Philip Weiss, founder of Mondoweiss.net, discusses the extreme pressure on Congressional Democrats to put Israel's interests above America's and vote down the Iran nuclear agreement.

Alex Nowrasteh, the immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, discusses his paper on The Fiscal Impact of Immigration - including surprising statistics on the ways immigrants and their descendants affect government budgets.

Sadia Ali Aden, a human rights advocate and freelance writer, discusses the famine, foreign occupation and violence in Somalia, and how US foreign policy is making everything worse.

Peter Van Buren, a regular contributor at TomDispatch.com, discusses how the balance of power in the Middle East is changing as US-Iran relations emerge from a 30-year cold war.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses why Turkey would rather fight the Kurds than help the US against ISIS; and Israel's "$100 Million Gamble" on lobbying Congress to defeat approval of the Iran nuclear agreement.

Grant F. Smith, founder of IRMEP.org, discusses the poll showing that most Americans oppose compensating Israel for the Iran nuclear deal; and why Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard should not be released from prison.

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the joint assault on Fallujah, as Shia militias join Iraqi army units in an attempt to retake the ISIS-held city.

Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses her article, "The U.S. Aids and Abets War Crimes in the Philippines."

Sheldon Richman, chairman of the Center for a Stateless Society, discusses why "hate crimes" are simply Orwellian thought crimes; and how the politicized definition of "terrorism" protects the US and its allies while vilifying its enemies.