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6/8 Senator Jeff Merkley, Cliff Schecter & more from Netroots Nation

June 8, 2012

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Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley kicks off the show talking banking reform and good process government. Friday favorite Cliff Schecter from Libertas, LLC shares the line up. Gaius Publius from AMERICAblog, discusses pushing Progressive ideals forward, Joe Sudbay from AMERICAblog speaks on marriage equality. Blogger Marcie Wheeler from Empty Wheel and senior policy editor at Daily Kos Joan McCarter talk banking fiasco and failure of Obama administration. And Ari Berman from the Nation, on voter suppression in Florida.

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