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</head><body><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;">PRESS RELEASE</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>"Heroes and Patriots" returns to KMUD, Redwood Community Radio, Humboldt County, on Thursday, July 11, at 9am, Pacific Time, with host John Sakowicz.</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>Our show will be about military spending and the Pentagon's massive accounting scandal. Our guest will be Dave Lindorff.</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>Out of our broadcast area in northern California, we stream live from the web at www.kmud.org</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>BACKGROUND</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>While backing Saudi aggression in Yemen, Congress has begun debating a military spending bill of more than $730 billion. See Politico's breakdown of amendments: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-defense/2019/07/10/lawmakers-court-progressives-on-ndaa-as-white-house-threatens-veto-455353</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>DAVE LINDORFF</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>Lindorff is founder of the independent collectively-run journalists’ news site ThisCantBeHappening.net. See:https://thiscantbehappening.net/</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>He wrote "Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Scandal Exposed," a Nation magazine cover story. See: https://www.thenation.com/article/pentagon-audit-budget-fraud/</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>Earlier this year Lindorff won the "Izzy” award for outstanding independent journalism from the Park Center for Independent Media for "uncovering the opaqueness of Pentagon accounts and bloated military budget."</p><p class="default-style" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br>* * *<br>__________________________________________________________<br>__________________________________________________________</p></body></html>