday’s GOP debate, the final chance for candidates to make their pitch to voters before next week’s Iowa caucuses.

Is media driving Bernie momentum?Veteran Democrats and some Hillary Clinton supporters say the media’s thirst for a competitive contest has led it to overplay the rise of Bernie Sanders.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PT.

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us at 11am / EST / 8am PST.

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GOP Still Investigating Planned Parenthood, Even After Sting Videos BackfireThe anti-abortion activists behind the videos were indicted Monday. Republicans are determined to push on with their investigation of Planned Parenthood, even after a Texas grand jury cleared the organization of wrongdoing on Monday and instead indicted two anti-abortion activists who targeted the family planning provider in a series of undercover videos.

Donald Trump Tells Bill O’Reilly It’s ‘War With Fox News-GOP candidate continues to refuse debate, renews attacks on Megyn Kelly., but Trump is promising an “eye for an eye” instead. 

The Bernie Sanders Health Plan Is Too Good To Be True, Analyst Says-Sen. Bernie Sanders promised a sweet deal on health care, but his numbers are getting serious scrutiny now. Now, a veteran health economist has produced a more serious assessment of Sanders’ proposal and concluded that the critics were right.

FBI’s Clinton investigation not letting up-Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual, and speculated that a decision on whether to file charges against Clinton of her top aides could come later this year, during the heat of the general election campaign.

SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Karel Bouley from Free Speech TV calls in at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”

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Trump ‘Definitely Not’ Participating In Last GOP Debate Before IowaThe GOP presidential candidates will face off Thursday in their final debate before next week’s Iowa caucuses — this time, without Donald Trump.

Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Donald Trump-Support from Falwell, the son of a famed evangelical televangelist, is a stamp of approval for Trump from one of the country’s best-known religious conservatives and comes just days before the Iowa caucuses.

Ammon Bundy Arrested, Follower Killed, During Confrontation With Law Enforcement In Oregon following reports of a shots fired on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Killed was Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, who had acted as spokesman for the militants.

Republican rivals launch effort to villainize Donald Trump-Republicans are testing out new lines of attack on Donald Trump meant to portray him as a ruthless dealmaker who sought to make money at any cost — even if he hurt working people in the process. 

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

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Dems tangle at final forum before Iowa caucuses-Bernie Sanders went on the attack Monday night while Hillary Clinton largely played it safe at the final Democratic forum before next week’s hotly contested Iowa caucuses.

Obama Says Bernie Sanders’ Proposals Haven’t Been Properly Vetted Yet-Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has had the “luxury of being a complete long shot” so far in the race to be the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, President Barack Obama said in an interview published by Politico on Monday.

WHO Warns Zika Virus Will Spread Across The Americas-The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

Trump says not entirely sure he will attend Fox News debate- U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not 100 percent” certain he would participate in a debate this week co-hosted by Fox News Channel because he did not think moderator Megyn Kelly could treat him fairly.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am EST / 6:30am PST.

Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am EST / 7am PST.

Comedian, Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau for “Mondays with Monique” at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST.

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Bernie Sanders said Sunday that “there would be nothing more in this world that I would like” than to face Donald Trump in a general election fight, and that he would “beat him badly.”

A massive blizzard that blanketed much of the eastern United States set records, paralyzed travel and damaged property. Here’s a look at the storm’s impact: WHO GOT IT WORST?
Glengary, West Virginia, can boast it took the storm’s biggest blow: 42 inches.

Clinton, once in Cabinet, wins support from Obama officials- Hillary Clinton hasn’t just been wrapping herself in President Barack Obama’s legacy lately. She’s been wrapping herself in his Cabinet. With Obama’s endorsement out of reach for now, Clinton’s presidential campaign has racked up support from his administration’s top officials.

Ted Cruz answers Trump’s Sarah Palin plug with Rick Perry endorsement

Ted Cruz failed to win the love of America’s living tea party meme, but he can console himself with the endorsement of a former rival. Former Texas Governor Rick Perry told Politico on Sunday night that he’s throwing his support behind the fellow Texan.

There’s been a LOT of Palin this week.

And here’s more!

Thanks Rocky Mountain Mike!!
https://soundcloud.com/rockymountainmike/dumbed-down

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121,in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Thom Hartman calling in at 10:00 EST. / 7:00 PST, to discuss Bernie & Hillary. https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann

Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

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Obama gives $80 million to Michigan for Flint-President Barack Obama said Thursday his administration is giving $80 million in aid to Michigan mostly to help repair Flint’s water infrastructure and make the drinking water safe.

National Review Booted From GOP Debate After ‘Against Trump’ Issue after Editors of the National Review on Thursday night published their “Against Trump Symposium,” a collection of essays in which conservative luminaries teamed up to decry the prospect of Donald Trump becoming the GOP’s presidential nominee and, by extension, the party’s standard-bearer of conservatism. There were immediate consequences: The magazine was “disinvited” from participating in an upcoming debate.

The National Review’s special Trump issue, features a blistering editorial opposing his bid for the presidency and calling him a threat to conservatism so Donald Trump rips into them and made his thoughts about the conservative magazine very clear in a scathing Twitter rant on Thursday saying, ‘It’s a failing publication’

Jeb Bush Thinks Donald Trump Is Afraid of Him-The award for the week’s most adorable Donald Trump analysis goes to Jeb Bush, who explained to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday that the front-runner keeps saying mean things about him because he sees him as a threat.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

Chez Pazienza of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us at 11am / EST / 8am PST.

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2015 Was By Far The Hottest Year In Recorded History-Climate change and El Niño are to blame.Last year was the earth’s hottest in 136 years of record-keeping, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday.

Sarah Palin Somehow Links Son’s Domestic Violence Arrest To Obama
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday linked her son’s domestic violence arrest to President Barack Obama’s treatment of veterans.

Donors changing tune on Trump-Republican donors are quietly coming around to the idea that Donald Trump could be their party’s nominee for president.
While many major Republican donors still cannot abide the idea of Trump as their party’s 2016 standard-bearer — and some remain flat-out in denial about the strength of his candidacy — interviews with GOP business owners and CEOs in six states suggest shifting attitudes toward the controversial billionaire. 

Your ATM And Overdraft Fees Made Big Banks $6 Billion Last Year-America’s three biggest banks continued their ongoing joke on poor people last year by collecting $6 billion from overdraft and ATM fees, and 2016 is looking even more bleak.

SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Karel Bouley from Free Speech TV calls in at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”
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Supreme Court Will Rule On Obama’s Immigration Policy Before 2016 Election-President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, stuck in legal limbo for the past year, will get a Supreme Court hearing before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump lands Palin endorsement–Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has scored his highest-profile endorsement yet in former vice presidential nominee and Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin, The New York Times confirmed with the Trump campaign Tuesday after day-long speculation.

Hillary Clinton Scores Endorsement From Biggest LGBT Rights Group-The nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, Human Rights Campaign, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday.
“The endorsement comes at a time when the stakes could not be higher for the LGBT community,” HRC said in a statement. 

John McCain Finally Ready To Advance First Openly Gay Army Secretary-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is letting Eric Fanning get a confirmation hearing for his nomination as Army secretary. It only took four months!-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) finally set a confirmation hearing for Eric Fanning, who President Barack Obama nominated months ago to be the secretary of the Army.

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

Actor & Comedian Rob Schneider calls us promoting his new comedy series,
Real Rob at 11:20 EST / 8:20 PST. The eight-episode scripted series, starring, produced and
directed by Schneider, premiered on Netflix on Tuesday, December 1.

Obama eyes ‘audacious’ use of executive power in final year-President Obama’s pledge to pursue “audacious” executive action during his final year in office is stirring a frenzy of speculation about what he might have up his sleeve.

Study: 62 people own as much wealth as half the world’s population-Oxfam International, the anti-poverty nonprofit based in the U.K., released a report on Monday saying that the 62 richest people in the world own the same amount of wealth as the the bottom half of the global population.

Hillary Clinton Makes Her Case: It’s Me Or The GOP
Hillary Clinton’s plan to stem her slide against Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary began to come into clear focus Sunday night in the fourth Democratic debate.She also went hard at Sanders, a Vermont independent senator, as too conservative on gun control and too radical on health care. With Sanders now tied with Clinton in Iowa, and leading in New Hampshire, her campaign is hoping that although Democratic primary voters may be in love with Sanders, they’ll ultimately settle down with the pragmatic choice.

Chris Rock calls the Oscars ‘the white BET Awards’ as people call for a boycott-As we discussed last week, this year’s Oscars are a redux of last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy. The Academy members – mostly white men older than 60 – have decided for the second year in a row that no actor of color did any Oscar-worthy work.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30 EST / 6:30am PST.

Eric Boehlert calls in at 10:00 am EST / 7:00 PST.

