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The Ed Show for Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
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THE ED SHOW with ED SCHULTZ
September 11, 2012
Guests: Karrie Turner, Senator Sherrod Brown, Karen Lewis
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: Good evening, Americans. And welcome to THE ED
SHOW, from New York.
Fifty-six days until the 2012 election. On a day where Americans
honor the heroes and victims of 9/11, one party just can`t put politics
This is THE ED SHOW -- let`s get to work.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This anniversary allows
us to renew our faith that even the darkest night gives way to a brighter
SCHULTZ (voice-over): As the nation mourns and remembers, Republicans
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The president calls for a moment of silence, but
he doesn`t call for the word God. So some people are asking, why is God
being left out again?
SCHULTZ: FOX News, Dick Cheney, House Republicans and others use the
9/11 anniversary to attack the president. I`ll have commentary. Jonathan
Alter is here with reaction.
LAURA INGRAHAM, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: If you can`t beat Barack Obama
with this record, then shut down the party. Shut it down. Start new with
new people.
SCHULTZ: Mitt Romney has major problems inside his own tent. We`ll
tell you why the right wing buyer`s remorse is setting in so early.
Karl Rove and friends are getting desperate in Ohio.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Politicians like Sherrod Brown voted for
billions in new taxes.
SCHULTZ: We`ll ask Senator Sherrod Brown about his opponent`s dark
money controversy.
And on day two of the Chicago teachers strike, the union isn`t backing
down to the bully. The Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis is
here for an exclusive interview.
SCHULTZ: Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for
The presidential candidates and their running mates put their
campaigns on hold to mark the somber anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
President Obama spoke this morning at a Pentagon Memorial ceremony where
one of the hijacked planes crashed 11 years ago today.
OBAMA: We know that somewhere a son is growing up with his father`s
eyes and a daughter has her mother`s laugh, living reminders that those who
died are with us still.
SCHULTZ: The president made a detour to Arlington National Cemetery
where casualties of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are laid to rest.
Vice President Joe Biden was in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring
the victims of Flight 93 and their families. Biden drew upon his
experience with the loss of his wife and his infant daughter 30 years ago.
JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: My hope for you all
is that as every year passes, the depth of your pain recedes and you find
comfort as I have, genuine comfort, in recalling his smile, her laugh,
their touch.
SCHULTZ: In Wisconsin, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan met with
first responders and members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard. And Mitt
Romney spoke to a conference of the National Guard Association in Reno,
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I would normally speak to a
gathering like this about the differences between my and my opponent`s
plans for military and for our national security. There is a time and
place for that. But this day is not that.
SCHULTZ: Unfortunately, not all Republicans were on the same page as
the candidates. Several right wingers used 9/11 as a tool to attack
President Obama.
John McCain still bitter about his defeat four years ago went on a
rant about President Obama`s foreign policy experience on FOX News.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: This was the same president who has
pulled all of our troops out of Iraq without leaving a residual for us. I
have not seen a more feckless foreign policy since President Carter.
SCHULTZ: McCain is not alone in giving the president no credit for
any foreign policy accomplishments. Former New York City Rudy Giuliani
used his position as someone involved in 9/11 to attack the Obama
administration`s handling of Iranian leadership.
RUDY GIULIANI, FORMER NYC MAYOR: There has to be a sense of urgency
about stopping them instead of this almost irrational desire to negotiate
with them. They have to be afraid of us if we`re going to stop them. I`m
not certain that`s the case right now.
SCHULTZ: But the most petty attacks came from the FOX News hosts
themselves. Here`s what FOX News spent time talking about during this day
of remembrance.
STEVE DOOCY, FOX NEWS: Does the president of the United States call
on people to pray for those lives lost? No, he calls on people to observe
a moment of silence and then go out and do some community service. He
proclaims today as Patriot Day and national day of service and remembrance
and go perform community service to remember those who lost their lives.
GRETCHEN CARLSON, FOX NEWS: He does say at the end of it that he
signs it on the 10th day of September in the year of our Lord -- so God is
mentioned there, but no mention of the word God anywhere in his message to
the American people.
SCHULTZ: Not only is it petty, it`s untrue. The FOX bunch forgot to
mention President Bush`s Patriot Day proclamations which did not include
the word God either. And they also ignored one a proclamation by President
Obama from last Friday calling for a national day of prayer to commemorate
9/11 and asking Americans to unify through God`s grace.
It`s not surprising to see this kind of disrespect coming from FOX
News. But even Republican leaders in the House used 9/11 to beat up the
president over defense spending.
REP. ERIC CANTOR (R-VA), MAJORITY LEADER: The best thing that we can
do as a people to honor those individuals is to make sure that it never
happens again. And we have looming massive defense cuts that this House
has acted to substitute. The president should be called upon, asked, what
is his plan?
SCHULTZ: Of course, House Republicans agree to the defense cuts as
part of a debt deal last year.
But facts get in the way of a political attack on a day like this.
Then there`s Dick Cheney, the former vice president is no stranger to
politicizing 9/11. Eight years ago this month, he told America if John
Kerry is elected, "The danger is we`ll get hit again."
Now Cheney is making similar attacks against President Obama. "If
President Obama were participating in his intelligence briefings on a
regular basis, perhaps he would understand why people are so offended at
his efforts to take sole credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden."
President Obama never took sole credit for the killing and the
president reviews his intelligence briefings every day. It`s shocking for
Dick Cheney to go down this road. An op-ed in "The New York Times" by Kurt
Eichenwald revealed negligence by the Bush administration when it came to
intelligence briefings in 2001.
"The direct warnings to Mr. Bush about the possibility of an al Qaeda
attack began in the spring of 2001. By May 1st, the Central Intelligence
Agency told the White House of a report that a group presently in the
United States was planning a terrorist operation."
No one can say the attacks of 9/11 could have been prevented and
further more, Democrats did not spend a day attacking Republicans on
national security. One thing Republicans proved today, that there is never
a day that they will take off from attacking the president of the United
Joining me now is Jonathan Alter, MSNBC political analyst and
columnist for "Bloomberg View."
Why do Republicans think they are impressing, who they are impressing,
with people around the country, doing stuff like this and talking like
JONATHAN ALTER, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: You know, Ed, I just think
this is disgusting. I`m not sure there`s any other word for it.
This is a sacred day. More than 5,000 people lost their lives 11
years ago and to be politicizing it the way Dick Cheney started to do in
2008 and did it again today is just beneath contempt. He`s a twisted,
bitter old man who will never get a break from history. Even the most
right wing revisionist history will condemn Dick Cheney to the ash sheep
for the mistakes that he made in this period.
So you try to mitigate that in some small way, he`s making up stories
about the president, casting aspersions on a record that`s much better than
his own. You know, this administration has been tremendously successful in
dismantling al Qaeda. Not just through the drone attacks, but through
collaboration with our allies to cut off funding supplies and otherwise dry
up that wicked organization.
SCHULTZ: But they don`t talk about that. They talk about
intelligence briefings that President Obama is not paying attention. Why
was --
ALTER: This is just garbage.
SCHULTZ: It`s amazing.
ALTER: It`s garbage.
ALTER: And to do it on this day, it`s disgusting.
SCHULTZ: Do you think President Obama expected this?
ALTER: He expects it all now. He`s seen it all and he knows that
this kind of thing will take place.
Fortunately for him, he`s in a very strong position on national
security issues. He has a big lead in the polls when it comes to those
The Republicans made a terrible mistake. It was an oversight, but
nonetheless, it hurt them badly at their convention when Mitt Romney in his
acceptance speech didn`t even have the most elemental salute to the troops,
not a word about Afghanistan. Nothing about our men and women.
SCHULTZ: Do you think they are trying to get the Democrats to stop
talking about the accomplishments that they have had on national security?
Do you think that the Republicans are getting beat up so bad in this
campaign on national security they are trying some way to look for a
political opening here?
ALTER: Yes, they are going to the well, again, to try to get some of
that magic that they had in 2004 when they ran a 9/11 campaign basically
24/7 9/11, throughout the fall and they beat John Kerry that way. So, now,
even their economic arguments are failing, despite the anemic recovery,
they are throwing anything they can against the wall to see what sticks and
rifling through the old playbook to see if they can come up with something
that somehow tarnishes this president on national security.
But I don`t think they`re going to be successful, Ed. I just don`t
see this working for them and getting votes for them. Instead it just
makes them look small.
SCHULTZ: You know, we can look at some of the votes that some of the
Republicans have had when it comes to funding first responders. Paul Ryan
is one of them. Is that fair game? I mean, on a day like this, is this a
day you totally take off?
ALTER: I think it should be. It`s true that Paul Ryan voted against
money for first responders. I think that`s a legitimate political point to
make. If I were the Democrats, I wouldn`t have been pointing it out today.
Why not take one day off a year, just out of respect for the victims
of 9/11, for the first responders, for the people who have made ill by
going down and helping at Ground Zero. This is just not a day to land
political blows.
SCHULTZ: President Obama and, of course, Mitt Romney agreed to
suspend television ads today, but Karl Rove`s super PAC started a $2.6
million ad campaign in Virginia.
