Neil Sroka, Democracy for America joins Thom. It's just three weeks until the Iowa caucuses - and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is in a statistical dead heat with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. And that's despite the fact that Washington insiders have spent months saying that Bernie Sanders is just less electable than Hillary. We’ll be talking about why the insiders got it so wrong.

Zoë Carpenter, The Nation Magazine joins Thom. We now know that the group is actually free to come and go as they please - and that law enforcement has taken a basically "hands-off" approach to the situation. But over the weekend - a group of at least six republican lawmakers met - one. Oregon state legislator and several other elected officials from the neighboring states of Washington and Idaho - met with the ranchers at the nature preserve. Another lawmaker from the Las Vegas area took part in the meeting via telephone.

Kris Ullman, Conservative Commentator & Activist & Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel & Hughey P. Newsome, The Objective Citizen/Move-On-Up all join Thom. For over an hour last night - the President took questions on gun control - gun violence - and whether he was going to take everyone's guns away. But as the president pointed out - he hasn't taken anybody's guns away - and he's actually been a great advertising tool for the gun industry.

Kris Ullman, Conservative Commentator & Activist & Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel & Hughey P. Newsome, The Objective Citizen/Move-On-Up all join Thom. Some in the GOP party - like Maine's tea party governor Paul LePage and presidential frontrunner Donald Trump - apparently missed the memo about moving past blatant racism. And apparently neither the party's base nor the leadership cares one bit about the resurgence of blatant racism in the Republican political discourse. So - how long will the horrible stereotypes of minorities - especially African Americans - continue to be acceptable from the mouths of Republican politicians?

Tonight’s Rumble discusses Governor Paul LePage’s racist comments, how Obama’s presidency has been a huge boom for the gun industry, and how Bernie is making the health care insurance industry nervous. In tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds Thom discusses how consumers should be worried about bank bail-ins with activist and speaker Ellen Brown, author of “The Public Bank Solution.”

When the next financial crisis comes - the big banks could save themselves by stealing right out of your checking account. Banking expert Ellen Brown, Public Banking Institute/Web of Debt/The Public Bank Solution will explain how in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds.

When the next financial crisis comes - the big banks could save themselves by stealing right out of your checking account. Banking expert Ellen Brown, Public Banking Institute/Web of Debt/The Public Bank Solution will explain how in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds.

Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen's Energy Program joins Thom. Thanks to the natural gas industry - Oklahoma has seen a surge of seismic activity in recent years. Could this be wakeup call America needs to ban fracking once and for all?

Erich Pica, Friends Of the Earth-US, joins Thom. For tonight's Green Report we head to Houston, Texas - where on Tuesday Canadian fossil fuel giant TransCanada filed suit against the Obama administration over its decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. According to TransCanada - the administration went above and beyond its constitutionally-bound powers when it said "no" to the pipeline extension - which would have brought toxic tar sands oil across the US to the Gulf of Mexico. But Transcanada isn't just relying on the American justice system to hit back against the White House. At the same time as it filed suit in federal court Wednesday - the company also filed a claim under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement - or NAFTA.

Marshall Auerback, Levy Institute/Economists for Peace and Security joins Thom. Fears of Chinese weakness sent Wall Street on another nose dive today - as the Dow alone dropped almost 400 points. Are we watching the first rumblings of the next economic crisis?

Governor Rick Snyder is saying that he's taking the lead contamination problem in Flint Michigan "very seriously.” But Michael Moore and the people of Flint want him held accountable for his "reckless” behavior.

Thom discusses California’s massive methane leak with activist and radio host Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the continued downturn in the world economy with economist Marshall Auerback, and the massive number of earthquakes in the fracking state of Oklahoma with Public Citizen’s Tyson Slocum. In tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how Michael Moore is right about putting Gov. Rick Snyder in jail over the Flint water crisis.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hudson Riverkeeper/Waterkeeper Alliance joins Thom. A natural gas leak outside of Los Angeles has sent 80,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere since October. So why has California Governor Jerry Brown JUST NOW declared a state of emergency?

Ron Hampton, Institute of the Black World/National Black Police Association, joins Thom. It's been 6 days since dozens of armed white conservative men seized control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge - near Burns, Oregon. They took control of the refuge to protest the imprisonment of Dwight and Steven Hammond - even though neither of the Hammonds support the militia itself. Immediately after the group barricaded themselves in - they sent out requests on Facebook asking supporters for snacks and cold-weather socks. And since then - we've heard daily reports about how these "yeehawdists" - are ready to die for their cause. But yesterday a spokesman for the Oregon State Police revealed just how make-believe this whole stand-off has been when he told Talking Points Memo that "right now - they are allowed to come and go as they want"

Militia types like Ammon Bundy say they love the Constitution - but they actually oppose everything it stands for.