Songwriting sensation & Academy Award nominee, Diane Warren calls is at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Comedian, Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau for “Mondays with Monique” at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST.
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Democratic Candidates Face Off In Final Debate Before Iowa Caucus-In their final debate before the Iowa caucuses, the gloves came off between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

Obama Just Got 4 Americans Released From Iran, But Republicans Are Still Criticizing HimThey also criticized him for not doing enough to free them.

Donald Trump on Iran prisoner swap: ‘I think I might have had something to do with it’

Real-estate magnate Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that he was partially responsible for the US prisoner swap with Iran that was announced earlier in the day.

Poll: Clinton Holds 25-Point National Lead Over Sanders-Hillary Clinton leads rival Bernie Sanders by 25 points nationally ahead of Sunday’s final Democratic debate and the all-important Iowa caucuses, according to the latest results from the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JODI HAMILTON WHO SPENT HER BIRTHDAY WEEKEND WITH HER HUSBAND LONNY PAUL, & CHRIS LAVOIE IN PALM SPRINGS.

Emmy Award winning Writer & Comedian David Feldman calls in at 9am EST / 6am PST to discuss the Republican Debate. David hosts The David Feldman Show podcast, available at Davidfeldman.com.

Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7:00 am PT.

Comedian Howie Mandel calls in at 10:30 EST / 7:30 PST to promote his new show, “Just for Laughs” that premieres on the CW on Monday 1/18.

Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”
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GOP Debate Takeaways: The Trump and Cruz dynamic dominates-The Republican presidential debate on Thursday featured the fewest candidates to date — but the most rollicking action yet. With just over two weeks until the voters begin making their choices in the leadoff Iowa caucuses.

Marco Rubio hit with birther controversy over parents’ citizenship-Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is facing a new controversy as opponents allege he is legally unable to serve as president. The issue at hand — as Ted Cruz has learned well — is over whether Rubio can be consider a “natural born citizen.”

Carly Fiorina: Unlike Hillary Clinton, ‘I actually love spending time with my husband’ Carly Fiorina spends a lot of her time on the campaign trail attacking Hillary Clinton, but at Thursday’s Republican “undercard” debate her barbs took a new personal turn.

Donald Trump just jumped to his highest point yet in a new poll-Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s campaign isn’t slowing down, at least when it comes to national polling.

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner.”

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us at 11am / EST / 8am PST.
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Hillary Clinton Just Got This Huge Endorsement
Thanks in part to her stance on gun control
Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for President, just received an endorsement from Eric Holder, the first African-American U.S. Attorney General.

Hillary Clinton is attacking Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) from the right on healthcare ahead of next month’s Democratic caucuses in Iowa.
The Democratic presidential front-runner’s campaign is blasting her chief rival’s failure to address how he’d pay for a single-payer healthcare system.

Islamic State launches militant assault on Indonesia’s capital-JAKARTA-Islamic State militants launched a gun and bomb assault on Indonesia’s capital on Thursday, police and media said, marking the first assault on the Muslim-majority country by the radical group, but five of the seven people killed were the attackers

$1.6B Powerball jackpot to be split between 3 winning tickets-The winners of the record $1.6 billion U.S. Powerball jackpot had yet to emerge early on Thursday, with lottery officials saying the massive prize will be split between ticket holders in three states – Tennessee, California and Florida. Each of the three winning tickets is worth $528.8 million, the California Lottery said.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PST.

Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”
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Obama scores high marks for speech, less positive for his presidency-But assessing Obama’s time in office, more say his presidency has fallen short of their expectations than say it has exceeded them. Overall, 53% had a “very positive” reaction to the President’s speech, matching the highest rating of his presidency reached following his 2013 address.

Obama Loves America So Much He Wants To Save It From Becoming Fascist-President Barack Obama put the American people on notice Tuesday night that a dark future awaited U.S. democracy if its citizens didn’t begin to come together rather than retreat into ethnic or religious corners.

Republican Party Takes Aim At Donald Trump In State Of The Union Response-In the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday evening, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) sought to undo some of the damage done to the GOP brand by the wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric popularized by real estate mogul Donald Trump.

10 American sailors detained by Iran freed.They were captured Tuesday after their two naval boats entered Iranian waters near Farsi Island, in the Persian Gulf.

SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:300 EST / 7:30 PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.
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It’s the series finale for President Obama’s State of the Union speech-For the last time—and presumably the only time with new Speaker Paul Ryan doing some seated CrossFit exercises behind him—President Obama will give his annual address to a joint session of Congress.

Demoted Rand Paul boycotts debate, declares ‘war’ on ‘arbitrary, capricious’ standards-Fox Business Network has announced the lineup for Thursday’s GOP debate, and while Rand Paul managed to argue his way onto the main stage in the past, he’s finally been demoted to the undercard debate.

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to attend Obama’s final State of the Union address-Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, will attend President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday.

Clinton calls on White House to stop deportation raids-Hillary Clinton is calling on the Obama administration to end raids aimed at deporting Central Americans who entered the United States illegally.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10:00am ET /. 7:00 am PT.

Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 11 o’clock am hour ET 8am PT.

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Donald Trump continued his tirade against the Clintons Sunday, recalling old scandals and referring to former President Bill Clinton as “an abuser.” During an interview in Iowa.

Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a powerful Senate Republican who once considered a run for his party’s presidential nomination, endorsed John Kasich, the Republican governor of his home state, for president on Saturday.

Trump: Kim Jong Un deserves ‘credit’ for taking out rivals. Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump says North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un deserves “credit” for the cutthroat efficiency with which he disposes of his political foes.

No one won Saturday’s record jackpot of nearly $950 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery, officials said, driving the haul for a winning ticket in the next draw to $1.3 billion, lottery officials said.

Singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 from cancer.Tributes have been paid from around the world to the “extraordinary artist” whose last album was released days ago.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Jay Leno calls in at 8:05 PST / 11:05 EST to promote, “Jay Leno’s Garage airing on CNBC.

joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”
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Obama does Town Hall Meeting answering questions about his Executive Order trying to solve our gun problems in America.

NOAA Says 2015 Was Second Hottest Year On Record In U.S.
ASSOCIATED PRESS-WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Last year was the second hottest on record in the contiguous United States, and included 10 major weather and climate events, such as droughts and storms, that each led to over $1 billion in damages, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday.

11 Million Sign Up For Obamacare With Weeks To Go Before Deadline-WASHINGTON — Obamacare growth continues to outpace last year’s sign-ups, with almost 11.3 million people enrolling into private health insurance plans via the exchange marketplaces through the last week of December, the Department of Health and Human Services disclosed Thursday.
Liberal group demands DNC chairwoman resign
The liberal group Credo Action is demanding Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resign a day after the Florida congresswoman accused millennials of “complacency” on abortion rights.
In a petition sent to the 3.9 million progressive activists the group claims as members, Credo cited Schultz’s comments on abortion, which infuriated many liberals, as well as a litany of other offenses, in calling for her to be removed.

Karl Frisch Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT.

 
SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10:00am ET / 7:00am PT

Healthcare reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

Ray Liotta calls in at 11:05am EST / 8:05am PST to promote ‘Shades Of Blue’ which premieres Thursday night, January 7th at 10:00pm on NBC.

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Libertarian Gary Johnson launches presidential bid-Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson joined the crowded field of candidates seeking the White House on Wednesday.Johnson first announced his campaign on Fox Business Network, quickly following up with the now-standard Twitter declaration.

Popular grocery store chain Wegmans is recalling 1,000 pounds of chicken because the meat was never inspected, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wegmans made the products outside of the approved hours of operation, according to a government inspector. It’s not clear why the chain altered its production schedule.

Some Russians celebrated North Korea after the country claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb in its northeastern region on Wednesday morning local time. They championed the alleged underground test as an affront to the U.S. and an assertion of North Korea’s “brave” independence.

Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, on Wednesday barred state judges from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court issued an administrative order on Wednesday barring state judges from issuing same-sex marriage licenses, in contravention of the broadly accepted meaning of a June 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”
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In tearful news conference, President Obama lays out gun-control measures-The executive actions President Barack Obama unveiled on Tuesday to combat gun violence echo steps he took almost three years ago to the day. Tears streamed down his face as he recalled the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults.

NRA rips ‘condescending’ Obama remarks-
The National Rifle Association is ripping President Obama’s emotional plea for action against gun violence, calling his remarks “condescending.”
Obama’s “contempt for the Second Amendment” is turning law-abiding gun owners into “scapegoats” for mass shootings, the NRA’s top lobbyist said Tuesday in a statement.

Anti-Government Extremist Groups Are A Uniquely American Problem…And it’s growing. A tally released Monday by The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist organizations, identified 276 anti-government militia groups in the U.S., a 37 percent jump from 2014.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) campaign believes he has a better chance of defeating the Republican presidential nominee in the general election than Hillary Clinton does. Sanders’ allies have long said the media is overlooking polling that shows Sanders outperforming Clinton in head-to-head match-ups against Republicans. 

