The Hartmann Report

Reporters and news organizations are citing the First Amendment protection of the press, but the Trump administration is basically saying that it doesn’t give a damn about the press or the Constitution. They’ll simply shoot at, gas or violently beat with billy clubs, whoever they want, they are arguing in court. If the Trump administration prevails here in Portland, and if this goes up through the...

Does Trump think that fanning the flames of disaster will help him stay in power? This is a path many other dictators, including Adolf Hitler, have used to destroy Democracy. Have the conservatives dropped their principles and their concern over 'jack-booted thugs' when the Constitutional rights of left-wingers are being taken? Ken Klippenstein of The Nation magazine joins Thom with his research i...

Is Trump's Postmaster General trying to starve the Post Office as a part of the Republican war on government and unions? Or are the steps he's taken to slow mail delivery meant to undermine vote by mail? Mark Dimondstein of the American Postal Workers Union joins Thom for the view from the inside. And meanwhile- is what is going on in Portland a trial run for a much bigger crisis Trump hopes to pr...

Because Bush got away with torture, Trump thinks he can get away with secret police. Florida is in a mess with COVID-19. It is a complete disaster. Ron De Santos needs to answer some serious questions, and according to Thomas Kennedy, resign from office, do you agree? Thomas Kennedy from United We Dream, joined Thom to share why he was walked out of a meeting with De Santos, where he clearly had a...

Today we hear the view from the Progressives in Congress with Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan- as Trump rolls out his fascist federal police, what can Congress do about the attack on our Democracy now- or what will be possible after the November election? And how should we be handling the growing Covid crisis? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

As Trump deploys Homeland Security police forces to Democratic-controlled cities, and even randomly arresting protesters with unmarked vans... what is this really about? Is this extra-judicial practice a test to see what he can get away with in the runup to the election? Aaron Mesh, News Editor at Willamette Week describes the brutality of these attacks on our constitutional rights. And we hear fr...

Does the term ‘Fascism’ apply to the US administration? Trump is denying reality and creating his own, during a health crisis. Can it be defeated? Prof. Jason Stanley joins Thom to discuss how fascism has risen in the US through Trumpism and tells us how to beat it! Trump WILL try to steal your vote to his advantage. Happy about that? Investigative journalist Greg Palast shows you how to make sure...

Sonia Shaw of The Nation says it's time to tell a new story about carona virus- our lives depend on it. How is human health tied to the health of the animals we come into contact with? Plus - Oklahoma's Republican governor tests positive for Covid-19... How Vietnam did it better... a look at disautonomia- the unexpected long term complications of Covid-19... the failure of Sweden's deadly experime...

The Republican Party has become a death cult. They revel in their efforts to cut million Americans off from health care. They celebrate the resumption of federal executions. They enthusiastically work to allow poisons into our air and water that will cause many to die of cancer and suffer neurological damage. As black people across America continue to be regularly murdered by police, Trump calls t...

Trump Has Only Had One Job In His Entire Life: Celebrity. Will It Work For Him in November? With one simple understanding, everything about Trump’s life and presidency comes into focus. Senator Ron Wyden joins Thom to speak on the Federal occupying force in Portland. Also on the program, Dr. Enric Sala, Explorer in Residence-National Geographic / Co-Author of the new report, Protecting 30% of...

Did Trump rush th-e reopening to keep the economy going in hopes of getting re-elected? If so, his strategy might be about to backfire. And, what is really behind the Republican push to open schools?.. Florida's governor thinks opening Home Depot is the same as putting kids in a classroom... Funding private schools... How Covid is handled in Taiwanese schools... Viruses that stay with you your who...

Greenpeace USA is working to ask the Democratic party to include environmental action in their party platform- Charlie Jang joins Thom discuss the chances of the Democratic party supporting the ideas behind the Green New Deal and fighting for environmental justice. Who will Biden's VP pick be, and will the Democrats ultimately include Progressives in the halls of power? And a recent study sees the...

