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Show Notes for Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Lindsey Graham’s presidential announcement

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

cho• Comedian Margaret Cho calls in at 11:15am ET / 8:15am PT to talk about the U.S. fall dates for “The psyCHO Tour”

Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” and “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Hillary’s speaking fees

• In a response to the debate of the militarization of local police, President Obama has issued an executive order banning the Pentagon and other federal agencies from sending police departments certain military-style hardware.

• There are reports gang members involved in Sunday’s shooting at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, may return to the area, but police say they are prepared. Police say the fight erupted over a parking issue, starting inside and quickly escalating to the parking lot with chains, clubs, and firearms.

• The National Transportation Safety Board said forensic experts from the FBI “found no evidence of damage that could have been caused by a firearm” on the windshield of the Amtrak locomotive which derailed in Philadelphia last week.