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:300 EST / 7:30 PST.

Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy live at 11 am ET / 8:00 am PT.

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Saudi Allies Scale Down Diplomatic Ties To Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates— Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransacking of Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic, violence sparked by the Saudi execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.

Oregon Militants Vow To ‘Kill And Be Killed If Necessary,’ But FBI Isn’t Biting-Media gather outside the entrance of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge Headquarters near Burns, Oregon, Jan. 3, 2016, where an armed anti-government group have taken over a building at the federal wildlife refuge, accusing officials of unfairly punishing ranchers who refused to sell their land.

U.S. Authorities Sue Volkswagen Over Emissions-Cheating Software — The Justice Department sued Volkswagen on Monday over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States.

CNN to host Obama town hall on guns in America-President Barack Obama is mounting a final-year push to make gun control part of his legacy despite Republican opposition and is expected to announce unilateral action early this week. He will join CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday for an exclusive one-hour live town hall on gun control at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, in hopes of mounting a final pitch to the public.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10:00am ET /. 7:00 am PT.

Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 11 o’clock am hour ET 8am PT.

Obama, Frustrated By Congress, Plans To Take Action On Gun Control – President Barack Obama, frustrated by Congress’ inaction on gun control, will meet with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss ways of reducing gun violence unilaterally through measures that do not require congressional approval.

Donald Trump Featured In Jihadist Terror Recruitment Video-The video shows Trump discussing his plan to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States.

Bernie Sanders Defends Obama’s Planned Executive Action On Gun Control-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) came out in support of President Barack Obama’s plan to bypass Congress and tighten rules on gun ownership through executive action.

Trump: ‘Hillary Clinton created ISIS with Obama’ “They have a bunch of dishonest people,” he continued. “They’ve created ISIS. Hillary Clinton created ISIS with Obama — created with Obama.

Stuttering John Melendez host’s with Comedian Monique Marvez.

Ted Cruz fundraising surges in 4th quarter-Sen. Ted Cruz raised almost $20 million for his presidential campaign in the fourth quarter, a 66% increase over the previous three-month period. ever since he has gained in the polls.

Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault Story highlights-Hours after Bill Cosby set foot in a Pennsylvania courtroom to face sexual assault charges, the comedian’s attorneys called the criminal case against him “unjustified” and vowed to fight it.

Belgian police have arrested a 10th person in connection with last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris in which 130 people were killed. A Belgian citizen identified only as Ayoub B., 22, was arrested Wednesday in the Molenbeek area north of Brussels and charged with terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, the federal prosecutor said in a statement.

The North Pole is getting a taste of the warm late-December temperatures that have caused such havoc in the United States. Thanks to the same low-pressure system that produced blizzards in New Mexico, tornadoes in Texas and flooding in Missouri, the North Pole was about 40 degrees above the seasonal average high on Wednesday.

Stuttering John hosts with the beautiful & funny Monique Marvez.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PST.

George Pataki drops Presidential bid.

Senator Rick Santorum denounces Ted Cruz saying that he is not the social Conservative that he says is.

Donald Trump continues his battle with Hillar Clinton.

STUTTERING JOHN MELENDEZ HOSTS THE STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW WITH COMIC SENSATION MONIQUE MARVEZ.

EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER & COMEDIAN DAVID FELDMAN CALLS IN AT 10 AM EST / 7 AM PST.

CNN/ORC poll: More Americans say terrorists are winning than ever before-Americans are more likely to say that terrorists are winning the war against the United States than they have been at any point since the September 11 attacks.

Trump (nose) picks latest Tweet war with Bush–Donald Trump picked another fight with his Republican primary rival Monday night, retweeting an image showing Jeb Bush with his finger apparently in his nose.

According to a new CNN/ORC Poll, 75% of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed, and 69% are at least somewhat angry with the way things are going in the U.S., both metrics about as negative as they were in fall 2014.

Brutal storm barrels through the east.-The epic storm system that has claimed dozens of lives is barreling east, ready to drop ice and heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast as well as massive rain in the Southeast.All this comes as Missouri grapples with deadly flooding and North Texas tries to clean up from both tornadoes and snow.

 Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela” 

• Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has fired its national data director after he improperly accessed proprietary data from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

• Buffett endorses Clinton, likens Republican debate to Vaudeville” I’ve listened to all the Republican debates,” he said. “I mean I used to love Abbott and Costello, people like that. This is really, I’m reliving my youth, I mean, vaudeville was never this good.”He also singled out Republican front-runner Donald Trump for bragging “every five minutes” about how smart he is.

• US arrests man, Enrique Marquez, who supplied guns to California shooters. Federal authorities are preparing criminal charges against a man who investigators say supplied guns to the married couple who killed 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, this month, two government sources said on Thursday.

• S., Cuba Agree To Restore Scheduled Commercial Airline Service. The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore scheduled commercial airline service between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the Cold War foes’ decision to normalize relations.

Actor, Comedian, & Author of the new book, “Ghetto Klown.” John Leguizamo calls in at 9:50 EST / 6:50 PST.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”

Kevin Costner & Author Jon Baird calls in at 11:10 EST / 8:10 PST to promote their new book, “The Explorer’s Guild.”

• The last of the Republican Debates took place last night in Las Vegas with the focus on ISIS. Fireworks ensue as the Candidates fight, name call, & trash President Obama & Hillary Clinton.

• President Obama speaks at a Naturalization Ceremony & speaks poignantly about Immigrants & how we all came from the families of Immigrants.

• Warren Buffett takes to the stump as Clinton looks to shore up Iowa–Warren Buffett has long resisted calls to throw his massive wealth behind a campaign and even eschewed public rallies that would lend his vaunted reputation to a candidate.

• A. schools to reopen Wednesday; threat against schools was ‘not credible,’ officials say. A crudely written email threat to members of the Los Angeles Board of Education prompted officials to close all 900 schools in the nation’s second-largest school system Tuesday while New York law enforcement dismissed a nearly identical threat from the same sender as an obvious hoax.

Comedian David Feldman, Host of The David Feldman Show, a podcast available at Davidfeldman.com, calls in at 9:30 EST / 6:30 PST.

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:300 EST / 7:30 PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

• President Obama announced Monday he is sending his defense secretary to Iraq to review the ongoing fight against ISIS. Obama tried once again to reassure nervous Americans that ISIS would be defeated, saying they are taking out the group’s leaders “one by one.” “We are hitting ISIL harder than ever,” Obama said.

• Congress Has Passed Since Newtown: Oh, never mind.              Congress hasn’t passed a single piece of gun control legislation, beyond voting in 2013 to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms, which could potentially bypass security checkpoints at airports and other locations.

• Trump has hit a new milestone in national polling, garnering 41% of the Republican vote in a new national poll. Trump is at 41% in a Monmouth University poll out Monday, holding a wide advantage over his GOP challengers. His support was up from 28% in October.

•  Poll: Clinton beating Trump, Cruz but not Rubio-According to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are losing to Hillary Clinton. Clinton however is behind Marco Rubio and Ben Carson in general election polling.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10:00 est. 7:00 pst.

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us in the 8’oclock hour.

• Trump retaliates against ‘dopey’ Saudi prince-Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is returning fire against the Saudi prince who told him to drop out of the White House race.
• Saudi prince slams Trump as ‘disgrace’ to America–Donald Trump has hit back at Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal who said the controversial business magnate should withdraw from the presidential race.
• Malls in 3 US states evacuated on busy holiday shopping day-Thousands of shoppers were evacuated from malls in at least three states on Saturday as bomb threats or scares disrupted one of the busiest days of year for holiday shopping.
• Trump: Roberts ‘disgraceful’ on high court; Thomas favorite Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is “disgraceful” and a “disappointment” to conservatives, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Saturday, while praising Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is his favorite member of the high court.
• Obama calls Paris climate pact ‘best chance’ to save the planet–S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the landmark climate accord reached in Paris as strong and historic, calling it the best chance to save the planet from the effects of global climate change.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT.

Alison Palmer from the band, Betty-10:30 EST / 7:30 EST.

Comedian and actor Rick Overton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour.

• Donald Trump just took his most commanding lead yet in a new poll-Real-estate mogul Donald Trump has opened up his lead among Republican primary voters to nearly 20 points, according to a new New York Times/CBS poll out Thursday., at 9%.

• The Citadel military college in South Carolina said on Thursday it was suspending eight cadets after photographs were posted on social media showing many of them wearing pointed white pillowcases that resembled hoods worn by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.

• Donald Trump continues to intimate that if he’s not treated fairly by his Republican counterparts he will run as an Independent.

• President Barack Obama’s advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.

• Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOP “PATRIOTISM” IS A SICK JOKE.