So here again, Citizens United working its way into the campaign
season in the most dishonorable way.
ALTER: Let`s make clear what they are trying to do in Virginia and in
some other areas that have a lot of military and retired military. Both
the Democrats and the Republicans agreed to this so-called sequestration,
where, you know, if there weren`t cuts in the budget, then there would be
steep automatic cuts in both domestic and defense spending.
That`s not actually going to happen, but what has happened is that
people like Paul Ryan, who voted in favor of this sequestration, are now
trying to make it seem as if it`s President Obama and President Obama
alone, without them, who favor these draconian cuts in the defense budget.
So they are running very simplistic ads in Virginia and other places,
trying to make it seem as if President Obama wants to strip our national
defense. It`s just another example of their desperation in making up
stories and lies in order to try to win the election.
SCHULTZ: Jonathan Alter, great to have you with us tonight. Thanks
so much.
ALTER: Thanks, Ed.
SCHULTZ: Coming up, conservatives are starting to jump ship after a
really bad two weeks for Mitt Romney. We`re still eight weeks from the
election. Joan Walsh and Susan del Percio will join me next.
Stay tuned. You`re watching THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. We`re right back.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW.
We`re still two months out from the election, but conservatives are
already jumping ship? Really?
Here`s Laura Ingraham on her radio show.
INGRAHAM: If you can`t beat Barack Obama with this record, then shut
down the party. Shut it down. Start new with new people.
SCHULTZ: One of the biggest conservative voices of America. Laura
Ingraham, she wouldn`t stop there. She went further in blaming the Romney
camp this morning.
INGRAHAM: Mitt Romney should be up by five, six points. For the
Romney campaign, you know, stick their heads in the sand, if they let just
business as usual. Keep going along the same path. I think that`s very
SCHULTZ: The fear for conservatives is very real. President Obama is
even beating Mitt Romney on the economy in the latest poll. Mitt Romney`s
flip-flopping on health care this weekend didn`t win him any fans among
conservatives either. The editorial page of Rupert Murdoch`s "Wall Street
Journal" said Mr. Romney`s pre-existing calculation seems to be that he can
win the election without having to explain the economic moment or even his
own policies.
And this flap shows such vagueness carries its own political risks.
Rupert Murdoch himself has been tweeting advice. Romney must draw a clear
line, offer a specific path to restore the American dream, stop fearing far
right, which has nowhere else to go.
Rush Limbaugh seems to disagree. He wants Romney to stay right.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: I think the Romney campaign is
going to have to make some changes. They are going to have to go
SCHULTZ: Let`s bring in Joan Walsh, editor at large for Salon.com,
and author of the book, "What`s the Matter with White People?" And Susan
del Percio with us tonight, Republican strategist and MSNBC contributor.
Great to have both of you with us tonight.
Susan, I`ll go to you first. I believe that you said several weeks
ago in this program that if Mitt Romney were going to go to Paul Ryan, that
would be a big mistake. Congratulations. Where`s the campaign right now?
SUSAN DEL PERCIO, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: That`s the problem of the
campaign. Right now, the campaign is trying to decide should it be a
mandate on President Obama or should it be a bad choice. And when Mitt
Romney goes out there and shows a little bit of leg on something like
health care and says, well, maybe I`m for this and this, but not the whole
thing -- he`s got to decide, does he full monty or does he keep his clothes
on? I mean, he can`t go a little bit here or there.
SCHULTZ: So, where, Joan, are all the conservatives like Michele
Bachmann who have been running around for several years calling it
Obamacare, socialism and everything else, government takeover, where are
these conservatives? All of a sudden they are quiet.
WALSH: They`re quiet. They may be squawking more in the days to
come, Ed.
I mean, it`s interesting Susan said that Ryan was a bad pick. He was
a bad pick for a bunch of reasons. One of them it turns out now is that he
wasn`t chosen to stand for anything. When I was wrong, I was like, OK,
we`re going to have a real debate about two different directions for the
country. Paul Ryan`s budget, he believes these things. President Obama
believes different things. Mitt Romney is putting meat on the bones and
we`re going to have a real debate.
DEL PERCIO: I thought the same thing by the way.
WALSH: Whether you liked it or not, it seemed like a strategy.
But to pick Paul Ryan and then silence him and muzzle him, I thought
Ryan was more damaging to the ticket than Romney was on the Sunday shows
because if you don`t let him talk about what he believes, he was like Sarah
Palin, like gasping for air during those interviews. He really just didn`t
have an answer if he`s told to not to talk about what he believes.
DEL PERCIO: People expect him to be bland, if you will, just talk
about the numbers, here`s the facts, here`s what you need to know. We have
to make tough decisions.
SCHULTZ: How much of a political opening is it for the Democrats?
And actually, let`s say every Democrat across the country running right now
has to go home and defend Obamacare. The Democrats have accepted. We like
Obamacare. That`s what it is.
All right. First, they didn`t like that. But doesn`t it make it
easier to accept it and even sell it on the campaign trail when you have
Mitt Romney accepting some provisions that are working for Americans right
DEL PERCIO: Well, to start with, when they were having this debate a
few years ago, there were provisions that Republicans did agree with, the
ones actually that Mitt Romney sought. The problem is that when you go in
and say, I`m going to repeal Obamacare and leave it as a finite thing and
then come back and say, except for these things, you have to go and say,
all right, what about all the other things.
So, you have to deliver everything. I think congressional races and
senate races will be in a different circumstance. I think they can still
go back to their districts and say this is what I stand for and not worry
about that.
But Romney is sending a mixed message out there.
SCHULTZ: Joan, is it over the top for conservatives to be predicting
the end of the Republican Party if they don`t win this election?
WALSH: It`s probably over the top. But I think it`s going to be a
difficult mandate or lack of mandate to interpret, because if you went hard
right, we can say we went too far to the right. The Tea Party is a
disaster. You can`t really say that.
If he was moderate and if he ran as the Massachusetts moderate who
brought the health care, then you`d have the Tea Party people saying we
don`t want a moderate. But now there`s a battle over God knows what.
DEL PERCIO: Well, I just think that maybe at the end of the day,
either way if Romney wins or not, it becomes a campaign that we have to now
talk about governance and compromise and getting things done. So, I think
that`s hopefully what comes out of this.
SCHULTZ: So can we come to the conclusion that the Republican Party
really has an identity crisis right now? They just cannot find the middle
at all. They can`t find moderates.
Moderates in the Republican Party are threatened by being primaried.
They are being threatened by, oh, you got to sign this petition and pledge.
And, oh, by the way, if you`re not far right enough, you`re not going to
get enough money. I mean, they --
DEL PERCIO: We`re not even talking about moderates. We`re talking
about conservatives that aren`t conservative enough. I mean --
SCHULTZ: So is this stuff down the road after this election? Ahead
of the horse a little bit, but I mean, this is what really spawns a third
party, isn`t it?
WALSH: It could be. It`s hard to get a third party off the ground
although it has been done. We had Whigs, you know?
But I think what`s really happening, the shocking thing -- there are
two shocking things in that "Washington Post" poll. One is that the
American people, two-thirds of them want Romney to say more. They`re --
it`s not just the rest of us. It`s really the people.
The other thing is Barack Obama is winning on every single issue,
including the economy, including taxes except for the deficit. Romney has
a little bit of an edge. He`s winning the table.
SCHULTZ: Finally, how demoralized are Republicans now?
DEL PERCIO: I don`t think they are nearly. I`m not buying into that.
They are very energized. This is going to be a base election. There`s no
doubt about it.
And it`s going to be a close election.
DEL PERCIO: If President Obama`s team wants to hit the road and take
a few weeks off, you know, go ahead.
WALSH: Right.
SCHULTZ: Joan Walsh, Susan del Percio, great to have you with us
tonight. Thanks so much.
After saying that he likes some parts of Obamacare, Mitt Romney now
says he will repeal all of it. Next, I will talk to a mother who says her
family will be devastated if Mitt Romney gets his wish. You won`t want to
miss this.
Then, dark money and the down ticket races. A Tea Party Republican is
trying to win in Ohio. Find out why his wealthy friends are so worried
about Senator Sherrod Brown, when we come back.
Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW.
After repeatedly vowing to repeal Obamacare as president, over the
weekend, Mitt Romney admitted he actually likes parts of the law.
ROMNEY: I`m not getting rid of all of health care reform. Of course,
there are a number of things I like in health care reform I`m going to put
in place. One is to make sure that those with preexisting conditions can
get coverage. Two is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals
to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might
SCHULTZ: And a day later, Romney was back pedaling on a right-wing
radio show.
ROMNEY: Of course, I`m going to repeal Obamacare. I have said that
on the campaign trail I think every single day. Obamacare must be repealed
in its entirety.
SCHULTZ: Now what? Now what? What do you think of that?
Repealing the Affordable Care Act would have a devastating impact on
millions of hard-working Americans. Folks like the Turner family out of
Craig Turner is a steel worker. He`s able to provide health insurance
for his family through his job. But even with a good health care insurance
plan, the Turners were forced to fend for themselves when their son Travis
got sick.
