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Watch this video of ‘Ring Of Fire Radio’ host Mike Papantonio geting to the bottom of how people in Oklahoma and other southern states are getting shafted by their leadership.

In this clip, he completely skewers both of Oklahoma’s Republican senators, Tom Coburn and James Inhofe. As we reported earlier, they both voted against the major relief package for Sandy victims but want aid for the Oklahoma tornado tragedy. He also calls out senators in other states such as Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas.

I love how Papantonio keeps the focus on the leadership and not the people affected in these states. From the outset, he clearly explains why Americans NEED to be having these tough conversations during tragedies to show how off-base their leaders are.

I couldn’t agree more.

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The city of Los Angeles. (Photo credit unknown)

Changes in leadership are coming to the nation’s two largest cities.

In Los Angeles, three-term City Councilman Eric Garcetti, 42, won the race to be the city’s next mayor. He beat Wendy Greuel by a 54-46 percent margin. He will succeed Anthony Antonio Villaraigosa in the position and become the first Jewish person to do so. Garcetti will be sworn into office on July 1.

The weird thing about the L.A. race was the low voter turnout. I mean, this is Los Angeles for crying out loud. Even though it was a runoff election, why did only 345,000 people vote in it? That’s only 19 percent of the electorate. Would it have killed people to go back to the polls and make a final decision since neither candidate got 50 percent of the vote the first time? *side-eye*

Meanwhile in the Big Apple, former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, a Democrat, has officially launched his mayoral bid. You may remember Weiner’s weiner from his 2011 sexting scandal that caused him to step down from office. Rumors has been brewing since he left Congress that he may try to regroup and seek a mayoral bid. Well, that vision came true on Wednesday.

Polling shows, however, that New Yorkers aren’t that ecstatic about his bid to run their city. I can so see that being the case.

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Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe (l-r)

In the wake of Monday’s devastating EF-5 scale tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, residents, volunteers, and even strangers have offered to help those in need. President Obama held a brief news conference on Tuesday to show the federal government’s support and commitment to the rebuilding efforts.

Oklahoma’s two Republican U.S. senators, Tom Coburn and James Inhofe, are trying to deliver aid to their state. It is a predictable move in a tragedy of this magnitude. However, just a few months ago both Coburn and Inhofe voted AGAINST $51 billion in relief for the victims of Superstorm Sandy in the Northeast.

How does that happen?!

Both senators are fiscal conservatives who feel it’s ok to block the government’s efforts to help others, but want to make the money rain on their own people. Coburn and Inhofe wanted spending cut elsewhere in the budget to pay for Sandy relief. There hasn’t been any word from them yet about if they want the same “offsets” for Oklahoma aid. The victims in Oklahoma, New Jersey, and New York all deserve our help without question or bias.

The Oklahoma crew is in a tough spot now that the media have called them out on this glaring hypocrisy. Let’s not forget that the Senate keeps an accurate record of the votes of all senators that they cannot back away from.

It’s sad that during times like this you have to call people on the carpet. But, Oklahomans and the rest of the nation deserve a reminder of what Inhofe and Coburn are really about.

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Despite the heartbreak and devastation of Monday’s killer tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, there are stories of survival.

I found this video on The Oklahoman‘s website as I was looking for updates on the damage. It almost brought tears to my eyes. You can FEEL this mother’s relief as she sees her young son for the first time after the storm.

Wow.

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Last week seemed to be full of scandals for the White House — specifically around Benghazi, the IRS, and the AP wiretapping stories.

In the case of Benghazi, the key email that Republicans purported to be a written version of a White House cover-up was found to be fake. In fact, CBS News went a step further to outright blame Congressional Republicans for providing them with false quotes from the email. It was a bold move on behalf of the media, but one that firmly laid blame where in its proper place.

In short, Republicans have blamed the White House for trying to cover up details of last year’s September 11 terror attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. In the doctored email, Republicans were hint that references to terrorism were pulled from the talking points to the media about the attack. That was not true. The original emails showed that the White House was trying to get as much information as possible in a developing news story.

Check out the emails and fakes that our friends at AmericaBlog posted by clicking here.

Fast forward to this month and the GOP moved full steam ahead with the blame game on the president and the White House. Well, that was until CBS News stepped in and broke up their fun. You can’t quite call the president out on a cover-up when you played a major role in faking it.

When are Republicans going to learn that they cannot win elections or public support simply through scandal and fear?

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