Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View & Anya Parampil, RT America joins Thom. Bernie Sanders recently spoke to the press about what he witnessed at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In Germany - the country constantly wrestles with the guilt of the Holocaust and how to make things right with Jewish communities and Israel. But will we as a country ever rectify - or even try to rectify - the genocide that America committed against the American Indians? How?

Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View & Anya Parampil, RT America joins Thom. Between reports about unwanted advances on women - and reports that he spent decades acting like his own publicist - Donald Trump didn't have a great weekend. But will any of these revelations actually hurt Trump? Or will Trump manage to keep his Teflon image all the way until November?

In tonight's Progressive Roundtable, Thom discusses whether Trump is immune to scandal, the ongoing popularity of single-payer healthcare, and the issue of reparations for Native American genocide. Thom also breaks down the situation in Brazil with the CEPR's Mark Weisbrot. In tonight's Daily Take, Thom talks about how the Nordic countries stole their social welfare policies from FDR.

Tonight’s Rumble discusses how Bernie, the crazy Socialist is enslaving our children, Obama supporting making Election Day a national holiday, and how there are now more homeless kids and parents in D.C. than homeless single adults. Thom discusses the business and the making of American gun culture with historian Pamela Haag, author of the new book “The Gunning of America.”

Pamela Haag PhD, The Gunning Of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture. Many Americans - even those who want more gun control - probably think that America's gun culture is something - well - uniquely American. Regulations might stop some shootings - the thinking goes - but they'll never undo the fact that Americans love guns - and have loved them ever since the pioneer days. Guns are just part of our cultural DNA - and there's nothing we can do about it. But is that really the case?

Pamela Haag PhD, The Gunning Of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture. Many Americans - even those who want more gun control - probably think that America's gun culture is something - well - uniquely American. Regulations might stop some shootings - the thinking goes - but they'll never undo the fact that Americans love guns - and have loved them ever since the pioneer days. Guns are just part of our cultural DNA - and there's nothing we can do about it. But is that really the case?

Horace Cooper, Conservative Commentator/Attorney & Lacy Crawford, Social Security Works & Alex Pfeiffer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. Darden Restaurants - which owns chain restaurants like The Olive Garden - has been shorting their workers to save a buck according to a new report from the Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) United. Workers are routinely told that they have to accept prepaid debit cards instead of paychecks - and a quarter of workers who were surveyed said that they were told that the cards are the only option for being paid. The company can save about 2.75 per pay period on every card - but the workers are left paying for a litany of fees before they can access their wages. So why are we letting these companies screw their workers to save themselves a buck and pass the savings to Wall Street?

Horace Cooper, Conservative Commentator/Attorney & Lacy Crawford, Social Security Works & Alex Pfeiffer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. Is Socialism the most ancient form of civilization?

For tonight's Daily Take - we're honoring Michael Ratner - a true American hero who changed the course of history with his fierce pursuit of justice. Michael's very first case was a lawsuit against prison guards and state troopers who killed and injured prisoners during the Attica prison uprising in 1971 - and even though the court ruled against him in that case, his lifelong fight on behalf of prisoners and the disadvantaged never wavered. If somebody was in trouble - particularly as the result of an injustice - Michael was there, or made sure somebody else was. He was truly one of the most decent, caring, and compassionate people I've ever known. Michael Ratner defined for everybody who knew him what it truly means to be human. I'll miss him personally, and the world is better for his life, and an emptier place for his loss.

Sam Daley-Harris, RESULTS/Center for Citizen Empowerment & Transformation/Reclaiming Our Democracy joins Thom. Why It's time to get out there & get active! It’s a marathon not a sprint….

Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel, joins Thom.
Google announced yesterday that it will be banning all payday loan advertisements from it's website in response to advocates who claim that payday lending targets poor and vulnerable Americans. The move comes at a time when payday lending companies are in the forefront of policy discussions as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau attempts to clamp down on the predatory practice. The problem is - many people in America don't have bank accounts - and so they get their checks cashed at exorbitant rates or are forced to take out payday loans in order to pay off bills. But there's one solution that's been floated by Democratic Presidential contender Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders - let the US Postal Service offer checking account and bill paying services to communities that have been left behind by the financial sector. So why hasn’t this proposal gotten more traction?

Harvey Wasserman, Solartopia/forthcoming book, STRIP & FLIP SELECTION OF 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft, joins Thom. Nearly 80% of the votes that will be cast in the 2016 general election will be cast on electronic voting machines - which can have their records altered by a governor or secretary of state with just a few keystrokes Election rigging is easier than you think. How we can stop it.

Bob Ney/(former) U.S. Congressman (R-OH, 18th District)/Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill, joins Thom. The reality show continued today as Donald Trump finally had his much-awaited meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. So will the Donald end up shaping the GOP in his image or the other way around?

America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, The Ring of Fire, joins Thom. As the Intercept has reported - the convention’s official host committee is stacked with lobbyists and corporate donors - some of whom aren’t even Democrats. Plus….Earlier this month, the EPA posted then retracted a study connecting glyphosate - an ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide - to cancer. The WHO has already labeled glyphosate a carcinogen. So why did the EPA retract its study?