The Hartmann Report

It’s time to call a fascist a fascist, speaking of CNN’s upcoming attempt to rehabilitate Trump with a sanitized “Town Hall” and a mostly MAGA audience. The Tucker Carlson text message: Inside the mind of a sociopath? Investigative journalist Greg Palast explains Powell's bag of leeches - hiking interest rates, the Medieval cure for inflation. Also, what Putin is up to by claiming an att...

Anxiety rises around the globe as the House Republicans and Kevin McCarthy recklessly toy with the US debt ceiling. Meanwhile E. Jean Carroll's emotional testimony and evidence continue in the rape trial against Donald Trump. Trumps lawyer, Joseph Tacopina demonstrates tone deaf bullying tactics and a disregard for the jury's safety and anonymity. Plus Marjorie Taylor Greene latest embarrassment i...

Reporter covering Supreme Court, Politics & Democracy at Mother Jones, Pema Levy explains that the Dobb's leak didn't wreck the Supreme Court - the Justice's Scandals Did...A year ago, conservatives complained of a betrayal of justice. Since then, they’ve been ignoring plenty. Also Executive Director-Social Security Works Alex Lawson reveals that Social Security was just voted down b...

The only businesses Republicans support are gun sellers, megachurches, corrupt defense contractors & giant monopolies - and none of those are good for average Americans or the US economy. Interview: Consumer advocate, lawyer, author, former presidential candidate, and radio host Ralph Nader introduces his new newspaper The Capitol Hill Citizen, and book, The Incommunicados. Also how repub...

This is a story as old as capitalism. During the Republican Great Depression of the 1930s, for example, some of America’s greatest fortunes were made or massively expanded. Also, Geeky Science about fried foods: Can French Fries bring on depression? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Kevin McCarthy is playing with fire, and he’s on very shaky constitutional grounds. The US government has never, in our country’s entire history, defaulted on its debt. Neither, in recent history, have most other advanced democracies. Debt default is very much a Third World thing. Will the beleaguered and scandal ridden court cave? Also South Africa Freedom Day - South Africa’s first pos...

I am proposing that Congress change the rules of how the Court operates around decisions in which they invoke the Constitution to change or strike down laws. Trump calls to end the constitution and Republicans say nothing - say what? Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine Phil Ittner is here - The Battle of the apps. Sen Durban says a SCOTUS overhaul is coming - I can't wa...

If it seems to you like women in Red states are the subjects of witch hunts, you’re right. And it has nothing to do with “life”: it’s all about economic and political power. Anti-Democratic And Anti-Minority Politics Collide: Rep Zephyr's Treatment In Montana Should Concern Us All. Will the label "Rapist" change how republicans think of Trump? E. Jean Carroll has her day in court.&n...

Thom checks in with Dr. Gabor Mate, the author on his recent book "The Myth of Normal- Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture". Also- how spending time with nature has been proven to improve our mental health.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

So, why would the ultra rich give a damn about whether a trans girl wants to compete in high school sports? Or whether a 10-year-old in Ohio, raped by her uncle, can get an abortion? Is Samuel Alito working on a "theocracy" plan for America? Also abortion: GOP can't win on their issues so they try and hide them. The billionaires don't want you to just compete with overseas labor - they now wa...

There is still time to help the rest of America kick the habit by explaining how profitable hate and fear are for these media and social media empires. Recognition of Earth Day with sobering science facts. Food and Water Watch's Senior Iowa Organizer John Aspray reports on why the carbon pipeline should be stopped. Plus, is a pink star coming for non straight people in Missouri and researcher...

When you get right down to it, THIS is the biggest Republican scam- privatizing what ought to belong to all of us! Plus- Thom reads from 'Measuring What Counts' by Joe Stiglitz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Dr Michael Mann has the latest science...bottom line, how much longer can we continue to emit carbon before the change exceeds our adaptive capacity? And why is sea level along the Gulf Coast rising faster than elsewhere? Plus - Why did Biden decide to expand drilling in Alaska and elsewhere? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

The so-called party of life does not, it turns out, give a damn about actual human life unless it has a net worth over $500 million. NATO chief says Ukraine’s "rightful place" is in the alliance - Is it? Veteran War Correspondent, Philip Ittner reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. Is America fed up with DeSantis? Did Fox-so-called-News shoot Ralph Yarl? Senator Wyden says that nothing unites...

The vast majority of politically-inspired violence and murders in America over the past two decades have been committed by rightwing extremists. How many are watching Fox News? Investigative journalist Greg Palast is now going after the Dominion story. Plus TN Republicans are shielding gun firms- not children- from school shootings while obsessing over "divisiveness" in class. Also...

Rebuilding American manufacturing not only returns jobs to our country, but also keeps profits here in America. Instead of strengthening China, we'd be rebuilding our own nation.  Interview: Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, Morris Pearl warns that the current tax code is destabilizing the nation and promoting inequality. Also how MN Dems are advancing a bill to ban election interfere...

Are right-wing billionaires who want more, more, more money willing to make common cause with bigots, fascists, and wannabee killers to get it? Also abortion pill judge is a corrupt scammer, accused of hiding information from Senate investigators. Plus democracy is further under attack for black Americans and why are only 1% of fake Russian trolls caught? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

No Labels and the Corporate Problem Solvers are now playing with political fire, flirting with fielding a “moderate” (i.e. bought-off) candidate for president next year. But that doesn’t seem to trouble them at all, just so long as the dark money keeps rolling in.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

Thom is joined today by Professor Marcia Pally, author of "White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here?" & Professor Pamela Cooper-White, author of "The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide".  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m...

What is with the slate of new Republican initiatives to take away more of what little help people in need receive in America, and what does it have to do (if anything) with eating pudding with your fingers? Plus - Thom reads from Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amidst a Clash of Empires " See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner is on the ground in Ukraine. Did the revelations of the recent leak benefit Russia or the USA? Also- will the alleged leaker get a fair hearing in the press? Plus- Thom reads from 'The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War' See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

Is the plague of guns just a racist fever dream for “restored” white male supremacy? And even if there is no war, our children are now paying the price for the GOP’s embrace of this hate and bigotry — and the guns that go with it — every single day. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why can't the Dems push back against the blue slip scam the G.O.P. is using to hold up federal judges? Also- what's really up with the NRA? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Besides impeaching Clarence Thomas, maybe the Biden administration and Democrats in the Senate should be investigating Ginny’s corruption and attempted sedition? True North Research's executive director Lisa Graves joins Thom to share what she's found out about the supreme justice's $500,000 vacations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...

Fox (so-called) News and AM hate radio use fear to control their audiences. Will the "enemy within" once again bring Republican leaders to power in our country? Plus- Thom reads from "The Edge of Anarchy" by Jack Kelly, and "Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis" by Martha Nussbaum See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...