• LEAH REMINI STAR OF KING OF “KING OF QUEENS” CALLS IN TO PROMOTE HER BOOK, “TROUBLEMAKER”, WHICH IS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH SCIENTOLOGY,  CALLS IN AT 10:30 PT/ 7:30 ET

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 11 am ET / 8am PT TO DISCUSS HOW COMMENTS MADE BY DONALD TRUMP ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

• Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

The Philadelphia Daily News depicts Trump on their cover with a picture of his hand up with the headline, “My Furor”.

Trump compares himself to FDR-FDR did internment camps. We have a serious problem.

JebBush.com Now Takes You to Trump’s Campaign Site. Bush’s actual campaign site is Jeb2016.com

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 7:30.

Podcaster host of From The Bunker, Jody Hamilton joins us in studio in the 8’o’clock hour.

Majority says Trump is hurting GOP brand

A majority of Americans – and an even greater majority of Latinos say that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is hurting the Republican Party’s image, and half of Americans believe that his rhetoric is “insulting and offensive

Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.

Dick Cheney comes out against Donald trump’s views on not letting Muslims enter our country. He says that s goes against everything that we stand for.

Donald Trump is saying that we can’t let any Muslims into the country until this problem is fixed. Many critics say this kind of rhetoric is bad.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10:00 est. 7:00 pst.

Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 8’oclock hour.

 PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS OUT ABOUT ISIL.

 TRUMP INSULTS HILLARY

 OBAMA ON THE ENVIROMENT

 NEWT GINGRICH PUTS DOWN OBAMA

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

ERIC BOEHLERT from Media Matters calls in at 10:00 est. 7:00 pst.

 Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 8’oclock hour.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS OUTS ABOUT ISIL.

TRUMP INSULTS HILLARY

OBAMA ON THE ENVIROMENT

NEWT GINGRICH PUTS DOWN OBAMA

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• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Comedian & Podcaster Marc Maron calls in at 10 EST / 7 PST.

Comedian Nick Guerra from, “Last Comic Standing” joins us in studio at 11 EST / 8 PST.

Obama gives press conference about the San Bernandino Attacks.

GOP’s New Plan To Repeal Obamacare Is Missing One Obvious Thing.

Bernie Sanders Pushes For Gun Control After San Bernardino Shooting

Senate Republicans Just Voted To Defund Planned Parenthood

Senate Republicans Just Blocked A Bunch Of Gun Control Measures

Once Embraced by Chris Christie, New Jersey’s Muslims Feel Betrayed

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos

• Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that while there was some celebrating by American Muslims in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump is “exaggerating” when he said thousands of Muslims were cheering the attacks.

• Supreme Court Hands Obama Small But Important Win In Immigration FightIt just became much more likely that the president will get his immigration plan reviewed by the justices.

• Donald Trump on Monday night threatened to boycott the next Republican presidential debate unless hosting network CNN donates $5 million to charity.

• GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie agrees that humans are contributing to climate change, but doesn’t think that makes it an international crisis.

Dean Obeidallah on SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about why the republicans won’t acknowledge radical white supremacists?”

Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the human impulse to live beyond the law & how Donald Trump is winning because he tells the best ghost stories..

Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesday.

• Obama To World Leaders In Paris at the climate convention: We Must Preserve A World ‘Worthy Of Our Children.” “The knowledge that the next generation will be better off for what we do here — can we imagine a more worthy reward than that?”

• Ted Cruz is condemning the deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic, but is refusing to blame the attack on the anti-abortion rhetoric that has consumed stretches of the Republican primary campaign.

• Hillary Clinton Proposes $275 Billion In New Infrastructure Spending. “To build a strong economy for our future, we must start by building strong infrastructure today.”

• Hillary Secret Gitmo Memo To Obama. “We must signal to our old and emerging allies alike that we remain serious about turning the page of GTMO and the practices ofthe prior decade.”

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:30am PST.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10am ET / 7AM PST.

Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 11am EST / 8am PST o’clock hour.

• Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has denied mocking a disabled New York Times reporter during a campaign address earlier this week.

•  Carson after tour: Syrian refugees don’t want to come to USA after touring Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Saturday suggested that camps should serve as a long-term solution for millions, while other refugees could be absorbed by Middle Eastern countries.

• Obama On Planned Parenthood Shooting: ‘We Can’t Let It Become Normal'”Enough is enough.” President Barack Obama released a statement Saturday morning addressing Friday’s mass shooting at a Colorado Springs branch of Planned Parenthood, which left three dead, including a police officer, and nine injured.

• Chris Christie’s struggling presidential campaign got a much-needed boost Saturday night when the influential New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed the New Jersey governor.

On behalf of all of us at The Stephanie Miller Show, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Ben Carson’s horrifying Iowa surge

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”.

• Obama: We are all French now: French President François Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to intensify their nations’ military attacks on ISIS in Syria and Iraq at a White House meeting lent urgency and deep symbolic significance by the terrorist attacks on Paris 10 days ago that opened a new phase of the war on terror.
•  Ted Cruz just rocketed upward in a new Iowa poll. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking more and more like a top-tier contender in Iowa.The Republican presidential candidate surged to a close No. 2. Real-estate mogul Donald Trump held onto his first-place status, with 25% support among likely Iowa caucus-goers. But Cruz was close behind with 23% — within the poll’s margin of error.
•  Obama: Paris Climate Summit Will Be ‘Powerful Rebuke’ To Terrorists: President Obama calls the upcoming climate summit with world leaders in Paris a “powerful rebuke” to Islamic State terrorists who attacked the city earlier this month.
•  Jeb: Obama ‘completely lost’ on ISIS. Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that President Obama lacks a vision for defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT TO DISCUSS HOW COMMENTS MADE BY DONALD TRUMP ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOP “PATRIOTISM” IS A SICK JOKE.

• COMEDIAN & EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER & HOST OF, “THE DAVID FELDMAN” SHOW PODCAST” DAVID FELDMAN CALLS IN AT 10:30 PT/ 7:30 ET TO DISCUSS THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF THE GOP.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Obama: We are all French now: French President François Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to intensify their nations’ military attacks on ISIS in Syria and Iraq at a White House meeting lent urgency and deep symbolic significance by the terrorist attacks on Paris 10 days ago that opened a new phase of the war on terror.

• Ted Cruz just rocketed upward in a new Iowa poll
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking more and more like a top-tier contender in Iowa.The Republican presidential candidate surged to a close No. 2. Real-estate mogul Donald Trump held onto his first-place status, with 25% support among likely Iowa caucus-goers. But Cruz was close behind with 23% — within the poll’s margin of error.

• Obama: Paris Climate Summit Will Be ‘Powerful Rebuke’ To Terrorists: President Obama calls the upcoming climate summit with world leaders in Paris a “powerful rebuke” to Islamic State terrorists who attacked the city earlier this month.

• Jeb: Obama ‘completely lost’ on ISIS
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that President Obama lacks a vision for defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about who will win the post-debate spin

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politlcs Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton host of “From The Bunker”, which airs every Wednesday, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesday

• Turkey downs warplane near Syria border, Russia denies airspace violation. Soldiers patrol Brussels, guard EU buildings, as five held in raids

• Soldiers patrolled the streets of Brussels and police detained five more people on the third day of a security lockdown on Monday, as Belgium hunted a suspected Islamist militant who has been on the run since the attacks in Paris.

• Dem Sen Warner: Trump’s ‘Irresponsible’ Rhetoric Could Activate Lone Wolf in America

• Canada To Exclude Single Men From Syrian Refugee Plan
The decision follows heightened security concerns.

• Single men need not apply: When it comes to Canada’s Syrian refugee plan, it’s women, children and families only. security concerns.

• WH Spox: GOP More Scared of the NRA than Protecting America from Terror

• Monday at the White House press briefing, while pushing the administration’s support for banning anyone on the terror watch list from purchasing a firearm, press secretary Josh Earnest accused Republucans of being “more scared of the NRA” than national security.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 12pm ET / 9am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• The Debate continues over Syrian Refugees. Paul Ryan & the House passes a bill to thwart the movement of the refugees into America.

• Jared Fogle, former Subway Spokesman gets 15 ½ years in Prison for child pornography & having sex with a minor.

• Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage. Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has been battling rebels allied with al Qaeda for several years.

• Seoul South Korea has accepted an offer from Pyongyang for talks in its truce village of Panmunjeom, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said. The talks will be held next Thursday, November 26, and will be the first since August, when the two sides met to agree to ease escalating tensions.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT.

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:45am ET / 7:45am PT to talk about being in Paris during the attacks.

• • Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Dean Obeidallah from The Daily Beast & from The Dean Obeidallah show on Sirius/XM’s channel 121 every Saturday morning from 10 am-noon will join us on the phone in the 6 O’clock hour.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about last night’s GOP debate

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

Rude Pundit calls in at 6:30 am to discuss the Paris attacks & the democratic debates.

Eric Boehlert calls in at 7:00 am to discuss the Paris attacks & Donald Trump.

Stephanie talks about the Paris attacks.

