You need to know this... Over 28,000 people came out to see Bernie Sanders speak at the Moda Center in Portland - Oregon last night.

It was the largest crowd yet for the Sanders campaign - and - this is even more impressive - the largest crowd for any candidate of any party this election cycle.

Even Bernie himself seemed surprised as he took the stage - calling the crowd "unbelievable" before pushing - as he always does - for a political revolution right here - right now in America.

Three straight months of rallies like this should make it obvious to anyone who's paying attention: Bernie is for real. His message is catching on - and - for now at least - it looks like he's going to give Hillary Clinton a real run for her money - and maybe - just maybe - win the Democratic nomination for president.

But even Bernie's surprisingly successful campaign has had its controversies.

A few weeks ago at Netroots Nation - protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement stormed the stage while Bernie was hosting a question and answer session and demanded that he come with a "plan to end structural racism."

The incident caught the senator by surprise and touched a nerve because one of the big narratives that's popped up over the course of Bernie's campaign - and it's a false one - is that Bernie is "bad on race."

That narrative faded into the background as Bernie began talking at his rallies about police violence and white supremacy - but then on Saturday - one day before that 28,000 rally in Portland - it erupted out into the open once again at an event in Seattle.

As Bernie took the stage to give a speech about Social Security and Medicare - two women who said they're part of Black Lives Matter Seattle - stormed the stage and demanded that they be given a chance to speak.

Read more here.

-Thom

 

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Live Report From Ferguson, MO, Where The White Armed Militia Show Up (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

 

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Live Report From Ferguson, MO
- Manuel "Manny" Rapalo, RT Correspondent    

 

Need to Know: The White Armed Militia Show Up In Ferguson
- Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Fellowship of Reconciliation/First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain  

 

Big Picture Politics Panel:
- Gianno Caldwell, Caldwell Strategic Consulting  
- Kymone Freeman, Black Lives Matter DC/We Act Radio  
- Bryan Pruitt, RedState    

 

Everything You Know Is Wrong: Stop Accusing Us Wiccans of Ritual Murder
- Courtney Weber, Wiccan Priestess/Writer/Activist  

 

Tuesday's Daily Stack 

Article: "Ferguson anniversary: State of emergency declared as dozens arrested" by BBC.

Article: "Arrested in Ferguson Last Year, 2 Reporters Are Charged" by Ravi Somaiya and Ashley Southall.

Article: "Oath Keepers Turn Up at Michael Brown Protests in Ferguson, Missouri" by Cassandra Vinograd.

Article: "Why a huge Los Angeles crowd turned out for Bernie Sanders" by Kurtis Lee, Sarah Parvini and Kate Linthicum.

Article: "100,000 people have come to recent Bernie Sanders rallies. How does he do it?" by Ed O'Keefe and John Wagner.

Article: "Netanyahu Busted Covering Up Intelligence That Disagrees With His Opposition To Obama Iran Deal" by Jason Easley.

Article: "Netanyahu Must Stop Silencing Intel Chiefs Who Find Iran Deal Acceptable" by Amir Oren.

Article: "Martin O'Malley Worked With Lobbyists to Recruit Pro-Business Democrats" by Lee Fang.

Article: "China devalues yuan by 2% to boost flagging economy" by Fergus Ryan Martin Farrer.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online).

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Site: District Sentinel.

Quote: "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?" - Thomas Becket.

Article: "Cannabis discovered in tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare's garden" by Bonnie Malkin.

Article: "Sonnet XCIV" by William Shakespeare.

Book: Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

Article: "29 U.S. Scientists Praise Iran Nuclear Deal in Letter to Obama" by William J. Broad.

Article: "Underground Railroad" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets" by Anahad O'Connor.

Article: "Trump Claims Authorship Of Slogan 'Make America Great Again'. Internet Face-Palms. Hard" by Retroactive Genius.

Article: "A mathematician may have uncovered widespread election fraud, and Kansas is trying to silence her" by Jon Green.

Hour Two: Stop Indoctrinating Children On Gender!
- Rev. Bill Keller, Live Prayer 

Article: "Target Ditches Gender Labels on Toys, Home and Entertainment" by Kathryn Robinson.

Article: "What the Research Says: Gender-Typed Toys" by National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Bible: "Matthew 7:1-2: Judging Others" "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.".

Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.

 

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

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

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.

Site: World Trade Organization.

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

Article: "Howard Dean Scream" by Brad.

Article: "Intersex" (hermaphrodite humans, etc.) by Wikipedia.

Article: "How common is intersex?" by Intersex Society of North America (ISNA).

Article: "Simon-Ehrlich wager" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney 

Article: "Megyn Kelly: No Apology For Trump" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "'Bridgegate' suit against NJ Gov. Chris Christie's allies revived after new information revealed" by David Porter.

Article: "The indictment hanging over Rick Perry's 2016 presidential bid, explained" by Amber Phillips.

Article: "Rand Paul super PAC head indicted over alleged 2012 campaign finance violations" by Sean Sullivan, Matea Gold and David Weigel.

Article: "Now We Know. Scott Walker Was John Doe. (Big Update)" by Puddytat.

Article: "Former Scott Walker aide heads to jail Wednesday" by Mary Spicuzza, April 1, 2015.

Article: "Full Video: Watch the Aug. 6 Fox News Republican Debate" by Nate.

Article: "Annotated transcript: The Aug. 6 GOP debate".

Article: "Right-Wing Media Defend Mike Huckabee's "Door Of The Oven" Comment Comparing Iran Deal To Holocaust" by Alex Kaplan.

Article: "Bush To Hit Clinton On ISIS" by Sydnee Fried.

Article: "Donald Trump Still Has Double Jeb Bush's Support" by Jack Linshi.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

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

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 8/11" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 8/10" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "The 13 Home-Run Lines from Bernie Sanders' Portland Speech" by Aaron Mesh.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online).

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "If It's Going to Push Us to War, Is It Time for AIPAC to Register as a Foreign Agent?" by Juan Cole.

Article: "Benjamin Netanyahu's not-so-prescient 2002 message to Congress about Iraq" by Zack Beauchamp.

Article: "Bill Clinton defends repeal of Glass-Steagall" by Kevin Cirilli.

Article: "Remembering The Horror Of Nagasaki 70 Years Later" by Anthony Kuhn.

Article: "Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb" by BBC.

Article: "Japan Restarts Reactor, Lifting 2-Year Ban Prompted by Fukushima Accident" by Jonathan Soble.

Article: "75 Reasons Not to Fear Socialism" by Jerry Nelson.

Article: "75 Ways Socialism Has Improved America" by TheNewDeal00.

Article: "Bernie Sanders Nabs Endorsement From National Nurses' Union" by Dave Jamieson.

  

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