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Wednesday Night, May 31

FUND DRIVE



Opening Music: ‘June is Bustin’ Out All Over’ from “Carousel” soundtrack CD



12:30-1:30 Dave Emory, "For the Record #958 - Miscellaneous Articles and Updates"



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SEGUE MUSIC: Tracy Chapman, ‘Subcity’ from “Crossroads” CD





2-3 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour



Ralph talks to Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear about all the lies the nuclear industry tells to stay afloat; and solar expert Scott Sklar joins us to talk about how solar energy is already creating more jobs than nuclear and fossil fuels combined.



- See more at: https://ralphnaderradiohour.com/beyond-nuclear-and-the-bright-future-of-solar/#sthash.pxeIkHbW.dpuf





3:30-4:15 L. Fletcher Prouty, segment from ‘The Secret Team’ from “Understanding Special Operations” book





4:15-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Hour One: Paris Climate Agreement, Healthcare...what's next?
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)



Article: "Rep. Mark Pocan Elected New Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus".

Tweet: "I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Trump, EPA chief meet ahead of decision on climate change" by AP.

Article: "Trump is reportedly withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement" by Natasha Geiling.

Article: "Trump planning to pull U.S. out of Paris climate deal: source" by Valerie Volcovici and Jeff Mason.

Article: "Trump clashes with German leaders as transatlantic tensions boil over" by Julian Borger.

Article: "Merkel reiterates call for Europe to 'take fate into our own hands'" by James Masters.

Tweet: "Germans perplexed as Trump escalates feud" by Michael Birnbaum and Rick Noack.

Article: "Democrats End Sit-In After 25 Hours, Drawing Attention to Gun Control", June 23, 2016 by David M. Herszenhorn and Emmarie Huetteman.

Article: "House Democrats' new Obamacare strategy: Get out of the way" by Heather Caygle and Elana Schor.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)

Article: "Darrell Issa Appears to Flee to Building Roof to Avoid Protesters" by Mother Jones.

Article: "AP Explains: Kushner and the back story of back channels" by Nancy Benac.

Article: "In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family pushes $500,000 'investor visa' to wealthy Chinese" by Emily Rauhala and William Wan.

Article: "Ex-CIA Director: Mike Flynn and Turkish Officials Discussed Removal of Erdogan Foe From U.S." by James V. Grimaldi, Dion Nissenbaum and Margaret Coker.

Article: "G.O.P. Health Bill Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured in a Decade, C.B.O. Says" by Robert Pear.

Article: "HR 676 press conf: Conyers announces Medicare for all has 111 co-sponsors, 58% of Democratic caucus." by subir.



Energy Efficiency...BIG Loser in Trump Budget
- Noah Horowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)


Article: "Energy Efficiency: A Big Loser in Trump's Proposed Budget" by Noah Horowitz.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief


Article: "DeWine sues five drug-makers over Ohio opioid epidemic" by Alan Johnson.

Article: "Massive blast in the heart of Kabul's diplomatic quarter kills at least 80" by Sayed Salahuddin and Pamela Constable.

Article: "VA Secretary Urges Senate To Quickly Pass Legislation Allowing Him To Fire Bad Employees" by Jonah Bennett.

Article: "Michael Flynn will provide some documents under subpoena to Senate intel panel" by AP.

Article: "Unsealing of JFK assassination investigative records is five months away" by Edward Zuckerman.

Article: "Trump likely to withdraw US from Paris Climate Accord" by TMN.

Article: "UN secretary general: 'Get on board the climate train or get left behind'" by Karl Mathiesen.

Article: "Arrested, missing China activists spark criticism of Trump" by Erika Kinetz.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.



Imagine the World Without Net Neutrality
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute



Article: "Keep Our Net Free shows you what a world without net neutrality could be like" by Jon Martindale.

Article: "Netflix: We're the ones throttling video speeds on AT&T and Verizon" by Steven Musil.

Article: "A timeline of Netflix's conflicting stances on net neutrality" by Jacob Kastrenakes.

Article: "Netflix to Pay Comcast for Smoother Streaming" by Shalini Ramachandran.

Article: "FCC's Ajit Pai on net neutrality: "I favour an open Internet and I oppose Title II"" by Jon Brodkin.

Article: "2.6 million comments in, the FCC has changed almost nothing about its net neutrality proposal" by Jacob Kastrenakes.

