In tonight’s Politics Panel, Thom and his guests discuss the Benghazi committee and how it’s starting to look like a political liability for the Republicans. House Speaker hopeful, Kevin McCarthy went on Fox News and came clean about the real motive of the investigation. And Minority Leader, Harry Reid points out the GOP calling them “NRA puppets”. In Screwed News, Thom discusses the TPP and how it just won’t cost American jobs, but also American lives. Thom talks with Melinda St. Louis, the Director of the International Campaigns for Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch and Zahara Heckscher, who is a breast cancer patient affected by this deal. Later in the show, the CEO of the World Coal Association talks to Thom about “clean coal” and in tonight’s Daily Take, Thom talks about the loss of American jobs due to outsourcing.

It's been nearly 6 years since Wall Street brought the global financial system to its knees - but most of the people responsible got off scot-free. So why weren't more of the crooks held responsible - and why is the former chairman of the Federal Reserve just now speaking out about it?

Ari Rabin-Havt, -The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress/The Benghazi Hoax & Kevin L. Kearns, United States Business and Industry Council both join Thom. Trade Representatives from around the world today announced that they had reached a deal with the Transpacific Partnerships. But now the question is - will Congress go along with this corporate negotiated and corporate managed trade agreement?

And the very, very ugly! Michael Berry! During the October 1 episode of his syndicated radio show - Berry declared October to be "White History Month" and asked callers to call in and tell him things that white people like. Not surprisingly - the show went from bad to worse when a caller called in and suggested that white people like to talk about black people and Berry revealed his total ignorance that the essence of White Privilege is that white people don't have to think about race in most interactions, whereas people of color often must consider race or they could lose everything from a job to their lives.

It's been nearly 6 years since Wall Street brought the global financial system to its knees - but most of the people responsible got off scott-free. So why weren't more of the crooks held responsible - and why is the former chairman of the federal reserve just now speaking out about it?

Symone D. Sanders, Bernie Sanders Campaign, joins Thom. can Bernie keep the momentum going and win the nomination? We'll hear from his campaign spokesperson. On Saturday night - 20,000 people came out to see - not Hillary Clinton - not Ben Carson - not Donald Trump - but Bernie Sanders speak at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston - Massachusetts. While only the third largest Bernie Sanders event - which says a lot about how succesful the Sanders campaign has been - the rally was the largest democratic primary rally in Massachusetts since 1968. It was also twice as large as the 10,000 person rally then Senator Barack Obama held on the Boston Common in 2007.

Ladd Everitt, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, joins Thom. What will it take for America's politicians to take real action to curb the gun violence epidemic in America?

Thom discusses the TPP deal reached with radio host Ari Ravin-Havt and libertarian Kevin Kearns, gun safety in America with the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence’s Ladd Everitt, and the latest from the Bernie campaign with its national press secretary Symone Sanders. In tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses one of Obama’s biggest failures – not putting the banksters in jail after the 2008 crash.

Thom discusses the latest job numbers and the current state of the world economy with London School of Economics professor John Kay, author of the new book “Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance” in tonight’s first Conversations with Great Minds. And Thom talks with sex trade survivor Rachel Moran, author of the book “Paid for: My Journey Through Prostitution” in tonight’s second Conversations with Great Minds.

Jonathan Tasini, The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America joins Thom. It's more good news for Bernie Sanders - as the Vermont Senator's presidential campaign had a record-smashing third quarter of donations. Can he keep this up to win the nomination?

Hon. Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Government of the Republic of South Sudan joins Thom. What is the viewpoint of the world's youngest country during this assembly of the international community?

It just got a little harder to harder to register to vote in Alabama. And with that - they join the ranks of a growing number of Republican controlled states that are using every trick in the book to make it harder to vote.

Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch joins Thom. So what exactly is the industry's argument here? How do labeling laws violate their "First Amendment rights"? And since when did corporations HAVE First Amendment rights?

Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University/ Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition) joins Thom. The first eight months of this year marked the warmest such stretch on record going all the way back to 1880. But there's one spot in the Atlantic that appears much - much cooler. Find out why that's bad news.

Jonathan Tasini, The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America joins Thom. It's more good news for Bernie Sanders - as the Vermont Senator's presidential campaign had a record-smashing third quarter of donations. Can he keep this up to win the nomination?