In this fourth turning crisis, will Trump and the oligarchs succeed in using the crisis to strengthen their power and wealth, or will it backfire? Trump's billionaire cabinet members are dismantling our country and milking the system much like GW Bush's crew did when they got rich off the trillion dollar wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Will they and the oligarchs around the world succeed in their wa...

A coalition of worker, environmental, and animal activist groups are calling for a week of action against Tyson Foods for the conditions which have created rampant Covid infections in their slaughterhouses. Chloe Waterman from Friends of the Earth joins Thom to raise the alarm at the slow poisoning of our country by the meat industry. And in the context of Covid spreading rapidly in the red states...

Was Carsyn Leigh Davis's mom a cult follower of Trump? New details emerge in death of Florida teen treated at home for coronavirus? It’s time to tax money bins! It’s a simple matter of fairness. America needs our rich people to pay a wealth tax just like the rest of us do every year, and given the crisis that Covid has thrown our local governments into because of low income tax collections, we nee...

How CAN We Keep America Open? (w/ Remington Gregg) We need to open the economy, but why is it being done so unsafely? If you work for a corporation and become ill at work, would you really sue your employer? Should we Keep America Open? Remington Gregg from Public Citizen joins Thom to ask if businesses re-open purely for profit and don’t care about the health of the employees. Will you be sending...

- Can Americans Stop Republicans Before Another Hundred Thousand Die? - What do you do with a Trump supporter in your face? - Liberals are standing up for ourselves and winning over mask-less Trump supporters, check out some of these interesting stories. - Tucker Carlson aims for 2024 presidential run? It could happen. - The Trump platform, the republican platform is all about bullying. - They wan...

Down in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro just vetoed legislation that would’ve provided masks to poor people living in the slums. The Trump administration wouldn’t even consider a national mask policy. Listeners call in with sobering examples of Trumpsters intimidating them for wearing masks. Dean Obeidallah from Sirius XM joins Thom Hartmann to discuss what will happen if the Grand Wizard Preside...

Science has shown that when both the infected and uninfected are all wearing masks, the chances of catching Covid is greatly reduced. And, some of those in their 20s who catch Covid appear to have lifetime damage, like becoming diabetic or even developing dementia. So why does the right-wing remain so opposed to steps like mandatory mask wearing or shutting down public places? And- did the protest...

Economist Richard Wolff is watching an economy in which half of America's retail stores have not paid their rent for months. Could this in turn lead to default on the loans that built those spaces, and along with widespread low wages and massive unemployment result in a collapse of the capitalist system? Meanwhile- Trump's administration continues to dismantle America on the billionaire's behalf w...

Thom speaks with former National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton about revelations in his new book, and why he says American can not survive another term with Donald Trump. Progressive Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan joins the program for a national town hall with listeners. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

Greg Palast joins Thom to discuss the latest news from states where voting is underway and how it is being manipulated to the advantage of the Republicans. What a surprise! Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump laugh at the idea of democracy, while the American working class lays shattered on the ground. The question now is: “Can America and democracy recover? And, if so, how long will...

Are conservative Americans waking up to Trump's incompetence and greed? But even if they do, history will remember the cowardice of the Republicans who have supported this traitorous administration. Does Mike Pence wearing a mask mark the day Mike Pence began running for president? And-- why didn't anybody tell Trump he had toilet paper stuck to his shoe? And can we believe Trump's claims he didn'...

Cops in Schools Make Learning Hell (w/ Judith Browne Dianis) Someone is carrying a gun at your child's school... they beat students, harass them and even take them to jail... Why are cops in school at all? Educational equity is needed across the US. Too many are being pushed away from schools and arrested, many more black that white. And why do we have police in our schools anyway? Judith Bro...

Is Donald Trump egging on a race war as he follows the Nixon playbook?.. And how does the latest fake conservative outrage play into all this as the Supreme Court hands down its decisions? Plus: Trump is a meth-head... The myth of the violent left... Are Trump's supporters willing to risk death to prove their loyalty?- and is this the ultimate narcissistic high?.. Wars of choice versus wars of nec...