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.

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.

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.

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.

Blogger and author Will Grigg discusses Jesse Trentadue's legal battle with the FBI and his pursuit of the truth about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the subsequent murder of his brother Kenneth while in federal custody.

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the popular misconceptions about WWII that are trotted out every Memorial Day to give meaning and purpose to the soldiers sent to die for no good reason.

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist, discusses the Obama administration's failure to confront Saudi Arabia and Qatar about their financing of an al-Qaeda offshoot that is effectively fighting against the Syrian government.

Nebojsa Malic, a former columnist for Antiwar.com, discusses why the "color revolution" in Macedonia is more about US geopolitical strategy against Russia than a popular national uprising against corrupt government.

Dahr Jamail, a TomDispatch regular, discusses the environmental destruction caused by the US Navy's war games in Alaska.

Brad Hoff, Managing Editor of Levant Report and a former Marine, discusses the newly-released DIA documents showing that, as far back as 2012, the US government foresaw the Islamic State as an asset to be used to weaken the Syrian government.

Norman Singleton, a staff member at Campaign for Liberty, discusses Rand Paul's Senate filibuster to stop the Patriot Act's extension.