Travis was just nine months old when he was diagnosed with a rare form
of liver cancer. He was placed in intensive care, required a ventilator
and chemotherapy and had most of his liver removed.
Travis was kicked off his father`s insurance plan because after three
months, his care had had reached the one-million dollar cap set by the
Here`s Travis`s mom and dad sharing their story.
CRAIG TURNER, FATHER: A million dollars seems like a lot of money
that you`d never think you`d exceed that in a lifetime, but my son exceeded
that in three months.
KARRIE TURNER, MOTHER: You think you`re working, you`re paying for
insurance, you`re going to be covered. They just got an illness they
couldn`t help and it`s not fair to take away their insurance or to tell
them they can never be on insurance again.
SCHULTZ: The Turner family was helped by the Affordable Care Act.
Insurance companies can no longer deny kids like Travis. They can`t put a
lifetime cap on health care either.
Travis is back on his family`s insurance. He`s had a liver
transplant, is in remission and is now in first grade. Quite a story.
THE ED SHOW reached out to the Romney campaign about the former
governor`s position on insurance caps. Here`s what they told us.
"Governor Romney empowers people to own their own insurance, so that
they can choose a plan with the type of coverage they want."
Joining me tonight is Travis Turner and his mom Karrie Turner. Thanks
to both of you for joining us tonight.
Karrie, appreciate your time very much. This has been a long ordeal.
And just tell us, what did the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, do for you?
How did that turn things around for you?
KARRIE TURNER, SON HELPED BY OBAMACARE: Just this year, Travis was
put back on our insurance plan. It has made his care, his hospital visits,
getting medication, the monthly lab draws much easier. There`s a lot less,
you know, fighting and getting pre-authorizations. And we can just take
care of Travis and do what we need to do without all the extra hassle.
SCHULTZ: What did it feel like going through that cap, and then
finding out there`s no more insurance money there? What was that like?
K. TURNER: I never even imagined that ever happening. I mean, who
imagines you`re going to reach a million dollars at one-year-old. But it
was devastating. And what we thought is we had to do what we had to do to
take care of Travis and get him the care he need.
So, you know, hearing Obama was going to pass the Affordable Care Act,
that was huge for us.
SCHULTZ: What would you say to families that aren`t quite convinced
that the Affordable Care Act was the right thing to do, after what you`ve
gone through?
K. TURNER: You know, you just have to -- this is why I`m sharing my
story. They need to hear real life stories from real life people, and
realize that, you know, this happens to very young children. And for them
to never be able to have insurance again is just not fair.
And I think it`s a step backwards and a step in the wrong direction.
SCHULTZ: What would happen to your family if the law was repealed?
There`s politicians in Washington stay saying they want to get rid of
Obamacare. We just played a soundbite of one of the candidates. What
would that do to your family?
K. TURNER: It would be devastating. It would be like giving
somebody a present and then taking it right back. You know, it would bring
back more stress and more worry after, you know, getting it back and having
this happy feeling. It would just knock us right down to the ground again.
SCHULTZ: Were there times in your life that you thought that Travis
wasn`t going to make it to the first grade?
K. TURNER: There were many times. Just a few days into the illness
actually, he went into cardiac arrest. Thankfully, thanks to the great
surgeons, they saved him. Even when he had his resection (ph), there were
complications and he pulled through that as well. So to get where he has
gotten has been nothing shy of a miracle. And we`re just really proud of
him. He`s a fighter.
SCHULTZ: Karrie, how is Travis doing today?
K. TURNER: He`s doing great. He`s going to be eight in December.
He just started first grade. And you know, he knows nothing else. He`s
loving life and he`s being a kid just like he should be. And I think
that`s great. I don`t think he should have to worry about things like
this. And that`s why I`m his voice right now.
SCHULTZ: Karrie turner, God bless you. God bless you and your
family. It`s a moving story. And it`s one that needs to be told to
America. I appreciate you coming on THE ED SHOW tonight. Thanks so much.
There`s a lot more coming up in the next half hour of THE ED SHOW.
Stay with us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here we go, fans. Sherrod Brown steps on the
SCHULTZ: There`s no bigger target for Karl Rove and his allies than
Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio. We`ll look at the race with the senator
himself, next.
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson says he`ll spend 100 million dollars to
get Romney elected. New analysis shows he`ll get a two billion dollar
return on his investment if Romney gets the White House. That report ahead
And new polling says the people of Chicago support their teachers.
Their union president joins me tonight for an exclusive interview.
SCHULTZ: Thanks for staying with us tonight. Six months ago,
Republicans were feeling pretty good about taking back control of the
Senate. Not anymore. Democrats in some key states could ruin the
Republican plan for a takeover.
One of those crucial races obviously is in the state of the Buckeye
State of Ohio. Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown is fighting off Tea Party
Republican Josh Mandel. So far, Brown is in the lead. A Quinnipiac poll
shows Senator Brown still ahead by seven points. That`s down from 51
percent in early August.
A new poll out today shows Senator Brown maintains an eight-point lead
over Mandel. This is why he`s still a threat: dark money campaign ads.
One super PAC has reportedly spent more than a million dollars on pro-
Republican ads in Ohio so far. Democrats say Republicans have spent 15
million dollars against Senator Sherrod Brown just this year.
Mandel has tried to distance himself from those negative ads, but he
repeats their attacks on the campaign trail. Here`s what he tells fellow
Tea Partiers about Sherrod Brown.
JOSH MANDEL (R), CANDIDATE FOR SENATE: Never met a tax he didn`t
hike. Never met a regulation he didn`t like. Thinks the Constitution is a
living, breathing document. Tramples on our freedoms. Says the government
is the engine of job creation.
SCHULTZ: Here`s the bottom line: Josh Mandel says he`s against all
government regulations. He`s against TARP. And he`s against the
automobile loan rescue. But when the editorial board of "The Cleveland
Plain Dealer" pressed him for specifics on job creation and health care
reform he said, "I think there`s some issues that I`d like to wait until
I`m a senator and deal with them in a bipartisan way."
So voters are just going to have to wait until Mandel`s elected, if he
gets elected, to find out just how he plans to create jobs in Ohio or maybe
even any other issue, for that matter. Joining me tonight is Ohio Senator
Sherrod Brown here on THE ED SHOW.
Senator, good to have you with us.
SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D), OHIO: Good to be back.
SCHULTZ: This has bee -- I spoke with Chris Redfern today of the
Ohio Democratic Party. This has been a financial slaughter against you, an
onslaught of cash. Why are they after you so much? Why are you attracting
more dollars than any other Democratic senator?
BROWN: I think they spent 17 million -- I know they spent 17
million. I think that people are starting to ask that question. I think
that people are starting to understand that it`s Wall Street money because
of my legislation to break up the big banks. I think it`s China money and
corporate outsourcing money, because I have gone after the Chinese on
leveling the playing field on currency and got our bill through the House
last year -- or got our bill through the Senate. We need to get it through
the House.
And I think it`s oil company money, clearly, because I have taken on
the oil interests on taking away their tax breaks. So it`s pretty clear
why they are in the state, why they`re spending that much money. I`m a
progressive. I`m proud of that. I will continue to fight it. In the end,
it`s whose side are you on? I`m on the side of the middle class, and on
the side of giving opportunity to those who aspire to be in the middle
SCHULTZ: Your opponent calls you a liberal and a hyper partisan.
How do you respond to that?
BROWN: I think it`s -- talk about what matters to people`s lives.
This auto rescue has been huge for the state of Ohio. We celebrated this
weekend two years of the Chevy Cruze, a car -- a best-selling Chevy that`s
made mostly in Ohio. We`re seeing the president`s enforcing and we`re
enforcing trade rules. We have a new steel mill in northeast Ohio,
something that surprises people.
I`m clearly on the side of the middle class, clearly fighting for
those issues, against this kind of money. And when Sheldon Adelson and the
Koch Brothers and those groups and Exxon and all dump 17 million in a state
going after somebody, you know what it`s all about. That`s why we have now
-- we`ve had over 400,000 people signed my website, SherrodBrown.com,
signed our petition to overturn Citizens United for a constitutional
We`re fighting them on the grass roots level. That`s how we beat this
big money. We have 80,000 people that have contributed to my campaign,
compared to a small number of people that have given tens of millions of
dollars to Citizens United and all these super PACs.
SCHULTZ: There`s been an attack on labor unions in this country.
There`s no question about it. We have seen radical governors do it. The
Democrats have been looking for voices that support labor. We all know
that Ted Kennedy carried that torch for many, many years. There`s you.
There`s Bernie Sanders. There`s a few others. But you two really are the
ones that are really out there for workers in a big, big way.
Is this part of it? And by the way, your opponent called you un-
American and says that you should be ashamed of voting for the automobile
rescue. I know I`m throwing a lot at you here, but when I heard that and I
saw that, I couldn`t believe it.
How could anybody in Ohio vote for somebody who would be against jobs?
