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Shahid Buttar, the rhymin’ executive director of Bill of Rights Defense Committee returns to talk about FBI abuses, this month’s vote in Congress on extending the Patriot Act, and the appointment of a new FBI director this year;  Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs, reports on the efforts in Florida to block distribution of free food to poor and homeless people.  Continue reading Fight Against Patriot Act Renewal and FBI Police-State Tactics Heats Up; Florida Criminalizes Poverty and Cuts Unemployment Benefits

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Neuroscience researcher Mark Underwood talks about the risk of heavy cellphone use on the brain;  Tom Lutz, editor in chief of the new L. A. Review of Books shares the news of this exciting new online magazine. Continue reading Is That Cellphone a Risk to Your Brain? Check Out the New Los Angeles Review of Books!

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Here’s an excerpt from an upcoming Boiling Frogs interview with Steve Kohn, Executive Director of National Whistleblower’s Center and author of the new The Whistleblower’s Handbook.  Kohn has represented all kinds of whistleblowers for 28 years, and expresses his outrage at the treatment of Bradley Manning.

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Global Correspondent Pepe Escobar returns to talk about the multiple accounts of the US raid that reportedly killed Osama bin Laden on May 1; he adds a new account from Pakistan’s GEO TV, and we added Rachel Maddow’s recap of the story, which keeps changing.  Prosecutor turned best-selling author Vincent Bugliosi hammers theists and atheists in his new book, Divinity of Doubt: The God Question. Continue reading Pepe Says Report of Osama’s Death Rocks the Casbah; Vincent Bugliosi Tackles the “God Question”

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Here are some critical views of the US-Israel relationship that you won’t hear in most American media.  Grant F. Smith is our guest for the latest Boiling Frogs interview, co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds. Continue reading Boiling Frogs Interview: Grant F. Smith on US-Israel Relations

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Obama shuffles his national security team, naming Gen. David Petraeus to head the CIA.  Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern offers his critical views, and Harper’s contributor Jonathan Stevenson asks in the May issue: Has the President lost control of his generals?  Continue reading Two Critical Views of Gen. Petraeus: Ray McGovern and Prof. Jonathan Stevenson; plus Will Durst on Birthers

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Vince Warren, Executive Director of Center for Constitutional Rights, talks about the new WikiLeaks Guantanamo files, and poor coverage by the N. Y. Times;  Hadar Susskind of J Street, the more moderate American lobby group for Israel, talks about a recent hearing in the Knesset where critics questioned the loyalty of J Street’s founders. Continue reading Vince Warren of CCR on the New WikiLeaks Gitmo Files; J Street Promotes Dialogue on Israel/Palestine, Gets Attacked by Knesset Leader

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Activist Logan Price with a first-person account of his chat with Obama at SF fundraiser that produced an outrageous comment from the Prez;  Professor Bradford W. Scharlott of N. Kentucky U critiques MSM for failing to pursue important details of Trig Palin’s birth–the “birther” story the corporate media won’t touch. Continue reading Media Failures: Protesters Challenge Obama on Manning’s Treatment; Journalism Prof. Cites Spiral of Silence Over Trig Palin’s Birth Certificate and Details

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Dr. Tom Woods is our guest in the latest installment of the Boiling Frogs interview series, co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds.  Continue reading Boiling Frogs: Libertarian Dr. Tom Woods

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David Swanson, activist and author of War is a Crime reports on his recent trip to Kabul and some interesting people he met;  film reviewer Gary Chew on Robert Redford’s new flick about the Lincoln assasination. Continue reading David Swanson, Just Back from Afghanistan; Gary Chew Reviews “The Conspirator”

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