Big Picture Politics Panel: Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party & David Ferguson, Ferguson & Associates join Thom. One of the big frustrations a lot of progressives had with President Obama was that when they tried to block him, he would try to get all bipartisan and chummy with Republicans, even when it was clear that they were doing everything they could to undermine him - his party - and arguably the country. Say what you will about Hillary Clinton - but it’s not so clear that she’ll react the same way as President Obama did. Sure, she’s tried to appeal to Republicans as part of her campaign - but if she’s elected president - it looks like that Hillary Clinton may tackle the Republican sabotage machine head-on.

Kandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental Network (I.E.N.) tells Thom. A major police operation is under way in North Dakota against the Native American coalition leading the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Why is the state using violence to protect the interests of a for-profit corporation? And what should this tell us about the power of the fossil fuel industry as a whole?

Vien Truong, Green for All/Dream Corps joins Thom. This is the major issue at stake right now in Washington State. It all has to do with a ballot measure that Washington residents will vote on in just two weeks: Initiative 732. If passed - Initiative 732 - or I-732 - would create a $15 per ton tax on carbon - which would then be raised to $25 after one year. To compensate for the costs this tax to working people, I-732 would create - a 1 percent reduction in Washington's sales tax as well as a tax credit of $1,500 for some families on the lower end of the income scale. Sounds pretty good - right? James Hansen - one of the world's leading premier climate scientists thinks so, too -- which is why he's endorsed it. But not everyone thinks Initiatve 732 is such a great idea. Many Washington Sate environmentalists actually oppose the measure and want to kill it on election. Seriously - I'm not kidding. Some enviromentalists oppose a ballot measure that would put in place the first carbon tax in the nation. So is this just a case of making the perfect the enemy of the good - or is there actually a good reason for people who care about stopping climate change to oppose Initiative 732?

Tonight’s Politics Panel discusses the troubling news about Obamacare, how Wisconsin is suppressing the vote, and Thom discusses the carbon tax ballot measure that Washington voters will be voting on with Green for All’s Vien Truong.