Guest: Author Dr. David Ansell

Obama released his birth certificate today! Silly me. This whole time I thought he was a hologram. On today’s show, Dr. David Ansell, author of “County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospitals” about his medical education in Chicago’s Cook County Hospital set against a backdrop of race, segregation and poverty.

In the Member’s Only Show Sam confirms that the Birther movement is not over, talks about the firefighters union, says everyone should get out to local town hall meetings, covers some more news stories and responds to listener phone calls and IMs! To get the entire Majority Report podcast including the Member’s Only Show become a member and support liberal independent media!

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Topics Discussed on Today’s Show:

• Holding Bernanke Accountable By David Leonhardt
• Obama says Manning ‘Broke the law’
• Did Obama taint WikiLeaks suspect’s right to fair trial?
• Vermont heading towards single payer healthcare
• The movie going public “Shrugged”

Bonus topics from the Members Only Show (see what you miss when you are not a member!)

• The firefighters union freezes campaign contributions to federal Democratic candidates

Media From Today’s Show:

Nicole Sandler arrested at Allen West town hall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9h1XHlEPjo

Obama says Bradley Manning “broke the law.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfmtUpd4id0