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Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts his first show after the national election.  He points out that he predicted correctly that President Obama would win 332 electoral votes!

Levine talks about the election, the economic fiscal cliff facing the congress by January 1, and the General Petraeus affair.

Levine starts the show by taking calls from his listeners.  The numerous callers give Mark plenty to talk about and help to make the show interesting and informative.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

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Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark debates Peter Beinart, author of the Book “The Crisis of Zionism.”

Beinart argues that Zionism is in “crisis” because Israel can’t reach a deal with the West Bank Arabs to accept (or even negotiate over) the Palestinian State that Israel repeatedly offers them (which would be the third Arab State in Palestine to exist, in addition to Jordan in Eastern Palestine and Gaza, controlled by the terrorist group Hamas in the Southwest).

Beinart argues that an Arab Palestinian State containing virtually all the Arab population of the West Bank and Gaza and 95-98%+ of the empty land disputed between Jews and Arabs (in which both populations continue to illegally settle) is so insufficient that the Israeli-settled portion of the West Bank should be boycotted. Yet he does not advocate a boycott of the Arab-settled portion of the West Bank, even though he concedes that the Arabs’ terrorism and violence have not been conducive to peace.

In the interview, Beinart occasionally blames both sides but he seems to put the onus for action on Israel, even though it is the Arabs — not Israel — who refuse to even sit down and negotiate peace. Obviously Mark disagrees.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

Terry Kester is away from the show today, but Mark Levine and Garland Nixon have a lively discussion about how President Obama will win the payroll tax battle in Congress.

They talk about how the legislation will be paid for and make the point that it doesn’t need to be paid for.  They also talk about the wisdom of the proposed tax increase for millionaires.  Mark quotes some statistics to support his point.

Mark and Levine agree that this issue is the perfect issue for President Obama to stand strong on going into the election season.

The panel talks about several other interesting issues and takes some interesting phone calls from listeners.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The panel discusses how the “war” in Libya has been very different from the war in Iraq.  They point out that the Libya war was more legal, had a better outcome, took less time, cost less money, and cost fewer lives.

The panel also talks about the nature of the military actions taken by President George H.W. Bush and by President Clinton.

The panel talks to several callers and answer their questions.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The panel has an interesting discussion about President Obama.  They begin by saying that after reading many newspapers they are wondering, “Where is the bully pulpit?”

Levine explains that the term, “bully pulpit,” dates back to President Teddy Roosevelt who discovered that by virtue of being President that he had more power than was outlined in the Constitution.

Levine asserts that recently President Reagan used the bully pulpit well but that it is not being used well now by President Obama.  The town hall format has been used instead of press conferences, but they are not well covered by the press.  They are too much like campaigning.

The panel agrees that Senator Obama had a good voice and used it effectively, but President Obama has lost his effectiveness.

The panel talks about the jobs bill as one key area where they wish to hear strongly from the President.

The panel talks about several other interesting issues and takes some interesting phone calls from listeners.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The panel spends most of the evening talking about various sex scandals of the past, including the current issues surrounding Representative Weiner of New York.

They also mention aspects of the scandals that involved Senator John Edwards of Massachusetts, Representative Vitter of Louisiana, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, and former President Bill Clinton.  The question on the table about these various sex scandals is where do they cross the line?

They talk to several callers and discuss the caller’s point of view.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine is a guest on Alan Nathan’s radio show called Battleline.

Levine and Nathan talk talk about the Congressman Clyburn, the second highest ranking Democrat in the House, who believes that most of President Obama’s political problems are a result of racism.  They debate whether this is like crying “wolf.”

Then the pair talk about the two parties’ approaches to Medicare.  Which party wants to kill Medicare, if either?

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine is a guest on Alan Nathan’s radio show called Battleline.

Levine and Nathan talk at length about the recent speech by President Obama about the middle east and Israel.

Nathan asks if President Obama has begun to side with Palestine, Hamas, and Fatah over Israel?  Levine states that his speech seems to represent a change in U.S. policy.  Levine questions why would Israelis accept being denied access to their holiest city.  He also makes the point that every time Israel has given up land it has not led to peace.

Levine offers a reasonable solution to the dispute between Israel and Palestine.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The panel spends the evening talking about the operation in Pakistan that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden.

They are obviously excited and the discuss many of the interesting angles of the whole operation.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Today Mark Levine is hosting the Leslie Marshall Show.

Mark uses the show to pick apart Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposed federal budget.

Mark talks about Ryan’s plan, compares and contrasts it with the President’s plan, and takes questions from live callers.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Today Mark Levine is on Battle Lines with host Alan Nathan.

Here is Mark Levine’s short summary of tonight’s podcast:  “I debate “Battle Line” host Alan Nathan on whether or not the 911 trials should be conducted in civilian trials in the USA or military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay.

The exact quote I referred to is in Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution:
The Privilege of the Write of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Even if you believe the September 11th attacks to have been an “Invasion,” I don’t know anyone who honestly believes “the public Safety . . . requires” that anyone be tried at Guanatamo Bay.

