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Lawrence Lessig

Season 17 • 12/13/2011

Lawrence Lessig discusses Congress members' extreme dependence on their funders.

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Moment of Zen - What Would Jesus Say?
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Steve Doocy interviews the women behind a campaign featuring "Merry Christmas" billboards signed, "Jesus."
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Anne Burrell exposes the emotional side of cooking and describes the challenges of being a professional chef.
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Indecision 2012 - ABC News GOP Debate - Mitt Romney's Bet
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John Oliver reports on how Mitt Romney's $10,000 debate bet feeds into his out-of-touch multi-millionaire narrative.
12/12/2011
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Indecision 2012 - ABC News GOP Debate
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At the ABC News GOP debate, Mitt Romney takes a swing at Newt Gingrich's one awesome idea and misses, and Gingrich hits back hard.
12/12/2011
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War on Christmas - Historical Fact-Checking
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After receiving PolitiFact's lowest grade for his report on the founding fathers' attitudes toward Christmas, Jon goes straight to the source.
12/12/2011
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Moment of Zen - Michele Bachmann's Win Plan
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Michele Bachmann reveals her plan during ABC News' GOP presidential debate.
12/12/2011
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Kabulvision - A New Lowe
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Aasif Mandvi explains why, without Lowe's, the jihadist goal is unachievable.
12/13/2011
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Kabulvision
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The Florida Family Association believes that "All-American Muslim" is educationally harmful to America's belief structure.
12/13/2011
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Newt Gingrich's Poverty Code
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Larry Wilmore analyzes Newt Gingrich's janitorial solution to America's poverty problem.
12/13/2011
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Moment of Zen - Eyelash Dyeing for Kids
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A "Toddlers & Tiaras" pageant mom tries to convince her young daughter to get her eyelashes dyed.
12/13/2011
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Lawrence Lessig
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Author Lawrence Lessig examines the way in which money links every issue that Americans -- both liberal and conservative -- care about.
12/13/2011
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Moment of Zen - Chuck Todd Gives the Finger
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MSNBC's Chuck Todd flicks someone off with the cameras rolling.
12/14/2011
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Lowe's Balls of the Week
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Herman Cain causes Barbara Walters to do the reporter's equivalent of a spit-take, and Mitt Romney questions Newt Gingrich's conservative credentials.
12/14/2011
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Melody Barnes
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Melody Barnes believes that empowering teachers and involving parents is the key to changing America's education system.
12/14/2011
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Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - Intervention 2012
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GOP leaders share some compelling reasons for Republican voters not to choose Newt Gingrich as their political party's standard-bearer.
12/15/2011
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Moment of Zen - End of Iraq War Flag Ceremony
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American military personnel officially retire the U.S. Forces-Iraq flag.
12/15/2011
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Too Big to Mail
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Wyatt Cenac discovers that there is no euphemism for masturbation that accurately describes what Congress is doing to the post office.
12/15/2011
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Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - Newt Gingrich
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Voters test drove everybody from Bachmann to Perry in increased desperation, but it appears that their ride has arrived.
12/15/2011
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Matt Damon
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Matt Damon sports a buzz cut and compares his head shape with Jon's.
12/15/2011
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Lockup Everyone
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The last thing Barack Obama did in 2011 was sign a bill that eliminates due process for anyone suspected of terrorism in America.
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Indecision 2012 - Romspringa
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Republican voters go through a rite of passage wherein they desperately explore every possible option before ultimately and unhappily voting for Mitt Romney.
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