From the show: Gun control, GOP drama and the politics of pot
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Topic: Jobs & Unemployment
Cenk on GOP’s lies in 2012: ‘Otherwise they wouldn’t win’
The fact-checkers at Politifact chose Mitt Romney’s alarmist attack ad alleging that Chrysler will move Jeep production to China as the “lie of the year.” watch video
From the show: Oliver Stone, estate taxes and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
RIGHT TO WORK (FOR LESS) CNN Money Michigan lawmakers approve right to work legislation CBS News Right-to-work poised to become law in Michigan ‘ZERO DARK THIRTY’ The Huffington Post ‘Zero Dark Thirty’: Debate Rages over Film’s Depiction of … read post
Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder, big business and wealthy GOPers have ruined our democracy
Cenk Uygur digs into the income inequality at the root of the protests against the “right-to-work” law in Michigan. watch video
Cenk on Fox News contributor who got punched during #RTW protests: ‘These guys are worried about their families, and you get in their face’
Cenk Uygur weighs in on the events surrounding a Fox News contributor, Steven Crowder, getting punched during a Michigan protest against the “right-to-work” law. watch video
A black woman receiving more employment opportunities when she lists herself as white is ‘proof that racism still exists in the job market’
Cenk Uygur talks to Professor Tricia Rose, Brown University, and Yolanda Spivey, an African American woman who tested U.S. hiring practices by duplicating her own resume under a profile for a nonexistent white applicant on Monster.com. watch video
From the show: GOP time machine, weed in Washington and the end of the world
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Cenk: ‘The Heritage Foundation is not a think tank — it’s a money-laundering operation’
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., is leaving office to run the Heritage Foundation, an infamous Republican think tank — but Cenk suggests it’s more about money than wanting to advocate for GOP-supported policies. watch video
From the show: Budget stalemates, drone strikes and weed wars
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Wal-Mart factory fire proves that ‘workers in Bangladesh are dying just like workers in the US did 100 years ago’
Cenk Uygur talks with Theresa Haas, director of communications for the Worker Rights Consortium, about Wal-Mart’s decision not to make safety improvements at the Bangladesh factory that later caught fire, killing more than 100 workers. watch video
