Big Picture Panel: Gianno Caldwell, Red Alert Politics & Charles Sauer, The Market Institute. A Donald Trump presidency could mean the death of net neutrality. Are conservatives really ready to giant telecom companies massively rip off consumers?

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In tonight's Politics Panel, Thom discusses why Trump's business interests are an open invitation to terrorists, how Trump is turning America into a petrostate, and why we need automatic recounts everywhere. Later on in the program, Thom talks to Allan Collinge about America's ongoing student loan crisis and why it's the most pressing economic issue facing the nation.

Big Picture Panel: Writer/Producer/Filmmaker/Activist Agunda Okeyo & Bryan Pruitt, RedState. There’s also the question of security. Once Donald Trump takes office, every single one of his hotels, golf courses, and casinos will become a target for terrorist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda. And unlike, embassies or consulates, they’re soft targets...

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Big Picture Interview: Alan Collinge, StudentLoanJustice.org/The Student Loan Scam. America's student loan debt crisis now affects more than 44 million people and involves a whopping $1.5 trillion in total debt. Is this the most serious economic problem facing our nation right now?

In tonight’s Progressive Roundtable, Thom talks with Alex Lawson of Social Security Works and Valerie Ervin of the Working Families Party about Pres. Obama’s need to declassify Russian hacking evidence, Trump’s pick of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and the growth of right wing fascism globally. Then, Thom talks with author and director Greg Palast about the blocking of presidential recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania , Republicans attempt to get minority voters off the rolls, and his new movie, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Big Picture Progressive Roundtable: Alex Lawson, Social Security Works & Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party. What Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Will Mean to America. And just in case there was any remaining doubt about whether its on the side of Big Oil or the future of the planet - the Trump transition is also setting up something that looks a lot like a blacklist of government employees working to fight climate change.

Big Picture Interview: Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Greg Palast was just in MI w/Jill Stein. Have we forgotten Republican efforts at election rigging that are being actively ignored by the corporate media, even as Democratic members of Congress are loudly calling for an investigation into Kris Kobach and his alleged voter suppression efforts?

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Thom talks with author and filmmaker John Pilger about his new documentary “The Coming War On China” and the military escalation that could lead World War III.

In tonight’s Politics Panel, Thom talks with Co-Founder of The District Sentinel Sam Sacks and Angela Morabito of StandUnited.org about Trump’s controversial Labor Department pick, his EPA nominee who doesn't believe in global warming, and his attack on free speech. Thom then talks with Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the New School for Social Research Cinzia Arruzza about her new piece in Jacobin Magazine.

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Big Picture Interview: Professor Cinzia Arruzza, The New School/Eugene Lang College. The mainstream media has decided that Sunday's referendum in Italy was a victory for the populist far-right. But was that really the case? Or was something else going on that corporate media missed?

Big Picture Politics Panel: Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel & Angela Morabito, StandUnited.org. One of first rules of government is that you don't put the fox in charge of the chicken coop - but that's exactly what Trump has done. So can we finally stop calling him a populist?