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00:00:07
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TAKE A LOOK AT A RECENT MAGAZINE ARTICLES TODAY WE FOCUS ON A "MOTHER JONES" PIECE WRITTEN BY ANDY KROLL, WHO WAS WITH US. "REVEALED -- THE MASSIVE NEW...
00:00:29
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
LEADERS OF GREEN PEAS, THIS YEAR CLUB, THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA UNION, AND THE NAACP, OR BASICALLY GETTING TOGETHER AS LEADERS OF LIBERAL...
00:02:22
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CALL IT A SECRET MEETING. WHY IS ITS SECRET? GUEST: NO PRESS
00:02:28
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
WERE ALLOWED PAID OFF THE RECORD, AND BY- ONLY -- NO PRESS WERE ALLOWED. OFF THE RECORD, INVITE-ONLY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NOT PUBLICIZED AND ALL. I...
00:02:59
CALLER, -
THEIR REPRESENTATION FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OR THE HOUSE OR SENATE? . GUEST: THERE
00:03:06
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
WERE NO DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL OFFICIALS THERE THERE WERE TWO SENATORS WHO CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT FILIBUSTER REFORM -- SENATOR TOM UDALL...
00:03:51
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THEY SEE AT THE AMERICAN POLITICS. OTHER PROBLEMS THEY SEAT WITH CONSERVATIVES, THE PRESIDENT, DEMOCRATS, OR BOTH? GUEST: THE...
00:04:03
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
COME AS THEY SEE IT, DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO WITH CONSERVATIVES. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC AGENDAS AND HAVE BEEN SLOWED OFF FOR A TIME AS THEY WORK...
00:05:18
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
COMPLAINING ABOUT BIG MONEY IN POLITICS, AND YET THEY RESPOND BAY PUTTING IN MONEY. GUEST: THAT
00:05:26
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
IS RIGHT, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE INHERENT TENSIONS OF THIS EFFORT. THEIR POINT IS THAT WE CANNOT GET ANYTHING DONE SIMPLY BY SITTING AROUND AND TALKING...
00:05:48
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SOME COMMERCIALS ALREADY ADVOCATING FOR REFORM OF HOW THE SENATE WORK STRIP OF MUCH MONEY AND RESOURCES ART THEY PUTTING INTO THAT EFFORT ALONE? GUEST:...
00:06:01
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
WORKERS OF AMERICA UNION ANNOUNCED $3,000 HUMMER IN THE SENATE'S, SENATE REBUFFED -- $300,000 HAMMERING THE SENATE, SENATE REPUBLICANS, ON FILIBUSTER...
00:06:31
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PAGE OF "USA TODAY" THIS MORNING, WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA "PRESSES BROUGHT A GUN AT PLAN." "ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA WOULD BE USED TO SELL THE PLAN TO AMERICANS."...
00:06:59
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
AMERICA IS DEFINITELY AN OBAMA CREATION. THIS IS THE GRASS-ROOTS NETWORK -- THE E-MAIL LIST, BUT THE FUNDRAISING MACHINE, THAT OBAMA HAS BUILT UP SINCE...
00:07:35
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT MET TOGETHER THAT YOU WRITE ABOUT, DO THEY HAVE A NEW NAME? GUEST: THE
00:07:42
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE TRADE IS NOT GET MORE ANODYNE OR GENERIC AND THAT -- THE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE. IT REALLY DOES NOT GET MORE ANODYNE OR GENERIC THAN...
00:08:18
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE MASSIVE AND TOO LIBERAL PLAN TO -- MASSIVE THE NEW LIBERAL PLAN TO REMAKE AMERICAN POLITICS CLOSE WHAT IS THE HEADLINE. LAST WEEK WE TALKED WITH A...
00:08:47
CALLER, -
YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM PROUD DEMOCRAT AND THE REASON I AM IS I FEEL THAT WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES IS THEY TRY TO LISTEN...
00:09:32
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
RIGHT. ANDY KROLL, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF WHAT YOU HEARD THERE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CALLER? GUEST: THERE WILL BE AN
00:09:43
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
EFFORT AMONG MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP TO TEST REPUBLICANS HERE AS DETACHED FROM THE PEOPLE -- CAST REPUBLICANS HERE AS DETACHED FROM THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENTED...
00:10:59
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: GARRY, ILLINOIS, REPUBLICAN CALLER. CALLER: YES, GOOD
00:11:04
CALLER, -
MORNING. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY NEED TO SPEND AS MUCH MONEY TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT CARDS IN OUR SCHOOLS LIKE THEY...
