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Military suicides, Iraq update, U.S. Forces in Syria. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Military Suicides: Most Attempts Come Before Soldiers Ever See Combat, NBC News IS grabs territory from Syrian rebels near Turkish border, Fox News In pictures: US special forces join SDF in battle for north of Raqqa, Rudaw Iraqi, allied militias advance on Fallujah; new tactics squeeze ISIS, Rudaw Rudaw top stories (will changed as new stories are filed) Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Obama in Vietnam, Moving migrants in Greece, Drift Racing in Baghdad. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Obama says several Vietnamese activists prevented from meeting him, Reuters Greece moves thousands of migrants from Idomeni camp, BBC As Iraqi forces advance on Fallujah, soldiers hope to reach city within hours, Rudaw In Baghdad it’s not all the smoke of bombs, drifting is catching on, too, Rudaw Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Fallujah, the TPP, the Taliban, and Socialist Israel. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Iraqi military starts to retake Fallujah, USA Today Afghan Government Says US Drone Strike Killed Taliban Leader, NPR Taliban meets to replace leader, Reuters Israelis want more government services, Haaretz Obama pivots to Asian damage control, Politico Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Mollie Hemingway takes on the NYT and others. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Media Want To Make Sure You Never Hear About ‘The Little Sisters Of The Poor’, The Federalist Justices, Seeking Compromise, Return Contraception Case to Lower Courts, NYT Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Registering refugees, London’s mayor, Buffett’s bite. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Questionable Deal: EU to Work with African Despot to Keep Refugees Out, Spiegel Donald Trump: London mayor made ‘very rude statements’ about me, CNN Berkshire Hathaway buys Apple, WSJ 5 things to watch in Tuesday’s primaries, The Hill Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

Google, Facebook, and Famine. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Zuckerberg to meet key conservatives over Facebook’s alleged political bias in Trending Topics, VentureBeat Google reportedly faces a record antitrust fine in Europe, Engadget Google faces record-breaking fine for web search monopoly abuse, UK Telegraph ‘Death Awaits’: Africa Faces Worst Drought in Half a Century, Spiegel Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

3rd Party Ballot Access, Navy Officer Fired, Trump vs Bezos. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Up addresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes 3rd Party Ballot Access, Wikipedia Navy Officer Fired From Post Over Iran’s Detention of U.S. Sailors, WSJ Car bomb kills 50, wounds 60 in Baghdad, Rudaw Trump makes accusations against Jeff Bezos, Politico Marty Baron, Executive Editor of WAPO: “As the individual who oversees The Washington Post’s news staff, I can say categorically that I have received no instructions from Jeff Bezos regarding our coverage of the presidential campaign — or, for that matter, any other subject. The Post has a long tradition of publishing thorough examinations of the major party nominees for president. The decision to write a book on Donald Trump came entirely from the newsroom.” Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

Missing voters, Close Call, and Not voting. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Up addresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes To be added later. Addendum: The Constitution Party is on the ballot in 18 states. Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

With the GOP and DEM presumptive nominees more clear by the day, calls have arisen for a new, more conservative political party. “Organizers of the third-party, conservative push estimate it will cost at least $250 million to fund a candidate, and possibly tens or hundreds of millions of dollars more,” suggest  Alexander Bolton and Jonathan Easley, writing at TheHill.com. Here are three reasons why such a move will not work in 2016: First, such a move is a protest not a strategy. The presumptive GOP nominee began his campaign as a protest (some speculate, anyway). A counter-protest will not work at this late date. Second, the numbers aren’t there. Starting a new party as a protest to the nominee of an existing party admits to a smaller pool of potential voters. The nominee got to be the nominee by virtue of winning the most states. Most voters will fall in line behind their party’s respective nominee. There simply aren’t enough #NeverTrump voters to win. Also, it assumes a majority of Americans are nearly Tea Party conservative. I think this is a fallacy. Third, fielding a candidate nationally will almost certainly mean losing all the states. Ross Perot won the largest percentage of votes by any third party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt–just north of 19%. Yet, he didn’t win a single state. George Wallace, running on the American Independent ticket in 1968, carried five southern states. This was not even enough to disrupt the election. Nixon won going away. Only 11 states are needed to win the presidency via the electoral college, but a national strategy won’t get those eleven. The sometimes byzantine state-qualification rules (often designed by Democrats and Republicans) won’t allow it 50-state registration in time. Although it is theoretically possible to disrupt the election, throwing it into the House of Representatives (and a better strategy), it is much less likely to create a brand new party, field a candidate, and win 270 electoral votes in a six-month timeframe. I also talked about this on my podcast this morning. You can listen here (or subscribe in iTunes or your favorite pod catcher):

No Bush endorsements, Can Clinton convert, Kasich out, Journalistic failure. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Upaddresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump, Texas Tribune Can Clinton Make Good on Her Opportunity?, The Atlantic Journalism Lost, New York Times Florida High Court Weighs Death Penalty Case, WSJ Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

This is the one where I tried to talk about numbers. Didn’t work. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Upaddresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Coming later Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

In this abbreviated version Kasich and Cruz collude, and a personal update. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Upaddresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes None Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

ISIS degraded, New Ukrainian PM, Impeachment. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Upaddresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes “Phase one” of counter-ISIS campaign complete, says Col. Warren, Rudaw.net Obama claims progress on Islamic State amid worrying signs, SF Chronicle Brazil Impeachment: How This Weekend’s Crucial Vote May Unfold, Bloomberg Ukraine lawmakers vote for Groysman as new PM, USAToday Two years after Chibok, The Chronicle Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

Kasich Rules, Maternity leave, Boko Haram. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Upaddresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Kasich on nomination race: ‘It’s a bizarre process’, CNN The Only Industrialized Country Without Paid Maternity Leave, The Atlantic Boko Haram Terrorists Now Financing Businesses in North East Nigeria, Nigerian Bulletin Boko Haram targets geography teachers for assassination, The Week Why Nigeria is the world’s most dangerous place to be… a geography teacher, The Telegraph Boko Haram crisis: ‘Huge rise’ in child suicide bombers, BBC Closeted Christian in the Pentagon, Stars and Stripes Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen

No more waterboarding, ISIS retakes town, Ukrainian PM resigns. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Upaddresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit www.philliplarsen.com to order. And by JORD watches, a Preferred Partner. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes CIA director says he would not obey a waterboarding order, TribLive Islamic State Group Retakes Syrian Town in North From Rebels, NYT Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Steps Down Amid Corruption Reports, Lawyer Herald Sharia Villages: Bosnia’s Islamic State Problem, SPIEGEL Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen