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Could Trump's Tweets Lead to War in the Middle East?
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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Intelligence officials’ outrageous contempt of Congress" by Jennifer Rubin.

Article: "Top intel officials Coats and Rogers say they've never been 'pressured' on Russia investigations" by Erin Kelly.

Article: "Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" by U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Article: "Liveblogging Today's Senate Intelligence Hearing on Section 702" by Nate Cardozo and Kate Tummarello, 7 June 2017.

Article: "Senator Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to Make FISA Section 702 Permanent" by Quinta Jurecic.

Article: "Islamist militants strike heart of Tehran, Iran blames Saudis" by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin.

Tweet: "During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding..." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "United States Central Command" (CENTCOM) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump pitched solar-powered border wall 'so it pays for itself'" by Brooke Seipel.

Article: "Rare US floods to become the norm if emissions aren't cut, study warns" by Oliver Milman.

Tweet: "I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow." by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "US officials scramble to limit Donald Trump's diplomatic damage over Qatar tweets" by Julian Borger.

Article: "Yom Kippur War" (1973 Arab–Israeli War) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Six-Day War" (1967) by Wikipedia.

Article: "1967 Oil Embargo" (1967) by Wikipedia.

Article: "1973 oil crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Trump administration’s tally of $350 billion-plus in deals with Saudi Arabia" by Glenn Kessler.

Article: "President Trump is violating my constitutional rights by blocking me on Twitter" by Holly Figueroa O'Reilly.

Article: "How getting blocked by Trump on Twitter became a ‘badge of honor’" by Amy B Wang.

Article: "A climate chain reaction: Major Greenland melting could devastate crops in Africa" by Chelsea Harvey.

Article: "Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct" by Robert McCartney.

Article: "Water Privatization: Facts and Figures" by Food & Water Watch.

Article: "Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer, Climate Policy Foe as Top DOJ Environment Attorney" by Marianne Lavelle, John H. Cushman Jr.

Article: "Brownbacklash! KS Legislators Override Guv To Reverse Devastating Tax Cuts" by John Hanna.

Article: "Kansas Lawmakers Reverse Governor's Massive Tax Cuts" by Sam Zeff.

Article: "US officials scramble to limit Donald Trump's diplomatic damage over Qatar tweets" by Julian Borger.

Article: "Trump moves to dismantle Obama's climate legacy with executive order" by David Smith.

Article: "Trump’s Massive Saudi Arms Sale Was All Sizzle And No Substance" by Dave Gilson.

Article: "Trump begins rollback of Obama's car pollution standards to curb emissions" by Oliver Milman.

Hour Two: Could Bush Have Prevented Gulf War with a Phone Call?

- Richard A. Clarke, Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes/Good Harbor Security Risk Management/served 3 consecutive U.S. Presidents as Special Assistant to the President-Global Affairs, Special Advisor to the President-Cyberspace & National Coordinator-Security & Counter-terrorism.

Book/site: Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy.

Book: Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke.

Article: "Hurricane Katrina" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Madoff investment scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Space Shuttle Challenger disaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cassandra" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Illustrious Dunderheads" by Rex Stout.

Article: "James Hansen" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Climate guru James Hansen warns of much worse than expected sea level rise" by Oliver Milman.

Article: "Pruitt Offers 'Incoherent Distortions of Reality' in Defense of Paris Exit" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "Invasion of Kuwait" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Precautionary Principle" by Wikipedia.

Site: Cassandra Award.

Article: "Peter Wadhams" by Wikipedia.

U.K. Elections Tomorrow: Corbyn & May in Virtual Tie

- Victoria Jones, Talk Media News

Article: "Who is Theresa May: A profile of UK's new prime minister" by Gavin Stamp, 25 July 2016.

Article: "General election 2017: Why did Theresa May call an election?" by BBC.

Article: "Theresa May branded 'weak' for refusing to take part in BBC election debate" by Joe Watts.

Article: "Theresa May ditches manifesto plan with 'dementia tax' U-turn" by Anushka Asthana and Jessica Elgot.

Article: "Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jeremy Corbyn launches Labour’s election campaign, full text" by The Spectator.

Article: "How left or right-wing are the UK’s newspapers?" by Matthew Smith.

Article: "Election 2017 poll tracker: How the parties compare" (UK) by Peter Barnes.

Article: "Ways of voting" (UK) by GOV.UK.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

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."

Article: "Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" by U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Article: "'What you feel isn't relevant': Sen. Angus King grills intel leaders on whether Trump tried to influence them" by Emmanuel Ocbazghi.

Article: "Trump names Christopher Wray as next FBI director" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Police say they found a video in Notre-Dame suspect’s home pledging allegiance to ISIS" by Regina Holmes.

Article: "Donald Trump's official schedule includes 'meeting with Obamacare victims'" by Clark Mindock.

Article: "Trump stays mostly on script in Ohio speech: Ohio Politics Roundup" by Andrew J. Tobias.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Hour Three: Karen Handel: 'I Do Not Support A Livable Wage'

- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute

Article: "Karen Handel: ‘I Do Not Support A Livable Wage’ (VIDEO)" by Caitlin Macneal.

Article: "A report that analyzed every minimum-wage hike since 1938 should put a bunch of nonsense ideas to rest" by Nick Hanauer.

Speech: "Social and Industrial Justice" by Theodore Roosevelt, Before the Convention of the National Progressive Party in Chicago, August, 1912. "We stand for a living wage"

Quote: "There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute" - Anon.

Site: Al Jazeera English - Live.

Tweet: "Oops. FBI Nominee Wray is a partner at the law firm where a partner is ethics advisor to Trump's business trust." by Keith Olbermann.

Article: "D.C. Bars Opening Early for James Comey Hearings, Plus More Intel" by Warren Rojas.

Book, site: "Web of Debt", Ellen Brown.

Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.

Site: Beauregard for Congress.

Article: "Trump attacks Democrats over vacancies, but his blame is misplaced" by AP.

Article: "New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017" by Wikipedia.

Article: "North Korea drops communism, boosts "Dear Leader"" by Jon Herskovitz and Christine Kim, Sep 28, 2009.

Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District), the newly-elected Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, will be calling in to talk about the Comey hearing and issues of the day and take your calls.

Plus, all eyes will be on former FBI Director James Comey today.

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On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom discusses Trump’s backing of privatization of air traffic control with economist and professor Richard Wolff. Then, Thom talks to Bryan Pruitt of Red State and Zaid Jilani of the Intercept about the effects of Trump’s Muslim ban on hate in America and around the world, along with a GOP congressman calling for war against radical Islam, plus the Trump resistance movement spreading to younger populations.

Is the Public Really Clamoring for the Privatization of Air Traffic Control? (w/Guest Neil McCabe)

Leaked NSA Report Shows Russian Involvement in Election Tampering

America Is Sending Mixed Signals on Qatar and Destabilizing Middle East (w/Guest David Hearst)

What's Really Behind the Rift Between Qatar and Their Middle East Neighbors? (w/Guest David Hearst)