Article: "It Sure Looks Like the FCC's Anti-Net Neutrality Bot Problem Got Worse" by Libby Watson.

Site: Free State Foundation.

Article: "Free State Foundation" by SourceWatch.

Article: "American Legislative Exchange Council" (ALEC) by SourceWatch.


The Big Picture: Trump To Exit Paris Climate Deal & Turn America Into a Rogue State

Big Picture Interview: Ivanka Profiting From Underpaid Chinese Workers?
- Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch


Big Picture Panel: GOP Hates Red Tape - Except When It Means Helping the Poor
- Julio Rivera, Reactionary Times/Newsmax

/Right Wing News/Politichicks







- Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research


Big Picture Fact: The Great Barrier Reef Can't Be Saved

BIG PICTURE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT



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WHAT HAPPENED

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING!

Monday Night, May 29

FUND DRIVE



12-12:30 Columbia Workshop, "Brewsie and Willie" by Gertrude Stein. Originally broadcast on CBS, October 12, 1946.



12:30-5:00 Col. L. Fletcher Prouty, ‘Background’ from “Understanding Special Operations” book.



5-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



‘Best of’ show on radio.


The Big Picture: Are Democrats Finally Learning How to Fight?

Big Picture Interview: What Democrats Can Learn From Montana's Election...
- Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future/The Zero Hour

Big Picture Panel: The GOP's War on Journalists Escalates
- Scott Greer, The Daily Caller
- Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party

Big Picture Fact: More Proof of the 'Gut-Brain' Connection...

Big Picture Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT

Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com

WHAT HAPPENED

SOMETHING'S HAPPENING
THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY 25

FUND DRIVE


Alan Watts, "Beyond Theology" Part 3 (concluding)
All info: http://www.alanwatts.org

Jack Gariss, "Bio-Meditation"
'Creativity' Part 4 of 7. Originally broadcast on KPFK in 1977.

Elizabeth Warren in L.A.

The Thom Hartmann Program
Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com

Bernie Sanders in L.A.

WHAT HAPPENED

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Wednesday Night, May 24

Fundraising

12-1Dave Emory's Final Live Talk Fundraising

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1:15-2:15 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph interviews Noam Chomsky about his latest work 'Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power'

- See more at: https://ralphnaderradiohour.com/noam-chomsky-requiem-for-the-american-dream/#sthash.Yt7blvl6.dpuf
http://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com



2:15-5 L. Fletcher Prouty “Understanding Special Operations and Their Impact on the Vietnam War Era” pitch and play

5-6 The Thom Hartmann Program






Hour One: Trump & GOP's Total Disregard for Humanity...

Article: "Manchester attack: US leaks about bomber irritating - Rudd" by BBC.

Article: "US officials leak more Manchester details hours after UK rebuke" by Ewen MacAskill, Julian Borger

Article: "US officials appear to have leaked 3 pieces of crucial info on the Manchester attack while investigation was still underway" by Adam Bienkov.

Article: "US leak of Manchester attacker's name strikes new blow to intelligence sharing" by David Smith, Ewen MacAskill.

Article: "The President Just Told a Room of Israelis That He "Just Got Back From the Middle East"" by Ben Mathis-Lilley.

Article: "Trump says he didn't name Israel in discussing counter-terrorism intelligence with Russians" by Michael A. Memoli.

Article: "PART 1: Trump Called Rodrigo Duterte to Congratulate Him on His Murderous Drug War: "You Are Doing an Amazing Job"" by Jeremy Scahill, Alex Emmons, Ryan Grim.

Article: "PART 2: What Trump and Duterte Said Privately About the North Korean Nuclear Threat" by Jeremy Scahill, Alex Emmons, Ryan Grim.

Article: "PART 3: Read the Full Transcript of Trump's Call With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte" by Jeremy Scahill, Alex Emmons, Ryan Grim.

Article: "Sean Hannity done talking about Seth Rich and WikiLeaks 'for now' as Fox News retracts story" by Kristine Phillips and Peter Holley.

Article: "Maine Supreme Court finds ranked choice voting law unconstitutional" by Don Carrigan.

Article: "Trump's budget would limit food stamp benefits for larger families" by Bryce Covert.



