Summary: The Populist Movement is real...and it's growing! This week on Talking Left, we talked SCOTUS, John Boehner, and how we build on the Populist Movement. In the first hour, we did a recap of this week's Supreme Court rulings, and tried to give you a few points that you may not have heard about each one. Did you know that Justice Antonin Scalia wasn't always the pro-Fourth Amendment, Libertarian, Tea Party hero that he now seems to be? Or, how about the fact that the Supreme Court thinks their personal buffer zone rule is fine, and that it's okay to lock people up in "free speech zone" cages, but that women don't deserve a little space to safely access a completely legal medical procedure? And, even though the Supreme Court has amassed a tremendous amount of power, why is it that they don't think that our President should be acting like an executive? Apparently, it's okay for them to act like royalty, but they'll be damned if they allow anyone else to exert a little power. In hour two, we got in to House Speaker John Boehner's "show trial" of a lawsuit against the President. The Republicans know that they can't get away with real impeachment proceedings, so they want to put President Obama on trial in the court of the media. Not only will this likely be thrown out of court, but hopefully it will end up backfiring on the obstructionists in Congress. Also in the second hour, we spoke with Marissa Valeri of Common Cause. Now, more than ever, we must join together to get money out of politics and protect our right to participate in our democratic process. Common Cause is working hard on both of those issues, and a whole lot more. Merissa explained how you can get involved with groups in your area, and help work on overturning Citizens United, protecting a free and open internet, or making sure that all your friends and neighbors show up to vote. In the third hour, we spoke with not one, but two more amazing guests! First we heard from David Bender, the political director of Progressive Voices, about his thoughts on this weeks Mississippi primary runoff. The race between Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel really did seem like a made-for-TV movie, but it proved how much the Republican establishment wants to keep out Tea Party candidates. Hopefully, the continuing in-fighting between these two candidates will give the Democrat in the race an advantage, but it is, after all, the very Red state of Mississippi. Last, but far from least, we spoke with Tom Cheevers of Netroots Radio. In addition to helping Netroots Radio get up and running, Tom also hosts his own show called Kicking Ass. We spoke about the history of Netroots Radio, and about the importance of the Progressive community. Like many other Progressive news outlets, Netroots is ran by a few passionate, hard-working, dedicated people, and it is amazing what they've been able to pull off! As the Right continues to take over terrestrial radio, it's people like Tom that will make sure we still have a place to tune in to Progressive radio. 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, Netroots Radio, SoFlo Radio, and Radio or Not,- for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! 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! As always, thanks for listening!
