A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that a plurality of Americans - 45% - now disapprove of the Tea Party. So what does this mean for Mitt Romney and the Tea Party in American politics. Thom asks Judson Phillips - Founder of Tea Party Nation. The Problems that Require our Media's Attention The Buffet Rule likely won't overcome a Republican filibuster in the Senate anytime soon. This is a major issue for the 2012 election - and for our economy - yet the media doesn't seem to think so - they're hardly covering it. -What about the $1.3 trillion we've spend on a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan? -What about the $2.3 trillion that the Pentagon can't account for? -What about the $80 billion for the Bush tax cuts for the rich? -What about Wall Street's theft of $7 trillion during the economic meltdown? -What about the $40 billion that's lost every decade in oil subsidies? -What about the $2.5 trillion in wealth sucked out of our country over the last 30 years thanks to so-called Free Trade? -What about the trillions that Republican Presidents - Reagan, Bush, and Bush - added to our national debt? -What about the $2 trillion of infrastrucure debt since Republicans' "starved the beast" of government in the 1980s? -What about the $2 trillion in damage to our oceans that climate change will cost in the coming decades? We have multi-hundred billion, and trillion dollar problems facing the United States. Problems that require our immediate attention - and problems that ...

Thom talks with journalist and author Kaitlin Bell Barnett in tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds." Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses the latest in the "Buffet Rule" debate, Rep. Allen West's communist allegations and the stand your ground law that has drastically increased the number of homicides throughout the country. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom tells progressives that we have to stay united to win this year.

Brian Darling, Heritage Foundation & Latoya Peterson, owner / editor-Racialicious / Contributing Editor-The Root.com & Vince Coglianese, Daily Caller all join Thom Hartmann. What do so-called "stand your ground" laws have to do with wild turkeys - and is America a nation filled with crazy Communists?

Kaitlin Bell Barnett, author, Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up joins Thom Hartmann. America is filled with over-prescribed, pill-popping teenagers. How do the psychotropic drugs teenagers take affect them as they grow and develop - and who's to blame for America's drug addiction?

OWS & MoveOn.org...can these 2 groups co-exist? Can we stay together - can we resist the temptations of infighting - of purity tests - of mistrust of each other? Unfortunately, that still remains to be seen. Just like in all political movements throughout history, below the surface there's grumbling within the progressive movement. In General Assembly meetings, in blog posts, in emails - you can see and hear rifts developing. On the one hand you have those who are part of the relatively leaderless Occupy Movement - people who have mobilized both against wealth inequality, abuses on Wall Street, and against any sort of hierarchical organization - be it on the left or on the right. It's not about left or right politics to them - it's about direct action - and fundamentally changing the entire system to bring about a more egalitarian nation. And that's a noble cause. And on the other hand - you see larger and more established groups. You have groups like MoveOn.org - the AFL-CIO - and even the Democratic Party - that see what's going on in the streets in America - and see a well of vitality and activism that can bring about real political change in America. So can these two groups co-exist?

Kaitlin Bell Barnett, author, Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up joins Thom Hartmann. America is filled with over-prescribed, pill-popping teenagers. How do the psychotropic drugs teenagers take affect them as they grow and develop - and who's to blame for America's drug addiction?

Thom discusses the "Stand Your Ground" laws that have drastically increased the number of homicides throughout the country. Also discussed: the Buffet and Romney rules, the cancer risks of getting dental x-rays and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks why we should be more worried about fascists in Congress than communists.

Representative Allen West says there are 80 or so Communists that have taken over Congress. And - while he's wrong about Communists in Congress - he's not far off when it comes to other radicals in Congress.

The Good! *San Francisco City Council* The city's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to call for a foreclosure moratorium in the city - until federal and state protections against foreclosure fraud are established. The Bad! *Virginia House Speaker William Howell* The group ProgressVA recently released a report discussing the legislative influence of ALEC on the Virginia legislature. and the Very Very Ugly! *Foster Friess* Friess - the billionaire Conservative that single-handedly backed the Santorum campaign - made a joke last night about an assasination attempt on President Obama.

Rated XXX - The Snatch Project - only for Republican Eyes

Going to the dentist is scary enough. But - what does new research suggest about a link between going to the dentist and a risk of brain tumors?

Lee Fang, RepublicReport.org joins Thom Hartmann. A group called "Ending Spending" recently purchased $375000 worth of advertising to help promote Paul Ryan's trickle-down austerity budget. So who is behind the group - and is it just another front for the big business takeover of America?

Van Jones, Rebuild the Dream.com joins Thom Hartmann. The progressive movement needs to come up with fresh and innovative approaches to create the lasting change that America desperately needs. So how do we do this? The survival of our democracy and the middle class depends you getting involved. You can start by going to the99spring.com - and show up at a meeting in your neighborhood to take back America. Let's Rebuild the Dream.

Richard Schottenfeld, Schottenfeld Group LLC (investments) & a Patriotic Millionaire joins Thom Hartmann. Believe it or not - there are plenty of American millionaires who want to pay their fair share in taxes to help our government and economy. So why won't Conservatives in Washington accept their help?

Neal Asbury,"Truth for America" vs. Thom Hartmann. George Zimmerman faced a judge today. But his trial is just the first that America needs. We need to put on trial the Shoot First laws that allowed Zimmerman to walk around as a free man for 6 weeks after killing someone.