Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research joins Thom Hartmann. After coming under enormous pressure from religious groups - the Boy Scouts of America have decided to delay its vote on allowing gays to be members of the organization. Is this a civil rights issue to you? Couldn't you make the same argument against blacks not being allowed in private organizations?

With the American public and Congress beginning to understand this nation's full use of drones - is the drone program in for a major change now that the secret's out? Given the choice between supporting the President or supporting the nation's Constitution, the Constitution comes first. In fact, the President's oath of office requires him to put it first, too.

These are the names of the men who have committed some of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. But - putting aside weak gun control laws, the gun lobby and gun manufacturers - who really helped these men to pull the trigger - and take so many American lives?

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