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Laura Flanders is the host of RadioNation on Air America.
She is the author of Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians and the bestselling book BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species, an investigation into the women in George W. Bush’s Cabinet, described as “fierce, funny and intelligent” by Publisher’s Weekly. She writes regularly for the Nation, Alternet, Ms. Magazine, Znet and others, and is a frequent panelist on television news programs including “Fox News Watch,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hannity & Colmes,” CSPAN’s “Washington Journal,” and others. She also founded Women’s Desk at the media watch group, FAIR, and for more than ten years she produced and hosted CounterSpin, FAIR’s nationally-syndicated radio program.