It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She talks to Kerry Howley, feature writer at New York Magazine, to discuss her recent book Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through The Deep State. Then, she is joined by Edwin Ackerman, assistant professor of sociology at Syracuse University, to disc...

Pat Robertson muses that British people might want to die in terrorist attacks, because of political correctness.

Journalist Marcy Wheeler, explains why the Intelligence community has become worried about Trump and national security. Mike Flynn’s Russia calls and why he lied. Was Flynn compromised by Russia and how that information became public. Did Trump direct Flynn. How Flynn’s call was intercepted. Obam...

How Republicans will dismantle healthcare.

National Security journalist William Arkin author of Unmanned: Drones, Data, and the Illusion of Perfect Warfare, explains the growth of the global intelligence network supporting modern warfare and spying. The global hunt for information. The shifting calculus of unmanned war. How drone warfare ...

Pando Senior Editor Mark  Ames, explains how Symour Hersh’s attempts at Corporate muckraking in the 1970s reveal the dangers of going after the corporate state. Dangers of corporate muckraking journalism and what’s wrong with the NSA debate.

Journalist Charlie Pierce explains the bizarre new law enforcement shooting of a terrorism suspect in Boston. How does someone become monitored? Can Congress restore civil liberties? Hillary’s Democratic challengers and the Republican clown car.

National security blogger and analyst, Marcy Wheeler, explains what’s good about the USA Freedom Act and what’s wrong with it. Why the USA Freedom ACT, could end up creating new civil liberties problems for Americans. The Second Circuit Court decision that limits the NSA’s domestic spying. The re...

Glenn Greenwald author of No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, explains why so much information the NSA collects is not collected from NSA targets, why the NSA’s information gathering is ripe for abuse, the NSA’s spying on specific Muslim civil society leade...

Slate political reporter Dave Weigel explains what happened in the Georgia Republican Senate primary, what is the actual distinction between the Tea Party and the Republican establishment, the Chamber of Commerce and the Tea Party, how the Tea Party is winning the long term game, why Common Core ...

Education activist and the author of Feel-Bad Education Alfie Kohn explains why poverty is the root problem in modern education, where standardized testing fails, why driving up test scores do not reflect education but do reflect affluence, why those pushing corporate education “reform” do not un...

Political strategist Cliff Schecter explains the nature of President Obama’s proposed NSA reforms, what Obama didn’t say in his NSA address, why Obama always trusts the establishment, will Congress will restore the Voting Rights Act? The Chris Christie scandal keeps growing, all the agencies inve...

Mike Konczal explains the Carmen Reinhart Kenneth Rogoff thesis, how influential the Rhienhart Rogoff paper was, why there study was riddled with errors, how an excel spread sheet error destroyed the methodology of the study, the perils of wonkery and why there is no accountability for elites.

Glenn Greenwald, explains the most important revelations from the NSA spying scandal, why the indiscriminate nature of the data mining is so shocking, why privacy matters to all of us, how the national security state redefines what is a threat regularly, the global impact of the NSA disclosures, ...

Cliff Schecter explains some of the best and worst political events of 2013, how the sequester, the budget deal and unemployment insurance expiration all harm the most vulnerable Americans, how austerity is still hurting America, playing offense on Social Security and a more progressive caucus in...

Slate contributing writer Emily Bazelon explains Judge Richard Leon’s ruling against the NSA’s metadata collection, why the government has not been able to prove that its methods are essential for thwarting terrorists, how ordering pizza from Dominos explains the NSA’s mass over reach, the issue ...

Demos Senior Fellow and former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert explains the radical politics of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. Why Mandela did not renounce violence, the absence of political militancy in American politics, how the US whitewashes radical politics, Mandela’s commitm...

The Nation’s Michelle Goldberg explains the Republican elites new attack on the working poor, how the GOP’s contempt for the working class is becoming more open, the myths Republicans need to tell themselves about the economy to sustain their ideology, will the public become more supportive of th...

Salon contributing writer, Eric Stern explains Sean Hannity’s stunningly dishonest health care panel, how Fox gets away with systemic lies, fact checking people who claim to be victims of Obamacare and how healthcare will be covered in mainstream media moving forward.

Credo Action’s political director, Becky Bond explains how Credo is fighting against cuts to Social Security and Medicare, how Bernie Sanders is standing up for real Americans, the Obama Administration’s zombie commitment to cutting Social Security, why Congress is moving to reign in the NSA, sup...

Jeffrey Rosen the President of the he President And CEO of the National Constitution Center explains the depth and range of NSA spying on Europe, how the new revelations could change the legal standing of those challenging the spying programs, will the broad use of surveillance change American pu...

Sam Seder celebrates New Jersey’s move to marriage equality, explains why corporate education “reform” is hurting children and disrupting learning, Dick Durbin pushes anti progressive agenda on Fox News Sunday, why we are still living under a partial government shutdown, why establishment Democra...

Matt Apuzzo the co-author of Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden’s Final Plot Against America: explained the roots of the NYPD’s spying program targeting Muslim communities across the city, the link between the CIA and domestic spying, how the NYPD spying unit opera...

The Nation’s John Nicholas: explained why Michael Bloomberg is upset of the success of Bill De Blasio’s run for Mayor of New York, why we need real progressive economic policies and the message the New York’s Mayors race will send to the rest of the country.

The Center For American Progress’s Ruy Teixeira: explained why raising the minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular, how the minimum wage splits the Republican coalition, how Democrats can can win on this issue and the importance of progressive economics for Democratic success.

