U.S. embassies in the Islamic world came under siege as an anti-Muslim movie trailer went viral, the Fed went all-in for mortgage-backed bonds and teachers struck out in Chicago.

Matthew Continetti, conservative editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon, joins Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and co-host Matt Miller to discuss these matters and more on this week’s “Left, Right & Center.”

— Adapted from KCRW by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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