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Need to Know: Back to war in Iraq?
- Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio  

 

Screwed: Iraq in crisis...again
- - Stephen Miles, Win Without War-Center for International Policy    
- Michel Shank PhD, Friends Committee on National Legislation    

 

 

What's The Plan?
- Dr. Susan Rubin, Filmmaker/Citizen Activist  
- Andrea Garbarini, Filmmaker/Citizen Activist.

 

  

Thursday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: Back to Iraq?
- Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio  

Book: "A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House" by George W. Bush, Mickey Herskowitz.

Article: "U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike Militants" by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt.

Article: "Dick Cheney Eloquently Explains Why Invading Iraq Would Be A Horrible Idea".

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 6/12" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "US 'looking at all the options' in Iraq: Obama" by AFP.

Article: "We anti-war protesters were right: the Iraq invasion has led to bloody chaos" by Owen Jones.

Article: "Pradaxa Manufacturer Pays $650 Million for US Lawsuit Settlement".

Article: "Pradaxa And Xarelto: Top Heart Doctors Concerned Over New Blood Thinners" by Reuters.

Event: June 28, Northbrook "Coalition to Restore Democracy Hosts Mike Papantonio".

 

PLUS, Iraq in crisis...again
- Dahr Jamail, Truthout  

Article: "On Staying Sane in a Suicidal Culture" by Dahr Jamail.

Article: "Humanitarian Crisis Intensifies in Fallujah as Iraqi Gov't Accused of Killing Over 100 Civilians" by Democracy Now!

Article: "On Bringing War Criminals to Justice" by Dahr Jamail.

Article: "International Lawyers Seek Justice for Iraqis" by Dahr Jamail.

Article: "Iraqi Kurdish forces take Kirkuk as Isis sets its sights on Baghdad" by Fazel Hawramy and Peter Beaumont.

Article: "Obama warns of U.S. action as jihadists push on Baghdad" by Ahmed Rasheed and Isabel Coles.

 

Article: "Iraqi security forces 'abuse female prisoners'" by BBC.

Hour Two: The dark $ide of David Brat's primary victory
- Lee Fang, Republic Report 

Article: "Eric Cantor's Opponent Beat Him By Calling Out GOP Corruption" by Lee Fang.

Article: "The Dark Money Machine That Beat Eric Cantor" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The tea party radio network" by Kenneth P. Vogel and Mackenzie Weinger.

Article: "David Brat And The Defeat Conservative Talk Radio Built" by Alexandrea Boguhn & Sophia Tesfaye.

Article: "Opponent Resonated With Christian Conservatives in a Way Cantor Could Not" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg.

Book: The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right by Lee Fang.

 

Book: The Anatomy of Revolution by Crane Brinton.

Article: "George Wallace Stood in a Doorway at the University of Alabama 50 Years Ago Today" by Debra Bell, June 11, 2013.

Article: "Wars Can't End Unless You Negotiate, Thom Hartmann Opines" by Jack Coleman.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney 

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

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 6/11" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Cantor Backs McCarthy As Majority Leader Replacement" by James Cullum.

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

Article: "Obama: Iraq Is An "Emergency Situation"" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "Report: Iran Sends Military Forces To Combat Militants In Iraq" by Nicholas Salazar.

Hour Three: Latest on the Las Vegas shootings
- Sheriff Richard Mack 

Site: Oath Keepers.

Article: "Police: Killer Las Vegas couple shouted about revolution, posted rants online" by Catherine E. Shoichet, Kyung Lah and Ashley Fantz.

Article: "Facebook Posts Reveal Vegas Shooter Thought Bundy Ranch Was 'Start Of Revolution'" by Dylan Scott.

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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: "5th Amendment" (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, due compensation).

Article: "6th Amendment" (speedy trial, witnesses, defense).

Article: "8th Amendment" (cruel and unusual punishment).

Article: "List of countries by intentional homicide rate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "No, Chicago Isn't Proof That Gun Regulation Doesn't Work" by Zack Beauchamp.

 

Article: "Former U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall weighs in on Brown candidacy" by Donald Hall.

Quote: "We have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go" - Thomas Jefferson".

Book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman.

Article: "Former POW Bowe Bergdahl Coming Home" by Luis Martinez.

Site: Washington State Coalition to Amend the Constitution (WAmend).

 

PLUS, on the road with the March For Democracy
- Kai Newkirk, 99Rise 

Site: March for Democracy.

Site: Great March for Climate Action.

       

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