Because that`s exactly what this automobile loan was all about.
BROWN: And the other senator from Ohio in those days, back when we
did the auto rescue in `09 -- `08 and `09, George Voinovich, Republican
from Cleveland, he supported the auto rescue.
It`s clear my opponent is so out of touch on the automobile rescue.
But so out of touch on middle class issues. We defeated, as you know,
because you spent time at that fire house in Columbus and you were on the
air all the time all the time about our fight collective bargaining rights.
First time -- only time in American history when collective bargaining
rights were on a statewide ballot. We won by 22 points.
Not because 50 percent or 60 percent of Ohioans belong to labor
unions, but because people understood that an attack on collective
bargaining rights is an attack on the middle class. That`s what all that
was about. That`s what these elections are about. Whose side are you on
in this?
SCHULTZ: Senator, the last thing you need is voter suppression. Are
you confident that Ohio is going to be able to overcome the shenanigans of
the Republicans? And how is this going to affect your race?
BROWN: Yes, I`m confident. They -- after the election in 2010, they
went after collective bargaining rights. They went after women`s rights.
And they went after voter rights. We`re going to win this year because
we`re well organized and are going to figure out how to get people to the
polls in big numbers. People are ready to vote as they were in 2011 on
collective bargaining.
And we`re going to overcome the money. They are going after us with
big money. They`re going after us by trying to suppress the vote. That`s
why people coming on to SherrodBrown.com and helping us out will really
matter. Because it`s all about grass roots blunting that 17 million
dollars in Ohio, outside money coming at me. I appreciate that.
SCHULTZ: Senator, good luck to you. It`s a heck of a battle. They
are coming after you. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown with us here on THE ED
SHOW. Thanks so much.
Republican groups are also pouring money into Montana`s senate race.
Tomorrow night, we`re going to talk to Senator Jon Tester about his fight
against outside interests and why he`s making the GOP so nervous lately.
Still to come on THE ED SHOW, Sheldon Adelson says he`ll spend 100
million dollars to elect Mitt Romney. A new report says he could make a
2,000 percent return on that investment if Mitt Romney is elected
president. I`ll break down the numbers. Stay tuned.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. In our post-Citizens United
democracy, billionaires like the Koch Brothers and casino mogul Sheldon
Adelson -- well, they really are, in a sense, taking over this country, if
you look at it. They got a lot of influence and they can afford it. And
Sheldon Adelson has vowed to spend as much as 100 million dollars to defeat
President Obama in November. Don`t you think that`s a lot of cash? I do.
But it`s nothing compared what Adelson stands to make if there`s a
Romney presidency. A new report from the Center For American Progress
Action Fund finds that Adelson could turn his 100 million dollar investment
into a two billion dollar tax cut if Romney is elected.
So you know what we have to do. We have to break down the numbers.
Here it is. Romney`s plan would cut the top individual tax rate from 35 to
28 percent. That`s 1.5 million dollars each year on executive pension.
Romney`s plan would keep the 15 percent tax rate on corporate dividends.
That`s 119 million dollars on a single year`s worth of dividends.
Romney`s plan would provide a permanent tax exemption for corporate
overseas profits. That`s 300 million dollars each year. Romney`s plan
would provide a tax holiday for untaxed overseas profits. That`s 600
million dollars.
Add it all up, and over four years, Adelson`s total tax cuts would add
up to 2.3 billion dollars, a 2,200 percent return on his investment. Now
add in the 8.9 billion dollars Adelson heirs would save if Romney
eliminates the estate tax. And the grand total, my friends, is 11.1
billion dollars, an 11,000 percent return on his investment -- excuse me,
on his initial investment.
Under the Romney plan, the burden of tax cuts for billionaires like
Sheldon Adelson would fall on middle class Americans, families whose
incomes are less than 200,000 dollars. They would see an average tax
increase of more than 2,000 dollars.
Coming up, public school teachers in Chicago continue their strike.
And it looks like there is no end in sight. The president of the Chicago
Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, joins us for the latest.
SCHULTZ: And in the Big Finish tonight, public school teachers
continue their strike in the city of Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union
and school board officials failed to hammer out a contract on day two of
the strike. A spokeswoman for the Teachers Union said today that there`s
still a considerable way to go.
Meanwhile, new polling is looking good for the teachers; 47 percent of
voters support the strike, while only 39 percent oppose it. A number of
major issues are still on the table. However, teacher evaluations appear
to be the hot issue.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the school board want teachers evaluated on
their student`s standardized test scores. Teachers argue the new
evaluation system is very unreliable. They say it`s unfairly targeting
teachers in struggling neighborhoods because outside issues harm students`
test scores, like violence and hunger and the home life, which can be
pretty tough in Chicago, in some areas of the city.
The evaluation system is so flawed, professors from 16 universities in
Chicago sent the mayor a letter warning against it. Critics say this is a
plot by Rahm Emanuel and the school board to make a move towards more
charter schools. Since Rahm Emanuel was elected, he`s stepped all over the
teachers of Chicago. He`s canceled their four percent pay rise. He`s
extended their days in school. He`s pushed for charter schools.
And now he`s trying to fire good teachers with a bogus evaluation
system. What is he? Rahm Emanuel, in my opinion, is a school bully. And
teachers of Chicago have had very little voice in all of this and are doing
the right thing by standing up. And I think the country is watching what`s
happening to these teachers because public education in this country is
under attack. And teachers, whether they`re in a union or not, are being
vilified by those in power because they claim they are making too much
This is not about money. This is about working conditions. This is
about for the students. And it`s about fairness.
Let`s bring in Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union,
just out of the negotiations to join us tonight. Karen, any progress? Has
it been made at the negotiating table? What`s the latest?
KAREN LEWIS, PRES., CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION: There`s been some
movement on the cut scores. We were having problems with it. We were able
to show them where there were some real major flaws that a person could
actually be quite OK and actually good as a teacher and still get a flawed
Look, we want people to understand that the evaluation system that we
currently have is flawed too. We don`t like it. It doesn`t help us
improve. And what we`re looking for is an evaluation system that gives us
the feedback we need to get better and to improve, but also gives us an
opportunity to work towards helping children go in a different direction
than just test prep.
SCHULTZ: But what you have in Chicago are neighborhoods that have
got schools that just don`t have the resources that other schools have,
which puts double the pressure on the teachers to be able to produce the
product that`s going to score well on the test. Do I have that right?
LEWIS: Yes, but in addition is that some teachers who don`t teach
subjects that are tested will get a school wide value added score, which
again, not only do they not have any control over, it`s really a big
problem. You know how things are in terms of the violence in Chicago and
what we have been through this past summer.
SCHULTZ: So is Mayor Emanuel putting his political agenda in front
of the teachers and students of this city?
LEWIS: I think there`s an ideological problem. There`s this idea
that the school system is full of bad teachers. And I think that`s what
people want to believe. And I think it`s easy for them to believe, because
they look at, quote, unquote, student outcomes.
What they do not realize is that there are enormous pressures on
teachers and students and the working conditions. Want to talk about the
fact that we have -- a vast majority of our schools that are open in the
summer do not have air-conditioning in the classrooms. We have a variety
of issues along with not having the appropriate social services.
We only have 325 social workers in a city that has 400,000 students.
That`s absolutely unacceptable.
SCHULTZ: And the secretary of education, Arne Duncan, weighed in on
this today, a rather lengthy statement. But if you could just quickly tell
us, his involvement, has it helped or hurt?
LEWIS: Well, you know, as you know, Arne Duncan was the CEO here in
Chicago before he went to become the department of education secretary.
SCHULTZ: Is he part of the problem?
LEWIS: I think his policies are harmful to children. I don`t think
they help. I think they sound good on paper, but I think when you see what
happens in practice, we have a lot of problems with it. It`s not just in
Chicago. This is a nationwide struggle, Ed.
SCHULTZ: Real quickly here, I`m out of time. Are your teachers
prepared to stay out? Were they prepared for this?
LEWIS: Yes, they were.
SCHULTZ: OK. Karen Lewis, great to have you with us. We`ll follow
the story.
That`s THE ED SHOW. I`m Ed Schultz. "THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW" starts
right now. Good evening, Rachel.
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Drop what you're doing and gather round the fire, friends, for a tale you've heard before from the Arizona Cardinals.
Ken Whisenhunt is at it again. The Cardinals coach announced Wednesday that rookie Ryan Lindley will start at quarterback in Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions.
Lindley relieved John Skelton during last week's 58-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Skelton rattled off four interceptions in that defeat before giving way to Lindley. The rookie has thrown five picks of his own in two starts this season.
Problems at quarterback have poisoned the 4-9 Cardinals. The only passer to show much promise this season was Kevin Kolb, but he was shipped away to injured reserve Wednesday, ending his season just weeks before the Cardinals as a whole mercifully pull the plug on 2012.
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WASHINGTON – The No. 2 official at the Federal Reserve says she hopes the old days of extreme secrecy surrounding the Federal Reserve are gone forever.
Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Fed, said Thursday that the Fed's old policy of not even telling financial markets when it had changed a key interest rate has given way to one of using communications to enhance interest-rate policies.
