President Obama has ordered his officials to step on the gas and clear as much of his regulatory agenda as possible.

Have America’s liberals hoisted the white flag of surrender? A provocative conversation with political observer Adolph Reed Jr. Share your thoughts.

Watch clips from Bill's interview with a former GOP congressional analyst on the Deep State.

We asked a number of people, including Andrew Bacevich, Henry Giroux, Juan Cole, Danielle Brian and others, to share their reactions to Mike Lofgren's essay analyzing the Deep State.

While deep-pocketed dark money groups on the right should be happy with the proposed rules, that isn't the case.

The scholar notes that "if absolute power corrupts absolutely, invisible power corrupts invisibly," but says that the Deep State apparatus is vulnerable to a vigilant public.

POGO's executive director writes that we have made it possible for corruption to thrive by passing laws that make revolving doors, lobbying and campaign contributions acceptable in our democracy.

In this week's show, Mike Lofgren joins Bill to talk about the Deep State, a hybrid of corporate America and the national security state, which is "out of control" and "unconstrained."

In a must-read essay, the former GOP congressional analyst analyzes America's "Deep State," in which elected and unelected figures collude to serve powerful vested interests.

Take a closer (animated) look at the American Petroleum Institute, the organization that has been lobbying its heart out to get Keystone XL approved.