We analyze Donald Trump’s insane rant on Ben Carson.

We talk about gun control.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Travis Bone, Executive Producer of “Conversations with Maria Menounos” on SiriusXM Stars, returns to The Stephanie Miller Show studios at 10am ET / 7am PT to say goodbye to Chris.

• Comedy legend Margaret Cho calls in at 10:40am ET / 7:40am PT to talk about her guest-starring role on ABC’s “Dr. Ken”

• Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The Washington Post is reporting that there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them.

• U.S. officials reportedly told ABC News that the ISIS militant known as “Jihadi John,” seen in gruesome videos showing the beheading of US and British hostages, was believed to be killed as he left a building in Syria. One official called it a “flawless” and “clean hit” with no collateral damage.

• Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced Thursday she will not seek re-election and former Vice President Dick Cheney’s elder daughter, Liz Cheney, said she was seriously considering running for the seat.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about this week’s GOP debate

• Comedy legend Judy Tenuta joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to tell us where she will be this weekend

• Congress’s approval rating has slipped to the lowest level this year, according to a poll released Wednesday by Gallup. The poll found 11 percent of people in the United States approve of Congress, which is its lowest job approval rating this year.

• Charles Koch, one half of the pair of billionaire industrialist brothers that loom large over Republican politics, said Wednesday it’s not likely he’ll back a candidate in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.

• Bernie Sanders has landed his biggest labor endorsement to date: the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU. The group represents 200,000 United States Postal Service employees and retirees from across all fifty states.

• Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain is threatening a court battle if President Obama tries to go around Congress in a last-ditch attempt to achieve his campaign pledge of closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about last night’s GOP debate

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos

• After three previous debates that focused largely on the personalities in the Republican presidential field, the candidates in Wednesday night’s debate had an opportunity to stake out some clear policy positions. Policy differences emerged on a range of issues, from taxes to foreign policy.

• The University of Missouri said it is has increased security and is investigating online threats, an announcement that again heightened racial tensions on the campus after days of turmoil. One social media user threatened to “shoot every black person I see.”

• The White House said Tuesday that it expects President Obama to sign a $607 billion defense policy bill despite provisions that would ban the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S.

• The Obama administration plans to appeal a federal court’s ruling late Monday that upholds the stay on President Obama’s 2014 immigration executive actions, directing the case to the Supreme Court.

• Dean Obeidallah on SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump as “Manipulator in Chief”

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politlcs Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the GOP lunacy on the Sunday morning shows

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesday

• Donald Trump and Ben Carson are neck and neck in the key early voting state of South Carolina, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Since Monmouth’s last poll in South Carolina from August, Carson has nearly doubled his support.

• A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to keep on hold President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration — nearly a year after he announced it as a backstop measure to Congress’ failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform.

• University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe announced Monday that he would resign, amid calls from students, faculty and lawmakers for him to step down. Wolfe faced pressure to resign because of how he has handled racial tensions on campus.

• Less than two weeks after the much-criticized CNBC debate, the GOP contenders will meet again tonight, this time in Milwaukee, for a second debate focused on economic, business and jobs issues.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about how awful Donald Trump’s new radio ads are

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP crying “unfair” about the media

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate, said Sunday that he has received increased scrutiny in recent days over inconsistencies in his backstory and his book because “a lot of people are very threatened” by his candidacy.

• Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declared her support Saturday for loosening regulations on marijuana and reclassifying the drug as a Schedule 2 substance, citing the benefits it could pose for medical research.

• Donald Trump’s return to “Saturday Night Live” brought dozens of protesters marching to SNL’s studios, chanting in English and Spanish and carrying signs in response to comments Trump made when he described some Mexican immigrants in the U.S. illegally as rapists and criminals.

• ISIS’ affiliate in Egypt says it brought down Metrojet Flight 9268. And U.S. officials are more confident that terrorists bombed the Russian plane. Investigators are still trying to determine how the terrorists might have been able to plant a bomb on the plane.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Kris Perry, plaintiff in the Prop 8 case, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about yesterday’s Hillary Clinton fundraiser

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Chris Christie didn’t make the cut for Republican main stage presidential debate hosted by the Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal next week. Mike Huckabee will also be bumped from the main stage to the “undercard” debate with Rick Santorum and Bobby Jindal.

• Former President George H.W. Bush is publicly criticizing for the first time key members of his son’s administration. A biography of the nation’s 41st president to be published next week contains his sharply critical assessments of Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

• Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation this week to end the federal prohibition on marijuana, going far beyond Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in his acceptance of the drug. Sanders has tied the issue of marijuana legalization to criminal justice reform.

• President Obama says he thinks there is a “possibility that there was a bomb on board” the Russian jet that broke up in mid-air over Egypt this weekend, killing more than 200 people. Security has been increased on overseas flights.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about winners and losers in this week’s elections

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about her final push to fund her podcast “Cultish”

• “I know I can get better each and every day,” Jeb Bush pledged, as he stood at a town hall meeting. “I pray each and every day to get better as a husband, as a father, as a leader. I know I can get better, and I believe that this country is going to get better,” Bush declared Wednesday evening.

• Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday admitted that if he could go back, he would have handled his finances differently when he was the speaker of the House in Florida. For several years, he used a Republican Party-issued American Express for both work and personal expenses.

• Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are the latest Republican candidates to declare they wouldn’t sign a letter of demands, drafted by a group of 14 campaigns, for networks hosting future primary debates. The two join the ranks of Trump, Fiorina, Kasich, and Christie, who have all said they would not sign on.

• There is a “significant possibility” that the Russian jet that crashed in Egypt this weekend was brought down by an explosive device, the British Foreign Secretary said today.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP jumping the shark

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• A year out from Election Day, Ben Carson is virtually tied with Donald Trump among Republicans, with Trump attracting 24 percent of the vote, compared to Carson’s 23 percent, according to Quinnipiac University’s latest poll, released this morning. Jeb Bush is at 4 percent.

• In the highest profile race in an off-year election, Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to the governor’s office, in a race many pundits said hinged largely on President Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.

• Ohio voters have rejected a ballot measure seeking to legalize recreational and medical marijuana use in the state. Failure of the proposed constitutional amendment follows an expensive campaign, a legal fight over its ballot wording, and an investigation into the proposal’s petition signatures.

• Work has begun in Egypt to decode information from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders — the so-called “black boxes” — from the Russian jetliner that came apart in the sky and then crashed down into Egypt on Saturday.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Paul Ryan’s new reign as Speaker

• Attorney Lisa Bloom of Avvo.com calls in at 10:45am ET / 7:45am PT to talk about Bill Cosby’s Victims’ victory in court yesterday

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• President Obama says the U.S. is not putting its troops on the front lines in Syria to fight the Islamic State, despite his decision to deploy special operations troops on the ground. The president says it’s merely an extension of what the U.S. was already doing.

• Hillary Clinton held a private meeting in Chicago on Monday with the family members of victims of gun violence, including Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice. Clinton and the family members discussed their personal stories of loss and the need for gun safety reform.

• GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will continue his individual negotiations with TV networks over his demands for the upcoming GOP debates. Meanwhile, a few other candidates said Monday they will not sign the letter of debate demands: Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, and John Kasich.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP whining and crying about the formats of their debates

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how bad Rep. Paul Ryan will be as Speaker

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• After a meeting last night, nearly all of the GOP campaigns came to a decision about debates going forward. In a union-like move they plan to take a substantial portion of control over debate negotiation away from the RNC in order to deal with networks on issues of debate formats and rules.

• Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush pressed his attack on rival Marco Rubio’s record of missed Senate votes, saying it showed Rubio had “given up” on breaking through the political gridlock in Washington.

• Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on “Law & Order,” died Sunday, his family said. He was 73.

• The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Mets 7-2 to win the World Series early Monday. This is the team’s first World Series title since 1985.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The House on Thursday morning elected Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, as the next speaker of the House. “I never thought I’d be speaker, but early in my life, I wanted to serve this House,” Ryan said in a speech from the floor. “We are wiping the slate clean.”

• The Senate passed a comprehensive budget deal early this morning that lifts the debt ceiling into March 2017 and spending levels for two years. It now heads to President Obama’s desk. On Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly passed the legislation, 266-167.

• Hillary Clinton will roll out two proposals to reform the criminal justice system Friday in Atlanta, where she is set to launch “African Americans for Hillary” with two campaign events.

• Yesterday, in his first post-debate appearance, Jeb Bush maintained that his campaign is not on its last leg. “It’s not on life support,” he said of his campaign. “We have the most money, we have the greatest organization. We’re doing fine.”

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to discuss last night’s GOP debate

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about last night’s contentious GOP debate

• Tina Dupuy, syndicated columnist and host of the upcoming podcast “Cultish”, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to discuss last night’s GOP debate

• Republican presidential candidates tore into CNBC’s moderators at last night’s GOP debate, issuing the sharpest attacks on the mainstream media of the 2016 election cycle. Sen. Ted Cruz accused the moderators of trying to instigate a cage match.

• Although the four GOP presidential candidates in last night’s “undercard” debate are lagging behind 10 of their fellow GOP contenders in the race for the nomination, they largely skipped criticizing opponents in their own party. Instead, they went after Hillary Clinton.

• The Richland County South Carolina Sheriff yesterday fired the deputy seen on video violently arresting a high school girl in her math class Monday. An attorney for the deputy released a statement saying he believed that his client’s actions were justified and lawful.

• Actress and model Brooke Shields calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about her memoir, “There Was A Little Girl”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Ben Carson’s horrifying Iowa surge

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday said that the process behind striking the budget deal between Congress and the White House “stinks.” “This is not the way to do the people’s business, and under new management, we are not going to do the people’s business this way.”

• Ben Carson has surpassed Donald Trump and now narrowly leads the Republican field in the race for the nomination in the latest national CBS News/New York Times Poll. Twenty-six percent of GOP primary voters back Carson, giving him a four-point edge over Trump.

• Jobs and the economy will be the focus of tonight’s “Your Money, Your Decision” GOP presidential debate hosted by CNBC. The candidates will likely be quizzed about their positions on a variety of issues, from taxes to trade.

• The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 5-4 in the 14th inning early this morning to claim the first game of the World Series.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about what the gobshites are saying these days

• Elvira Mistress of the Dark calls in at 10:50am ET / 7:50am PT to talk about all of her Halloween activities this year

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Kathleen Matthews calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about her campaign for Congress from Maryland

• Congressional leaders and the White House have reached a tentative agreement that would lift the debt ceiling through March 2017 and increase spending caps for the next two fiscal years, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

• Ben Carson now has a 14-point lead over Donald Trump among likely GOP caucus-goers in Iowa, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Thirty-two percent said they back Carson compared to 18 percent for Trump.

• After 2,430 regular season games and 31 postseason playoff games, Major League Baseball’s 30 teams have been narrowed down to two: the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals. They’ll meet in Game 1 of the World Series tonight in Kansas City.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his thoughts regarding the Benghazi hearings

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about media coverage of the Benghazi hearings

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Vice President Joe Biden emphasized that family, not politics, loomed large in his decision not to pursue a third presidential run. In an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday, he noted that the grief over the death of his son Beau earlier this year continues to affect him and his family.

• Ben Carson said he would “love” to see Roe v. Wade overturned during an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday. He opposes abortions for cases involving rape and incest but could make an exception to allow for the health and safety of the mother.

• News site Gawker reported witnesses said that GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie was kicked off an Amtrak train’s quiet car traveling to New York early Sunday morning for being loud and disruptive. The Christie campaign says he left the car voluntarily.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent 11 hours answering questions from the House Benghazi Committee Thursday. At one point, the hearing devolved into a yelling match between Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and Democrats on the committee.

• Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, sent a letter to members of the House Republican Conference on Thursday evening declaring he is ready and willing to serve as Speaker of the House. In the letter, Ryan says together they can make the House a more open and inclusive body.

• President Obama vetoed the $612 billion 2016 defense policy bill Thursday afternoon on camera in the Oval Office. It was Obama’s fifth veto since taking office. The bill would have made it more difficult for Mr. Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• As the U.S. and Russia continue to disagree on how best to return stability to Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Vienna today to discuss the deteriorating situation.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony today

• Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Vice President Joe Biden has decided to forgo a 2016 presidential bid, he announced Wednesday. “I believe we’re out of time — the time necessary to mount a winning campaign,” the vice president said from the White House Rose Garden with his wife Jill Biden and President Obama by his side.

• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Capitol Hill at 10am ET today to testify about the 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead. This will be the second time Clinton goes to the hill to field lawmakers’ questions about that night.

• Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is now a step closer to trading the job he has and loves for one he had never sought — that of speaker of the House. Members of the Far Right Freedom Caucus now say that Ryan now clearly has at least the 218 votes from the Republican conference he needs to become speaker.

• The Chicago Cubs lost to the New York Mets by a score of 8 to 3 last night at Wrigley Field and were swept 4-0 out of the National League Championship Series. The Mets now go on to the World Series for the 5th time.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Benghazi witch hunt farce

• Paul Ryan told House Republicans Tuesday night that if some conditions were met, he would “gladly serve” as Speaker, even though, as he told reporters later, “This is not a job I ever wanted or sought. I’m in the job I wanted here in Congress.”

• Speaking yesterday at a forum honoring former Vice President Walter Mondale, Biden said he privately advised the president to go forward with the 2011 Osama Bin Laden raid, a decision he previously has said he opposed.

• Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announced Tuesday that he is dropping his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and will consider running as an independent in the coming weeks. He said his views are “not compatible” with the power structure and nominating base of the Democratic Party.

• A group of conservative House GOPers yesterday unveiled a proposal to raise the debt limit through March 2017 that also calls for mandatory spending cuts. The Republican Study Committee’s “Terms of Credit Act” would raise the debt ceiling by roughly $1.5 trillion through March 2017.

• Dr. Dan Ivankovich of OnePatient Global Health Initiative calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his CNN Heroes nomination

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about whether Joe Biden should enter the race

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has indicated that he will give “a major speech in the not-too-distant future” to explain what it means to be a democratic socialist, as he defines himself.

• Ahead of Hillary Clinton’s appearance before the Select Committee on Benghazi later this week, House Democrats released a report Monday concluding that interviews conducted by the panel discredit GOP claims about Clinton’s actions during the 2012 attacks.

• With little luck in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination so far, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is considering an independent bid in 2016, his campaign said Monday.

• Canadian voters emphatically reclaimed their country’s liberal identity, putting Justin Trudeau in the prime minister’s office, and ending 10 years of leadership by Stephen Harper, whose dream was to recast Canada as a more conservative country.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about how Bernie and Hillary supporters are behaving toward each other

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s love for the Benghazi committee

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that he supports President Obama’s decision to keep troops in Afghanistan, prolonging the war beyond 2016. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton also said Friday that she thought Obama had made “the right decision.”

• On Sunday, Donald Trump continued to hammer former Jeb Bush for repeatedly saying that his brother George W. Bush “kept us safe” despite 9/11 happening on his watch. Others have pointed out that wars and the response to Hurricane Katrina, also did not keep the country safe.

• House Republicans return to Washington this week to confront a nearly unprecedented leadership crisis, looming budget deadlines and a deeply uncertain future. Attention is focused on Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) who is under pressure from party leaders to run for House speaker.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Assuring the nation he is “absolutely confident this is the right thing to do,” President Obama on Thursday explained why he has decided to maintain the United States’ current posture of 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through most of 2016 — slowing the pace of the planned troop drawdown.

• Former Sen. Ted Kaufman, who has known Joe Biden since 1972 and is advising him on a potential presidential run, sent a letter last night to many of Biden’s former staffers about Biden and the decision before him, saying a Biden campaign would be an optimistic and unscripted campaign.

• Donald Trump and Ben Carson are threatening to boycott the next GOP debate, sponsored by CNBC, if the network doesn’t agree to change its debate format. They won’t participate if it is longer than 120 minutes including commercials and does not include opening and closing statements.

• Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to plead guilty to charges related to his alleged efforts to conceal sexual misconduct related to his wrestling coach career. If the deal is finalized, Hastert’s potentially dark secrets from his past could remain secret.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about this week’s big Democratic debate

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about who will win the post-debate spin

• Syndicated columnist and “Cultish” podcast host Tina Dupuy calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to recap this week’s Dem debate

• A second congressman has admitted that the Benghazi committee is solely “designed to go after” Hillary Clinton. “This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton,” Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) said on a New York radio show.

• Fresh off Tuesday night’s successful debate, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has begun aggressively pushing Vice President Joe Biden to make a decision one way or another about entering the presidential race.

• President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about last nights Dem debate in Las Vegas

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to recap last night’s Dem debate in Vegas

• Actor and Comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in last night’s Dem debate sought to highlight differences on issues like gun control and Wall Street reform, but there’s one issue where they agree: Hillary Clinton’s email. “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!” Sanders said.

• In last night’s Dem debate, Hillary Clinton blasted opponent Bernie Sanders for his positions on gun control. When asked if she believed the Vermont senator was tough enough on the issue, she responded, “No, not at all.” Sanders defended his positions as coming “from a rural state.”

• Donald Trump live-tweeted his reactions to the first Dem debate, re-tweeting supporters and adding his own commentary. But while many expected him to be active on social media, Trump was tame by his usual standards , responding more to supporters’ hopes that he “make America great again.”

• Dean Obeidallah, host on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about why the GOP should apologize to Benghazi familes

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Citizens United and this presidential race

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• The 2016 Democratic presidential candidates will take the debate stage for the first time tonight, at 8:30pm ET in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hosted by CNN and Facebook and sanctioned by the DNC, the debate will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas, and Anderson Cooper will moderate.