"I hope and trust that the days of 'never explain, never excuse' are gone for good and that the Federal Reserve continues to reap the benefits of clearly explaining its actions to the public," Yellen said at a conference sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
The Fed in December for the first time linked changes in a key short-term rate to a drop in unemployment below 6.5 per cent, as long as inflation remains modest. The Fed is also buying $85 billion per month in bonds to keep downward pressure on long-term rates.
Yellen said she expects both policies to remain in effect for a considerable period because unemployment remains high. She said the central bank should keep pursing low interest rates to stimulate the economy until unemployment returns to more normal levels.
"With unemployment so far from its longer-run normal level, I believe progress on reducing unemployment should take centre stage … even if maintaining that progress might result in inflation slightly and temporarily exceeding 2 per cent," Yellen said.
The Fed has set 2 per cent as its target for inflation but has stated that it was willing to keep pursuing aggressive economic stimulus measures as long as long-term inflation expectations do not rise above 2.5 per cent.
Yellen has been a strong supporter of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's efforts to keep stimulating the economy. At its last meeting in March, the Fed voted to continue those policies on an 11-1 vote. However, some regional Fed bank presidents who are not voting members of the Fed's interest-rate panel this year have expressed concerns that the central bank's polices are risking future inflation troubles and could create dangerous asset bubbles.
During a question period, Yellen was asked about her views on the need to promote more women into top leadership roles in central banking and finance. Yellen is considered a front-runner to replace Bernanke as head of the Fed if he decides he does not want another four-year term. Bernanke is now in his eighth year as Fed chairman. His term will end on Jan. 31, 2014.
Yellen did not discuss her own prospects of taking over at the Fed but she did say that she is happy that the number of women pursuing masters' degrees in business administration had increased steadily when she was a college professor and now women were rising in financial ranks.
"At the highest levels of central banking there are very few women, but I am pleased to see that the representation of women is increasing at a lot of other levels," she said, referring to positions in financial institutions including big banks. "We are really seeing women getting ahead and moving up to the highest posts."


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Some vendors get labeled as spyware pushers
To win the battle with spyware, you must be able to spot it. That's not as easy as you think.
About this series: Spyware is quickly replacing worms and viruses as IT managers' biggest worry. In this two-part series, security professionals and others debate spyware detection and who is best qualified to define it.
The company 180Solutions had a huge image problem. Rather than be seen as a legitimate media company, it was labeled a spyware pusher by several security firms. To help clear its reputation, it joined the Consortium of AntiSpyware Technology vendors. But then other COAST members withdrew in protest. The consortium collapsed.
"On the Internet, spyware is as close to a four-letter word as you can get," said 180Solutions Senior Marketing Director Todd Sawicki. As far as he's concerned, his company has been victimized by people who hate online advertising and unfairly lump it in with what he considers true spyware. "Spyware is something used to steal information and commit fraud," he said. "We don't do that. We're a media company."
As far as Chris Deason is concerned, any program that puts a crunch on the 2,000-machine network she manages for Anchorage-based Alaskan Native Medical Center is rotten, including the online pop-up ads. "Adware, spyware, grayware… it's all a problem because it bogs down our computers and puts patients' medical and financial data at risk," she said.
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If those interviewed are any indication, a solid framework for defining spyware won't be coming anytime soon. Some take Deason's view that it's all sinister, while others agree with Sawicki that adware and cookies are legitimate programs.
Caught in the gray zone
In a way, Sawicki and Deason do agree on one thing -- distinguishing the good from bad isn't as difficult as some suggest.
Sawicki defines the bad as programs that hide on your machine and monitor activity specifically to commit fraud. That's not what 180Solutions is about, he said.
"We give content away in exchange for advertising," he said. "Those who say we're spyware are the same zealots who freaked out when they saw that first banner ad atop a Web page in the early '90s. They hate having to look at any advertisement on the way to getting what they want."
As far as he's concerned, "This whole debate has become about whether media companies are legitimate. I see these reports that say 90% of computers are infected with spyware and that's ridiculous. In my opinion, less than 5% of computers are infected with true spyware. I have a better chance of walking outside and getting hit by a car than getting hit with spyware."
To Deason, what's ridiculous is the notion that pop-up ads she doesn't ask for are legitimate. If she doesn't ask for something that costs her time, money and resources, it's bad.
"We do a lot of research here and if you click on something that downloads a bunch of junk -- whether it's ads or something else -- it bogs down your resources and slows down the work," she said. The program may not steal, she said, "but it wastes time, and that can be just as harmful as stealing."
Compatibility is another issue adware makers fail to mention in this debate, said Warren Otte, network support specialist for Pleasanton, Calif.-based TECO Pneumatic, which produces air control systems and components. Adware, cookies and the more malicious programs are often incompatible with applications already on the network, he said. Often, the unwanted programs are incompatible with each other.
"These programs are often written quickly to meet sponsors' needs, and compatibility is not part of the thought process," Otte said. "That's why machines become comatose with spyware. The programs trip over each other."
Show it or kill it?
Given the public deadlock over how to define spyware, security vendors say they've been careful about how they label suspicious programs and what they do with the stuff they find. It was easier with worms and viruses, they say. When a Sasser or Mydoom moved in, you knew it was malicious and did what was necessary to stop its spread.
Since it's trickier with spyware, some products will label items as Potentially Unwanted Programs [PUPs], or simply identify them by what they most closely resemble: Trojan horses, key loggers, adware or cookies. A number of products list questionable items in a box and leave it to the user to decide what to kill, quarantine or allow.
Deason and Otte use the SpySubtract product from Braintree, Mass.-based InterMute Inc., which automatically removes what it deems sinister.
"I'm willing to pay for someone to kill it all," Deason said. "These black and white lists are fine, but not for me. We have a small staff to manage a large network and picking through these lists takes time I don't have."
Otte said he's been satisfied with InterMute. He can now run spyware scanners like Spybot, Adaware and Microsoft AntiSpyware in beta and "they find no problems because InterMute has cleaned it up." But, he admits, he's sometimes puzzled by the things SpySubtract finds.
"If I had a chance to talk to the folks at InterMute, I'd have questions about some of what it finds," he said. "I'd like to look more deeply under the hood. I'd like to know more about who is writing the stuff they find and what [those who distribute it] are getting in return, whether it's advertising or something else."
Otte said he's seen antispyware products step on the gray zone, sometimes targeting its own applications. "In the first days of Microsoft AntiSpyware, it fingered some of its own programs, things like SP2 and SP3 for Windows 2000," he said. "I once found that Spybot had fingered a fundamental part of Windows."
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After a four-year hiatus filled with masters degrees and other bands, Scenester, comprised of Leonard Apodaca on guitar, Roger Apodaca on bass (both formerly of GoMotorCar) and Luke Cordova (Blunt Society) on drums, is releasing their second album, Formula Rock EP. Leonard Apodaca (who you might remember from the Socyermom Records piece in this week's feature) tells all.
Is this the third, fourth, second, first. ... ?
It's the second album with Scenester. This is actually a funny story because we had our other band called Stretch; we changed the lineup a little and probably should have changed the name, but didn't. Then we realized we were putting out a CD and thought maybe we should change the name. So we changed it to Scenester and put out Spoonfed Corporate Rock, the full length, and didn't even play a single show after the CD release party.
I don't want to ask this, but I have to: Where does the name come from?
When we were changing the name from Stretch we had all of these different names, and I just wanted to call the band Scenester, just because, to me, it seemed like everything we weren't at the time, especially my drummer. I can't really say that about myself—I'm probably the biggest scenester there is. Anyway, I just liked the name. It's totally tongue-in-cheek.
So what else do you want to say about Scenester and the new album?
I think anyone that ends up seeing us live will like it. It's a definite change from what me and my brother were doing with GoMotorCar, where we were doing this really moody mellow sort of thing, and it's just fun to get up there now and rock balls. I think that if more people came to check it out they'd dig it. I think the CD speaks for itself; it's really pretty freaking good. It's an EP; I guess we could have pulled a full length out, but I think there's something cool with EPs. But I'm pretty proud of the release; I'm really proud of it, actually.


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By Liane Kupferberg Carter [1] Sep 18, 2012 10 [2]
In Our Care
"Something's wrong," the camp nurse says on the phone.
Our 20-year-old son Mickey had left for sleep-away camp eight days earlier. He'd been happy and healthy. But for the past two days, she reports, he has been lethargic. Not eating. Throwing up. Telling them his side hurts.
"We'll meet you at the hospital," I say. My husband Marc and I fly up the highway. "Did you bring a copy of the guardianship [3] papers?" I ask him. I don't want anyone challenging us about our right [4] to make medical decisions [5] for our adult son.
"Where they always are. In my wallet."
Mickey must be so scared, I think. I picture raucous scenes from television medical dramas. Screeching ambulances. Crash carts. People shouting. Emergency rooms [6] can be frightening for anyone, let alone someone with sensory and communication issues. We burst through the hospital doors, and find Mickey on a gurney. "Hey Mom. Hey Dad." He sounds surprisingly chipper. "I was throwing up."