Bradley Manning is sentenced to thirty five years in prison, why Manning has already faced torture and cruel and unusual punishment, why the Manning trial was about intimidation, how the Obama Administration protects torturers and ruthlessly prosecuted Manning.

Cliff Schecter explained why Republicans are freaking out about Obama putting Solar Panels on the White House, an internal audit shows the NSA violated privacy protections thousands of times, why Snowden’s leaks of done a big service to the country, what options do we have in Egypt? Eric Holder’s...

James C. Goodale attorney the New York Times during the release Pentagon Papers explained why the defense establishment always defends secrecy, why President Obama has been played by the national security state, why secrecy is distinct from confidentiality, the Nixonian roots of today’s attacks o...

Journalist, Radley Balko, explained the rise of “warrior cops” why the “wars” on “drugs” and “terrorism” have militarized the police, how the “drug war” brought battle field weapons to America’s streets, how Swat Teams became normalized, the corporate special interests that profit from warrior co...

Professor Vijay Prashad, explained what Bradley Mannings leaks showed about American pressure on developing economies, why the Yemeni & Pakistani governments are complicit with American drone attacks, the growth of southern power and modern alternatives to capitalism.

Journalist David Dayen, explained what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do, how the housing bubble brought us the financial crises, why Obama’s new housing policy is confused, the problem with the American obsession with home ownership and how we are creating another housing crises.

Cliff Schecter explained why Nancy Pelosi pushed hard against the defund the NSA data collection bill, the distinction between establishment and progressive Democrats, the meaning of President Obama’s new economic address, progressives push for an expansion of Social Security, the Groundswell con...

Glenn Greenwald, explained the most important revelations from the NSA spying scandal, why the indiscriminate nature of the data mining is so shocking, why privacy matters to all of us, how the national security state redefines what is a threat regularly, the global impact of the NSA disclosures,...

David Dayen, explained how Larry Summers has positioned himself to become the next FED chair, the sexist campaign behind Summers, why the FED chair is the most important policy maker Larry Summers awful track record on financial regulation and how can Summers be blocked

Eliot Spitzer returns to politics, Mark Halperin harasses him on Morning Joe, new revelations on the FISA Court and how the FISA Court is making new common law in secret.

Max Blumenthal, explained the forces working smear the Ecuadorian government and Glenn Greenwald, the right-wing lobbying cabal using Edward Snowden to undermine Latin American governance, the problem with access journalism and more stunning double standards on leaksOn

On today’s show Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas, explained why demographics and cultural trends favor progressive politics.

On today’s show, David Dayen explained the student loan crises and why the student loan industry is uniquely unfair and corrupt. Investigative journalist explained the massive role that private contractors play in NSA surveillance and the Nation’s George Zornick explained where immigration reform...

Bill Scher debated Matt & Michael on NSA data mining, is the NSA’s surveillance legal?whether or not the program has been effective, has the monitoring been abused? and the role of private contractors in gathering intelligence.

Sam and Cliff Schecter explained the enduring importance of the NSA scandal, the incompetence of the intelligence apparatus, the straw man arguments against pushing for transparency, the endless historical examples of abuse of surveillance and a Supreme Court ruling update.

Labor historian and journalist Richard Yeselson explained how labor militancy drove labor rights in the 1930s, how the passage of Taft-Hartley Act attacked the organizing and cultural power of labor, why the Congressional backlash against labor was connected with opposition to civil rights, what ...

Sam explained the absurd reactions from Thomas Friedman and David Brooks to the Edward Snowden disclosures, why establishment journalists defend themselves by attacking whistle blowing, Senate coalition pushes for more transparency in the surveillance program and how private companies are abusing...

Sam went solo today and explained why Edward Snowden isn’t the main story, the market for private spying and data collection, why the Patriot Act’s implementation is a fundamental challenge to democratic culture, how the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied the Senate and how corp...

Professor Juan Cole, explained the corporate distortion of the Constitution, why NSA whistle blowers are turning the tables on the surveillance state, why data mining is a flawed counter terrorism strategy, the origins of Turkey’s recent protests and the youth driven global backlash against neo-l...

Cliff Schecter, explained the new revelations of NSA data mining and surveillance, how the Obama Administration has codified a deeply invasive framework for monitoring Americans, will Glenn Greenwald be prosecuted? Is the “Grand Bargain” dead? and is Immigration Reform going to be killed by the GOP?

Blogger Marcy Wheeler explained the meaning of the NSA’s mass surveillance of Verizon phone customers, why the NSA’s monitoring focuses on Americans, the problem with data mining in terrorism investigations, why it is alarmingly easy to become a terrorism suspect and why the programs secrecy is a...

Investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, explained the NSA’s fraud filled “Trailblazer” program, how NSA intelligence was distorted by poorly designed private technology, the four NSA officers who tried to expose fraud and abuse at the agency and how the Obama Administration has pursued a war on wh...

On today’s Best of 2012, Sam’s interviews NSA whistle-blower Thomas Drake and his attorney Jesselyn Radack,on the government’s intimidation and personal destruction of whistle-blowers and the Obama Administration’s record on government transparency. And an interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehous...

NSA whistle-blower Thomas Drake and Jesselyn Radack, DOJ whistle-blower, on the government’s intimidation and personal destruction of whistle-blowers.  The Espionage Act, secret signing statements and how Obama has outdone Bush in squashing informants.  Radack is also Drake’s attorney, Director o...