Europe is nearing a tipping point - and it's not so inconceivable that the ongoing financial crisis could descend into all-out war. With a second bailout coming down the pike for Greece - and more austerity - or starvation - on the way for the Greek people - hotter heads are speaking up. One being German Finance Minister Wolfgang Shauble. You see - when we're talking about "bail outs" for Greece - or I should say bailouts for banksters who've invested in Greece and don't want to lose their money - we're essentially talking about German money. That's primarily who's footing the bill for these bailouts - along with Nordic nations. And Schauble - the German finance minister - is getting fed up. After all - it's his job to make sure German money is invested wisely. And Schauble doesn't see Greece - with its capital city of Athens on fire - suicide rates skyrocketing - and unemployment at 20% - as a wise investment. So before forking over the money - Schauble is making some outrageous demands of Greece - the main one being that Greece should postpone their elections so a new government won't come to power that may do what Iceland has done in two citizen referendums - say, "hell no!" to the banksters - including the German banksters. Think about that for a second - here's one sovereign European nation - Germany -trying to prevent another sovereign European nation - Greece - from holding democratic elections. That's where this financial crisis has brought us. As expected ...

What if you got arrested - and were forced to use a bail bondsmen to help get you out of jail? If you listened to movies and popular culture - you'd expect to be working with a very intimidating man - maybe with a few tattooes - who's office smells of smoke and liquor. Well - if you think that all bail bondsmen are shady, chain-smoking, muscle clad men with anger management problems, then everything you know is wrong...Joining me now is Stephen Owens - bail agent and President of the Kansas Bail Agents Association

Klaus Barthel, Member of Social Democratic Party and of Parliament of Germany & George Kohl, Communications Workers of America join Thom Hartmann. Workers at T-Mobile USA are threatened and intimidated if they bring up talk of forming a union. How can this be the case when their parent company has union members on its board of directors? Stay tuned...

Catherine Crier, author of Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do To Save the Republic joins Thom Hartmann. Move over Citizens United - Americans Elect is the new corporate ruse in town. What is it - and how can we save our democracy from more corporate influence?

The Good! *Florida State Republicans* Last week - the Florida State Senate voted down the largest proposed expansion of private prisons in the country - despite the fact that the Republican Party has a 16 seat advantage in the Florida Senate. The Bad! *CNN Contributor Dana Loesch* This week - the Virginia state House moved closer to enacting a law which would require a woman to be forced to have a transvaginal ultrasound - a highly invasive procedure - before they could receive an abortion. And the Very Very Ugly. *Minnesota State Government* Governor Mark Dayton and the State Legislature are intent on providing the Minnesota Vikings - an NFL team - with a new stadium. The catch...they want the citizens to pay for it.

Thom talks with attorney Jeff Clements on his latest book, "Corporations are Not People," and with author and political science professor Corey Robin.

In Your Take/My Take - Thom Hartmann answers back to Roseanne Barr who said "Last night i watched my formerly fave pundit Thom Hartmann on fstv mention my green party candidacy with all the smug sexism of a rt winger."

A Montana Supreme Court law passed in 1912 may exempt the state from the Citizens United decision. Also discussed: Virginia's efforts to ban abortion, the continued high price of oil despite historically low levels of demand, Roseanne Barr's displeasure with last night's quick fire segment and Thom's "Daily Take" on the increased efforts in the war on labor.

The Democratic Governor of Minnesota - Mark Dayton - vetoed a voter ID law last year - but the millionaires and billionaires are trying to get it passed as a ballot measure now in November. If successful - Minnesota will join eight other states who've passed or strengthened voter ID laws in just the last year - from Kansas - to Mississippi - to Rhode Island - to Wisconsin - to Alabama - to South Carolina - to Tennessee - to Texas. According to the Brennan Center for Justice - more than 5 million eligible voters will be disenfranchised this election thanks to these new laws. And those are mostly minorities, the poor, the elderly, and college students - mostly people who'd vote for Democrats and support stronger middle class policies. 5 million people - wiped off the voter rolls. This is an all-out assault on our democracy - and it's all happening under the radar of the mainstream media.

Sam Bennett, Women's Campaign Fund, joins Thom Hartmann. Virginia is close to passing two highly controversial bills that would greatly reduce women's rights. What's the context of these two absurd bills - and do they put the women of Virginia at risk?

The Good! *House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi* Pelosi - who has always been a staunch supporter of the LGBT community and strong advocate of marriage equality - is urging the Democratic Party to include marriage rights for gays and lesbians in its official 2012 party platform. The Bad! *GOP TV's "The Five"* The infamous Fox News panel show took the war on birth control to new extremes yesterday - arguing that the fight for contraception coverage is actually a scheme by Democrats and the left to eliminate poor people. And the Very Very Ugly! *Rep. Allen West* In a floor speech last night - Rep. West started to talk about the Republican Party's excellent record of defending personal freedoms over the past 150 years

Gerry Swanke, AFGE joins Thom Hartmann. The Conservatives' war on labor continues..Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are close to cutting $15 billion dollars from federal employee's retirement funds to pay for unemployment benefits. Republicans also want to cut $45 billion from federal employment retirement funds to pay for new road construction. And let's not forget that federal employee wages have been frozen for two wars - costing the employees over $60 billion dollars in lost wages. So why are federal employees being hit to pay for the mess made by corporate greed and bad governance?

Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's, Future joins Thom Hartmann. Demand for oil is at a 15 year low - but oil prices are still sky high. If demand isn't driving the price - then what is?

John Nichols, The Nation Magazine join Thom Hartmann. It's been one year since the uprising in Wisconsin began. Where has the labor movement come since then - and where do we go from here?