Nicole talks about all the madness facing us today with Absurdity Today's Julianna Forlano and the BradBlog's Brad Friedman.

Nicole talks about they Republican hypocrisy, this time as it relates to aid to the Oklahoma tornado victims.  The Nation's Josh Eidelson spoke about yesterday's federal contract workers strike and the problems facing our teachers. She's History's Amy Simon told us about Eleanor Roosevelt, and C&L's John Amato weighed in on LA's new mayor and NYC's mayoral race.

Nicole talked about all the ways we need to help each other today - from Team Rubicon (veterans disaster relief group) heading to OK, to the Home Defenders League at the DoJ, to striking federal non-union workers in DC, to SNAP (food stamp recipients) and more.

Nicole talks with investigative reporter Jason Leopold who just returned from 5 days at Guantanamo Bay, and Crooks & Liars' Nicole Belle during our "Fools on the Hill" segment. Plus "Fox or Onion Headline" and the real scandals facing us today.

Nicole makes fun of Congressman Louie Gohmert (he asked for it!), and talks of Eric Holder redeeming himself, a little anyway. Julianna Forlano and Mayors Against Illegal Guns' Mark Glaze join in.

Nicole recaps Eric Holder's press conference from yesterday. She explores how these "scandals" have been escalated to Nixonian - yet nothing Bush did ever came close - with Lee Fang, author of "The Machine" and Crooks and Liars' John Amato. Plus, She's History's Amy Simon on the rape culture in the military.

Nicole talks about the non-scandal Benghazi, the wrong scandal being reported regarding the IRS, and the true scandal from the DOJ over AP phone records with bloggers Digby and GottaLaff

Nicole talks about mother's day, the fact that we now have over 400 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere, the Fast Food workers strikes around the country. And in "Fools on the Hill" with Nicole Belle, the recent IRS controversy & the GOP's Benghazi Tourettes' Syndrome

Nicole dealt with phone problems today, so no guests! But we talked about the circus around Benghazi, sexual assault in the military, kidnapping and rapes in Cleveland, St. Louis fast food workers striking and more....

Nicole talks about two types of horror-filled places today: the garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that claimed 803 lives as of today with "Overdressed" author Elizabeth Cline, and the house in Cleveland where at least 3 women were held captive for over a decade. Crooks & Liars' Susie Madrak and She's History's Amy Simon joined the discussion