00:11:52
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CONTROL -- WILL THIS GROUP OF THE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE BE LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE? GUEST:
00:11:59
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
SOME ARE ALREADY MOBILIZING AND EDUCATING MEMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS A HOT- BUTTON ISSUE RIGHT NOW. INTERESTING THING, THE WAY THE NRA, THE BIG GUN LOBBY,...
00:13:03
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ON WITH ANDY KROLL OFM "MOTHER JONES" MAGAZINE. CALLER: I'VE
00:13:16
CALLER, -
BEEN WATCHING SATELLITE TV, AND WATCHED CURRENT TV, AND I HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, GOING BACK TO THE 1970'S WITH THE KOCH...
00:14:29
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
KROLL? GUEST: INTERESTING
00:14:34
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
POINT THE CALLER MADE, AND THANKS FOR THE CALL, ABOUT CONSERVATIVE EFFORTS DATING BACK TO THE 1970'S -- YOU CAN DRAW A THREE LINE FROM THAT POINT WHERE...
00:16:07
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DEMOCRATIC CALLER. CALLER: FIRST,
00:16:11
CALLER, -
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE COMMENTATORS WHO IS COMMENTAT ING TODAY. IT STARTED UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, AND ERIC HOLDER CAME IN AND DID...
00:17:02
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
IS READY TO GO AROUND THIS GUN CONTROL REFORM WE ARE GOING TO SEE. INTERESTINGLY AS WELL, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF FOLKS, THE COALITION I WRITE ABOUT...
00:18:04
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LEVEL? GUEST: STATE
00:18:08
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
LEVEL AND THE NATIONAL LEVEL. WHEN I TALKED TO HAS TALKED ABOUT MOBILIZING IN SIERRA CLUB CHAPTERS AROUND THESE ISSUES. THE PRESSURE WILL HAVE TO COME...
00:18:42
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS THERE A DANGER, ANY TALK OF CONCERN THAT THEY COULD GO TOO FAR? GUEST: THAT IS IN THEIR
00:18:51
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
HEADS AT ALL TIMES. THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS GROUP ARE FROM ALL STRIPES AND SHADES OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT. THERE DEFINITELY ARE MORE LIBERAL ELEMENTS...
00:19:16
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: [LAUGHS] GUEST: THEY WHAT REFORM
00:19:22
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
ON THESE ISSUES, BUT IT CANNOT BE A LIBERAL WISH LIST EITHER. THEY BELIEVE THAT IS GOOD AND TRUE FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY GO INTO THIS WITH EYES WIDE...
00:19:43
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TALKING ABOUT A MEETING OF LIBERAL GROUPS WHO ARE NOW CALLING THEMSELVES THE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE. THE HEADLINE OUT OF "MOTHER JONES" MAGAZINE. MARY IN...
00:20:03
CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I KNOW THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE PARTS OF THEIR AGENDA IS BIG MONEY IN POLITICS. I WONDER WHAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION...
00:20:47
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
A GOOD POINT. OBVIOUSLY, UNIONS, SOME OF THE BIGGEST UNIONS IN THE COUNTRY, ARE A MEMBER OF THIS COLLISION. SEIU, THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION, AS IS THE...
00:21:27
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SOROS? GUEST: GEORGE SOROS' IS NOT
00:21:33
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
PART OF THAT PAID HIS MONEY IS NOT DISCLOSED THE WAY THE LABOR UNIONS' ARE. SO THERE IS A DISPARITY IN THAT. THE UNIONS ARE A HUGE POLITICAL FORCE,...
00:22:13
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BY "MASSIVE NEW LIBERAL PLAN." WHAT IS MASSIVE ABOUT IT? GUEST:
00:22:23
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
THE LARGEST GROUPS ON THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE, AND IT IS EXPECTED TO GROW AS BIG AS 50 BY THE END OF THE WINTER. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A COALITION AS BIG...
00:24:16
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, YOU ARE ON THE AIR. CALLER: YOU ALREADY TOOK
00:24:21
CALLER, -
MY CALL. HOST:
00:24:24
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ALL, SORRY ABOUT THAT. JACK. CALLER:
00:24:31
CALLER, -
AND LISTENING TO YOUR NEW NAMES -- "PROGRESSIVE." DO YOU CALL YOURSELF A SOCIALIST? GUEST:
00:24:39
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
ME PERSONALLY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. CALLER: SO YOUR
00:24:45
CALLER, -
ORGANIZATION IS A LIBERAL, BUT YOU ARE NOT FOR A SOCIALIST-TYPE LEGISLATION FOR "THE PEOPLE." I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, WITH THIS LINE OF FUTURE...
