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Torture, detention, secret prisons: U. S. courts have found many Bush policies and programs are illegal. How does Congress respond? By being legal enablers. So says our guest on Living Room today: Ray McGovern, 27-year career analyst with the CIA, now on the steering committee for Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. With host Kris Welch.

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Alarming new evidence shows that the great ice masses are shrinking rapidly, everywhere. Global warming is here, now. How bad is it? and what’s to be done about it? We’ll talk with scientists and activists. With host Kris Welch.

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George spying on us illegally? No prob: we’ll change the laws! The Senate Judiciary committee has voted to do just that, toe legalize warrantless spying on Americans by the NSA. We’ll hear what to do about it from the ACLU. THEN: the authors of "Bush’s Brain" have a new, bold follow-up: "The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power". We’ll talk with James Moore and Wayne Slater. With host Kris Welch.

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Mexican Independence Day this Saturday celebrates the revolution of 1810. Is another Mexican Revolution going to start on that date this year? Columnist Roberto Rodriguez thinks it’s possible. Plus: Native Americans are at the Ninth Circuit Court today, to try to protect the Sacred Mountain in Arizona, threatened by ski resort development. With host Kris Welch.

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Felipe Calderon has been named president of Mexico, by a court. Does this sound familiar? USA, 2000 – Mexico, 2006. But in Mexico, it seems democracy is more worth fighting for: Manuel Lopez Obrador and his supporters have not given up. What can they gain from continuing their protests? We’ll talk with John Ross in Mexico, and with Roger Burbach, director of the Center for the Study of the Americas. With host Kris Welch.

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"9/11: Press for Truth"—a new film about the official lies, deception and spin practiced by the U.S. government, and exposed by the 9/11 families. We’ll talk with "Terror Timeline" author, Paul Thompson. Then a theatrical premiere of Donald Lacy’s new one-man play about racism, "Color Struck". We’ll talk with Donald. PLUS: jazz pianist/vocalist Nina Sheldon, who is featured this Saturday and the Russian River Jazz Festival. With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

"9/11: Press for Truth" will be showing ONE NIGHT ONLY tonight, Thursday 9/7, at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland. "Color Struck" opens tonight and runs for one week at the Laney College Theater, Oakland.

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While Kris is on vacation, Donald Lacey of the LiveLife Foundation fills in as host of Living Room. Tune in—you’ll like Donald!

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While Kris is on vacation, Donald Lacey of the LiveLife Foundation fills in as host of Living Room. Tune in—you’ll like Donald!

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