The doctor on call introduces himself and motions us down the hall. "The good news is that it's not an intestinal blockage." He points to a round blob on the computer screen. "But that is a kidney stone."
"Wow," I breathe. "That's supposed to be incredibly painful."
"Yes," he agrees. "I'm surprised he's not writhing in pain. If I had a stone that size I'd be doubled over."
The nurse appears. I like that she speaks directly to Mickey instead of us. "I need to run an IV line," she tells him. "It won't hurt, just one little stick and it's done."
Mickey balks. "No stick!"
I tense, remembering how Mickey had once slugged a doctor who'd tried to give him a shot.
"Honey, this way they only have to stick you once," I tell him. "Then they can do a blood test and give you medicine to take the hurt away. Here, squeeze my hand. Don't look."
Still, he yowls, watching the needle penetrate his arm. "The faster we do this, the sooner we take you home," Marc reminds him.
Testing shows he is dehydrated. The nurse sets up a saline drip, adding a pain killer and anti-nausea medication. Two saline bags and several hours later, the doctor says he feels comfortable discharging him. "But it's not over," he cautions. "You'll need to follow up with your doctor tomorrow."
At home that night between bouts of nausea and heaving, Mickey asks plaintively, "Am I going to die?"
The next day our pediatrician sends us to a urologist. We sit in a crowded waiting room nearly two hours as Mickey grows increasingly belligerent: "No doctor! I'm out of here!" A pretty nurse appears; Mickey perks up. "What's your name?" he asks. She directs us into the doctor's office; finally, a tall man strides in. Mickey lights up with excitement. "You look like my rabbi!"
The doctor smiles. "But I give shorter sermons." He bends over a microscope. "There's blood in his urine and he's still dehydrated. Mickey, how are you feeling?"
"Great!" Mickey says cheerfully.
People with autism don't always show typical pain behavior, I remind myself. I remember a summer day long ago; Mickey a sturdy 3-year-old, had been running happily down a concrete path when he'd tripped. I'd run to pick him up; his legs and arms were scraped raw. Most kids would have been shrieking. But Mickey merely brushed away the gravel embedded in his knees, and resumed running. He seemed stoic even when he had three wisdom teeth extracted. When he says something hurts, we know it must be bad.
And this is bad. Despite heating pads and medications to ease the pain and help the stone pass. All week he is rocked by waves of nausea and retching. Yet only once does he say plaintively, "Make the hurt go away." Is there anything worse than seeing your child in pain and feeling helpless to relieve it?
"The more water you drink, the faster the kidney stone will come out," we tell him repeatedly. One evening I hear him in the bathroom, forcing himself to burp again and again. "What are you doing?"
He puts a hand to his throat. "Getting rid of the stone."
"It can't come out that way," I say. "It will come out when you pee."
"Be on the lookout for that stone," the urologist's nurse reminds us. "It could be the size of a grain of sand. Or even a tiny pebble."
Finally, two days before he is due to have a procedure to blast the stone with shock waves, we catch a fragment that looks like a flax seed in the mesh strainer they've given us. We bring it to the doctor. He sends us for another X-ray. The stone in the ureter is no longer visible.
"This could have been so much worse," Marc and I reassure each other. Mickey has been a trooper through the ordeal; as always, he is resilient. It is over—for now.
Except that there is another small stone floating in his kidney that we will need to monitor.
But lurking beneath our brave fronts is the fear that never goes away. Someday he will live apart from us; who else will ever watch him as vigilantly? Recognize when he is in pain? Know how best to reassure and comfort him? Advocate for him?
Who will love him, when we are gone?


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Reilluminate: A Photographic Exploration
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Most of our relationships with plants are during the day, during the magic of photosynthesis; a time when we can admire the visible beauty of nature lit up brightly by the sunlight. I walk around at night and gather plants and flowers with controlled lighting, illuminating the darkened garden that has receded since the sun has gone down. This process brings attention to the temporal light of the day, having much in common with the temporal existence of plants and flowers. Their constantly changing shape and form calls attention to their short-lived life span.


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OpenXava is a framework for Rapid Java Web Development, well-suited for business and database oriented applications.
OpenXava allows you to develop applications just by writing simple domain classes with Java or Groovy. The user interface is generated automatically in runtime, without code generation.
OpenXava 4.5 has some new interesting features such as:
- Support for all strategies of JPA inheritance mapping.
- Data for list and collections is obtained via JPA, before JDBC was used.
- Automated Business Logic (ABL) library added.
- All new layout architecture (the code that paints the UI). It still in BETA but can be activated with layout.painter in xava.properties.
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I assume it's probably looking for a gcc library file in the path, but I have no idea which one, or where I should put it. I know this is out in left field, but any help or insight would be appreciated.
The end goal is to use parashell in a script to monitor the internet connection, and power cycle the cable modem if it goes down, as an attempt to heal itself.
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As Iran's June 2013 presidential election approaches, the media landscape is extremely bleak. At the last election, in 2009, journalists took advantage of a slight loosening of the country's traditionally stringent media controls to push against the boundaries, bringing the world news of alleged voting irregularities, public anger, protests, and the ensuing crackdown by the hard-line leadership.
That crackdown, however, hit the media sector as hard as any. The authorities have used imprisonment, the closing of news outlets, the intimidation of reporters and sources, and suffocating Internet surveillance to silence the independent media. Scores of journalists have fled into exile. With only a handful of severely weakened reformist media outlets now operating in Iran, and with most working journalists in fear of the revolving door to the country's courts and prisons, a repeat of 2009 seems unlikely. Without any kind of free or healthy press, and with reformist leaders under house arrest, political discourse has been quashed.
"We've never had any press freedoms in Iran; we censored ourselves and we were able to report within those confines. But it's become much worse," said exiled journalist Delbar Tavakoli, who wrote for Etemad-e-Melli and the now-banned Sarmayeh. "Many of our best journalists have had to quit their jobs and change their professions--perhaps going into the arts or [becoming] taxi drivers," said Tavakoli, who now lives in France and works for the Farsi branch of Radio France Internationale. "The people we have in Iran--with all the talent and ability they have--they can't work."
One journalist and media analyst working in Tehran said that "we don't see any signs of things improving--never mind that. We get regular government directives that place new limitations on what we can report, ones well beyond political reporting." The journalist, who did not want to be named for safety reasons, added, "Now the issue is topics such as the price of chicken, the rising rate of the U.S. dollar" against the rial. "This sort of thing just pushes us further away from being able to effectively report important political issues, such as elections."
And yet Iran is under intense international pressure over its nuclear ambitions and its economy is staggering. The country's ever-shifting internal political rifts and alliances are difficult for even close observers to grasp. All this makes it impossible to know how media coverage of the election will play out. Despite Iran's long history of censorship, journalists have a tradition of seizing on any opportunity to report, even when a harsh reaction looms.
Under the constitution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cannot stand for re-election to a third term, leaving the 2013 vote a contest between his supporters and the conservative backers of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ahmadinejad, once part of the conservative establishment himself, fell out of favor with Khamenei as he struggled to form his own power base. Among the early front-runners in the establishment camp were Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Mohamad-Bagher Ghalibaf, the mayor of Tehran. In October, as Iran's currency tumbled, Larijani and Ahmadinejad publicly traded barbs over the latter's management of the economy.
Elections in Iran are usually tightly managed, with the choice of presidential and parliamentary candidates limited to those pre-approved by the establishment. The results are often locked up before polls even open. Three and a half years ago, Iranian authorities appeared highly confident that Ahmadinejad would win his second term in office. Amid this hubris, the regime seemed to allow a small window for the tightly controlled media to dispatch articles, interviews, and sound bites in the run-up to the vote.
"Things were pretty open--people were pretty confident before the elections," said Golnoush Niknejad, editor-in-chief and founder of Tehran Bureau, a website dedicated to covering Iran from within, using Iranian journalists whenever possible. "The campaign seemed different. The government allowed for live, televised debates and wanted to make it seem like people, especially young people, were participating in the elections," said Niknejad, who is based in Boston. "Before 2009, we didn't even have people using pseudonyms. People thought if they were doing a fair job of reporting, then they didn't have anything to worry about."
But the small freedoms that are allowed in Iran are calculated, with the aims of presenting the country as a functioning democracy and getting a read on who will report what. By allowing such leeway from time to time, Tavakoli said, the government can get "the full measure of their opponents," which include the nonstate media as well as the opposition. She likened Tehran's control of the press to flying a kite. "Sometimes you give more string, sometimes you pull back--but you keep enough tension to keep the kite afloat," she said.
When Ahmadinejad was declared the 2009 election winner, millions who had supported reformist candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi took to the streets to protest, and the uproar appeared to take the regime by surprise. The Green Movement, as reformers called it, flowed through the veins of Iran's cities, filling squares and major thoroughfares. As protesters clashed with security forces, violence spread through streets and neighborhoods. Homes were raided and activists, politicians, and journalists alike were targeted by the regime. Tweet-by-tweet reporting had proved more than the government would tolerate.
