Roger Hickey, Campaign for America's Future joins Thom Hartmann. We now know what both sides in the Gang of 12 have on the table to begin negotiations to reduce our nation's deficit. And looking at the Republican and Democratic proposals...we're screwed. Last week - in a move that shocked many progressives - the six Democrats on the Gang of 12 offered up $475 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid Cuts that a large majority of American disapprove of. Cuts to very popular programs that Democrats created. Again - this was in their FIRST proposal - meaning those cuts will only get steeper once negotiations start. And right on cue - Republican released their first proposal - one-upping Democrats on cuts to Medicare and Medicaid - calling for nearly $700 billion to be chopped out of the critical safety net programs. So now - if the Gang of 12 does come up with a compromise - it will almost certainly include deep cuts to crucial entitlement programs. The Campaign for America's Future weighed in on what's come out of the Gang of 12 so far. The organization wrote in a press release blasting the Committee members, "Millionaires and billionaires have had their incomes rise and their tax rates decline - it's not shared sacrifice to balance taxes on the wealthy with cuts to Medicare, Social Security or other programs that protect people who need help."

Michael Lighty, National Nurses United/California Nurses Association joins Thom Hartmann. Leaders of the world's most powerful nations will be gathering in France tomorrow for the G20 summit - but first they'll have to face nurses from all around the world who will be in Cannes to press the leaders for a tax on global fianancial institutions.

Joshua Holland, AlterNet joins Thom Hartmann. Thousands gathered in Oakland, California today for a day of action that is being hailed as the biggest protest on the West Coast since the Vietnam War. We'll have the latest from downtown Oakland

Occupy Wall Street protestor and contributor to Alternet.org, JA Myerson speaks with Thom about the NYPD's attempt to sabotage the movement in Zucotti Park with unwelcome guests. Later in the Daily Take, Thom reveals the GOP's secret list of words to say about conservatives and words to say about liberals.

How a game of "words" has given Republicans election after election...but at the same time - ruined a tradition of thoughtful political discourse in America.

Your Take, My Take is the segment of the show when we answer your questions, comments, criticisms and opinions heard on "The Big Picture." Last week - I told you about a leaflet that had been dropped on Occupy Chicago protestors by the one percent at the Chicago Board of Trade - and I said that what will define the next step the one percent takes in the aftermath of the Occupy Wall Street movement is not the dollar amounts in their bank accounts, but rather their patriotism. Viewers had something to say about that.

Thom Hartmann's crazy alert.

Adele Stan, Alternet, joins Thom Hartmann. As the heat from the media grilling of Herman Cain intensifies - his nicotine-addicted campaign manager and former Koch Brothers toady Mark Block has his own problems! So is the "Cain Train" ride to Pennsylvania Avenue just a two-bit show of tricks and mirrors?

Why - and how - the Republican Party has to resort to voter manipulation in order to win elections!

George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom joins Thom Hartmann. Did Republicans get a mandate in the last election to ignore jobs and the economy and instead give welfare to ExonnMobil, criminalize abortion, put us all under God, go after NPR, and make it harder for American citizens to vote?

Greg Palast, investigative journalist and author, joins Thom Hartmann. What role did Goldman Sachs play in triggering this whole Greek disaster scenario?

Professor Costas Panayotakis, New York City College of Technology at CUNY joins Thom Hartmann. And the people's choice AND voice may finally be heard in the Greece economic turmoil. Prime Minister George Papandreou announces he will NOT pay off the banksters who helped crash his country without a national referendum...So how will the banksters respond to this bombshell?

JA Myerson, Alternet joins Thom Hartmann. Protestors in Zuccotti Park are being bombarded by an unwelcome group of "occupiers"...the homeless and drug addicts! They apparently come courtesy of NYPD...So, is this true? And, if so, what other tactics will New York's "finest" use to deter the movement?

Thom debates republican strategist Anthony Holm on the legitimacy of the growing Occupy protests across the nation. Later in the Daily Take, Thom explains why American citizens should start occupying courtrooms and protest against the country's judicial system.

With Occupy Wall Street in full swing - it's time to begin a new occupation...of our nation's court system. Today we learned that corporations are spending millions and millions of dollars meddling in judicial elections around the nation. In fact - a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice, the NYU School of Law, and other independent judicial watchdogs - finds that just three corporate lobbyist groups - the Ohio Chamber of Commerce - the Business Council of Alabama - and the Illinois Civil Justice League - have outspent the ENTIRE labor movement in judicial elections around the nation. Those groups alone spent over $3 million last year making sure that corporate-friendly justices find their way onto benches everywhere. There's long been a debate over what kind of judge is best - one elected by the people as most state judges are - or one appointed by the President as most federal judges are. But the truth is - now that corporations are allowed to spend unlimited amounts in our elections - both types of judges have been corrupted - transformed from professional jurists into corporate shills.