The Big Picture: How Republicans Will Get Rich Throwing Millions of Americans Off Healthcare

Big Picture Interview: Greg Palast on GerryMandering & Voting Rights
- Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (film)

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT

Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com

WHAT HAPPENED

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Tuesday Night, May 23



12-12:30 Vaccine Update



University of California Vaccine Policy Preventing Top Talent from Admission?: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article147468884.html



Autism Symptoms in Pets Rise As Pet Vaccination Rates Rise: http://vaccineimpact.com/2017/autism-symptoms-in-pets-rise-as-pet-vaccination-rates-rise/



12:30-1:30 "Self Healing: An Interview with Norman Cousins
A classic film shown yearly at the Cancer Control Society.
DVD From Malibu Video, Email: ccsvideos@yahoo.com Phone: (818) 880-4599.

3:30-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Trump's Budget: MAJOR Slashes to Social Safety Net - What For??? Military? Border Wall? Billionaires?
- Neil McCabe, Breitbart News

Article: "Neo-Nazi-Turned-Muslim Charged With Killing" by Tim Stelloh.

Article: "In Saudi Arabia, Trump Reaches Out to Sunni Nations, at Iran's Expense" by Ben Hubbard, Thomas Erdbrink.

Article: "Flabbergasted anchor points out to commerce secretary why there wasn't a 'single hint of a protester' in Saudi Arabia" by Natasha Bertrand.

Article: "How the Swastika Became a Confederate Flag" by Brent Staples.

Article: "Jeff Sessions 'appears intent on taking us back to the 1980s' and the 'War on Drugs'" by Jeremy Berke.

Article: "New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage" by David Cecere, September 17, 2009.

Article: "Top adviser to Richard Nixon admitted that 'War on Drugs' was policy tool to go after anti-war protesters and 'black people'" by Adam Edelman.



Dwight Eisenhower was the last legitimately elected Republican! So why won't the GOP heed his advice?

Clip: "The Man from Abilene" - Eisenhower (you need to select it).

Speech: "Cross of Iron" - Address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower "The Chance for Peace" delivered before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16,1953. "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

Article: "Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's Closest Adviser, Just Wants to See the World Burn" by Jack Moore.

Article: "Bannon vows a daily fight for 'deconstruction of the administrative state'

" by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa.

Article: "Rural hospitals in critical condition" by Jayne O'Donnell and Laura Ungar.

Article: "Texas House passes bill allowing LGBT discrimination in same-sex adoptions" by Nico Lang.

Site: Georgia Health News.

Speech: "Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 (transcript). "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex."

Site: Rob Quist for Montana.

Event: May 25 2017: "Montana's at-large congressional district special election, 2017" by Wikipedia.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Patrick Gavin

Article: "US Five Star Ranks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump budget proposal has massive cuts to social programs" by Jacqueline Alemany.

Article: "Trump budget seeks huge cuts to science and medical research, disease prevention" by Joel Achenbach and Lena H. Sun.

Article: "Trump's budget: major slashes to social programs - but $1.6bn for the wall" by David Smith, Dominic Rushe.

Article: "Resurrecting 'Gilded Age,' Trump Budget Sacrifices All for Military and Ultra-Rich" by Lauren McCauley.

Book: Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater.

Book: With no apologies: The personal and political memoirs of Barry M. Goldwater by Barry M. Goldwater.

Article: "Budget director brags about Trump's cruel welfare cuts: 'You have to have compassion' for wealthy taxpayers" by David Edwards.

Article: "Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error" by Jonathan Chait.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Are You and Introvert or an Extrovert? What about an Ambivert?

Article: "The Dying Fossil Fuel Industry" by Gaius Publius.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "9 Signs That You're An Ambivert" by Dr. Travis Bradberry.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren: Obama was wrong. The system is more rigged than you know." by Ezra Klein.

Article: "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dale Carnegie Course".

Article: "Forté Communications Style Profile" by Forté Institute.

Article: "Male Bisexuality: Current Research Findings" by Michael Shelton.

Article: "The Key Differences Between Shyness And Introversion" by Susan Cain.

Article: "Monitoring the Self: Are You a High or Low Self-Monitor?" by Adrian Furnham.

Book: Thom Hartmann's Complete Guide to ADHDby Thom Hartmann

Article: "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" by Saul McLeod.


The Big Picture: Richard Wolff - America's Social Safety Net At Risk

Big Picture Interview: Slashes to Social Programs & $$ For the Military
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Capitalism's Crisis Deepens Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown/Democracy At Work

Big Picture Panel: The Trump Administration Is Editing Science
- Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel News Co-op
- Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research

Big Picture Fact: How Pollution Is Damaging Our Kids

Big Picture Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT



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