I think our Constitution is good enough and New York City is tough enough to handle a trial.”

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

Here is Mark Levine’s short summary of tonight’s podcast:  “Japan teaches us not to put nuclear energy plants on fault lines.
Libya teaches us we should be on the right side of history.
(Hint: I support a “no-fly” zone.)
And Maryland teaches us that there are still large numbers of people in America who still oppose Equality Under the Law.”

The panel talks to some interesting phone callers, listening to their concerns and answering questions.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The raucous caucus talk about the battle going on in Wisconsin regarding budget reform.  The major issue revolves around Governor Walker’s effort to remove the collective bargaining agreement for public employees.

The panel agrees that this is a watershed moment.  This represents a moment when the public employees unions will either revive or die.  Will municipal employees disappear and be replaced by private contractors?

The panel works in some music from the deep bass voice of Paul Robeson.

The panel talks to some interesting phone callers, listening to their concerns and answering questions.

Click here to listen to this podcast.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The raucous caucus talk about domestic surveillance of American citizens.

Their guest is Mike German, a former FBI special agent.  He is currently a senior policy analyst with the ACLU.

The group starts with the premise that government surveillance can sometimes stop violence.  German relates some of the history of the FBI regarding their surveillance of American citizens.

The group talks for a while about surveillance activities during the Bush Administration.  Surveillance powers expanded following the attacks of Sept 11, 2001.  They talk about the fact that the rules that were changed then are still in place.

After talking about a few stories told by Mike German, the reaction is that the FBI must be spying on everyone.  German says that it wasn’t so bad before 9/11, 2001.

The group takes some questions from the live audience.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

The raucous caucus talk about their disappointment with President Obama because he compromised with the Republicans on the tax bill.

Nixon contends that President Obama gave up too easily, without much fight.  Kester feels that President Obama betrayed the Democratic party by ignoring their wishes.  Kester feels that the President has reached out to the middle at the expense of infuriating the Democratic base.  Levine makes the point that the House should have voted on this issue before the election and then fought for the passage of the bill as originally formed.

The panel talks to some interesting phone callers, listening to their disappointments and answering questions.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

Here’s how Levine provocatively describes today’s discussion:

“Money is the Root of All Evil
Money is the Mother’s Milk of Politics
Does anyone see anything wrong here?
The Raucous Caucus looks at who’s financing the midterm elections.

We discuss how foreign countries (Russia, China, etc.) and multinational corporations (oil, pharmaceutical, etc.) with the help of five lawless Members of the United States Supreme Court (Scalia, Roberts, etc.) have taken over the Republican Party and made sure it follows their dictates, rather than We the People.

Will we ever see democracy again?”

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

Garland Nixon is absent from this Caucus but Joel Siegel is present to discuss the issues.

The three decide to take on the Israel-Arab conflict to try to bring some clarity to the disputes.  They also talk about what they see as solutions to the conflict.

The show takes place live at WPFW with live audience members who contribute some questions and opinions.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

They talk about American history, especially about the Founding Fathers and colonial history.

They begin by talking about their favorite pet peeves regarding colonial history.

The show takes place live at WPFW with live audience members who contribute some questions and opinions.

Click here to listen to this podcast.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine is a guest on the Leslie Marshall Show.

They talk about the Arizona SB 1070 bill, sections of which were prevented from going into law by a judge who temporarily delayed its implementation.

They talk about the sections of the law that were struck down and the sections that were left in.  They also talk about how the law was different from the Federal law.  They also talk about what they think motivated the Governor of Arizona to approve the legislation.

They also take a few calls from audience members.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.

Mark Levine’s Inside Scoop on Washington

Mark Levine hosts the Raucous Caucus with Terry Kester and Garland Nixon from Washington DC.

Their main topics are the economy and whether Republicans will take of the House in November.  They debate whether the Republicans can win 39 seats in November when the Democrats only won 30 seats in 2006.

They talk about how to get out of a recession/depression.  History shows that massive government spending has been successful in doing so.  The way out is for everyone to spend more, not less.  Levine makes the point that when the economy is strong the government should cut spending and pay down debts, but when the economy is weak and people are hungry the government should feed them with increased spending.  When we get back to full employment then we should cut spending.  Spend, baby, spend is his motto for the current situation.

They agree that reform of the filibuster in the Senate is necessary.  The current government is dysfunctional, partly because of the filibuster feature.  Reforming it will bring us back to a rule by the majority.

The group talks to some live guests who have questions for them.

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The Inside Scoop is nationally syndicated on the Head-On Radio Network and iTunes. The show can be heard on radio weekdays, 5-6 pm Eastern, and can be seen on television Monday 7-8 pm Eastern.

Since June 2003, Mark Levine has given listeners The Inside Scoop from political players inside the Beltway – news that the Media almost never reports and those in power in the Government do not want you to know about. Mark welcomes all during his talk radio hour, and he particularly values calls from folks who disagree with him.

Visit Radio Inside Scoop.com to access more information and additional podcast shows.