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Friday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
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Article: "The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders Statement on Veterans Legislation" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Senate Passes Sanders-McCain Veterans Bill" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Make College Affordable" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "College Costs" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Virginia lawmakers pass budget that thwarts Medicaid expansion" by Michael Martz and Jim Nolan.

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

Article: "We'll Find Alien Life in This Lifetime, Scientists Tell Congress" by Nola Taylor Redd.

Article: "U.S. weighs Iraq airstrikes, Obama says he won't send combat troops" by Barbara Starr and Tom Cohen.

Article: "Let's try out conservative economic theories on rich people!" by Amanda Marcotte.

Book: Not One More Mother's Child by Cindy Sheehan.

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

 

The good: "Champ Bailey comes out against Redskins name" by Dan Steinberg.

The bad: "Nomad World Pub blasted for World Cup replica" by Robert Gebelhoff.

The very, very ugly: "Rick Perry compares homosexuality to alcoholism" by CNN.

Article: "Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq" by Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Leslie H. Gelb, May 1, 2006.

 

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

Article: "Elizabeth Warren's bill to refinance student loans dies in the Senate. Now what?" by Danielle Douglas.

Article: "Buffett Rule" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Obama: U.S. Will Not Send Troops To Iraq, But Action Pending" by TRNS.

Article: "Bergdahl Back In The U.S." by TRNS.

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

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 6/13" by Victoria Jones.

Law: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999) (Financial Services Modernization Act Of 1999).

Law: "Commodity Futures Modernization Act", 2000.

Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.

Book: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Movie: "Charlie Wilson's War".

Article: "Asynchronous therapy restores motor control by rewiring of the rat corticospinal tract after stroke" by A. S. Wahl et al.

Article: "Permanent Protest Setup at Proposed Tar Sands Strip Mine in Utah" by EcoWatch.

Article: "Native Americans From Idaho Appear in Commercial Targeting NFL, Washington 'Redskins'".

Article: "Supreme Court Declines To Weight In On Journalist Protections" by TRNS.

Book: "Unequal Protection: Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy" by Thom Hartmann

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Article: "Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention of 1787" by James Madison.

  

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET 

I'll be speaking with journalist Daniel Schulman, author of the brilliant new book "Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty" for the back story on the Koch empire's rise to power...

 

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Thom discusses the crisis and ongoing insurgency in Iraq with Attorney & Radio Host, Mike Papantonio. Thom and Mike also discuss David Brat's shocking election upset that ousted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and the real reason why Brat won Virginia's 7th district seat. In tonight's Daily Take Thom talks about the serious implications Libertarian economics will have on America's middle class.

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