I would have invaded Iraq, and you would have to. That is literally what Jeb Bush told Megyn Kelly in an interview set to air tonight on Fox So-Called News.

Amazing, right?

Up until this point, Jeb has done everything he can to separate himself from his brother George W. Bush’s disastrous 8 years as president.

Just a few months ago, for example, he went out of his way to say during a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that he was his “own man” and that his family’s track record didn’t say anything about what he would do as president.

The irony, of course, is that Jeb owes everything to his last name.

His connections, his money, the very fact that he’s taken seriously as a candidate -- they’re all because his last name is “Bush.”

If his last name were anything other than “Bush,” he wouldn’t get anywhere near the amount of attention he’s getting.

But even so, being the brother of the guy who got us into the Iraq mess is something voters actually do care about, which is why Jeb has tried really hard to distance himself from W. and his policies.

That’s what makes what he said to Megyn Kelly about invading Iraq so surprising.

It’s a big break with his campaign strategy so far, which has been to sell himself as a “moderate” conservative who’s learned from the mistakes of the past. But here’s the thing: if it is a break with campaign strategy, it’s an honest break with campaign strategy.

That’s because Jeb Bush isn’t really a moderate.Like his brother and dad before him, he’s a neo-con extremist.

Read more here.

-Thom

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Need to Know: Whistle Blowers Don't Get the Same Deal As Petraeus
- Norman Solomon, RootsAction/War Made Easy

Screwed: Why There Are Too Many in Jail
- Maya Schenwar, Truthout/Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better

Best of the Rest: I Don't Believe This Anymore!
- Sarah Morehead, Recovering From Religion

PLUS, The Legacy of Agent Orange Continues
- Susan Schnall, Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign

Green report: Unexplained Explosion at the Nuclear Power Plant Near NYC
- Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Good Cop Files Lawsuit Against Corrupt Department That Told Him ‘If you snitch, your career is done’" by Reagan Ali and Jackson Marciana.

Article: "Michelle Obama: I was 'knocked back' by race perceptions" by Damien Gayle.

Article: "Top 50 US boardroom hoarders sit on $1tn in cash" by Eric Platt.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Article: "Fast track (trade)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How the Chained CPI Affects Social Security Payments" by Emily Brandon.

Article: "Obama Knocks Warren On Trade: She Is 'A Politician Like Everybody Else'" by Caitlin MacNeal.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 5/11" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Saudi king pulls out of Gulf meetings in US" by Simeon Kerr in Dubai.

Quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people" - Karl Marx".

Article: "Raul Castro so impressed with Pope Francis he 'may start praying again and return to Church'" by Adam Withnall.

Article: "Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada" by Emily S. Queenan.

Article: "Pope says many powerful people don't want peace" by ANSA.

Article: "Baltimore jail has refused to admit 2,600 people because they needed emergency medical care first" by Shaun King.

Article: "Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers" by Sarah Maslin Nir.

Article: "Precautionary Principle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Coke, corruption and videotape: Rogue cop Michael Dowd returns in documentary" by Doyle Murphy.

Article: "Wal-Mart accused of closing stores in 'retaliation' for workers demanding better pay and conditions" by Andrew Buncombe.

Site: Media Matters for America

Article: "Jeb Bush: I would have invaded Iraq" by AFP.

Article: "Sandoval said to be on Jeb Bush’s VP short list" by Laura Myers.

Article: "Bernie Sanders' platform in an easy to digest format. These are all mainstream ideas" by corkhead.

Hour Two: Why Conservatives Should Embrace Sen. Bernie Sanders' Platform
- Neil McCabe, Townhall.com / The Washington Mercury

Article: "Bernie Sanders on the Issues" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Quote: "Bellum omnium contra omnes" - Thomas Hobbes".

Article: "Works Progress Administration" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Billionaire Lifts Marco Rubio, Politically and Personally" by Michael Barbaro and Steve Eder.

Event: London, 22-26 June, 2015: "Saving the World From Extinction – How To Create A World That Works For All" With Thom Hartmann and special guests.

Article: "E. F. Schumacher" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Age of Enlightenment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Barack Obama's 2006 speech at launch of Brookings Hamilton Project".

Article: "Bernie Sanders says he can beat Hillary Clinton" by Bob Schieffer.

Article: "Freddie Gray Case: Lawyers for Cops Charged Want Prosecutor Off Case".

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "As Middle Class Fades, So Does Use of Term on Campaign Trail" by Amy Chozick.

Talk Radio News Segment:
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Article: "Kerry To Meet Putin In Russia" by William McDonald.

Article: "Germany's Angela" by BBC.

Article: "EU seeks UN support to tackle migrant smuggling" by BBC.

Article: "Cameron bares teeth over EU migration" by Katya Adler.

Article: "Five-day humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen expected to begin on Tuesday " by Kareem Shaheen.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "Why the Rich Don't Care About Jobs for the Rest of Us" by Buchheit.

Article: "Paul Ryan still struggling on poverty" by Steve Benen.

Book: Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray.

Site: Sister Giant 3.

Article: "Feeling unwell, Jimmy Carter cuts short Guyana visit" by AP.

Article: "Florida Gov. Rick Scott asks hospitals to consider profit sharing" by Kathleen McGrory.

Quote: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" - popularised by Karl Marx".

Site: Progressive Democrats of America

Site: Move to Amend

Site: Muslims For Progressive Values.

Site: Bernie 2016

Article: "F.E.C. Can’t Curb 2016 Election Abuse, Commission Chief Says" by Eric Lichtblau.

Article: "GOP to blame for road funding crunch, report says" by Keith Laing.

Article: "Corinthian Solidarity Strike" by The Debt Collective.

Article: "21 States Will Take Away Your Driver's License If You Can't Pay Your College Loans, But Activists Are Fighting Back" by Michael Arria.

Article: "Parents Aren’t Saving For A College Fund, But Can We Blame Them?" by Casey Quinlan.

Article: "Wisconsin Republicans Don’t Want Food Stamp Recipients Buying Beans, Potatoes, Pasta Sauce" by Alan Pyke.

Article: "This Pittsburgh store battles the gender wage gap by giving women a discount" by Jin Zhao.

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Why Liberal Democrats Lost in English Elections...

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