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Show Notes for Monday, January 14, 2013

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rudepundit2The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP and vaginas, and about Hitler’s history of actually relaxing gun laws

Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• As Vice President Joe Biden finalizes a package of recommendations for the president to curb gun violence, the NRA predicted that Congress is likely to block any new laws that would ban assault weapons.

Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a “not-so-fast” campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Saturday it will not produce platinum coins as a way of generating $1 trillion in revenue and avoiding a battle in Congress over raising the U.S. debt ceiling.

• President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan agreed after talks at the White House on Friday to slightly speed up the process that calls for NATO forces to leave that war-torn country by late 2014.

“Argo” and “Les Miserables” took top film honors when winners of the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night. Director/actress Jodie Foster gave a heartfelt, confessional speech while accepting the Cecille B. DeMille lifetime achievement award.