The Hartmann Report

How much money has gone into the pockets of the health insurance industry that could, instead, have paid for healthcare. The final betrayal of Manchin and Sinema - Good riddance! Will Wray "gum up the works" on his way out? Russia's favorite asset, Trump, has been busy in ways the US media is stupidly ignoring! Canada threatens to cut electricity off to the United States if Trump does ta...

A Pardon for Justice: Isn't it Biden’s Moral Duty in Trump’s America? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Fascists are gathering their strength and forces- both regular and irregular- to quickly accomplish their goals. What are Democrats doing to get ready? Plus- Thom reads from "Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal" by George Packer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Different eras, different villains, same perceived fight for justice? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Progressive Leader in the House, Pramila Jayapal joins Thom, with her take on what went wrong during the election and her prescription for Democrats to return to power. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The terrifying implications of pardoning insurrectionists who killed and maimed… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Paris Is Not Dead. Journalist based in Marseilles, France, and contributor to the Guardian, and the Nation, Cole Stangler reports on French upheaval. Also more bird flu? Arizona sees first case of human bird flu as government begins testing milk for virus. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From historic inequality to modern foreign entanglements, America is at a turning point that will define the next century of governance… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The murder of the United Health Care CEO has brought to the surface American anger towards a corporate medical system that lets people die to make a buck- and corporate-bought Republicans support this system 110 percent. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

“The scariest sentence in the English language is: ‘I’m a billionaire, and I’m here to help.’” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In the wake of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law, callers of the Thom Hartmann program speculate on the implications of Donald Trump's return to office. U.S. Congressman (D-WI, 2nd District) Mark Pocan refutes listener queries that President Biden should follow suit in his remaining time during a National Progressive Townhall Meeting. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...

United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead by a yet unknown assassin but clues to his motive are pointing to the bloodthirsty profit United Healthcare makes from denying life-saving insurance claims.  Listeners of the Thom Hartmann program feel the pain and share personal stories and political strategies to combat the injustice of the insurance scam.  See Privacy Policy at h...

Cohost of the RADICALIZED Truth Survives podcast, Jim Stewartson gives a warning that the Q fringe has not gone away. America doesn't want a Cabinet full of abusers and drunks!? What happens when global powers abandon their word? Just ask Ukraine. It has been 30 years since the betrayal of the Budapest Memorandum. Reporting from Kyiv, Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner gives an update...

What happens when global powers abandon their word? Just ask Ukraine… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

President of Social Security Works, Alex Lawson warns that Elon Musk's commission is a plot to destroy our Social Security. By giving it to Wall Street executives, you get nothing and they get everything. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to rein in predatory data brokers - but won't be able to if Musk deletes them. Plus Geeky Science! The best longevity thing you can do is...

Save your healthcare and dump Medicare Advantage before it’s too late. Here’s why you should return to real Medicare if you still can... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Author and Activist David Pepper joins Thom to discuss the growing lockout of common people from ever holding real power. Will Republicans roll out nationally what they've learned to to do in places like Ohio and North Carolina? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How Yoon’s State of Emergency and Trump’s Strategies Are Eroding Global Freedoms See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As we watch Korea's fake populist make his play for total control, how are America's right wing setting the table to use our government to enrich themselves? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A stark warning about Trump’s dystopian plans for his second term... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Kash Patel says he's coming for the free media- and Pete Hegseth's own mother says to watch out for this guy. Will Trump get his clown posse in power using fake recess appointments? Plus - Thom's take on pardoning Hunter Biden. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Neoliberalism’s death grip or a New Deal revival? The stakes couldn’t be higher... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Bizarro World holds no candle to the peculiar ponderings of the Republican mindset as reinvented by Trump and Vance. Callers of the Thom Hartmann show weigh in on the significance of the disastrous election outcome. Will a political strategy built on dysfunctionally racist and sexist memes inevitably fail?  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

With fascism looming, Thom's callers process the moment we find ourselves in. Plus- Thom reads from former Congressman Bob Ney's fascinating inside look at how Congress really works, his book "Sideswiped". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

National Progressive Townhall Meeting with phone questions answered by U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus. Listeners of the Thom Hartmann show ply the representative with queries on Congressional; strategies with the return of Trump, the apparent leadership vacuum in the DNC, and will exponential reforestation blunt planetary tipping...