Justin Logan, the director of foreign policy at the Cato Institute, discusses why Iran has no chance to become the "regional hegemon in the Middle East" once sanctions are lifted and Iran's economy improves.

Jonathan Marshall, an independent researcher and writer, discusses his article "Obama's Egypt Policy Breeds Terrorism;" and why even neoconservatives want the Egyptian military-led government to dial back its "campaign of indiscriminate repression."

Mike Maharrey, the communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses the six state laws going into effect that nullify federal overreach, including "right to try" laws bypassing FDA drug restrictions for terminally ill patients, and legalizing industrial hemp.

Walead Farwana, an American researcher, writer, and amateur historian, discusses the advent of Hezbollah and the 30+ year Iranian relationship with the organization.

Chris Woods, author of Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars, discusses the hundreds of civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria killed by the US-led coalition of countries that are conducting airstrikes, including Turkey and Israel.

Len Ackland, a former newspaper reporter and editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine, discusses how the "nuclear weapons complex" successfully lobbied Washington to build the B61-12 guided nuclear bomb, breaking Obama's pledge not to build new nukes.

Eli Clifton, a reporter on money in politics and US foreign policy, discusses the $145 million budget for AIPAC, United Against Nuclear Iran, and other groups furiously lobbying Congress to reject the Iran nuclear agreement.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses former IAEA deputy director Olli Heinonen's misleading or false claims that the verification system in the Iran nuclear agreement is too lax to prevent Iran from covertly making a bomb.

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.

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.