Click on the video to activate live chat. Conversation on Surveillance, Security & Privacy The Conversation on Surveillance, Security & Privacy continues with members from our community. What do Americans who live and work outside the overheated atmosphere of the beltway think is the right balance between security & privacy? The Conversation on Surveillance, Security […]
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Ted Cruz on Climate and more (VIDEO)
Click on the video to activate live chat. Originally aired on March 29, 2013 Hosted by: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Guests: Luke Johnson @luke_johnson (Washington, DC) HuffPost Associate Politics Editor Blake Henderson @blakeahenderson (New York, NY) Humor Writer Egberto Willies @EgbertoWillies (Kingwood, TX) Political Blogger and Author Josh Garber @TumbleJosh (San Francisco, CA) Attorney Cruz Cuts […]
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing GOP vs Obama On Welfare … (VIDEO)
Click on the video to activate live chat. House Republicans passed a bill that would forbid the Obama administration from granting states waivers on work requirements in their Welfare program. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is taking over the network’s 8 PM weekday slot, according to the New York Times. A new study from the PLOS ONE […]
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Jobs After The Sequester (VIDEO)
Click on the video to activate live chat. Jim Carr, distinguished scholar at The Opportunity Agenda, says spending cuts will cause pain in U.S. households with economists predicting more than 700,000 jobs lost. We discuss his a article Spending cut. Now, GOP, where are the jobs?. Hosted by: Mike Sacks @MikeSacksHP GUESTS INCLUDE: Jim Carr […]
Guested on HuffPost Live Discussing Sequester, Telepathic Mice, & Hugo Chavez
Click on the video to activate live chat. I appeared on HuffPost Live today to discuss the sequester, Hugo Chavez, and telepathic mice. It was a fun panel with three HuffPost reporter/editors. The U.S. Senate voted down opposing plans to avert the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration today, just a day before spending cuts […]
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Debt Ceiling, New Chief Of Staff, Gunman In School (VIDEO)
Click on the video to activate live chat. I guest hosted on HuffPost Live discussing three current issues. (1)A Texas dad approached a greeter at his child’s elementary school last Wednesday, claimed he had a gun, and said, "You’re dead”. (2)President Obama could name foreign policy adviser Denis McDonough his next chief of staff by […]
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Debt Ceiling, Obama’s Inauguration, & Ellen DeGeneres
Click on the video to activate live chat. I was a guest on HuffPost Live to discuss several news topics on Huffington Post. These were Debt Ceiling, President Obama’s inauguration, and Ellen DeGeneres. The 14th amendment would allow President Obama to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling in the event of a standoff, but the White […]
Guested on HuffPost Live Discussing Krugman’s Take On GOP Tax Hike & Susan Rice Maltreatment
Click on the video to activate live chat. Today’s HuffPost Live discussed four issues. Three were serious and one was off the cuff. We talked about the GOP Tax increase on the semi rich in order to protect further increases on the mega rich. He discussed it in the the article Paul Krugman: Republicans Seem […]
Guested on HuffPost Live Discussing Grover Norquist’s Anti-Tax Pledge
Click on the video to activate live chat. The HuffPost Live community sounds off with Abby Huntsman, vice presidential candidate Jon Huntsman’s daughter, as she discusses the GOP lawmakers who have spurned Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge and how that will impact the fiscal cliff talks. Originally aired on November 20, 2012 Hosted by: Abby […]
Guested on HuffPost Live to Discuss Israel, Pelosi, and Obamacare
Click on the video to activate live chat. The Community sounds off with Ahmed on Nancy Pelosi’s decision, a deadly strike on Hamas, public opinion on Obamacare and the latest Toyota car recall. Originally aired on November 14, 2012 Hosted by: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin GUESTS: Andrea Murad (New York, NY) Freelance Journalist @andreamurad Egberto Willies […]