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Show Notes for Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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watersRep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about last night’s State of the Union

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the State of the Union, and about increasing mental health funding

Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about last night’s State of the Union

David Shuster of Current TV and WeActRadio.com calls in at 10:45am ET / 7:45am PT to go over last night’s State of the Union

• Sexy Liberal Hal Sparks joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for an hour of Humpdays With Hal

• In his first State of the Union address since being reelected last November, Obama made an emotional plea for new gun safety measures, saying the victims of gun violence “deserve a vote” on legislation to ban assault weapons and large ammunition magazines. He also urged Congress to prevent the looming sequester.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) outlined a personal and direct rebuttal to key parts of Obama’s speech, criticizing Obama’s call for higher taxes and increased federal spending, but was overshadowed by an awkward sip of water.

Investigators have located charred human remains in the burned out cabin where they believe suspected cop killer and ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner was holed up as the structure burned to the ground, police said.