In tonight's Politics Panel, Thom discusses why Trump's business interests are an open invitation to terrorists, how Trump is turning America into a petrostate, and why we need automatic recounts everywhere. Later on in the program, Thom talks to Allan Collinge about America's ongoing student loan crisis and why it's the most pressing economic issue facing the nation.

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In tonight’s Progressive Roundtable, Thom talks with Alex Lawson of Social Security Works and Valerie Ervin of the Working Families Party about Pres. Obama’s need to declassify Russian hacking evidence, Trump’s pick of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and the growth of right wing fascism globally. Then, Thom talks with author and director Greg Palast about the blocking of presidential recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania , Republicans attempt to get minority voters off the rolls, and his new movie, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Big Picture Interview: Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Greg Palast was just in MI w/Jill Stein. Have we forgotten Republican efforts at election rigging that are being actively ignored by the corporate media, even as Democratic members of Congress are loudly calling for an investigation into Kris Kobach and his alleged voter suppression efforts?