Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the acquittal of Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo - who stood on a Chevy Malibu's hood and fired multiple shots at the two unarmed occupants inside - on two counts of voluntary manslaughter.

James Carden, a contributing editor at The American Conservative and a former State Department adviser, discusses the neoconservative journalists who are pushing an ultra-hawkish US policy on Russia and Ukraine while trying to get their critics blacklisted.

Jordan Smith, a journalist with The Intercept, discusses Lester Bower's imminent execution on Texas's death row for his conviction on quadruple-murder charges in 1983 - even though serious doubts about his guilt have arisen since then.

Brian McGlinchey, director of 28Pages.org, discusses Rand Paul's introduction of Senate Bill 1471; legislation that will urge President Obama to declassify the 28 pages on foreign government links to the 9/11 hijackers.

Ghada Morad discusses the police killing of her brother Feras Morad in Long Beach, California; and how the local NBC station edited a witness's interview to better support the police department's version of events.

Mike Swanson, founder of Wall Street Window and author of The War State, discusses the economic triggers that could start the next bear market, and why the Fed might not be able to prevent a market crash this time.

Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute, discusses his article about Ross Ulbricht, the 31-year-old former operator of the Silk Road online marketplace, who was given the extremely harsh sentence of life in prison without parole for facilitating black-market transactions.

Philip Weiss, founder of Mondoweiss.net, discusses how the New York Times whitewashes Israel's crimes against Palestinians so liberal Jews can keep supporting the increasingly-reactionary Israeli government.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses Senator Rand Paul's temporary victory against the NSA's bulk collection of American phone records, and why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hates our freedoms.

Asa Winstanley, an associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, discusses how Israel is aiding the Nusra Front (al-Qaeda's official franchise in Syria), and the media's failure to cover the story.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses the hype and the reality of the Iraq War "surge" that allowed President Bush to withdraw without admitting defeat - by sacrificing 1000 American soldiers and creating the chaos that ultimately gave rise to the Islamic State.

Trevor Timm, a Guardian US columnist and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses Senator Rand Paul's efforts to force an expiration of provisions within the Patriot Act that have been used to justify the NSA's surveillance of Americans.

Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses his article "The Iran Talks Game Changer: An Israeli-Hezbollah War?"

Kathy Kelly, a coordinator for Voices for Creative Nonviolence, discusses her time in prison for attempting to protest the US drone war at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

George Maschke, co-founder of Antipolygraph.org, discusses the trial of Doug Williams, who faces 100 years in prison for teaching people how to defeat a "lie detector" test.