Right now - in small towns across America - the working poor who've been hit hardest by the second Republican Great Depression - are turning to meth to get by. Either by manufacturing and selling it - or just by using it to escape. It's as though recessions are the harbinger of meth. As soon as an economic downturn hits - meth comes along right behind it. In his recent book - "Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town" - author Nick Reding goes to an Iowa town of about 6000 people - to document how the economic downturn wiped out the local economy - and how meth eventually crept in to finish everyone off. He didn't go to Iowa to talk about meth as a singular problem affecting small towns - across America. Instead - he went there to show how meth is a consequence - or a symptom - of an economic breakdown in which the middle class is disappearing and more and more Americans are unable to find economic success. After the banksters blew up our economy - and corporate America - companies like Apple or HP or Amway - decided to stash their profits away or invest elsewhere rather than help put Americans back to work - small towns went into a death spiral. Small businesses couldn't get loans - so they had to lay off workers or close down altogether. Now out of a job - people didn't have money to spend - so other businesses went under. Since no one is making money - local governments weren't collecting as much revenue - so they had to cut back on social services - like ...

The Good! *Bulgaria and France* Both members of the European Union have now officially banned the controversial practice known as "fracking" - a method used to retrieve shale gas deposits as a source of energy. The Bad! *Rick Santorum* At a 2008 "Press and People of Faith in Politics" forum, Santorum labeled the Democratic Party as "the party of Woodstock" and said that Democractic lawmakers "prey upon our most primal lusts." And the Very Very Ugly! *David Koch* Koch - one half of the gruesome twosome known as the Koch Brothers - was interviewed by the Palm Beach Post over the weekend. In the interview - Koch openly flaunted he and his brother's willingness and overwhelming ability to basically "purchase" public opinion - and even an election.

Eric Byler, CoffeePartyUSA, joins Thom Hartmann. Justice Ginsburg makes a startling statement about the effects of Citizen's United. What did she say - and could it mean the beginning of the end for the democracy killer?

Pete Sepp, National Taxpayer's Union & Will Rahn, The Daily Caller join Thom Hartmann. Will we see a brokered convention in the Republican Party and could a third party candidate make a splash come November? More on those topics and more in tonight's Lone Liberal Rumble