On the seventh straight day of labor protests in Madison, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker promises to move forward with legislation to cut state workers' pay and limit their collective bargaining rights. Thom talks to Andy Kroll, Associate Editor at Mother Jones Magazine and Lee Fong, Reporter and Blogger at ThinkProgress.org. Then Thom debates Matt Boyle, Reporter with the Daily Caller about teachers pay versus mega corporate dollars. Plus learn about the real myths about Ronald Reagan, America's Greatest President?

The Republican want to stop people from organizing, because the last large group that can turn out Democratic voters - both with money and with shoe-leather, going door to door - is organized labor. And if you can block the poor and urban and old from voting, and destroy the last organization that can turn out Democratic voters - then you can have single-party rule.

Thom Hartmann talks about the Montana legislator introducing a bill to declare global warming 'natural' and 'beneficial'.

If Congress and the White House fail to come up with a budget deal, the US could face a government shutdown next month. Thom talks to Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky about what a government shutdown could mean for the nation. Then Republican Congressman Peter King is going after Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Thom explains how King's proposed Shield Act could also go after investigative journalists. Plus tens of thousands of state workers have descended upon the capital of Wisconsin demanding workers' rights be upheld. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler discusses the progress of these labor strikes.