Thom talks with Bill Scher from the Campaign for America's Future and Zaid Jilani from ThinkProgress.org about the latest in the Wisconsin union battle. Then, Thom debates with conservative commentator TJ McCormack on whether or not budget cuts are putting lives at risk. Later, Thom digs into the latest news that the Army tried to use mind control against US Senators to get more funding for the Afghan War with Stephen Walt from Foreign Policy Magazine. And then, Thom looks into some crazy prospective laws out of Tennessee and Georgia. Bill Keller from Bill Keller ministries weighs in on Tennessee making a law against Sharia law and Sam Bennett from The Women's Campaign Forum discusses a Georgia bill that would force women to prove their miscarriages happened naturally, or face felony charges. And finally, a Daily Take on how paying more at the pump may actually be good for the United States.

Two kids died in a fire in Philadelphia. Should taxes go up instead of cutbacks? Thom Hartmann and TJ McCormack, Conservative Commentator, debate this issue.

Buffalo Beast's Ian Murphy prank-called Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pretending to be billionaire conservative David Koch and Walker laid out his strategy for ending a standoff with Senate Democrats.

We focus on the Wisconsin Protests. More information is starting to leak out about who's behind the efforts to squash unions, here's a hint it involves the Koch Brothers. Thom talks with Adele Stan, Washington Bureau Chief at Alternet and Alex Seitz-Wald, Reporter and Blogger at Think Progress. Also the protests over busting unions is spreading. Thom discussed how union workers and their supporters are spreading out across the US targeting politicians who want to take away collective bargaining rights. Thom spoke with Brad Johnson from ThinkProgress.org. And what does the future hold for unions here in the US? Over the last two decades union membership has declined significantly across the country, but can this power grab by the GOP actually spur an increase in union members? Thom talks with with Mattie Corrao, the Government Affairs Manager at Americans for Tax Reform.