00:25:14
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
BE CONFLATING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I AM WRITING ABOUT -- THE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, THIS COALITION OF PROGRESSIVE GROUPS -- WITH MY ON PUBLICATION,...
00:26:33
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
THE STATE AND NATIONAL DEBATE IS A VERY GOOD ONE. FILIBUSTER REFORM IS A FIGHT IN THE SENATE AND THAT CAN PLAY OUT IN THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CONGRESSIONAL...
00:27:29
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
NEXT CALLER. WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT? CALLER: FREEDOM --
00:27:37
CALLER, -
PRAYER IN SCHOOLS, THIS KIND OF THING. SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE READ MORE ABOUT BONDS THAN FREEDOM OF SPEECH -- WORRY MORE ABOUT GUNS THAN FREEDOM OF SPEECH...
00:28:01
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THERE, CALLER. BRIAN IN ILLINOIS, REPUBLICAN. CALLER: YOU TALK ABOUT
00:28:09
CALLER, -
UNIONS BUT I DON'T THINK ANY UNIONS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY PRIVATE SECTOR. ANOTHER COMMENT, ON GUNS -- I LIVE NEAR...
00:28:30
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT FIGURE? CALLER: HOW DO I KNOW
00:28:35
CALLER, -
THAT FIGURE? YOU CAN LOOK AT THE ARREST RECORDS. IT IS THAT SIMPLE. I GUARANTEE, NOT ONE OF THOSE GUNS ARE REGISTERED. NOT ONE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
00:28:56
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT POINT, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING MORE BROADLY THIS MORNING WITH ANDY KROLL ABOUT HIS PEACE IN "MOTHER JONES" MAGAZINE ABOUT LIBERAL GROUPS COMING TOGETHER...
00:29:26
CALLER, -
BEEN WATCHING C- SPAN FOR A WHILE, AND I APPRECIATE GETTING IN AND SETTING OFF ON THIS TOPIC. WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS, AND THE MEDIA CANNOT BE COMPLICIT,...
00:30:42
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THIS HEADLINE SPECIFICALLY, "REVEALED: THE MASSIVE NEW LIBERAL PLAN TO REMAKE AMERICAN POLITICS"? CALLER:
00:30:51
CALLER, -
ABSOLUTELY. THE CONSTITUTION IS THE LAW OF THE LAND, AND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ENUMERATED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOES BACK TO THE STATES. I HEARD...
00:31:31
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR POINT. ANDY KROLL. GUEST: APPRECIATE YOUR
00:31:37
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
CALL. HEADLINES CAN HAVE AN EFFECT OF SUMMARIZING AND SHRINKING DOWN INTO A FEW WORDS WHAT IN THIS CASE IS AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE AND WIDE-RANGING COALITION...
00:32:34
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CALLER. CALLER: I WOULD
00:32:37
CALLER, -
LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE CALLER FROM KENTUCKY WHO TALKED ABOUT THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF THE PAC MONEY AND COMPARING IT TO THE UNION DUES MONEY. NUMBER...
00:33:19
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
AS WELL. UNION MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY IF THEY WANT MONEY SPENT ON POLITICAL PURPOSES, IF THE DOS THEY PATE GO TO THOSE REPRESENTING THEM OR NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS....
00:34:24
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
REPUBLICAN CALLER. CALLER:
00:34:30
CALLER, -
THANKS FOR C-SPAN2 BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE GUEST YOU HAVE PAID IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, AND HIS ORGANIZATION POSTED A 47% VIDEO? GUEST: THAT'S
00:34:40
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
RIGHT.
00:34:43
CALLER, -
CALLER: I THOUGHT THAT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAD A RIGHT TO SEE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WITH REGARDS TO THIS GRASSROOTS...
00:35:59
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE GROUPS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEBATE ON A NEW GUN-CONTROL MEASURES, AND ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA WAS NOT PART OF THIS MEETING HE REPORTED ABOUT, CORRECT?...
00:36:12
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
OBAMA- CONNECTED ORGANIZATION THAT MOBILIZES FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE PRESIDENT, WORKED FOR HIS REELECTION IN SOME LARGE OR SMALL WAY. THE...
00:37:09
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
VIEWERS, BECAUSE DARRYL SAYS, "WHAT IS THIS MASSIVE LIBERAL PLAN?" GUEST: SUPER PACS THAT
00:37:20
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
CAN TAKE MILLION DOLLAR DONATIONS, NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT SPENT MONEY ALMOST SECRETLY AS WELL, THAT IS ONE ELEMENT OF IT. A VOTING RIGHTS, FIGHTING VOTING...
