If you liked the war in Iraq, you probably love the idea of going to war with Iran.

Why? It's the same agenda from the exact same people who took us into Iraq just over a decade ago.

The warhawks on the right keep crying that we need a "better deal." They say that this deal will help Iran to support terrorism in the Middle East - and that ultimately this will enable Iran as a regional power and destabilize the region.

And even if Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon - the right wing is ready to whip up any sort of weaponized boogieman to sell their case.

This time it's "Electromagnetic Pulse" weaponry, or EMP weapons, that the warhawks in Congress want you to be scared of. If you're not already scared of the nuclear bomb. But in 2002 and 2003 - it was a simpler time - it was just months after 9/11 and Americans were primed to be scared and ready to go to war just to feel safe.

All the administration had to talk about then were some vague - and non-existent - "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. And they even had the exact same beat to the war drums.

Take a look at Netanyahu testifying to Congress in 2002 about why the United States needs to invade Iraq.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Professor Gary May - Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Be sure to check out our newest video: RESTORATION - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners / Visit GreenWorldRising.org to check out all the videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners

Bigger Picture Panel - GOP Debate:
- Christy Setzer, New Heights Communications
- Neil Sroka, Democracy for America
- Organizer Stewart Acuff, Playing Bigger Than You Are

Conversations with Great Minds - Professor Gary May, Professor Emeritus of History-University of Delaware/The Daily Beast/Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy

Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
Follow Bernie:

Event: Seattle, 8/8: "Rally with Bernie Sanders".

Event: Seattle, 8/8: "'Social Security Works' rally" with Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Event: Portland, 8/9: "Rally with Bernie Sanders".

Event: Los Angeles, 8/10: "Rally with Bernie Sanders".

Case: "Shelby County v. Holder", 2013.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Remarks by Senator Sanders at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Sanders Marks Voting Rights Act Anniversary, Introduces Legislation to Increase Voter Turnout" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Site: Bernie 2016

Article: "Sandra Bland: What we know about her mysterious death in a jail cell" by German Lopez.

Article: "Shooting of Michael Brown" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Samuel DuBose" by Wikipedia.

Article: "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Voter caging" by Project Vote.

Article: "Chuck Schumer to vote against Iran nuclear deal" by Kevin Liptak, Jim Acosta and Deirdre Walsh.

Article: "The Week in Review 08/07/15" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Full Video: Watch the Aug. 6 Fox News Republican Debate" by Nate.

Article: "Annotated transcript: The Aug. 6 GOP debate".

Article: "GOP Debate on FOX News Scores Highest Metered Market Household Ratings for a Presidential Primary Debate Ever" by Sara Bibel.

Video: Video: Watch the Full ‘Early’ Aug. 6 Fox News Debate.

Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".

Constitution: "Bill of Rights".

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Law: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.

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

Tweet: "@Thom_Hartmann you called me a rabid squirrel? you talkin to me...you talkin to me? #ToupeeTakedown #ToupeeTaxi" by Rand Pauls Toupee.

Article: "Rebooting the American Dream" by Thom Hartmann.

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

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

Site: Fairewinds Education (Arnie Gundersen).

Site: Washington State Coalition to Amend the Constitution (WAmend).

Event: Seattle, WA, August 15, 2015: "WAmend Rally with David Cobb".

Article: "Angel’s Shoe Repair highlights loss of local businesses due to skyrocketing rents" by Mark Taylor-Canfield.

Article: "California Proposition 13 (1978)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Site: The Satanic Temple.

Article: "The Satanic Temple’s giant statue of a goat-headed god is looking for a home" by Abby Ohlheiser.

Article: "NC county commissioner storms out of meeting during Muslim prayer: ‘I don’t need no Arab telling me what to do’" by Bethania Palma Markus.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Article: "GOP Debate Hit Record Ratings With 24 Million Viewers" by Anna Merod.

Article: "Fireworks At GOP Debate" by Justin Duckham.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 8/7" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 8/6" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Playing Gay: How America Came Out On Television
- David Bender, Progressive Voices/Playing Gay: How America Came Out On Television

TV: "All in the Family" by Norman Lear.

Article: "Liberace" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ellen DeGeneres Apr. 14, 1997 Time Magazine Cover".

Article: "Will & Grace" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republican Debate Audience Boos Gay Soldier Stephen Hill After DADT Repeal Question (VIDEO)" by Jason Linkins, 09/22/2011.

Article: "Four Years After Gay Soldier Was Booed, Debate Crowd Applauds Mention of Same-Sex Wedding" by Ben Mathis-Lilley.

Article: "John Kasich Offers a Gracious, Humane View on Gay Marriage at the GOP Debate" by June Thomas.

Video: The Thom Hartmann Show, October 29, 2004 with Congressman Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Smaller businesses struggle to make it in the U.S.A." by Jennifer Alsever.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (GATT) by Wikipedia.

Site: World Trade Organization.

Article: "Bernie Sanders most retweeted candidate during debate" by Eliza Collins.

Article: "The 28 Democrats Who Voted For Fast Track" by Dave Johnson.

Article: "Chris Matthews' wife Kathleen to air campaign ads on MSNBC in Maryland" by Hadas Gold and Kevin Robillard.

Article: "Netanyahu anti-Iran drive strains U.S. ties, isolates Israel: president" by Jeffrey Heller.

Article: "The Transformational AT&T, DirecTV Merger" by Jeff Kagan.

Book: Soldier of Change: From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement by Stephen Snyder-Hill.

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Full Show 8/6/15: Who Will Be the GOP Master Debater?

Thom discusses the first GOP debate with attorney and radio host Mike Papantonio, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with the NAACP’s Hilary Shelton, the Advancement Project’s Katherine Culliton Gonzalez, and The Brennan Center’s Nicole Austin-Hillery. And in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how the same deceitful characters behind the Iraq war are the ones who are against the Iran nuclear deal.

Did We Witness the End of Trump's Republican Candidacy?

And the Winner of the Republican Debate is... Fox News!

Caller: Bernie Sanders Should Reach out to Black Lives Matter...

Use Caution if You Plan to Play the Republican Drinking Game!

Why Do Republicans Listen to Benjamin Netanyahu?

The Presidential Debate Needs to be on the Economy!

More Guns, Less Crime?! NOT!!

Thom Hartmann: Bernie Sanders can Bring Back the Reagan Dems...

The Fox 'Debate' Won't be a Debate!