Thom discusses Donald Trump’s "drain the swamp lie," how Democrats will resist Republican control of the government, and the wave of hate that's followed Trump's election with Dave McCulloch and Richard Eskow. Thom also talks with filmmaker Josh Fox about Obama approving the Dakota Access Pipeline and the future of Standing Rock Protests.

The Big Picture fact of the day….

Big Picture Interview: Josh Fox, Gasland/Gasland II & How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change. So - is this the end of the road for the Standing Rock water protectors? Or has the real fight just begun?

Big Picture Politics Panel: Richard Eskow, The Zero Hour/Campaign for America's Future & Dave McCulloch, Capitol Media Partners. So at what point are the people who voted for Donald Trump thinking they were going to get Bernie Sanders-style populism going realize they’ve actually gotten Mussolini populism?

Thom discusses who'll lead the fight against Donald Trump, what will happen when the GOP destroys Obamacare, and how unions will save the Democratic Party with David Ferguson of Ferguson & Associates and Ben Wikler with MoveOn.org. Thom also talks with former presidential candidate Ralph Nader about where progressives can go next under a President Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress.

Big Picture Politics Panel: David Ferguson, Ferguson & Associates & Ben Wikler, MoveOn.org. On Wednesday - Bernie said in a statement that he and other progressives would work with Donald Trump “if he’s serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families” but also warned that "To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him.” The next four years are going to be dark - but if the protest movement we saw last night joins up with a progressive front led by Bernie Sanders and others like him - we might just survive President Trump.

Big Picture Interview: Ralph Nader, Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think, has a plan for progressives that could really shake things up.

Big Picture Interview: Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation Magazine.
The unthinkable has happened - Donald Trump has won the presidency. No one - at least no one in the political establishment - saw this coming. How did they get this so wrong?

Thom discusses Donald Trump’s shocking defeat of Hillary Clinton with the Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel and asks her how liberals got it so wrong when the writing on the wall was everywhere to be seen. Thom also talks with former presidential candidate Ralph Nader about where progressives can go next under a President Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress.

Big Picture Interview: Ralph Nader, Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think. If Donald Trump's election represented anything - it was the complete and utter repudiation of the Clintonite Democratic establishment. Are we about to witness a permanent realignment of the parties?

Big Picture Politics Panel: - Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party & Siraj Hashmi, Red Alert Politics join Thom. After reviewing all those newly discovered emails from Anthony Weiner's laptop - FBI director James Comey now says that things are back to where they were in July: there will be no prosecution of Hillary Clinton. But has the damage already been done to Democratic hopes of retaking the Senate and maybe even the House?

Big Picture Fact of the Day.

Big Picture Interview: Susannah Goodman, Common Cause, joins Thom. Tomorrow's presidential election will be the first since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and unleashed a wave of Republican-led voter suppression. So what should you know about how to protect your vote on this important day for our democracy?

Thom talks with Susannah Goodman of Common Cause about the right’s attack on voter rights, registration and early voting. Later on in the show, Thom is joined in the Politics Panel by Valerie Ervin of the Working Families Party and Siraj Hashmi of Red Alert Politics to talk FBI head Jim Comey’s email antics, Trump’s infrastructure privatization plan, and Bernie Sanders’ take on Trump supporters.

Thom talks with Scott Roberts, senior campaign director for criminal justice at Color of Change, about low turnout amongst African-American voters, and voter suppression and intimidation in North Carolina. Then, Hughey Newsome of BOLD.global and Mov-On-Up.org, and Valerie Ervin of the Working Families Party, join Thom to discuss whether the FBI is indeed “Trumpland,” Donald Trump’s record on unions, and sexism in the presidential election.