Thom talks with journalist and author Steve Coll in tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds." Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses the possible reemergence of Jeremiah Wright, the potential end of indefinite detention and why Wisconsin Governor Walker's likely to beat the recall effort against him despite the state being the nation's leader in job losses. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom tells the story of the latest victim of corporate psychopaths.

The Psychopaths killed another American this month. Dave Johnson over at AlterNet is telling the story of Norman Rousseau and his wife - two people who did everything they were supposed to do. They were responsible homeowners who did business with Wells Fargo and put a 30% down payment on this home in California back in 2000, and they made every payment from then on - never missing even one single-month. At that same time, the housing bubble frenzy took off. Banks discovered they could make enormous profits dragging homeowners away from safe fixed-rate mortgages and into exploding adjustable rate mortgages. For the bank, it didn't matter if the interest rate on the new loan would skyrocket and eventually lead to a foreclosure. The bank got their money no matter what, either through missed payment fees, late-payment fees, refinancing fees, and then after foreclosure through government support, tax write-offs, and the underlying value of the property. As a corporation, a bank Wells Fargo only has one obligation: increase profits for its shareholders - that's it. To hell with their customers, their community, their nation. Just as long as they're hitting that bottom-line goal, then Wells Fargo is doing exactly what it's legally obligated to do. If Wells Fargo was a person, and didn't give a damn about their fellow man and was willing to do whatever it takes - lie, cheat, steal, kill - for profit, then we'd call that person a psychopath. If a psychopath had defrauded a person ...

Steve Coll, President-New America Foundation / Staff Writer-The New Yorker / Author of the new book, "Private Empire: Exxon Mobile and American Power" joins Thom Hartmann. Exxon Mobil is the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States - and yet - very little is actually known about how the company operates. How does this corporate giant really function - and how much control does it have over lawmakers in Washington? We'll pose those questions and more to Steve Coll in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds.

Richard Fowler, Democratic Strategist joins Thom Hartmann. A new plan revealed today - funded by one single millionaire - documents one way Conservatives are considering to topple President Obama. What exactly is the plan - who's behind it - and how will it affect President Obama's campaign strategy leading up to November?