Summary: Will Republican overreach inspire a national Progressive movement? This week on Talking Left, we considered the impact of the latest Republican overreach. In addition to ultra-conservative Congress members holding our nation hostage, GOP lawmakers in many states are pushing extreme right-wing policies. As we see more lawmakers shift farther to the Right, it appears a Progressive movement is waking up. We considered how this may play out in several areas, and we were joined by two great guests! In the first hour, we spoke with Sean McGuire, of Maryland's Department of Natural Resources. Sean helped us understand Maryland's recent move to consider the GPI - Genuine Progress Indicator - when making decisions that effect state residents. Rather than only taking economics into account, and only judging the state by financial measures, Maryland is now also factoring in indicators like the real cost of pollution, and the amount of down-time residents have. This measure could have a huge impact of the future of Maryland, and would be a great policy to enact nation-wide. And, during the last hour of the show, we spoke with our friend Justin Duckham, of The Talk Radio News Service. As Justin reports for TRNS on all the latest news in Congress, we thought he could help us unravel the Republican-controlled House of Representative's recent action on the Farm Bill. Of course, as the House wasn't the only legislative branch to make news this week, Justin also spoke with us about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and his renewed threat to reform the filibuster. There's way too much detail to get into in the blog post, so you'll have to listen to Justin's great analysis. Thanks to Rocky Mountain Mike for writing and producing our incredible theme music! Please check out his amazing Sound Cloud! Thanks to We Act Radio - 1480AM WPWC, Radio or Not, Progressive Blend Radio, and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! And, of course, thanks to you, our listeners, friends, and family - for supporting us through all of our crazy shows, dreams, and political addictions!! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes and to our awesome new YouTube Channel! As always, thanks for listening!
