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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... GOP Mayor Defies Party...Wants Medicaid (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

 

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Need to Know: GOP Mayor Defies Party...Wants Medicaid
- Mayor Adam O'Neil, (R) City of Belhaven, NC  
- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, North Carolina NAACP    
- Jacki Schechner, Health Care Reform Expert  

 

Screwed: Imagine A World Without Her? Dinesh D'Souza
- Dinesh D'Souza, America: Imagine a World Without Her  

 

Your Take / My Take Live: Call Thom LIVE at (202) 904-2134 TONIGHT 7-8pm ET (check local listings)

 

 

  

The Daily Stack 

Article: "Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever" by Asawin Suebsaeng and Dave Gilson / Illustrations by Steve Brodner.

 

Plus, calorie tax to curb obesity epidemic?
- David Selig, Selig & Associates 

Article: "Study Examines Efficacy of Taxes on Sugary Drinks" by Stephanie Strom.

 

The good: Alan Grayson (D-FL): "New Legislative Path For A Federal Media Shield Law?" by Federal Evidence Blog.

The bad: Life Savers Ministries: "Alabama Bible school puts Hitler quote on billboard to encourage youth indoctrination" by David Edwards.

The very, very ugly: "Steve King States Susan Rice Is Working For Al Qaeda" by Scarce.

Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".

Article: "Bergdahl Walked Away Before, Military Report Says" by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Article: "Elizabeth Warren: 'The system is rigged'" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy" by Brendan James.

Hour Two: Faux News: 'proof Obama wants out of America'...WHAT?!
- Igor Volsky, Think Progress 

Book: America: Imagine a World without Her by Dinesh D'Souza.

Article: "Fox News Has Proof That Obama 'Wants Out Of America'" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "Fox News Contributor Behind PR Campaign For Soldiers Critical Of Bowe Bergdahl" by Oliver Willis.

Article: "Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan & Kevin McCarthy: Plot To Sabotage US Economy with Frank Luntz" by keepemhonest.

 

Article: "Congress Not Told Of Bergdahl Swap Because Taliban Threatened To Kill Him: Officials" by Howard Koplowitz.

Article: "Obama On Bowe Bergdahl: 'I Make No Apologies' For Bringing Him Back" by Sam Stein.

Article: "Idaho town cancels homecoming parade for Bowe Bergdahl amid uproar over his release" by AP.

Article: "Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty in Felony Case" by Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-Greenberg.

Site: Washington State Coalition to Amend the Constitution.

Article: "The Koch Brothers Spent Twice as Much on the 2012 Election as the Top Ten Unions Combined" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charles Krauthammer Explodes Fox News Attacks On Bergdahl Recovery" by Ellen.

Article: "Don't Harsh Our Mellow, Dude" by Maureen Dowd.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney 

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "TRNS News Notes-6/5" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 6/4/14" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Report: Taliban Threatened To Kill Bergdahl If Deal Leaked" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "Senator: Officials Had Reason To Believe Bergdahl May Have Been Killed Had Deal Been Leaked" by Igor Bobic.

Article: "Lawmakers Change Their Minds After Demanding 'Every Effort' Be Made To Free Bergdahl" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "GOP Voted Against 7 Bills to Help Veterans" by War on Error.

Article: "With Russia outside the tent, G7 takes aim at Moscow" by Luke Baker and Jeff Mason.

Hour Three: Why one Mayor's plea for Medicaid expansion is important
- David Hogberg, National Center for Public Policy Research  

Article: "UnitedHealth CEO: ObamaCare Exchanges Must be Sustainable on their Own" by National Center for Public Policy Research.

Article: "NC Republican mayor defies party. Wants Medicaid Expansion to Obamacare" by Egberto Willies.

Article: "Harvard Study: States' Medicaid expansion refusal will kill thousands" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Medicaid Increases Emergency-Department Use: Evidence from Oregon's Health Insurance Experiment" by Sarah L. Taubman et al.

 

Article: "Coffin At The Capitol: A Heartbreaking Protest In Alabama" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "Tea Party Debate Audience Cheered Idea of Letting Uninsured Patients Die" by Amy Bingham.

Speech: "Campaign dinner address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the Fala speech)", 9/23/1944 "According to that technique, you should never use a small falsehood; always a big one, for its very fantastic nature would make it more credible - if only you keep repeating it over and over and over again.".

Article: "" by .

Article: "Meter Accuracy Counts More -- and Less -- Than You Think" by Riva Greenberg (diabetes).

 

PLUS, on the road with the March for Democracy
- Kai Newkirk and Danielle Raskin, March for Democracy & 99Rise  

Site: 99Rise.

Site: March for Democracy.

Article: "California Assembly Joint Resolution 1: Federal constitutional convention: application.".

Event: Sat June 7, 2014 6-8pm "Fresno CA March for Democracy Rally".

Site: Move to Amend

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Law: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 5 (amendments, convention).

 

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