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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: We take a hard look at the 2012 GOP convention in Tampa, Fla., from the partying to the homophobia to the shadowy fundraising. And what’s this about welfare reform?

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Your browser does not support the audio element. Alan Minsky, author of “Fear and Loathing in Florida 2012,” speaks to us from Tampa.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Liz Bartolomeo of the Sunlight Foundation reports on GOP fundraising and corporate sponsors Google and AT&T.

Your browser does not support the audio element. We ask The Advocate’s Lucas Grindley why the Republican Party hasn’t been designated a hate group.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Robert Scheer is mad as hell about the welfare debate.

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