"What happened on the 22nd of Khordad [Election Day on the Iranian calendar] was a destructive tsunami," said the journalist in Tehran. In the weeks after the vote, journalists faced unprecedented levels of censorship, threats, and arrests.
"Every day, it seemed, there were fewer of us at editorial meetings, and this went on not just for a month or three months, but for a year," the journalist said. "Every day, we'd hear that more of our colleagues had been arrested."
State agents were busy identifying reporters at the scenes of demonstrations. "In the first days after the elections, we saw these guys filming us and we asked, 'What are you getting footage for?'" Tavakoli said. "And they just smiled and said, 'You'll see.'"
The August 2009 raid on the Tehran offices of the Association of Iranian Journalists signaled a sea change. "It was something like a coup," said Ali Mazrooei, who was the director of the association at the time. The group's offices remain closed. Mazrooei now runs the reformist news site Razhesabz from Belgium. "The situation is getting worse than before," Mazrooei said. "There's no freedom for reporters and for press."
CPJ surveys over the past three years have found that Iran imprisons at least 40 to 50 journalists at any given time, making the country one of the worst jailers of journalists worldwide. Most are held on anti-state charges. Throughout this period, the authorities have maintained a revolving prison door, freeing some detainees on furloughs even as they arrest others. Freed prisoners are called back seemingly at random, sometimes repeatedly.
Zhila Bani-Yaghoub, who worked for a number of nonstate media outlets, began serving a one-year sentence in September 2012 for "insulting" Ahmadinejad and "spreading propaganda." But her time served will be only a beginning--she's also been banned from practicing journalism for 30 years. Bani-Yaghoub's ban is a particularly lengthy court-imposed sanction, but the government can also simply refuse to renew a journalist's work permit, achieving the same effect in a less blatant way.
CPJ has documented that at least 68 Iranian journalists have fled into exile over the past five years, although some Iranians believe the actual numbers to be much higher. Mazrooei estimates that about 160 journalists have gone into exile since the 2009 elections and that an equal number are in jail. Masih Alinejad, a prominent exiled journalist who lives in the United Kingdom, said in a 2010 interview that international records do not take into account lesser-known reporters working for small outlets in small towns. Tavakoli also said the government is no longer arresting only key media figures. "There used to be the case that only high-profile targets were arrested," she said. "Now, they can't tolerate any noise."
News outlets, too, are subject to bans--some permanent and others intermittent. A handful of reformist outlets still operate inside the country, but they are vulnerable to the whims of the hard-liners. For example, Shargh, a reformist newspaper, has been ordered to cease publishing four times in eight years. In September 2012, the government suspended Shargh after the paper published a cartoon that some interpreted as insulting the Basij militia. An arrest order for its editor, Mehdi Rahmanian, was also issued.
The reformist movement now largely counts on foreign-based sites more than domestic ones for news--such as Mousavi's August 2012 trip to the hospital under tight security, which went unreported by official news agencies. Online reformist publications operating from abroad, such as Mazrooei's Razhesabz, are intermittently blocked for Iranian users.
Indeed, censorship of the Internet and other telecommunications has been at the heart of the regime's strategy of control. Iran has invested heavily in technology and personnel with the explicit intent of restricting Web access. Iranians face frequent slowdowns in Internet service; Twitter is periodically blocked; and while Google's Gmail service was once considered safe, Google revealed in 2011 that the Iranian government had been intercepting Gmail messages. Most Iranians assume that landlines or mobile phones are monitored, although some are comfortable using voice-over-Internet-protocol such as Skype.
When discussing countries that pose threats to global cybersecurity, Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, told CNN in December 2011 that Iranian authorities are "unusually talented" in cyberwar. "You always worry that the Iranians have somehow broken into some of the encrypted software that's used to control things," he said.
Even if journalists dared to report in this climate of fear, it's unlikely that sources would speak to them. Trust between reporters and their sources, fundamental to newsgathering everywhere, is critical in a place like Iran. The country's interrogators are practiced at drawing confessions, sometimes creating informants out of their terrified subjects. Under duress in detention, the prominent journalists Roxana Saberi and Maziar Bahari both confessed to acting against the Islamic Republic. Tavakoli said that she fled into exile not because she feared for herself, but because of the threat that her arrest could pose to others.
Given Iran's lack of transparency concerning public records, most reporting is done on the streets. But reformists are not given permits to gather; since 2010, the few reformist demonstrations of note have been silent protests, as any chanting would prompt an attack from the Basijis, the state militia often seen charging crowds on motorcycles, wielding batons. With no events to report on the street, the story of Iran's dissent remains hidden--difficult and risky for reporters to dig up and present. Even when mass arrests of journalists are not happening, tight surveillance and random punishment still have a chilling effect, something Niknejad describes as "psychological warfare."
"There won't be any chance for any coverage," Mazrooei said of the coming elections. Reporters "prefer to be silent to see what is going on with the country. They are waiting."
Niknejad is almost certain that she will not have access to a wealth of journalists in Iran by election time. "I don't think that the environment is going to be there," she said. "So much can happen between now and the election. At the end of the day, they will make sure that the situation [in 2009] does not happen again."
Tavakoli described the current practice of journalism in Iran as "a radical act" mostly because so few dare to do it. "With this regime," she said, "the future of journalism grows darker by the day."
Still, Iran remains an enigma, even to those who cover the country from within and have intimate knowledge of the government's workings--including close encounters with the regime's interrogators and prisons. Potential shifts in the country's internal power structure could shape what happens on the streets and how the media cover it.
Mazrooei acknowledges that things could change rapidly before the election. "We don't even know what's going to happen next week, let alone by then."
D. Parvaz, a journalist and Middle East analyst, works for Al-Jazeera and is based in Doha, Qatar.


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The road to the Kentucky Derby warms up this weekend in Florida while other big-money races are scattered around the country.
Fillies and mares from all points of the compass are headed for Texas to compete in Saturday's night's rich card at Sam Houston Race Course. The distaff set also has important events in New York and California.
Sam Houston and Tampa Bay Downs both host graded turf races.
Santa Anita's top weekend offering is the California Cup card for state-breds on Saturday, which includes a 3-year-old race with some potential for the national scene.
Overseas, things continue apace as the March 29 Dubai World Cup night looms only two months away.
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Triple Crown trail
Eleven budding stars are entered for Saturday's $400,000, Grade II Holy Bull Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Gulfstream Park and you can make a case for quite a few of them. High on the list is Cairo Prince, who would be undefeated in three starts for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin but for a nose loss at the wire to Honor Code in the Grade III Remsen at Aqueduct in November. Coming into the race undefeated is Coup de Grace. Shug McGaughey is trying Mr Speaker on the dirt after his victory on the grass last time out in the Grade III Dania Beach Stakes. Almost Famous was a romping winner in his first try around two turns last time out at Churchill Downs. Wicked Strong is back after a close third-place finish in the Remsen. A good showing here would be a big boost toward the $1 million, Grade I Florida Derby, which shares the March 29 racing spotlight with Dubai.
Tamarando is the 124-pound co-highweight among 11 in Saturday's $250,000 California Cup Derby for state-breds at Santa Anita. The Bertrando colt finished third, well behind winner Shared Belief, in the Grade I Cash Call Futurity at Hollywood Park last month but won the Grade I Del Mar Futurity in September. He has been working well over the Santa Anita dirt for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Also toting 124 is California Chrome, winner of the King Glorious Stakes on Dec. 22. A few others show promise.
Eight are entered for Saturday's $100,000 Miracle Wood Stakes at 1 mile at Laurel Park in Maryland. The morning-line favorite is Extrasexyhippzster, who laughed all the way to a 5-lengths win in the Don Rickles Stakes at Aqueduct in his last outing. The Stroll colt makes his debut around two turns. Joint Custody comes off two local stakes wins. Jessethemarine has four wins and two seconds in his last six starts.
Meanwhile, recently crowned 2013 2-year-old champion Shared Belief is slated to work Friday at Santa Anita as Hollendorfer downplays the impact of a quarter crack that forced a slight deviation from his training schedule. Hollendorfer said he will decide after the work whether the gelding's next race will be the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Feb. 8 or the Grade II San Felipe a month later. Shared Belief was undefeated in three starts as a juvenile.
And don't lose track of Indianapolis, who won at 6 furlongs for trainer Bob Baffert on Monday at Santa Anita. The Coolmore-owned colt is headed for longer and better things, likely against Shared Belief and others.
3-year-old fillies
Onlyforyou, undefeated in two starts, steps right into stakes company in Saturday's $200,000, Grade II Forward Gal Stakes going 7 furlongs at Gulfstream Park. The Malibu Moon filly, trained by Todd Pletcher, won at first asking at Aqueduct in November and came right back with an impressive, pace-stalking victory at Gulfstream last month. Aurelia's Belle, a Lemon Drop Kid filly, won her first start at Keeneland in October, then was third in the Grade III Old Hat Stakes locally on Jan. 4. Flash Encounter has won half her four starts against lesser. The other three are seeking their first triumph over winners.
