Republican presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker. (Michael Vadon / CC BY 2.0)

Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss the upcoming GOP presidential debate, the NSA’s dump of metadata collected over the last five years, and why the illegal killing of Cecil the lion has outraged so many when so much awfulness abounds.

Scheer is joined by host Josh Barro of The New York Times moderating from the center, Tim Carney of The Washington Examiner on the right, and Joan Walsh of MSNBC as a special guest.

Listen here.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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