Jennifer Kerns, Washington Times/The Blaze & Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress/The Benghazi Hoax & Bryan Pruitt, RedState joins Thom. The demands were so ridiculous that even Megyn Kelly over at Fox So-Called News made fun of them. Hasn't this exposed the Republican Party as one big scam?

Tonight’s Politics Panel discusses how the Republican Party is nothing more than a scam, the release of Bernie’s first TV ad, and TransCanada’s request with the State Department to delay the Keystone Pipeline. Thom discusses the Koch brother’s Morning Joe interview with the Center for Media and Democracy’s Brendan Fischer and what legalizing marijuana in Ohio would mean for the movement with the Drug Policy Alliance’s Kaitlyn Boecker. In tonight's Daily Take Thom discusses how “free trade” is killing white Americans.

Lee Fang, The Intercept, joins Thom. the budget deal passed by the House last week had a lot of progressives breathing a sigh of relief as Social Security and Medicare were spared from unnecessary cuts.

Oscar Chacon, Alianza Americas (formerly NALACC), joins Thom. For the 24th year in a row the UN General Assembly has called on the United States to lift the Cuban Embargo/ But does that mean anything to Republicans in Congress - who are still the main obstacle to ending the ban on business with Cuba?