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Of both chambers and a lot of states because of the activist groups that are well funded by people who definitely want social change? i mean, or is this really coming from someone who is elected and genuinely goes back to his or her office and sits down and writes this? or is this stuff you think being corporately handled to them and then of course they dont want to become a target at election time, theyll go along with the fraternity? >> i think its a little bit of both and youre right, thigh t...

They often do, try to get things in under the radar, they try to slide things through, and then once theyre nailed and caught on that, this is what happens, it becomes a big brouhaha and the country stands up and says, no, were not a country based in discrimination. >> as a gay man and journalist, what is your response to the proponents saying, well, youre infringing upon religious freedom? >> i have no idea what that means, actually, ed, because they have all these wonderful concerns about impu...

Peoples religious beliefs. >> were being besieged. >> this is denying my right as christian to exercise my conscience. >> we feel, people of faith, our rights are being whittled away in the name of gay rights. >> effectively eviscerating the first amendment rights of freedom of speech, expression, and religious expression for the people of arizona. >> joining me tonight from rawstory.com, mike rogers, longtime activist as well. thanks for doing the ride raid owe show from time to time. i appreci...

>> the president is going to approve the xl pipeline. >> he also picked up his pen and finally approved the keystone pipeline. >> i dont know why hes going to wait two or three months to do it. >> my guess is hell say yes to keystone. >> write it down, he is going to approve the xl pipeline. there is no defending not opening the xl pipeline. >> theres nothing complex about the keystone pipeline. its time to build it. bye. >> oh, no, no, no, speaker boehner, its very complex. good to ha...

"time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." that exchange came to light as part of subpoenaed documents. but a big question has been why did wildstein cross out some material? today the big news. many of those redactions have been revealed, exposing christie aides joking about abusing power. and we have names to go with statements that had been anonymous. a notorious example was the response by an unnamed person to complaints from the ft. lee mayor about children who couldnt get to sc...

former vice president dick cheney, who used the u.s. military as a political pawn, who relied on bogus claims to sell two wars with disastrous results is lecturing president obama? and, again, listen to the words he chose, focusing on food stamps. >> hed much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops. >> president obama cares more about food stamps than the troops. first of all, shouldnt cheneys record disqualify him from this de...

>> jobs were lost to china because of the walmart. >> im not a spokesman for walmart. im a spokesman for american manufacturing. good to have you with us. a lot more coming up on the xl pipeline in the back half. lots of interviews and information. you know, in our business or in any business, sales solves a lot of problems. you have to believe the pitch man. theres been great ones over the years. i remember growing up, i used to listen to the radio all the time. it was paul harvey, ...

We will hear from the sioux indian nation, the sioux rosebud reservation. there were representatives that drove six hours to meet me because they heard that i was going to be in nebraska. they say their side of the story hasnt been told anywhere. we will visit with those native americans on this program later on this week. and also the politics of it all. how a multinational corporation went in and influenced a vote to have laws changed in the nebraska legislature to get a stamp of approval to g...

Ive been involved in elections before where you can go a short period of time or it would take some time. were not going away, ed. were going to be no chattanooga. we have 5,000 uaw members in the state of tennessee. its ironic. these officials who threatened the workers at volkswagen had no problem coming to the ribbons ceremony to cut the ribbon at spring hills. >> well follow the story. thanks so much. >> thank you. coming up, a town rich in tradition sets in the proposed path of the keysto...

walker to a secret e-mail system. >> sounds like a secret society. >> thats one way of looking at it. >> i know you know. >> thousands of e-mails were released this week that indicate that you knew. >> i know you know i know. >> right. >> the voters of the state of wisconsin want to know whether or not their governor is telling the truth. >> tell us how you feel in your deepest, deepest soul. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. i want to start tonight thanking arizona progressi...