D.C. Court of Appeals temporarily halts release of Trump's White House records to the House Select Committee investigating the Trump-incited Capitol Insurrection, as the committee widens its probe into former VP Pence's top staffers. New developments at the COP26 U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, as UK conservatives demonstrate how far off the rails the U.S. Republican Party has gone. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Brendan Fischer, Campaign Legal Center

Major announcements at UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow break new ground in global effort to combat climate change. Campaign finance law expert Brendan Fischer explains new, mind-blowing ruling by the Federal Elections Commissions allowing unlimited foreign money in state ballot propositions and referenda, and ways to close the gaping loophole in federal law to end all foreign influence in our elections. Fischer also weighs in on a new report that top Trump officials knowingly and repeatedly violated the Hatch Act ban on abusing their offices for political purposes. Also today: judge denies Trump's claims of perpetual executive privilege in House Select Committee investigation of the Capitol Insurrection.

House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6th insurrection subpoenas 16 top Trump Administration staffers. Judge denies Trump attempt to block release of his records. VA Gov.-elect Youngkin's underage son knowingly tried to vote illegally - twice - but will face no consequences, underscoring that the U.S. has two justice systems for whites vs. black/brown voters. New survey shows the lucrative COVID disinformation industry has been wildly successful at misleading Americans. COVID infections/deaths are 6 times higher in heavily Trump-leaning counties than in Biden-leaning counties. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Thom Hartmann, Author, Progressive radio host

Author and progressive talk radio host THOM HARTMANN explains his well-documented article building the case that Donald Trump and key members of his administration could be charged with mass murder due to intentional, publicly documented decisions in their failed COVID response that ultimatley led to the deaths of at least 500,000 Americans. House Select Committee investigating the Capitol Insurrection on Jan. 6th issued 6 new subpoenas. Callers weigh in...

Guest: John Bonifaz, Free Speech For People

US Attorney General Merrick Garland has failed to act on the long laundry list of federal criminal allegations against Donald Trump and his associates, and the DOJ has strangely not yet responded to the criminal contempt referral issued by the US House Special Committee on Jan. 6th for Trump crony Steve Bannon. Constitutional law expert John Bonifaz of the non-partisan, legal advocacy nonprofit Free Speech For People explains the group's call for Garland to resign, the issues that may be underlying the DOJ's failure to act to hold criminal lawbreakers accountable, what can be done to restore DOJ's independence, and much more. Plus: GOP-controlled states issue new, extremely partisan gerrymandered maps in several states that eliminate minority voting power in districts across the country.

More 2021 election results from around the nation. Senate Republicans again filibuster a motion to proceed to debate the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Another voting machine company sues rightwing media outlets for peddling lies about the 2020 election. AZ Republicans turn on Cyber Ninjas, the amateur firm that conducted the GOP's phony 'audit' of the 2020 election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: John Nichols, The Nation

The results of Tuesday's off-year elections were not nearly as bad for Democrats as the national media seems compelled to insist. JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation discusses the 2021 election results, making sense of where both Democrats and the national media went right and wrong during the election and its aftermath, and the red flag warnings and lessons that Democrats and progressives should note and learn. Plus: a host of progressive wins that fell beneath the national media's radar, including historic mayoral victories from Massachusetts to New Mexico, Ohio, North Carolina and beyond.

Election Day 2021 saw a few big problems in NJ with electronic voting systems. OK GOP's extreme partisan gerrymandered maps split longtime Dem districts. At the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Biden apologized for Trump and announced major new global pacts to stop and reverse deforestation, and cut methane emissions 30% by 2030. Senate Dems reach deal to cut prescription drug prices. Despite rightwing anti-vaccine disinformation, few workers are choosing to leave their jobs due to vaccine mandates, which are working to slow COVID infections. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Are we witnessing the death of democracy? In Florida, an effort to squash academic freedom and free speech in Florida. GOP-controlled Iowa's new extreme partisan gerrymandering maps erased Democratic House seats. The GOP's stolen and packed US Supreme Court heard oral arguments challenging Texas' latest blatantly unconstitutional abortion restriction law. Callers weigh in ...

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon and Digby's Hullabaloo

A Republican elections clerk in MI is under criminal investigation for stealing her town's election tabulation equipment; a QAnon loon, she refused to use legal processes to investigate concerns that have been long established by legitimate election security experts. Award-winning opinion columnist Heather 'Digby' Parton discusses the 'diva twins' Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who are directly responsible for obstructing and gutting key provisions in Pres. Biden's wildly popular Build Back Better Act, the corporate media's misleading narratives about the bill, and much more...