The Lakeside Daisy.

Good Morning. Don’t you love the little sunshine daisies? They are quite rare due to habitat destruction and the fact they need to be pollinated by a plant they aren’t directly related to. They grow only in a few spots around the Great Lakes.

FDL Book Salon today is timely, Fighting for the Press, hosted by Kevin Gosztola (BevW really does use a crystal ball when she schedules these discussions). Digby and McJoan are Virtually Speaking tonight. And Monday, you and Lisa will interview Eric Minh Swenson, a documentarian chronicling the art and artists of Southern California.

And here are today’s BenghazIRS listings:

WASHINGTON JOURNAL.

ABC’S THIS WEEK:  White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer.  Then, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY).  Roundtable: George Will; Ron Fournier; American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan; Katrina vanden Heuvel; Jeff Zeleny.

CBS’ FACE THE NATION:   White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer.  Then, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). Plus, the President and CEO of the Associated Press Gary Pruitt.  Roundtable: David Sanger, Lois Romano, Dan Balz, John Dickerson.

CNN’S STATE OF THE UNION:  White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer.  Then, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).  Roundtable: Susan Page, Donna Brazile, Ana Navarro, Jessica Yellin.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY:   White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer.  Then, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).  Roundtable:  Brit Hume, Kirsten Powers, Karl Rove, Dennis Kucinich.

KORNACKI: The nature of scandals, the IRS, workers’ rights.
Margie Omero, democratic pollster, managing director, Purple Strategies (@margieomero)
Alan Abramowitz, political science professor, Emory University
Rick Hertzberg, writer, The New Yorker (@rickhertzberg)
Liz Kennedy, counsel, Demos
Mark Elias, attorney, Perkins Coie and chairman of the firm’s political law practice.
Kim Barker, reporter, ProPublica (@kim_barker)
Chaumtoli Huq, professor, New York Law School, with expertise in labor, employment and human rights (@lawatmargins)

MELISSA HARRS-PERRY.

MOYERS & COMPANY:   The Toxic Politics of Science.  Bill explores why lead and other toxins continue to threaten America. Also, how money still secretly rules Washington.

NBC’S MEET THE PRESS:  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).  Donald Rumsfeld, book hawker.  White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer.   Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI).  Roundtable:  Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward.

Little Cheeser.  This Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon was released on November 21, 1936.

Directed by Rudolf Ising (uncredited). Produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Animation by Lee Blair (uncredited), Rollin Hamilton (uncredited), Jim Pabian (uncredited), Frank Smith (uncredited), and Carl Urbano (uncredited). Voices by Bernice Hansen (Little Cheeser – uncredited). Original Music by Scott Bradley (uncredited).

Grab your popcorn, put your feet up on the seatback in front of ya, and aim your spitballs at the ushers please. This is Late Late Night Firedoglake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?

The Toxic Politics of Science from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.

“David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz discuss how the chemical industry and its powerful lobbies prevail in blocking efforts to reform outdated laws, leaving the public afloat in a soup of toxins. And Sheila Krumholz and Danielle Brian talk about the importance of transparency to our democracy, and their efforts to scrutinize who’s giving money, who’s receiving it, and most importantly, what’s expected in return.”

And see here for more on the program.