00:37:52
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THOSE WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO MORE LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKERS? GUEST: THEY WHAT
00:37:59
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
COULD BE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA, THEY BELIEVE, IS STYMIED BY THESE THREE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES. THEY SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT, OK, WE HAVE OUR OWN RESPECTIVE...
00:38:48
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
INDEPENDENT CALLER BANK. CALLER: GLAD TO BE ON
00:38:54
CALLER, -
YOUR SHOW FINALLY P. MY QUESTION IS ON CARD CHECK FOR THE UNIONS -- AS MORE STATES PUSH RIGHT TO WORK LAWS, SHOULDN'T WE JUST HAVE A SIMPLE CARD CHECK?...
00:39:37
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
ARE SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY DID THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT 40-YEAR CONSERVATIVE AGENDA -- RIGHT TO WORK WAS A PART OF THAT. IT WAS IMPLEMENTED...
00:40:32
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PHILIP. CALLER: NUMBER ONE, I WOULD
00:40:36
CALLER, -
LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON. IT HAS EXPOSED ME TO BE THE BROAD IDEAS, I FEEL LIKE THAT YOU ARE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I FEEL LIKE...
00:41:35
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
IS INTERESTING, I HAVE AT AN E-MAILS AND MESSAGES FROM FOLKS AFTER THIS STORY CAME OUT, ONE FROM THE FOLKS WHO DID NOT KNOW THIS ORGANIZATION EXISTED...
00:42:30
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JAY IN NORTH CAROLINA, REPUBLICAN CALLER. CALLER: THANK YOU
00:42:35
CALLER, -
FOR TAKING MY CALL IT WHAT IS BOTHERING ME IS THE APPROACH THAT IS BEING TAKEN. IT SHOULD BE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT THE BEST IDEAS WIN, AND IT LOOKS TO...
00:42:54
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
THINK THAT THE FOLKS THAT BELONG TO THE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, THIS COALITION OF PROGRESSIVE GROUPS I AM WRITING ABOUT -- I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD DISAGREE...
00:43:53
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CAROLINA. CALLER: THANK YOU
00:43:59
CALLER, -
FOR TAKING MY CALL. I'M RETIRED NOW, BUT I BELONG TO A UNIT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. IT WAS ABOUT WORK, NOT PARTIES. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT FROM WHAT I'M...
00:44:24
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: AND YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT? CALLER: I DISAGREE WITH
00:44:29
CALLER, -
THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, BUT THERE WERE REPUBLICANS AND MY UNION GUES. GUEST: THANKS FOR
00:44:40
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
YOUR CALL. I BELIEVE THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY REPUBLICANS IN THE LABOR UNIONS TODAY, AND FOR A LARGE SWATH OF AMERICAN HISTORY, THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED...
00:45:35
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
A VERY CONTENTIOUS DEBATE. WE SAW THAT PLAY OUT IN THE 2012 ELECTIONS. THERE IS A WHOLE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, A WHOLE MOVEMENT, SAYING THAT IN-PERSON VOTER...
00:46:29
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DUTIES OF LIBERAL GROUPS THAT GOT TOGETHER THINK THAT THE VOTER ID LAWS -- AGAIN, A LOT OF STATES ALREADY HAVE THEM. WHAT WILL THERE EVER BE, TO OVERTURN...
00:46:42
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
I THINK IF THEY BELIEVE THAT VOTER ID LAWS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROPOSED IN STATES WHERE IT MAY BE THEY WERE STRUCK DOWN. THIS IS PART OF THE CONSERVATIVE...
00:47:17
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: PHILIP >>, INDEPENDENT CALLER BANG -- PHILIP IS NEXT, INDEPENDENT CALLER BANK. CALLER: I WOULD PUT
00:47:30
CALLER, -
FORTH THAT NEITHER THE DEMOCRATS NOR REPUBLICANS CARE ABOUT THE WORKING MAN, THE BLUE-COLLAR INDIVIDUAL WHO GOES TO WORK EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE FOR HIS...
00:48:22
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
IS NOT WRONG ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BY INTO THE POST- CITIZENS UNITED SYSTEM WE HAVE. THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION ALLOWS CORPORATE DONATIONS,...
00:49:15
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THESE GROUPS?
00:49:18
Kroll, Andy - Correspondent
GUEST: THE FILIBUSTER REFORM FIGHT IS FRONT AND CENTER OF THEIR AGENDA, BECAUSE THE WAY THE SENATE RULES WORK, THE BEST WAY TO CHANGE HOW FILIBUSTER...

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