Today, Army Private Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning came out as a transgender. She is asking everyone, including the press to refer to her as female. She said, "As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back."

There were many immediate attacks by the conservative press including this one from Laura Ingraham - Laura Ingraham tweeted "So Manning wants to live as a woman. Let me guess, we have to pay for it.” Yes - Laura - we do have to pay for it - if there is healthcare involved - when someone is in jail. Chelsea Manning should receive humane treatment during her incarceration.

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Quote: "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations." -- George Orwell.

Article: "Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years" by Julie Tate.

Article: "Damon Holbrook, 3-Year-Old Michigan Boy, Dies After Shooting Himself In The Head".

Article: "Elizabeth Warren Presses Eric Holder On Mortgage Settlement" by Luke Johnson, Zach Carter.

Article: "Rick Perry Quietly Lobbies The White House For $100 Million In Obamacare Funding" by Sy Mukherjee.

Article: "The Best Conspiracy Theories About Obama's New Dog Sunny" by Elspeth Reeve.

Article: "Poll: Louisiana Republicans Blame Obama More Than Bush For Government's Katrina Response" by Jonathan Wolfe.

The Big Picture
- Andrew Campbell, The Big Picture producer

Article: "German Utilities Hammered in Market Favoring Renewables" by Tino Andresen.

Article: "Mubarak to be freed today as EU stops short of complete freeze on £4billion aid for fear of hurting ordinary Egyptians" by Kerry Mcdermott.

Article: "For First Time, ALEC Is Formally Requesting Open Records Immunity" by Center for Media and Democracy.

Article: "Beau Biden Hospitalized After Disorientation, Weakness".

Book: "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder" by Vincent Bugliosi.

Article: "My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.

Book: Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, The Nazis, and The Swiss Banks by Mark Aarons and John Loftus.

Facebook: "I stand with Glenn Greenwald. Do you? #StandWithGlenn" by Alan Grayson.

Plus, Fukushima radiation crisis escalates
- Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear

Article: "Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Escalates To Worst Level In 2 Years" by Kiyoshi Takenaka and James Topham.

Article: "Tank Has Leaked Tons of Contaminated Water at Japan Nuclear Site" by Hiroko Tabuchi.

Article: "Japan's nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses 'shock'" by Kiyoshi Takenaka and James Topham.

Article: "INES: The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale" by International Atomic Energy Agency.

Hour Two: GOP-food now an entitlement program?
- Peter Ferrara, The Carleson Center for Public Policy.

Article: "Food Stamp Cuts Would Deny Benefits To At Least 4 Million: CBPP" by Arthur Delaney.

Article: "Study: Welfare pays better" by Antonio Planas.

Article: "The Work versus Welfare Trade-Off: 2013" by Michael D. Tanner and Charles Hughes.

Article: "Study: Welfare pays more than work in most states" by Michael Bastasch.

Book: "The Autobiography of Ben Franklin" by Ben Franklin.

Article: "Blows Against The Empire" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Leaked Report Spotlights Big Climate Change Assessment" by Brian Clark Howard.

Article: "The stupidest anti-Obamacare campaign ever" by Brian Beutler.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Article: "TRNS News Notes – Tuesday 8/20" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes — Thursday 8/22" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Reports: Chemical Attack Kills Hundreds Near Damascus" by TRNS.

Article: "‘Syria’s Srebrenica’ Claims Hundreds Of Lives And Cleans Out Hospital Supplies" by Zack Baddorf in Gazientep, Turkey and Luke Vargas at the United Nations.

Article: "Listen: TRNS’ Zack Baddorf Inside Syria".

Article: "Rep. Chris Van Hollen to file lawsuit against IRS over tax-exemption rules" by Josh Hicks.

Article: "Issa: State Department Covered Up Benghazi Blame" by Geoff Holtzman.

Article: "Journalism: You Know It When You See It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Senators spar over definition of ‘journalist’ in seeking to protect them" by Kate Irby.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann. Get "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann!

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann.

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

The good: "Cruz heckled during ‘Defund Obamacare’ event: ‘You have health care, so can we!’" by David Edwards.

The bad: "God Did Not Create Tyrannosaurus Rex to Eat Meat, Says Creationist Paul Taylor (Video)" by Michael Allen.

The very, very ugly: Benny Hinn and Jerry Mungadze: "‘Ex-gay’ therapist tells televangelist: I can tell if you’re possessed by which crayons you use" by Arturo Garcia.

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Quote: "Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." by Justice Louis D. Brandeis.

Site: Move to Amend

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

Site: Progressive Democrats of America.

Article: "Bradley Manning gets 35 years in WikiLeaks case" by David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek.

Article: "Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches" by Timothy B. Lee.

Article: "Weiner's Wieners: New 'Carlos Danger' brand hot dogs poke fun at the mayoral hopeful's sexting indiscretions".

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Hour Two: WTF-rack is going on in Texas?
- Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio

Plus, Geeky Science - What can Republicans learn from apes about sharing?

Hour Three: Ted Cruz...is he or isn't he?
- Dr. Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily

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