Taris, a beautifully bred filly by Flatter out of the Theatrical mare Comedy, won her first start by 11 3/4 lengths at Aqueduct last month and returns in Saturday's $100,000 Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park, stretching out from 6 to 7 furlongs. She is the 4-5 morning-line favorite in a field of seven. Jonesin for Jerry didn't show much last summer at Saratoga but has been in the money four straight times on the Delaware-Maryland circuit. She's Holy broke her maiden at Zia Park in New Mexico last September and has been working at Penn National. She's Holy and Taris are both trained by Todd Beattie.
Swiss Lake Yodeler brings a record of three wins from four starts into Saturday's $200,000 California Cup Oaks at Santa Anita at 1 mile. The last two starts resulted in stakes wins for the Swiss Yodeler filly, trained by Hollendorfer, who finished second in her other start. She looks to be a solid favorite in a field of 14 but watch for Sprague River, unbeaten in two starts at Hollywood Park, one of them on the grass, and stakes winner Sprouts, provided she can adapt to real dirt. Rovenna has been close against open company.
Sunday's $100,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream Park is 1 mile on the grass for 3-year-old fillies. Eight are set to go in this. None is a proven commodity, though Lemon Point has run well for trainer Bill Mott. Party Now and Duff One would make an interesting exacta box for fans of "The Simpsons."
The Distaff set
Rose to Gold tops a field of eight for Saturday night's $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston at 1 1/16 miles. The Friends Lake filly won the Grade III Honeybee and the Grade III Fantasy at Oaklawn Park last spring but then finished eighth in the Kentucky Oaks and has not shown much in two intervening starts. She ships in from Calder. Also in from Florida is Awesome Flower, who finished third in the Grade II Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs two starts back. Jeff Bonde trains Unusual Way at Santa Anita but sent her to New Mexico to win the Zia Park Oaks in October and now ships further east. Class Included comes from Fair Grounds after winning two stakes in Louisiana. Moon Philly comes off a third-place finish in the Wintergreen Stakes at Turfway Park and has been working on the Keeneland all-weather course.
Heir Kitty, off a victory in the Grade I La Brea Stakes over the course and distance, is a likely choice in Saturday's $200,000, Grade II Santa Monica Stakes at 7 furlongs at Santa Anita. However, Iotapa has never finished out of the money in six lifetime starts and got home second, only 2 3/4 lengths behind Beholder and ahead of Fiftyshadesofhay, in last year's Grade I Santa Anita Oaks. Teddy's Promise won this race last year and usually runs well unless she's in a Breeders' Cup race. Winding Way is graded stakes placed.
Saturday's $200,000 Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct finds a field of five tackling 9 furlongs. It's a thin choice among Teen Pauline, Centring and Royal Lahina -- who finished 1-2-3 in their last start, the Affectionately. Teen Pauline won that by 4 3/4 lengths after being allowed to set a leisurely pace. Royal Lahina and Centring finished 1-2 a race before that, in the Grade II Go For Wand Handicap. For those playing a part-wheel in the trifecta: Centring has only two wins from 16 career starts but seldom fails to hit the board.
The grassy types
Admiral Kitten, winner of the Grade I Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park last year, tops eight prospective starters for Saturday night's $200,000, Grade III John B. Connally Turf Cup at Sam Houston at 9 furlongs. In addition to that win, the Kitten's Joy colt finished second six times during 2013, including the Grade I Hollywood Derby and Grade I Jamaica Handicap. In his only previous start in Texas, Admiral Kitten won the El Joven Stakes for 2-year-olds over the Retama Park green course. He is trained by Mike Maker, who also sends out King David, who was second in this race last year behind Swift Warrior. Vertiformer, a very lightly raced, 7-year-old son of Dynaformer, makes his first start in more than a year for trainer Wayne Catalano and would not be a surprise if he's finally right.
Fourteen are set for Saturday's $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic for state-breds at Santa Anita. The 9-furlongs event promises to be a slugfest. Among the foremost is Summer Hit, a 5-year-old Bertrando gelding coming off a win in the Grade III Berkeley Handicap at Golden Gate Fields. Tiz a Minister has been off form but did finish third in the Grade II San Felipe and fourth in the Grade I Santa Anita Derby last year -- both of those, of course, on the dirt. He won the Grade III Affirmed on the all-weather at Hollywood Park last June for his most recent winner's circle picture. Winning punters will have earned their reward here.
Twelve plus an also-eligible are in for Saturday's $150,000, Grade III Endeavour Stakes at about 1 1/16 miles at Tampa Bay Downs. The morning-line favorites, Moment in Dixie and Left a Message, drew post positions No. 1 and No. 11, respectively, promising to make this a tactical race. Final Escrow and Wholelottashakin also could shake things up.
Hong Kong
Sunday's feature at Sha Tin could produce another candidate for Dubai World Cup night at Meydan should Eagle Regiment return to form as he returns to his favorite trip. The 6-year-old, trained by Manfred Man, will be trying for a record third straight win in the HK Group 1 Kent & Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup -- a 1,000-meters charge down the straightaway. Should he succeed, he will surpass the two victories notched in this race by Hong Kong legends Silent Witness and Sacred Kingdom. On form, Eagle Regiment should find this trip easier than December's Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint around one turn, where he finished 12th.
"I think coming back to 1,000 meters is better for him," Man said. "The 1,200 meters is not his best distance."
Although he will not face the monster who won the International race in December, Japan's star sprinter Lord Kanaloa, Eagle Regiment is not without meaningful competition in Sunday's heat. John Moore will saddle three, including Frederick Engles, who was third in the Hong Kong Sprint. Cerise Cherry was fourth in that race and returns. Go Baby Go has seven wins over the course and distance, including the HK Group 3 Sha Tin Sprint Trophy last fall. Eagle Regiment parlayed last year's victory in the Centenary Sprint Cup into a lucrative third in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at 1,000 meters down the Meydan straight and Man is plotting another raid on the UAE. "He is entered for Dubai so now it depends on how he runs in this race and if Dubai invites him," the trainer said.
(See a full report by RICHARD GROSS in Monday's Racing Roundup on upi.com)
Speaking of Dubai, Anaerobio, a 6-year-old, Argentine-bred son of Catcher in the Rye, trained by Mike De Cock, took Thursday's Group 2 Al Fahadi Fort at Meydan, his third straight win at the unusual 1,400-meters distance. With Christophe Soumillon up, Anaerobio tracked Pearl Flute before surging to the lead 200 meters out and won going away.
"He's not an easy horse and one you have to know well," Soumillon said. "But he loves the 1,400-meters trip around here and has a nice turn of foot ... I'm not sure what Mike has in mind."
De Cock was in South Africa, attending the yearling sales.
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Ocala Training Center
Here's Johnny shadowed pacesetting Canzoni through Tuesday's $100,000 OBS Championship Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings and stuck his nose in front at the wire. East Hall rallied late to take third, a neck farther back. Here's Johnny, a Colonel John gelding, ran 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather track in 1:45 4/5 with Kent Desormeaux riding.
Naughty Holiday came three-wide to the lead entering the stretch in Tuesday's $100,000 OBS Championship Stakes for 3-year-old fillies and got clear to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Babe's Ruler made a late move to finish second, 3/4 length to the good of Holiday Magic. Naughty Holiday, a Harlan's Holiday filly, finished the 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather course in 1:46 3/5 for Javier Castellano.
Prudhoe Bay found running room on the inside late in Tuesday's $50,000 OBS Sprint for 3-year-old colts and geldings, got through and won by a neck from pacesetting Breitling Flyer. Can't Stop the Kid was third. Prudhoe Bay, a Songandaprayer colt, ran 6 furlongs on the all-weather track in 1:10 with Paco Lopez in the irons.
Ruslana stalked the pace in Tuesday's $50,000 OBS Sprint Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, took over late and won by 1 3/4 length over Henny Jenney. Epic Story finished third. Ruslana, a City Zip filly, got home in 1:10 4/5 with Desormeaux up.
News and notes:
Catching up on this one: Japan's Horse of the Year award for 2013 will be presented Monday to the connections of Lord Kanaloa, the crack sprinter who wound up his career with a smashing win in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint in December. This was no slam-dunk, as Lord Kanaloa beat out the likes of Orfevre, runner-up in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and Gentildonna, winner of the Group 1 Japan Cup, among others. Orfevre and Gentildonna won divisional honors. A minor surprise was the selection of multiple Group 1 winner Meisho Mambo as 3-year-old filly of the year over Denim and Ruby, who just missed beating Gentildonna in the Japan Cup. Denim and Ruby defeated Meisho Mambo in the Group 2 Rose Stakes in September.


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FULL EPISODE: Census and citizenship
07/06/2019 | 24m 43s
President Donald Trump finds himself at odds with his administration over the 2020 census and a citizenship question. The panelists recapped the latest updates on that front. The discussion also turned to the border detention crisis and the president's "Salute to America" festivities on the National Mall.
Aired: 07/06/19Video has closed captioning.
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