Home Live Blog Archive Show Notes for Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Show Notes for Tuesday, August 11, 2015

0

BoehlertEric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s coverage of Donald Trump

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about BlackLivesMatters and Bernie Sanders

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump as president

• Police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson last night during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger declared a state of emergency.

• An estimated 27,000 people crowded in and around the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on Monday night to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders denounce big money politics and pledge to fight institutional racism.

• Former Texas governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is no longer paying its staff in Austin, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina because fundraising has dried up.