Thom delivers his State of the Union Address focusing on jobs, climate change and infrastructure, and tonight's "Big Picture Politics Panel" previews President Obama's address. Also discussed: what a high-speed rail system could look like in the US, whether underpopulation is a threat to our country and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom details the origins of the Tea Party.

Thom covers the Golden Dawn Party protests at the US Embassy in Greece over the weekend, the latest on the Christopher Dorner manhunt in LA and what Vermont legislators are doing to preemptively avoid becoming a right-to-work state. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how the media has failed in their reporting of why the Post Office will no longer deliver mail on Saturdays.

If you watched Meet The Press this weekend - you heard David Gregory talk about the crumbling state of the US Postal Service. But he left out one pretty big detail about the post office's demise. Whether it's lazy journalism or an effort to give cover to the corporatists, the news media is assisting in the demise of the Post Office - an institution started by Ben Franklin that's older than the United States itself. So that leaves it up to us - "we the people" - to tell the real story about what's happening. The Digital Age isn't killing the Post Office. Instead, the demise of the Post Office is another good ol' fashioned story of corporate corruption of politicians and a Republican Party that exists, first and foremost, to serve the CEO class and screw the middle class.

The Good! *The American People* Nearly 26000 people have signed a petition on the White House's "We The People" page to fire Assistant US Attorney Steve Heymann. Heymann was the lead attorney in the prosecution of internet pioneer Aaron Swartz - who tragically took his own life last month. Heymann has been accused of gross prosecutorial overreach - and of trying to turn Swartz's case into a career-booster. If convicted - Swartz was looking at serving more time in jail than some drug-dealers, burglars, and even murderers. But this problem is bigger than just Heymann. The American justice system is broken - and needs to be fixed. Let's hope that Aaron didn't die in vain - and that his death will be the catalyst of change that is desparately needed in our judicial system.

Karen Charman, WhoWhatWhy.com, joins Thom Hartmann. The Department of Energy is supposed to be protecting you from America's vast stockpiles of hazardous and deadly nuclear waste. So why are they considering allowing radioactive material from nuclear weapons and waste sites to be recycled into consumer goods?

VT State Senator Philip Baruth joins Thom Hartmann. Watch out Superman! Lawmakers in Vermont have found Kryptonite...for Republican right-to-work for less laws that is. Will Vermont's efforts to avoid becoming the next Michigan influence any organized labor protections on the national level?

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Amie Stepanovich, Electronic Privacy Information Center, joins Thom Hartmann. While police are searching for Dorner on the ground - Some are saying they are using drones to try and spot him from the air. Is this manhunt an acceptable reason to use drones domestically?

Maria Lloyd, Your Black World Network, joins Thom Hartmann. The manhunt for Christopher Dorner continued today - as police in Southern California continued their efforts to find the ex-cop turned cop-killer. But what's the real motivation behind Dorner's rampage - and are his claims of racism in the LAPD legitimate?

Professor Costas Panayotakis, New York City College of Technology at CUNY & Richard Wolff, Author, Occupy the Economy, join Thom Hartmann. The cycles of history that led to Europe and the rest of the world breaking out into World War II eighty years ago are coming back around today. How has a once fringe Greek political group turned into a major political player in that nation - and are the devestating effects of austerity fueling its growth?

Something interesting is happening in Australia. A new study by the research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance has found that unsubsidized renewable energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels like coal and gas. In fact, it's a lot cheaper. Let's take a lesson from Australia and the Eurozone, which have both set up carbon taxes to make 19th century energy barons pay for at least some of the damage they've done. And then use that revenue for a green energy revolution here in America. Considering the threats of climate change, war, and disease, only an idiot - or a fossil-fuel billionaire like Charles or David Koch - would want us to bring in more oil with a pipeline or take any other steps to continue America's dependence on dirty and costly last-century fuels.

Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists joins Thom Hartmann. As the Northeast faces the full force of Winter Storm Nemo just months after surviving Hurricane Sandy - many are sure to ask the question "what's causing all of this extreme weather." The answer is climate change - and that's thanks in part to this nation's toxic addiction to fossil fuels. Isn't time we started investing in clean and green renewable sources of energy - and worked to prevent future devastating monster storms?

Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses our country's continued drone war, the massive increase of our prison population since 1980 and George W. Bush's strange self-portraits. Thom takes viewer phone calls in "Your Take, My Take Live," and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks to Australia where producing electricity from wind turbines is cheaper than from coal.

Thirty years after her death, Ayn Rand's philosophy of selfishness and billionaire empowerment rules the world. And today, the United States and other independent governments around the world are crumbling while Ayn Rand's billionaires are taking over. Sadly, the understanding of how democratic republics work - and why - has been lost this generation. And Ayn Rand's disciples are making sure the next generation never finds it again. Idaho State Senator John Goedde, who chairs that state Senate's Education Committee, introduced a bill this week that would require all students to read Ayn Rand's book "Atlas Shrugged" before they can graduate. Goedde explained that the book made his son a Republican and that it "certainly gives one a sense of personal responsibility." Between stupidity like this, and the re-birth of Ayn Rand through corporate-funded think tanks and Hollywood movies, the Billionaire Class wants to make sure the next generation buys into a toxic ideology that's quite literally destroying the world as we know it.

The Good! *Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation today to cut off corporate tax breaks and loopholes. The Corporate Tax Fairness Act gets rid of the "deferral" loophole that allows corporations to avoid paying taxes in the US on any profits they make overseas. The legislation also closes several other loopholes that allowed corporations to pay an average 12% tax rate in 2011 - the lowest in 40 years. We don't have a spending problem in America - we have a revenue problem with billionaire and billion-dollar corporations not paying their fair share in taxes. Kudos to Senator Bernie Sanders for taking on this issue.