Matt Taibbi on judge's decision to reject the SEC’s latest settlement with Citigroup | Countdown

28 Nov 2011 | Keith and 'Countdown' contributor Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone discuss the remarkable decision by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff to reject a $285 million settlement between Citigroup and the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors. Taibbi points out that banks take punitive settlements in stride, saying, “They recognize that every now and then they’re going to get dragged into court, they’re going to have to give a little bit of money to somebody, and then they get to walk away and keep doing it.”

Janeane Garofalo on the double standard of Republican rhetoric

Van Jones on Occupy Wall Street | Countdown with Keith Olbermann

9 Nov 2011 | Van Jones, co-founder and president of Rebuild the Dream, discusses the connection the Occupy movement is making with more Americans around specific issues. Referring to the continued resistance by Republicans to the desire by a growing percentage of the public that government intervene in the country’s wealth disparity, Jones says to them, “Please just keep saying you want America’s government to be AWOL in the biggest crisis to hit us since the Great Depression.”

Matt Taibbi's take on Rick Perry's struggling campaign | Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Occupy Wall Street: Naomi Wolf calls attention to the disturbing involvement of Homeland Security in her arrest

21 Oct 2011 | Naomi Wolf, political activist and author of “Give Me Liberty,” calls attention to the enormous power that the federal government can wield to prevent constitutionally guaranteed rights. “History shows they start with the Other and it gets closer and closer and closer and someday they come for you.”

OWS: Will Bunch on Occupy Chicago arrests | Countdown

24 Oct 2011 | Keith and Will Bunch, senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily, discuss the 130 arrests during Occupy Chicago this past Sunday and that police officers seem to be unaware that their arrests and aggressive law enforcement amplify the movement: “The police have become kind of a stand-in for the 1 percent and the elites they seem to be protecting.”

Bill Press on the 'Super Congress'

Markos Moulitsas on Roger Ailes’ attempt at rebranding Fox

26 Sept 2011 | Keith and Daily Kos founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas discuss the improbable claim by Fox executives and Roger Ailes that Fox News is actually moving closer to the middle of the ideological spectrum. Moulitsas also calls out Howard Kurtz for enabling Fox.

Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Shamar Thomas on Occupy Times Square, veterans’ rights

Russ Feingold to Democrats: "This is no time to hang back."

Countdown with Keith Olbermann: Police violence at Occupy Wall Street protests

 
Keith and Occupy Wall Street protester Kelly Heresy discuss the latest documentation of police brutality at the marches and a New York Times report that calls the movement “noble but fractured and airy.” Ten days into the occupation, Heresy — who was one of the first to be pepper sprayed — clarified that the protesters support police officers: “We are not against the cops — the cops are part of the 99 percent — the cops, we would like to believe, are on our side. Because we understand that they have families, they have children, and with budget cuts they could be losing their jobs and pensions as well.”

Keith Olbermann: Taking Back Governance From Politicians: 1 August 2011

Countdown with Keith Olbermann - 9-23-11 – Worst Persons

First "Special Comment" on the new Countdown with Keith Olbermann