Ben Norton, Independent Journalist, joins Thom. Texas officials say that dashcam video of Sandra Bland's arrest hasn't been edited and have released a second version of that video to prove it. Case closed? Far from it. We'll break down what could be missing from the Sandra Bland arrest video later on in the show.

America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio, joins Thom Hartmann. All political intrigue aside - the Republican Party’s comb-over nightmare probably isn’t going to end anytime soon. Trump 2016 is the logical conclusion of what the Republican Party has become - a giant - incoherent outrage machine - fueled by billionaire money and red meat talking points. So how did my Dad's party of Lincoln - Eisenhower - and - jeez - even Barry Goldwater - come to this? And what should that tell us about the state of our two party system?

In 1970 Roger Ailes laid out a plan to create a mouthpeice for the billionaires called "GOP TV." GOP TV never got started - but the billionaires still got their own network to push their agenda.

Thom discusses the possibility of Donald Trump running as an independent with attorney and radio host Mike Papantonio, the sketchy dash cam video released in the Sandra Bland case with independent journalist Ben Norton, and the annual ALEC conference with the Center for Media and Democracy’s Lisa Graves and Brendan Fischer. In tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how Fox News is driving the GOP’s agenda.