Thom was off on Monday, but Guest Host Sam Sacks discussed the protests in Chicago at the NATO Summit and the treatment of the media trying to cover the event. Sam also hosted a Monday rumble that covered the topics of The Paul Ryan Budget and Donald Trump's Reverend Wright advice to Mitt Romney

Thom talks with journalist and author Steve Coll in tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds." Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses the possible reemergence of Jeremiah Wright, the potential end of indefinite detention and why Wisconsin Governor Walker's likely to beat the recall effort against him despite the state being the nation's leader in job losses. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom tells the story of the latest victim of corporate psychopaths.

Erikka Knuti, Democratic Strategist & Brian Darling, Heritage Foundation & Judson Phillips, Founder-Tea Party Nation all join Thom Hartmann. According to a new report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Wisconsin lost more than 6000 private sector jobs in April. So does Governor Scott Walker really deserve to stay in office? That question and more in tonight's Big Picture Rumble...

The Psychopaths killed another American this month. Dave Johnson over at AlterNet is telling the story of Norman Rousseau and his wife - two people who did everything they were supposed to do. They were responsible homeowners who did business with Wells Fargo and put a 30% down payment on this home in California back in 2000, and they made every payment from then on - never missing even one single-month. At that same time, the housing bubble frenzy took off. Banks discovered they could make enormous profits dragging homeowners away from safe fixed-rate mortgages and into exploding adjustable rate mortgages. For the bank, it didn't matter if the interest rate on the new loan would skyrocket and eventually lead to a foreclosure. The bank got their money no matter what, either through missed payment fees, late-payment fees, refinancing fees, and then after foreclosure through government support, tax write-offs, and the underlying value of the property. As a corporation, a bank Wells Fargo only has one obligation: increase profits for its shareholders - that's it. To hell with their customers, their community, their nation. Just as long as they're hitting that bottom-line goal, then Wells Fargo is doing exactly what it's legally obligated to do. If Wells Fargo was a person, and didn't give a damn about their fellow man and was willing to do whatever it takes - lie, cheat, steal, kill - for profit, then we'd call that person a psychopath. If a psychopath had defrauded a person ...

Steve Coll, President-New America Foundation / Staff Writer-The New Yorker / Author of the new book, "Private Empire: Exxon Mobile and American Power" joins Thom Hartmann. Exxon Mobil is the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States - and yet - very little is actually known about how the company operates. How does this corporate giant really function - and how much control does it have over lawmakers in Washington? We'll pose those questions and more to Steve Coll in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds.

Steve Coll, President-New America Foundation / Staff Writer-The New Yorker / Author of the new book, "Private Empire: Exxon Mobile and American Power" joins Thom Hartmann. Exxon Mobil is the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States - and yet - very little is actually known about how the company operates. How does this corporate giant really function - and how much control does it have over lawmakers in Washington? We'll pose those questions and more to Steve Coll in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds.

Erikka Knuti, Democratic Strategist & Brian Darling, Heritage Foundation & Judson Phillips, Founder-Tea Party Nation all join Thom Hartmann. According to a new report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Wisconsin lost more than 6000 private sector jobs in April. So does Governor Scott Walker really deserve to stay in office? That question and more in tonight's Big Picture Rumble...

Richard Fowler, Democratic Strategist joins Thom Hartmann. A new plan revealed today - funded by one single millionaire - documents one way Conservatives are considering to topple President Obama. What exactly is the plan - who's behind it - and how will it affect President Obama's campaign strategy leading up to November?

Thom talks with Democratic Strategist Richard Fowler about the possible reemergence of the Jeremiah Wright attack against Pres. Obama. Also discussed: Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton being refused to testify at an anti-abortion hearing effecting DC women only, the Fukushima disaster hitting the US and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom applauds the decision striking down indefinite detention and discusses why the fight has just begun.

Professor William "Bill" Black, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One, joins Thom Hartmann. As Greeks withdraw their money from the banks - and the Spanish enter a second recession - Republicans in Congress are still applauding austerity. What's the austerity endgame - and when will world leaders finally realize austerity is not the way to rebuild an economy?

On New Year's Eve last year - President Obama quietly signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act containing a provision giving the President and the military the power to indefinitely detain Americans who are suspected of associating with terrorists. On Wednesday night though - that very same indefinite provision was struck down by a federal judge. So for now - until another court hears the case - and until the Supreme Court eventually has the final say - our nation has once again found its values. We are, for the moment, not a frightened nation that indefinitely detains people without due process of the law. We are, for the moment, not a frightened nation that gives up our values as soon as the going gets tough. And in the midst of all of this - George W. Bush left office - and President Obama moved in. And when a still-frightened Congress tried to enshrine Bush-era indefinite detention into law - President Obama pushed back. Arguably - he didn't push back near hard enough - and ended up signing into law the National Defense Authorization Act including indefinite detention. But he did so with a signing statement reading: "I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation. My Administration will interpret section 1021 in a manner that ensures that any detention it authorizes ...

Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. There is troubling news out of Japan - where there's now more signs now that the Fukushima nuclear crisis is still ongoing. Sludge samples taken from Tokyo Bay reveal that radioactive cesium contamination has increased in some areas by 13-times since measures were taken last August. Health officials claim the radiation levels pose no immediate risk to the population - but could get worse as contaminated fish filled with radioactive isotopes travel up the food chain into the world's restaurants and dinner tables. Meanwhile, in the United States - the Associated Press is reporting that nuclear regulators have quietly watered-down US planning for nuclear emergencies. Despite nuclear plants all around the nation ageing beyond their recommended operational lives - nuclear regulators have reduced evacuation zones around them, required fewer exercises for accidents, and relaxed training for emergency officials. In other words, we're less prepared today to deal with a nuclear disaster than we were before Fukushima happened.

Everyone knows high fructose corn syrup harms the teeth and is a major player in the obesity epidemic in America. But what does a startling new study reveal about that chemical's effects on the brain?

Lizz Winstead, political satirist / co-creator of The Daily Show / Author-"Lizz Free or Die - Essays," joins Thom Hartmann. Republicans in Congress are trying to take away the rights of women - and silence them while they do it. What happened to a prominent US Representative yesterday - and what does it say about the right's war on women?