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Part 1

We begin with the other face of Facebook and look into how the co-founder of the social network is avoiding 600 million in taxes. Ilyse Hogue, former Senior Advisor to Media Matters and Director of Political Advocacy and Communication at MoveOn.org joins us to discuss this and how the 99% can level the electoral playing field as the 1% pour in millions to buy the 2012 elections.

Part 2

Then we look into increasing political tensions in Spain where youth unemployment is over 50% and mass demonstrations are expected to culminate tomorrow on the one year anniversary of the founding of the “Indignants” movement. Anthony Geist, a professor at the University of Washington who specializes in contemporary literature and culture of Spain joins us to discuss the political mood in a country that might soon join Greece as the next insolvent country in the Eurozone.

Part 3

Then we discuss the economic and political tensions in Spain further with Dr. Louisa-Elena Delgado, a professor of Spanish Studies at the University of Illinois-Urbana. We look into the Spanish national identity that has not been reconciled following the murderous reign of the Franco dictatorship, and the role of the disgraced King and the current conservative government who are imposing austerity while denying historical memory.

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Part 1

We begin with an analysis of the political wins and loses for the President following his decision yesterday to support same-sex marriage. Steven Clemons, the Washington Editor-At-Large for The Atlantic and Editor-in-Chief of Atlantic Live joins us to discuss how this will effect Obama’s changes in the swing states, seven out of nine of which have banned same-sex marriage.

Part 2

Then we go to Caracas, Venezuela and speak with Virginia Lopez who covers Latin America and Venezuela for the UK’s Guardian and Sky TV. We discuss the long absence of President Hugo Chavez who is undergoing a third round of cancer treatment in Cuba, and the growing instability in a country beset by prison riots and one of the worst crime rates in the world, which may soon have leadership vacuum without a stable succession that could result in a social explosion.

Part 3

Then finally we speak about the Air Force’s disgraceful handling of the F-22 scandal, with the designer of two of the U.S.’s most successful warplanes the F-16 and the A-10. Pierre Sprey joins us to analyze what is wrong with the half a billion dollar airplane that pilots refuse to fly because of problems with the oxygen supply and toxic poisoning that is debilitating them as well as the F-22’s ground crew.

Music: Of Montreal - Enemy Gene; Venezuelan National Anthem; Grateful Dead - Matilda; Modest Mouse - Sh*t Luck