By raising interest rates have the feds set us up for a new financial crisis? Here to discuss the Fed's interest rate hike - the likelihood of an economic crash in 2016 - and what's really going on in our economy - is Marshall Auerback - Research Fellow - the Levy Institute and Director of Economists for Peace and Security.

Tonight’s Politics Panel discusses the aftermath of the DNC data breach, Bernie’s record setting campaign contributions, and Trump’s sexist comments about Hillary Clinton. Thom talks the Fed’s raising of interest rates with economist Marshall Auerback, history's largest earthquake caused by fracking with Public Citizen’s Tyson Slocum, and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how for over 60 years corporations have been paying less and less in taxes, while we’re making up the difference.

Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch & Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch joins Thom. Congress finally reached a spending bill that the President signed late last week. They managed to avoid a shutdown - but did this bill just make sure that consumers will never be able to know where there meat was before it reached the store? 90 percent of Americans support country of origin labeling laws for meat like beef and pork. So why did the most recent government spending bill do away with these laws altogether?

Richard Eskow, Bernie Sanders Campaign/The Zero Hour joins Thom. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders made sure that the differences in their policies are clear to voters - but they also made it clear why any Democrat would be better than any Republican.

Marc Morano, CFACT/Climate Depot joins Thom. Even though the Pentagon lists climate change as one of the top national security threats facing the nation - none of the moderators at either of the two most recent presidential debates bothered asking about it.

Neil McCabe, One America News Network joins Thom. Both Trump and Thom agree that the bubble will burst next year. The crash of 2016 is beginning...

The Republican obsession with having a strongman-type leader goes against everything this country was founded on…plus - It’s un-natural!

Dr. Arun Kundnani, The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror/New York University joins Thom. A Trump supporter was arrested yesterday for building bombs in his house and threatening Muslims. By Trump's own logic - is it time to ask his supporters to start monitoring each other and reporting each other? Should we put a travel ban on all Trump supporters until we prove that they aren't going to build bombs to use against U.S. citizens?

The Bad! Katrina Pierson. The Spokesperson for the Donald Trump Campaign was on the O'Reilly Factor the other day. - She seems to be implying that if Trump ever got his hand near the red button - he'd just have to use it - because why else have it?

Thom discusses Saturday’s Democratic debate with Bernie staffer and activist Richard Eskow, why climate change hasn’t been discussed at any of the recent debates with ClimateDepot.com’s Marc Morano, and how Trump thinks Yellen wasn’t raising interest rates to help the Democrats with OAN’s Washington Bureau Chief Neil McCabe. And in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how the Republican’s obsession with having strong leaders is un-American and unnatural.

For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds - I'm joined by Mark Weisbrot - one of America's leading progressive economists. The co-founder and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research - Mark received his Phd in Economics from the University of Michigan. He's also the President of Just Foreign Policy - where he works hard to reform American foreign policy so that it reflects the values of "diplomacy, law, and cooperation." Mark is also the author the of a number of books - including his latest - the new book - "Failed: What the 'Experts' Got Wrong about the Global Economy."

Hughey P. Newsome, The Objective Citizen/Move-On-Up & Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange/CODEPINK/Drone Warfare & Scott Greer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. So - is this evidence that the DNC is trying to undermine the Bernie Sanders campaign? If the Clinton campaign had done the same thing - would they be punished the same way? Plus - Reporters for the Democratic debate were told to dress warm - they would be standing on an ice rink. Wow….

Hughey P. Newsome, The Objective Citizen/Move-On-Up & Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange/CODEPINK/Drone Warfare & Scott Greer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. The Fed raised the interest rates yesterday - and the stock markets immediately started into a slump. But considering that when the economy does poorly in an election year - the non-incumbent party wins - the real question is: did Janet Yellen just give the election to the Republicans?

For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds - I'm joined by Mark Weisbrot - one of America's leading progressive economists. The co-founder and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research - Mark received his Phd in Economics from the University of Michigan. He's also the President of Just Foreign Policy - where he works hard to reform American foreign policy so that it reflects the values of "diplomacy, law, and cooperation." Mark is also the author the of a number of books - including his latest - the new book - "Failed: What the 'Experts' Got Wrong about the Global Economy."

Tonight’s Politics Panel discusses the DNC’s undemocratic actions against the Bernie Sander’s campaign and the campaign’s lawsuit against the DNC, Bernie’s criticism of Hillary’s constant support of regime change around the world, and how tomorrow’s Democratic debate falls on a Saturday night, less than a week from Christmas, at the same time as the first Saturday NFL game of the season, and during the first weekend of the new Star Wars movie. In tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds Thom discusses how the experts have gotten it wrong when it comes to the global economy.