• On the eve of the first Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton showed up unannounced to a union protest in the shadow of Donald Trump’s Las Vegas building, telling the real estate mogul to “represent all of the people of the United States.”

• Sheldon Adelson, one of the GOP’S most sought-after contributors, is leaning increasingly toward supporting Marco Rubio — and the Florida senator is racing to win the backing of other uncommitted megadonors.

• If Rep. Paul Ryan doesn’t run for House speaker, it could cause a free-for-all as about a dozen members maybe considering jumping into the race.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the horrific mess the House GOP has gotten itself into

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP’s one-sided gun “debate”

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• Just as the House Select Committee on Benghazi readies for Hillary Clinton’s testimony this month, a former staffer is coming out with a scathing indictment of the panel, charging its GOP leaders of carrying out a partisan investigation aimed unfairly at the Dem presidential candidate.

• The pressure on House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan to run for speaker reached a fever pitch this weekend, days after front-runner Kevin McCarthy unexpectedly dropped out. Ryan has made it clear he does not want the job.

• Just days before the first Dem candidate debate, Hillary Clinton is ahead of Bernie Sanders by 19 points in the Dem race nationally. 46% would vote for her. Potential candidate Vice President Joe Biden comes in third, with 16% in the CBS poll.

• On “60 Minutes” last night, President Obama said Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email was a mistake, but no national security was compromised.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about her new podcast project called “Cultish”

• John Fuglesang of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121 joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly pulled out of the race for Speaker of the House yesterday. He was widely expected to be nominated for the position. “If we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that,” McCarthy told reporters after news broke of his decision.

• Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he was partly responsible for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s decision to drop his bid to become speaker. “They’re giving me a lot of credit for that because I said you really need someone very, very, tough and very smart,” Trump said.

• Martin O’Malley will announce a new set of standards for trade agreements negotiated by the United States on Friday, which he would uphold if elected President and would encourage other nations to adopt.

• A number of cruise missiles launched from a Russian ship and aimed at targets in Syria have crashed in Iran, two U.S. officials said Thursday. Monitoring by U.S. military and intelligence assets has concluded that at least four missiles crashed as they flew over Iran.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director or Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the GOP fight over House Speaker

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Hillary Clinton is introducing a spate of proposals intended to prevent another taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout, according to a Clinton campaign aide. Under her plan, Clinton would impose a tax on high-frequency trading, and she intends to close the hedge fund loophole in the Volcker Rule.

• Senate Democrats are preparing a legislative push to curb guns, a week after a mass shooting at an Oregon community college refocused attention on the nation’s toll of firearms deaths. Democrats said their effort would include broadening background checks to cover all sales at gun shows and online.

• The House Freedom Caucus, a group of about 40 anti-establishment conservatives, have announced that they are endorsing Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) to serve as the next speaker of the House. This presents another challenged to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

• Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she is “not in favor” of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade deal that she had lauded while serving as President Obama’s secretary of state.

• Actor and comedian Chris Parnell calls in at 9:50am ET / 6:50am PT to talk about his new Netflix series, “The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Trump’s cold-blooded genius

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have guns and acknowledged in online posts that he struggled with autism, but she didn’t seem to know he was potentially violent.

• GOP candidate Ben Carson pushed his anti-gun control stance in the wake of the Oregon shooting on Fox & Friends yesterday morning. “I would not just stand there and let him shoot me,” he said. “I would say, ‘Hey guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can’t get us all.’”

• Along South Carolina’s coast, residents were preparing for a second round of flooding as rivers swollen from days of devastating rains make their way toward the Atlantic, and racing to minimize effects of the first round. Tuesday was the state’s first dry one since the deluge that began late last week.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about why Kevin McCarthy will be worse than Boehner as Speaker

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Jeb Bush using his brother as a campaign tool

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• While promoting her new proposals to limit the availability of firearms, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested at a town hall in New Hampshire Monday that “responsible gun owners” should join together to create an alternative to the National Rifle Association.

• U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he was disappointed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Pacific trade deal reached on Monday, saying the pact would cost U.S. jobs and hurt consumers.

• The gunman who executed nine people at an Oregon community college before killing himself ranted in a manifesto he left behind about not having a girlfriend and thinking everyone else was “crazy,” a law enforcement official said Monday.

• Floodwaters inundating South Carolina after unprecedented rainfall have resulted in nine deaths, more than 500 road and bridge closures and hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars by the rising water.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the continuing madness of gun violence in America

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about more troubles for Jeb Bush

• Simon Sidi of “Politicon” calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about this weekend’s fan-fast for political junkies

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• In the wake of a fatal shooting at a community college in Oregon, Hillary Clinton plans to propose four measures to tighten regulations on those who manufacture, sell and purchase guns. She will outline her new proposals in two town halls today in New Hampshire.

• Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said Sunday that he is officially running for speaker of the House of Representatives, meaning he will challenge Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Chaffetz argues he could win broader support than McCarthy among the fractious House GOP conference.

• CBS News is reporting that Vice President Joe Biden is nearing a decision on whether to run for president, and it could come as early as within the next seven to 10 days, according to three people familiar with his deliberations.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the most racist presidential campaign ever

• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about GOP extremists trying to take over Congress

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• The gunman who authorities say mercilessly opened fire inside a classroom at a small Oregon college Thursday shared a documentary about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting tragedy on a web forum just days ago and appeared to be a loner. He shot and killed nine people before dying in a police shootout.

• In the wake of the tragic Oregon shootings, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton called for “sensible gun control measures,” while Republican presidential contender Ben Carson said more gun control is not the answer. A visibly upset President Obama said these incidents are becoming all too regular.

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tried again to clean up remarks he made that seemed to suggest the work of the select committee investigating Benghazi was political. “I did not intend to imply in any way that that work was political. Of course it is not, look at the way they have carried themselves out,” he said an interview Thursday.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about fights for power within the GOP

• Michael D’Antonio, author of “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about his book

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Gary Snyder of our affiliate Indiana Talks calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the latest GOP sex scandal in Indiana

• The House of Representatives passed a short-term measure to fund the government Wednesday afternoon, and President Obama signed it, averting the immediate threat of a government shutdown – for now. The bill only funds the government through Dec. 11.

• Hackers linked to Russia tried at least five times to pry into Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email account while she was secretary of state, emails released Wednesday show. The emails were disguised as speeding tickets from New York.

• Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday that Russian airstrikes in Syria appear to have targeted areas that do not include fighters with ISIS, a development which Secretary of State John Kerry said would cause “grave concern” for the U.S.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Far Right rage

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Actress Ana Ortiz (“Ugly Betty”, “Devious Maids”) calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about what she’s doing now

• Throughout a contentious House Oversight Committee hearing, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said she is proud of her organization’s work supporting fetal tissue research and said secretly recorded videos of employees discussing the practice are part of a “smear campaign.”

• President Obama said Tuesday that the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would be a “long-term campaign” for the world, but he is “ultimately optimistic” that the group’s opponents would prevail against its message of death and suffering.

• The attorney for Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says Davis met with Pope Francis last week during his visit to the U.S. The Vatican would not confirm such a meeting took place.

• Attorney Lisa Bloom of Avvo.com calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about which GOP candidates are running against the Constitution

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the loopy GOP investigation into the Planned Parenthood videos

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply disagreed Monday at the UN over the chaos in Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace the Syrian president but Putin warning it would be a mistake to abandon the current government.

• In Planned Parenthood’s first congressional appearance since surreptitiously recorded videos appeared, President Cecile Richards is expected to say today she is “proud” of its provision of fetal tissue for research, but will also seek to minimize the organ donations as a small part of its work.

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Monday that he is officially running to succeed House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, when Boehner retires next month.

• Vice President Joe Biden will be able to participate in the first Democratic presidential debate October 13th, even if he waits until the very day of the debate to announce he’s running for president, CNN said in a release Monday.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the sudden resignation of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media rooting against Dems

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Days after abruptly announcing that he would resign from the House, Rep. John Boehner reflected on some of the “unrealistic” promises made by his colleagues. “The Bible says beware of false prophets. And there are people out there spreading noise about how much can get done,” Boehner said.

• Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered Sunday for the biggest event of his U.S. visit to be open to “miracles of love,” closing out his six-day tour with a message of hope for families, consolation for victims of child sexual abuse and a warning to America’s bishops.

• President Barack Obama and the leaders of some of America’s closest allies addressed a major United Nations summit on its last day Sunday as Syria’s conflict threatens to push the stated topic, global development, onto the sidelines.

• NASA said it will announce Monday that a Mars mystery has been “solved,” but did not say what the mystery was, only that it “detail a major science finding.”

