The Rachel Maddow Show is live in Minneapolis! Thanks to all the folks at Air America Minnesota AM950.


We've got a great show lined up with some truly amazing guests:

On the show today, we'll talk with Bill Stephenson, St. Paul's  Animal Control Supervisor to talk pigeon poop and the RNC Convention.

Also on the show we'll talk with Iraq veteran Andrew Borene, for our weekly ASK A VET segment.

And, we'll be joined by former Air America host Al Franken, currently running for US Senate.

Stories on the show today:

ACTIVE DUTY
It's a really big deal that an active duty lieutenant colonel named Paul Yingling has just published an article in the Armed Forces Journal, which criticizes the senior generals in teh US military for not stopping the Bush Administration's brilliant plan to invade and occupy Iraq.

WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN AND FLAUTIST
Take a look at this amazing video of White House Spokesman Tony Snow playing the blues flute.

DOJ's BIG NEW IDEA
The Justice Department has come up with a new idea.  They unveiled it yesterday. Here it is: If you're on the terrorist watch list, you can't legally buy guns. Which means that today, if you are on the terrorist watch list, you CAN buy guns. 

HUCKABEE BUST
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is a little upset with his son tonight. David Huckabee got caught trying to take a loaded Glock onto an airplane.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...MIKE GRAVEL
Did you see the Democratic Debate last night?  Did you see former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel?  He screamed everything. It was awesome.

GOOD BEEF
The president is hosting the Japanese Prime Minister at Camp David.  What's the president going to feed him for lunch?  American beef that's banned in Japan.

TENET'S SLAM DUNK
Turns out that the guy who ran the CIA, George Tenet, has a lot of really interesting things to say about Dick Cheney and the Bush Administration and the way they lied us into the war with Iraq.