Vince Coglianese, The Daily Caller & Tommy Christopher, Mediaite & Neil McCabe, Human Events all join Thom Hartmann.

Vince Coglianese, The Daily Caller & Tommy Christopher, Mediaite & Neil McCabe, Human Events all join Thom Hartmann.

What Karl Rove Promised the Billionaire Class & Couldn't Deliver

Thom talks the 2012 election results and what it means for the country with "The Big Picture Post-Election Panel." Thom takes your calls in our new "Your Take, My Take Live" segment and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom calls on Harry Reid to once and for all end the filibuster.

In tonight's special edition of "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with Director/Producer Sasha Reuther and food journalist and author Frederick Kaufman.

First the corporate masters of the universe came for Greece, and we here in the United States did nothing. We watched with silence as corporate technocrats toppled the democratic government of Prime Minister George Papandreou and forced austerity on the Greek people against their will. We said nothing as unemployment rates spiraled out of control and suicide rates shot up 40%. We didn't flinch when a Greek pensioner walked up to Parliament and shot himself in the head, leaving behind a letter blaming austerity that read quote, "I cannot find any other form of struggle except a dignified end before I have to start scrounging for food from rubbish bins." This week, the Conservative Greek government unveiled a new round of austerity cuts for the Greek people, who've already lost their universal healthcare system to the banister masters. Pensioners and public workers will again be hit the hardest, just so these corporate masters can collect their returns on their failed investments. And none of us here in the United States are asking any questions as Greece descends into chaos. The main question being, "What's the point of austerity?" Austerity has nothing to do with paying down Greek's debt. After these new austerity measures, Greece's current debt ratio will soar from 165% of GDP to 190% of GDP, making it even more difficult in the long run to pay down any debts. On top of that, the economy is projected to contract 4.5% in 2013, compared to previous prediction of 3.9%. And ...

Marc Harrold, Libertarian Commentator & Adam Bitely, NetRightDaily.com & Sam Sacks, Progressive Commentator all join Thom Hartmann.

Marc Harrold, Libertarian Commentator & Adam Bitely, NetRightDaily.com & Sam Sacks, Progressive Commentator all join Thom Hartmann.

Katherine Culliton-Gonzalez, The Advancement Project & Hilary Shelton, The NAACP & Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, all join Thom Hartmann. All across America - Republicans are actively engaged in voter suppression - trying to prevent millions of Americans from voting on Election Day. What's at the root of this all out war on voting - and what needs to be done in our country to ensure that every citizen has the opportunity to cast a vote?

Katherine Culliton-Gonzalez, The Advancement Project & Hilary Shelton, The NAACP & Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, all join Thom Hartmann. All across America - Republicans are actively engaged in voter suppression - trying to prevent millions of Americans from voting on Election Day. What's at the root of this all out war on voting - and what needs to be done in our country to ensure that every citizen has the opportunity to cast a vote?

In tonight's "Bigger Picture" discussion Thom talks about the history of the Right's voter suppression tactics and whether they'll work on Tuesday. Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses Mayor Bloomberg's endorsement of Obama, the GOP's efforts to bring austerity to the US and what privatizing roads mean for average Americans. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom tells Americans to ignore the corporate masters of the universe at their own peril.

A close national election, like everyone is expecting this year, translates to an even closer election in the states where all it will take is a few thousand voters to flip an election. It is way too easy to steal an election in America. Our Electoral College allows just one or two states to swing a Presidential election every year. The privatization of the vote with electronic voting machines has handed over the beating heart of our democracy - the vote - to corporate interests who then handle it in secret. And the lack of an explicit federal "right to vote" for all eligible Americans has made voter suppression efforts much easier and harder to prosecute or prevent. We must fundamentally change how we elect our President and who gets to vote in that election. Until we do this, we don't have a democratic republic that the rest of the world should emulate - we just have a dysfunctional system that the plutocrats can steal and more closely resembles an oligarchy than a republic.

Adele Stan, Alternet, joins Thom Hartmann. All across America - CEO's are telling their employees to vote for Mitt Romney or else...But is that the only way corporate execs are trying to influence the vote of their workers? Over the past several weeks - we've brought you numerous stories about CEO's all but telling their employees to vote for Mitt Romney - and even threatening to let workers go if President Obama is re-elected. But now - one company is taking their political influence over their employees a bit further - by urging them to take a so-called Civics course - that contains right-wing talking points and misinformation.

Thom Hartmann's "Your Take My Take"

Thomas Frank, author, journalist and columnist for Harper's Magazine - latest book "Pity the Billionaire". The wealthy elite on Wall Street have crashed our economy - devestated the middle class and create unprecedented levels of inequality. How - and why - did society - and the government - allow the wealthy to do so much damage in America?