On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom talks to Travis Korson of Madison Strategies and Alex Lawson of Social Security Works about Republican voters’ desire for health care, and the FBI investigative Standing Rock activists as “terrorists.” Then, Thom discusses record levels of radiation at Fukushima, and the future of nuclear energy under the Trump administration with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear.

Big Picture Interview: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear. Almost 6 years after a massive meltdown - radiation levels at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan are as dangerously high as ever. So is nuclear power ever worth the risk?

Big Picture Panel: Alex Lawson, Social Security Works & Travis Korson, Madison Strategies. A series of raucous town halls has put Republicans looking to repeal Obamacare on the defensive. People are furious - but if there was one protester who summed up exactly what’s at stake in the entire debate about Obamacare - it was the woman who stood up and said that her Christian faith made her support healthcare reform. She said — “As a Christian, my whole philosophy in life is to pull up the unfortunate... So with the individual mandate, that’s what it does: The healthy people pull up the sick. If we take those people, and we put them in high-risk insurance pools, they’re costlier and there’s less coverage… So we are in effect punishing our sickest people.” This idea - that we all deserve healthcare because we are all in this together as Christians - is just a religious-context way of saying that healthcare is a human right, rather than the privilege Republicans say it should be. Which raises the question - if Republicans really believe in Christianity like they say they do - what are they doing trying to repeal Obamacare? Will they end up letting you keep your healthcare after all?

On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom discusses the 9th circuit ruling on Trump’s Muslim ban and the possibility that visitors to the U.S. may have to give law enforcement their social media passwords with Host of America’s Lawyer Mike Papantonio. Then, Thom talks to Brian Darling of the Conservative Review and Sam Sacks of the District Sentinel about Neil Gorsuch calling Trump’s attacks on the court system “demoralizing” and the witch hunt against science and climate research.

Big Picture Interview: Mike Papantonio, America's Lawyer/Ring of Fire Radio/Law and Disorder. The United States could soon start resembling one of those police states you see in the movies. But instead of saying “papers, please,” our little Eichmanns will say “passwords, please” That’s according to none other than Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly - who told the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday that he wants border agents to start looking into the social media accounts of people who visit the United States. It’s already happening…tune in.

Big Picture Panel: Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel & Brian Darling, Conservative Review/(formerly) Office of Senator Rand Paul. How are government scientists suppose to do their job when they have to worry about Koch-head shills like Lamar Smith going after them?

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Big Picture Panel: Alex Pfeiffer, The Daily Caller & Charles Sauer, The Market Institute. Senate Republicans silenced Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren last night after she read a letter from Civil rights icon Corretta Scott King that called Jeff Sessions a racist. They say she "impugned the dignity of a colleague." When did Republicans become such precious little snowflakes?

Big Picture Interview: Ron Rosenbaum, Slate/L.A. Review of Books/Explaining Hitler. It turns out Progressives and neo-Nazis agree on something: they both think Donald Trump is the new Hitler. But is all this "Trump is a Nazi" talk just hyperbole?

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On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom discusses the Trump administration and fears that Trump will rule as an autocrat with Ron Rosenbaum, author of “Explaining Hitler.” Then, Thom talks to Alex Pfeiffer of the Daily Caller and Charles Sauer of the Market Institute about the GOP’s plan to reduce legal immigration and Elizabeth Warren’s opposition to Jeff Sessions for attorney general.

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Kymone Freeman, We Act Radio/Black Lives Matter DC. When Americans voted on November 8, 62 million Americans chose Donald Trump as our next president. But as a startling new report from the New York Times reveals, what they actually got from their vote was President Steve Bannon. Although Trump is officially commander-in-chief - he stops working at 6:30 PM - at which time he gets in his bathrobe and starts tweeting while watching Fox So-Called News. Bannon, on the other hand, works 16 hour days, and as Chief Strategist and a National Security adviser, plays a huge role in directing White House policy. His role is so large that he appears to know more about what's going on than Trump - and could even be trying to make himself a shadow president. According to the Times - Trump wasn't fully briefed on the executive order putting Bannon on the National Security Council when he signed it. The Times also says that chief of staff Reince Priebus is now trying to assert control, but how worried should we be about having a president Bannon, with all that entails? Are we about to go to war with Iran?

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On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom discusses court arguments on the Muslim ban and Trump’s foreign policy towards Iran with Jamal Abdi, Policy Director of the National Iranian American Council. Then, Thom talks to Bryan Pruitt of RedState and Kymone Freeman of We Act Radio about the FCC head’s push to gut net neutrality, and whether our country is really governed by Donald Trump or Steve Bannon.

Big Picture Interview: Jamal Abdi, National Iranian American Council (NIAC)/NIACAction. The Trump administration says it has officially put "Iran on notice" - and is ramping up the belligerent rhetoric like the Bush administraiton did before we invaded Iraq.