Scott Greer, The Daily Caller & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) & Charles Sauer, The Market Institute joins Thom. According to a new report JAMA Internal Medicine published on Monday by ressearchers at the University of California, San Francisco the sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down links between sugar and heart disease - and to blame saturated fat instead. That report suggests that 50 years of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease have been heavily influenced by the sugar industry. The documents show that the Sugar Research Foundation - today known as the Sugar Association - paid three Harvard scientists the equivalent of about $50,000 to publish a review on sugar - fat and heart disease - using sources that the sugar industry had handpicked. Isn't it time that we require public policy to be shaped by research funded by the public - rather than research funded by trade groups with clear incentives that fly in the face of public interests?

Scott Greer, The Daily Caller & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) & Charles Sauer, The Market Institute joins Thom. Trump unrolled his plan for paid maternity leave during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania with his daughter Ivanka. And much like Ivanka's speech at the RNC in July - Trump's rhetoric sounded an awful lot like a Democrat’s. The main part of the plan is a change to the tax code that would allow families to deduct childcare expenses - and to allow mothers to receive unemployment benefits for six weeks paid for by "eliminating fraud in unemployment insurance" But is this plan for paid maternity leave going to sit with rank and file Republicans - or will Republicans rally behind this plan because it robs from unemployment insurance to help push women out of the workforce?

Tonight’s Rumble talks Trumps conflicts of interests, Trump’s latest insult to women, and voter suppression laws being challenged in Georgia. Thom discusses the life and legacy of Robert F.

Josiah James, Comedian/Writer joins Thom. About half of Americans admit to texting and driving - yet only 1 in 13 drivers actually get pulled over for it. But is there more than just texting and driving we should be worried about?

Why is one Donald Trump advisor claiming that John F Kennedy was the first president to use trickle down Reaganomics? And why isn't anyone in the mainstream media pushing back against the claim?

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown/Democracy At Work/The New School joins Thom. How The Best In America Came To Be & Nathan Leamer, R Street Institute joins Thom. Donald Trump is accusing Janet Yellen of playing politics with interest rates and creating a "false economy."

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Mike Lux, Democracy Partners/The Progressive Revolution: How The Best In America Came To Be & Nathan Leamer, R Street Institute joins Thom. Mike Pence still won't call David Duke deplorable. Is that because he secretly knows he'll need people like David Duke to make him Vice President?

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Mike Lux, Democracy Partners/The Progressive Revolution: How The Best In America Came To Be & Nathan Leamer, R Street Institute joins Thom. The Obama administration may have temporarily halted construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline - but the fight against the entire project is far from over. Today - rallies were held across the world to demand an end to the entire $3.8 billion project. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders even joined in on the action and spoke at a rally here in Washington, DC. The Dakota Access pipeline would have the same impact on the planet as $21.4 million cars. It would also pose a serious threat to the water supply along its entire 1170 mile route, not just on Standing Rock Sioux land. In what possible world is it a good idea?

Tonight’s Politics Panel talks Mike Pence’s refusal to call David Duke deplorable, why Obama will veto the 9/11 victims bill, and the rallies across the world calling on Obama to stop the Dakota Pipeline.

A fragile ceasefire is now in effect in Syria - where hundreds of thousands have died since a brutal civil war began in 2011. If this ceasefire leads to an end to that civil war - could it also lead to a thaw in US-Russia relations and prevent a new Cold War? More on that with the Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel.

Adele Stan, AlterNet & Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View join Thom. Clinton was in hot water over the weekend after she made these comments during a fundraiser Friday night. First of all - is this going to hurt her? The media has been comparing this to Mitt Romney's "47%" remark in 2012 - but are these really comparable statements? And aside from that - isn't this a pretty accurate assessment of Trump's supporters?

Adele Stan, AlterNet & Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View join Thom. The opening Sunday of the NFL season saw the protest movement started by San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick grow even bigger. Dozens of players around the league participated - some by refusing to stand during the national anthem - others b n e ing while it was being played - and still others by raising their fists in solidarity. The NFL is a pretty reactionary place - is the fact that this movement only appears to be growing a sign that our society is transforming in a pretty important way? Is it helping us move towards a new form of patriotism?

Alex Kotch PhD, AlterNet, joins Thom. Since the 1980s - Charles Koch of the Koch brothers has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and universities all across the country. Between 2005 and 2014 alone he gave $108 million to almost 400 schools. The stated purpose of Koch's foray into the world of higher education - of course - is to promote free market ideas and policies. And while that's defensible enough - the apparent real purpose of this million dollar is a lot more sinister. Charles Koch and his right-wing oligarch allies - it seems - don't just want to promote their extremist ideology - they want to systematically transform American higher education into an arm of the libertarian movement. My next guest has dug deep into this story - and what he's found is terrifying.

Thinking Donald Trump can get money out of politics is like thinking that smoking can cure cancer.

Tonight’s Progressive Roundtable talks the media’s obsession with Hillary having pneumonia, Hillary calling Trump supporters deplorable, and the latest on the fight to protect Native land from a pipeline in North Dakota. Thom discusses the importance of the ceasefire in Syria with The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel and in tonight’ Daily Take Thom details why voting for Donald Trump because you want to get money out of politics is like smoking cigarettes to cure cancer.