Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show during this hour, as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.

Here are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.

1. Presidential Debate, Government Shutdown Avoided

Guest 1: Kristian Ramos, Communications and Outreach Manager of Media Matters For America.
Tweets: @kramos1841
Guest 2: Michael Sozan, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Center for American Progress
Guest 3: Igor Volsky, Deputy Director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund
Tweets: @IgorVolsky

2. Elected State Level Judges Putting Politics Over People

Guest 1: Eric Lesh, Fair Courts Project Director at Lambda Legal
Tweets: @EDLesh
Guest 2: Billy Corriher, Director of Research for Legal Progress at CAP
Tweets: @BillyCorriher

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando. Before working at the Center for American Progress, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.