In this episode of the Big Picture, Thom talks with investigative journalist Greg Palast about the voter ID laws and the trouble with the voting machines – as proved by hackers. Next, climate change is discussed with economist Charles Sauer and Daily Caller correspondent Ted Goodman, as the hurricane Irma is about to strike the east coast.

Big Picture Interview: Greg Palast, Truthout/Rolling Stone Magazine/The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Weak President or not - Donald Trump is waging a war on voting the likes of which we haven't seen from the Oval Office in years.

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Capitalism's Crisis Deepens Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown/Democracy At Work. The barbecues, beers and burgers are still around - but whatever happened to the labor movement that gave Labor Day its name?

On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom talks with Phyllis Bennis, author of the book Ending the Us War in Afghanistan: A Primer, about President Trump’s “Strategy” for Afghanistan and what could be next for the nation’s longest running war. Then in the Big Picture Rumble, Thom is joined by Nick Givas of the Daily Caller and Alex Lawson from Social Security Works. They debate the Trump Administration’s war on the great outdoors and a reported new plan to shrink the size of four National Monuments including ‘Big Bear’ in Utah. Then if the Democrats want to win, should they start to feel the Bern? That’s what a new poll from Public Policy Polling says as it puts Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders ahead of President Trump in a hypothetical match up. Later, the Alt-Right cancels a rally after protesters pledge to leave them a stinky surprise.