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Pope Francis arrived in New York City yesterday greeted by Catholic Church dignitaries and a cheering crowd, waving papal flags and snapping photos. The pope was all smiles as he arrived in New York, which marks the second U.S. city he has traveled to, and the third day of his U.S. tour.

• In the first address by the head of the Catholic Church to a joint meeting of Congress, Pope Francis called on lawmakers Thursday to address a long list of challenges ranging from climate change to Syrian migrant crisis and the decline of the American family.

• Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, moved swiftly to avoid a government shutdown in six days, pushing legislation that would keep agencies operating without a contentious fight over money for Planned Parenthood.

• A few hours after the celebratory atmosphere that surrounded the visit from Pope Francis, President Obama welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House to tackle a much thornier set of issues ranging from cybersecurity to China’s island-building in the South China Sea.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Trump’s strange grudge against Fox News

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Loni Love calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about her new documentary, “Being: Loni Love”

• Fresh from enrapturing crowds all over Washington DC, Pope Francis is bringing his resonant message of humility and hope to Capitol Hill as he becomes the first pontiff in history to speak to a joint meeting of Congress today at 10am ET.

• The war of words between Donald Trump and Fox News turned nasty last night. On Megyn Kelly’s Fox show, conservative pundit Rich Lowry said that Carly Fiorina castrated Trump during the debate last week. Trump then announced he is boycotting Fox News.

• Senate Democrats thwarted a Republican effort to ban late-term abortions on Tuesday as GOP leaders strained to avoid a government shutdown in eight days over the dispute – all against a tangled backdrop of presidential politics.

• Donald Trump remains the Republican front-runner — but a new Quinnipiac poll confirms that he’s losing some support. Hillary Clinton also maintains her advantage on the Democratic side, even if the undeclared Joe Biden jumps into the mix.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about GOP attacks on The Pope

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• President Obama will deploy the full pageantry of the White House as Pope Francis speaks directly to Americans for the first time today. Thousands will gather in the shadow of the Washington Monument for a glimpse of the man whose humility and love for the poor has electrified the Catholic Church.

• Hillary Clinton yesterday rolled out a plan to crack down on high prescription drug costs. Clinton’s plan is premised on leveraging the nation’s bargaining power to get better deals for patients on Medicare and implementing new rules to ensure consumers aren’t exploited.

• Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders received a warm welcome from federal contractors striking on Capitol Hill today, telling them at a rally before Pope Francis’ arrival in the United States that they have the right to earn $15 an hour and to form a union.

• Yogi Berra, the baseball legend who crouched behind homeplate for the New York Yankees over the span of almost two decades, died Tuesday at the age of 90. He coined the trademark phrase, “it’s not over till it’s over” — probably the most familiar of what have become known collectively as Yogi-isms.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Scott Walker dropping out of the GOP race

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• After a dramatic fall from the top tier of Republican presidential candidates over the last several weeks, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ended his bid for the White House Monday. Walker’s run started on July 13 and lasted 71 days.

• Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said she’s been called Hitler, a hypocrite and a homophobe, she told ABC News today in an interview in Morehead, Kentucky.

• After a lifetime of watching the world’s most affluent and powerful nation from afar, Pope Francis will walk on U.S. soil for the first time, at the age of 78, when he arrives in Washington from Cuba this afternoon. He’s assured of a warm welcome from millions of U.S. Catholics and the non-devout.

• As Jeb Bush expanded on his support for a path to citizenship for some immigrants in a speech before the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Houston yesterday, immigration protesters cut him off with chants of “No hope without our vote!”

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Jeb Bush’s spectacular fall in the polls

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Carly Fiorina’s lies during the GOP debate

• Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Bill Maher mentioning his Muslim clock column

• Neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation” in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

• On his first full day in Havana, Pope Francis took time from his packed schedule to visit Cuba’s retired leader Fidel Castro at his home. According to Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, the encounter was “familial and informal.” The pope gave Castro five books on religion and spiritual life.

• After last week’s Republican presidential debate, former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina has risen to second place, while Donald Trump’s support has softened, according to a new national poll by CNN/ORC. Fiorina replaced retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson for second place nationally.

• Hillary Clinton’s lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown — and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay out of the race, her numbers would rise even higher, a new CNN/ORC poll shows.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s war on what’s inside of women

• National Education Association president Lily Eskelsen Garcia calls in at 10:50am ET / 7:50am PT to talk about the issues for the new academic year

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump declined Thursday to correct a questioner at a 3,000 person rally who incorrectly stated that President Obama is Muslim and said he’d be “looking at” claims of terrorist training camps on American soil.

• Republican leaders hope House passage of bills targeting Planned Parenthood and curbing some abortion procedures will mollify fractious conservatives demanding a face-off with President Obama that could trigger a federal shutdown. The bills are expected to be passed today.

• Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis has lost another legal bid to delay issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, marking the latest in a mounting stack of rejected appeals.

• One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed and suspended a 14-year-old Muslim boy after he brought a homemade clock to class that they mistook for a possible bomb.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about last night’s GOP debate

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Over three hours on the debate stage last night, the 11 presidential candidates in the GOP debate bickered with one another and talked over each other. The real standout moments came when the candidates attempted to rise above the fray. In most cases, that meant attempting to show an even temperament in a tiff with frontrunner Donald Trump.

• In CNN’s second-tier debate, Twitter users couldn’t stop talking about one candidate: Lindsey Graham. Graham was mentioned in more than 10,000 tweets from beginning to end of the debate, according to a social media analytics site. Rick Santorum was next, with almost 6,000 tweets.

• President Obama has tweeted from his official personal account, inviting Texas teenager Ahmed Mohamed to the White House to show him the clock invention that was mistaken for a bomb.

• A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Chile Wednesday, killing at least eight people forcing 1 million to evacuate. The 8.3 magnitude tremor also prompted officials to issue tsunami advisories in Hawaii and California.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about hate speech against Planned Parenthood

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump appealed to veterans on Tuesday by saying a Trump administration would let them go to private hospitals and see private doctors if the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to provide decent care. Once again, Trump provided no specifics regarding his plan.

• More than half of the tax cuts proposed in former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s (R) tax plan would flow to America’s wealthiest citizens, according to a report released by the nonpartisan group Citizens for Tax Justice, which advocates for “requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share.”

• Rowan County clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky suffered another legal setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court denied her request to be exempted from a gubernatorial directive to comply with the Supreme Court’s June decision on same-sex marriage.

• Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) presented Senate Dems with an ultimatum last night: Allow a simple majority vote on a resolution meant to sink the Iran nuclear deal, or face another vote tying the Iran deal to Iran’s recognition of Israel and the release of four Americans held in Iran.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Bernie Sanders’ Liberty University speech

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Renewing his charge against illegal immigration, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday called the U.S. “a dumping ground for the rest of the world” as he rallied thousands of Texas supporters behind his fiery candidacy and promised GOP leaders he’s just getting started.

• Bernie Sanders brought his message of political revolution to the unlikeliest of places Monday: a gathering of more than ten thousand students at the Christian, conservative Liberty University. He was characteristically blunt, acknowledging up front the differences in their worldviews.

• Polls “ebb and flow,” Hillary Clinton said, and she remains “confident” about her campaign, she told reporters after a Women for Hillary event in northern Iowa – in spite of a new national poll that said that her support among women is down 29 points since July.

• The hours-long hunt for a double murder suspect in the Mississippi Delta ended last night as Shannon Lamb apparently turned his gun on himself with police closing in. Lamb was suspected of shooting professor Ethan Schmidt, with whom he worked, and also of killing a woman he lived with.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP and their problems governing a sinful country like the U.S.

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about GOP’s fantasies regarding Hillary’ Clinton

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• An attorney for Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, says his client “wants to treat everyone equally, however her conscience does not allow her to.” She may begin refusing marriage licenses to all couples today.

• Democratic presidential candidate Bernie But Sanders has now surged ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire by an average of more than 10 points. In recent weeks, several polls in Iowa also show him leading Clinton in the Hawkeye State.

• President Barack Obama today will announce steps to bolster access to financial aid for students as part of efforts to make college more affordable, the White House said on Sunday.

• Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had the right to delete personal emails from her private server, the Justice Department has told a federal court.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The 11 GOP candidates leading the field will participate in the second GOP debate on Sept. 16 at 8pm, CNN announced yesterday. This time Carly Fiorina joins Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, John Kasich and Chris Christie.

• Federal officials say they have arrested a Florida man and broken up a plot for a terror attack planned for a Sept. 11 memorial event in Kansas City. Investigators say they have arrested the man for distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.

• The Iran nuclear deal survived, as a result of the Senate vote Thursday, when Dems blocked the Republicans’ resolution of disapproval. Fifty-eight GOP voted to move ahead with the resolution, and 42 Dems voted “no.” The bill needed 60 “yes” votes to get a final vote in the Senate.

• President Obama said the U.S. should prepare to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, a significant increase from the 1,500 it is on track to accept in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.