the morning wood show: trayvon martin slaying kim kardashian flour bombed and more
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florida legislative black caucus urges federal probe of local police in trayvon martin case
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democracynoworg - we speak with florida democratic state representative mia jones who fought the passage of florida039s so-called quotstand your groundquot law that authorities say has prevented them from arresting trayvon martin039s shooter george zimmerman who is claiming he acted in self defense jones is chair of the florida legislative black caucus who sent letters to attorney general eric holder and florida gov rick scott calling for impartial investigations into the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old martin last month she says the caucus039s 24 members will work to re-evaluate the gun lawto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for democracy now interviews about racial profiling please visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

teen killed in neighborhood watch shooting
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via global grind: quot17-year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain inside his own gated orlando florida community where he was living with his father stepmother and little brother according to the family039s lawyer martin was shot after returning home from a local convenience store where he bought snacks including skittles candy requested by his 13-year-old brother chadaccording to the family039s lawyer ben crump the family is calling for the watch captain039s arrest saying martin was quoton his way home and a neighborhood watch loose cannon shot and killed himquotquot was the teen singled out and shot because he was black in a white neighborhood ana kasparian and cenk uygur discuss if race was involved on the young turks http:globalgrindcomnewstrayvon-martin-shot-and-killed-his-own-neighborhood-watch-detailssubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

trayvon martin discussion geraldo039s hoodie comments joe oliver and more
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is conservatism america039s default ideology
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a new study shows that when americans don039t have enough time or energy to give thought to a particular political issue - they tend to accept the conservative argument more often but what exactly is the conservative argument nowadays in america

crazy alert proof - easier to be hit by lightning or win the lottery
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proof - easier to be hit by lightning or win the lottery

so walker039s wildly unpopular war vs unionsall for naught
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graeme zielinksi democratic party of wisconsin joins thom hartmann governor scott walker created a firestorm in wisconsin with his anti-union law known today as act 10 it subsequently led to over a million signatures being turned in to have governor walker recalled from office but now it turns out that act 10 is unconstitutional plus - what039s up with the recall

us corps are no longer businessesthey039re extraction machines
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lynn parramore contributing editor-alternet joins thom hartmann corporations in america used to care about the best interests of their communities and country - but their role in society has changed how have corporations become a predatory monster - preying on americans and their wallets

what039s romney going to run on
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thom hartmann challenges conservative talk show host mike slater what kind of conservtaive platform will mitt romney run on don039t conservatives pride themselves on preserving the status-quo - what works - and if so why are they completely upending what was known to work for 40 yearsthe new deal reagan raised taxes eisenhower supported the new deal nixon created the epa - what happened to the republican party

time to acknowledge the american fear machine
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on sunday night - a homemade explosive device was detonated outside a window of a planned parenthood office in wisconsin - but you haven039t heard a peep about it from mainstream media the fear machine is tearing apart american society how can we turn it off and return america to the land of the free and the home of the brave

the good the bad and the very very ulotrichously ugly
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the good aung san suu kyi kyi - the opposition leader in myanmar - won a seat in the country039s parliament following sunday039s elections the bad texas governor rick perry rick perry and texas are full-steam ahead in executing another potentially innocent death row inmate the bad texas governor rick perry rick perry and texas are full-steam ahead in executing another potentially innocent death row inmate and the very very ugly arizona superintendent of schools john huppenthal two years ago - arizona banned the teaching of ethnic studies in k-12 education - and now it039s going after universities too

full show 4212: what is a quotconservativequot
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thom asks if romney039s platform will offer anything besides money and extremism and what constitutes a conservative these days also discussed: why corporations are paying the lowest taxes in 40 years the latest from the recall efforts in wisconsin and in tonight039s quotdaily takequot thom discusses the right-wing fear machine and the effects it has on the country

watch zimmerman attorney039s news conference on client039s murder charge
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george zimmerman039s new attorney said wednesday that his client will plead not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of unarmed florida teen trayvon martin mark o039mara asked that people not jump to conclusions saying he039s quothoping that the community will calm downquot now that charges have been filed and the case is moving forward zimmerman has acknowledged shooting martin but says it was in self-defense after the two got into a fight on feb 26

epic fail by police in trayvon martin investigation
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details of how the police department handled the trayvon martin murder investigation have recently been released cenk uygur and ana kasparian go over these bombshell updates including possible witness tampering subscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

white guy stops black mugger then a black crowd attack him chanting quottrayvon martinquot
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the name of trayvon martin was invoked again wednesday night in gainesville during an attack by a group that police say stomped on a white man who was scuffling with a black robbery suspect on the bo diddley community plazathe robbery suspect carl milton babb 50 had been released from prison earlier in the day after serving more than two years in prison for the same crime he is accused of committing wednesday snatching a purse from a woman near the downtown plazaaccording to a gainesville police department arrest report babb approached a woman eating dinner at the lunchbox on the plaza at about 8:50 pm and asked her for a lightwhen she said she didn039t have one babb took off with her purse which contained her 500 cellphone according to the reportthe woman039s dinner companion and another person took off after babbwhen her friend caught up with babb according to the police report babb punched him in the face and grabbed his hair but he was able to keep babb pinned down according to the reportthe scene attracted a crowd and a number of people on the plaza approached babb and the good samaritan who tried to explain that babb had just stolen his friend039s pursegpd spokeswoman cpl angelina valuri said some members of the crowd shouted quottrayvonquot and that at least three of members of the crowd began stomping on the hands of the woman039s friend to force him to let go of babbbabb who was listed as homeless was arrested by police a few blocks awayvaluri said some witnesses to the robbery tried to calm down the crowd affirming the victim039s story that he was trying to stop a man accused of a crime and retrieve his friend039s pursequotthe crowd was acting off of emotion without knowing all of the facts of this casequot valuri said adding that investigators didn039t immediately know the names or races of the men or women who stomped on the victimit was the second attack in the past week in gainesville in which assailants yelled the first name of trayvon martin the unarmed black 17-year-old who was shot and killed by crime-watch volunteer george zimmerman as the teen walked back to his father039s girlfriend039s apartment in sanford on feb 26state attorney angela corey had announced at 6 pm wednesday in jacksonville less than three hours before the incident on gainesville039s downtown plaza that zimmerman had been charged with second-degree murder in martin039s deathin gainesville early saturday a 27-year-old white man was beaten by a group of between five and eight black men as he walked home on southwest 23rd terrace police saidthe victim told police the attackers shouted quottrayvonquot before beating him though he was intoxicated and could not give a description of the attackers or their vehiclevaluri said thursday that investigators had no leads in the case and still were depending on members of the public to come forward with informationquotemotions with the trayvon martin case even though it didn039t occur in our community emotions are running high across the nation including the city of gainesvillequot valuri said referring to how the martin case reared its head in gainesville on wednesday quotit039s very unfortunate that with this particular case a person who was just trying to do the right thing ended up getting hurtquotaccording to the gpd report babb told officer jon rappa he was quothigh on crack and doesn039t remember what happenedquothe also said he had been released from prison earlier in the daysource: http:wwwgainesvillecomarticle20120412articles120419865tc=cr