Topic: Human Trafficking Prevention Month

President Barack Obama issued a proclamation designating January 2014 as National Mentoring Month, urging public officials and community leaders to support youth development. The period also marks National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The hosts note the irony of these proclamations given the high incarceration rates and labor practices within the United States prison system.

The hosts open the program by noting that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. They critique the White House's decision to raise the signature threshold for official petitions from 25,000 to 100,000, arguing that the administration never intended to act on the public's requests regardless of the volume.