Paul Jacob, Citizens In Charge, joins Thom Hartmann. What exactly does Conservative populism look like? Now that Wall Street has hijacked the Tea Party - is there even such a thing as populism on the Right anymore?

Interestingly, the same percentage of Americans who favor marriage equality also favor legalizing medical marijuana. Oh, and Vice President Biden? If you want to step into this and blurt out some words in defense of medical marijuana? Now would be a GREAT time...

The Good! The American Auto Industry. USA Today is reporting that automakers are now working at "maximum capacity" - hiring third work shifts, paying out overtime, and even adding six day work weeks to meet the high demand for American made cars. The Bad! Kansas Republican Governor Sam Brownback. Kansas already has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country with the poorest 20% of Kansans paying 9% of their incomes on taxes - while the richest 1% pay less than 6% of their incomes on taxes. And the very, very ugly. Fox so-called News. Another new study is out showing that Fox viewers are substantially less informed about the news than those who watch no news at all.

I think it's time to consider another way to deal with misbehaving corporations...give them the corporate death penalty. Here's the bigger picture...