Flavia Jimenez, Advancement Project joins Thom. The private prison industry has grown more than 1700 percent since 1980 and it's made some executives very - very rich. But it's also torn apart families and bankrupted taxpayers. So how can we lock it up once and for all?

Hughey Newsome, Project 21 & TJ Helmstetter, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) & Jennifer Kerns, Washington Times / The Blaze all join Thom. On Tuesday - six progressive senators - including Senator Elizabeth Warren - Senator Al Franken - and Senator Bernie Sanders - sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler - asking them to block the proposed Comcast-Time Warner mega merger.

The Bad! Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)! The Wisconsin Governor has found a way to celebrate Earth Day that even his buddies the Koch Brothers probably find acceptable: firing a bunch of his state’s environmental workers. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - “Fifty-seven employees of the state Department of Natural Resources began receiving formal notices this week that they might face layoff as part of Gov. Scott Walker's budget for the next two fiscal years.” In other words - Happy Earth Day - now go find a new job. Not even Mother Nature could be that cruel.

And the Very Very Ugly! Michele Bachmann. During a radio interview this weekend, the former Minnesota Congresswoman claimed that the End Times were upon us and suggested that President Obama was helping bring them about.