The Hartmann Report

The last moments to resist are slipping away, and history shows once fascism’s grip tightens, it rarely loosens… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why does the Supreme Court side with Donald Trump using a method that hides their opinions from public scrutiny? The Brendan Center for Democracy's Stephen Spaulding joins Thom with the details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump is in collapse, his psyche fracturing, his infrastructure mirroring his breakdown, his institutions weaponized around his rage. The rupture is real, and it’s here, now. There will be no more subtle signals. It’s confrontation or collapse. Rage against the dying of the light that they are trying to force upon us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti...

Say what?! Trump Admin Reviewing ALL 55 Million People With Visas For Possible Deportation Is a 100-seat majority Trump's redistricting endgame?  A New York appellate court says Trump’s Organization committed fraud. The Authoritarian’s Secret Weapon: They Never, Ever Leave Voluntarily. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...

Every gerrymander, purge, and press attack tightens the screw — until the system is locked and the tyrant holds the only key… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Did you see that Trump's new executive order on voting gives him the power to direct states on which votes to count and which to throw away? Why isn't anybody else talking about this? What JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing is awesome - we need fighters. Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update. Did you know Trump just sent three US warships to Venezuela? Can anybody spell "false flag" distracti...

Republicans have mastered storytelling. Unless Democrats learn to fight on cultural ground, their policies will never matter… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The author of books including “Antidemocratic: Inside the Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections,” David Daley joins Thom for a deep dive. Will the redistricting fight lead to the restoration... or destruction... of Democracy in America? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Loyalty oaths, banned history, forced obedience: the right isn’t hiding anymore. They’re telling us exactly what kind of dictatorship they want… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump wants Ukraine to abandon its defenses and give Russia much of its land and people. Why in the world is the president of the United States behaving so submissively to the dictator of a minor power? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From Putin’s whispers to an executive order in the making, Trump openly declares his intent to shred America’s electoral system for 2026 before our eyes… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Democrats in California and elsewhere need to recognize that the Supreme Court has changed the rules, and step up the battle before we lose Democracy itself to the fascist takeover. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

He promised to drain the swamp — instead he filled it with billionaires, crooks, and fascists… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Is Trump using crime as an excuse to put troops in place to be ready if they try to steal the midterm elections? Progressive Rep. Mark Pocan joins Thom for the view from the floor of the House. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Investigative Reporter Greg Palast is back with Thom for a deep dive on his latest movie. What does the deadly flooding in Texas have in common with Katrina? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People are showing up in Anchorage, Alaska to protest on behalf of Ukraine, Feds make arrests outside Gavin Newsom's presser - the war is on. Is the lid coming off inflation? Are Americans Being Conditioned by Our Media to Become “Good Germans”? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

When governments rewrite reality and the press goes along, cruelty becomes invisible and the public becomes complicit… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom deep-dives with author and former naval officer Malcolm Nance on Trump, Putin, and American fascism. Then Phil Ittner checks in live from Kiev with the latest events there. Is Trump defending- or betraying- the freedom of the Ukrainian nation? Plus - Are Trump and Putin looking to Gaza as the blueprint for a captive Ukraine? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

The billionaire-strongman plan to hand Moscow control, cripple Democracy, and sell out an ally for power and profit... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Kymone Freeman of We Act Radio joins Thom from Washington, DC. As the first troops hit the ground, does Trump have any interest in solving crime?- or is this just an obviously fascist move? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Deploying troops without police training, defying the courts, and threatening the media, Trump is importing dictator tactics in plain sight and daring Americans to stop him... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Can Trump make everyone forget his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein by putting troops on the ground in our nation's capitol city? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Does brain science show that the fans of right-wing media are already primed to enjoy the suffering of others? Plus- As Trump strengthens his grip on our capitol, and distracts us from the Epstein files, is this a win-win for fascism? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As the Nation teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, what will it take to defend democracy and constitutional order? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What does Putin hope to gain from meeting with Trump? Reporting from Kiev, Phil Ittner has the latest from Ukraine. Plus - We aren't fighting ourselves yet, but in our neighborhoods the fascist troops have already landed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .