The Hartmann Report

California progressive congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom Hartmann to answer listener questions in a national town hall meeting. The mobilization of people in the streets demanding police reform has garnered the necessary impetus to push through much needed legislation to go up for a vote. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Is corporate debt the bomb waiting to go off at the heart of our economy? Could there be a wave of bankruptcies waiting down the road? Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom to discuss our predicament. Plus - Is supply-side economics a scam?.. Interest rates and the economy... Are we becoming a feudal society?.. The corruption of Facebook... When the unemployment check never comes... Protecting e...

Why is Hawaii's transmission rate so low while places like Texas are seeing a rapid increase in cases? What is the intent and thinking of the man at the helm of our country during this crisis that seems ready to let thousands of Americans die? If he loses the election is it his plan to use this crisis to stay in power? Plus - why are some nursing homes dumping vulnerable seniors on the street?.. T...

Thom revisits the social movement that led to The Enlightenment and eventually culminated in the American Revolution and formation of The Constitution. Why conservatives perpetuate a world view of punishment and policing while progressives promote the idea of basic human good. A pro-segregation caller sparks a conversation on why the vestiges of the civil war linger and Trump's refueling of r...

Lawyer and author Jimmy Lohman joins Thom to discuss the damage Bill Barr is doing to the institutions that sustain our democratic way of life- and the story of how Bill Barr bullied him when they were children, and how that relates to Barr's behavior today. Why did Barr and Trump really have to decapitate the prosecutor's office of the Southern District of New York? What is the connection between...

Bill Barr's heavily redacted Mueller Report is starting to come to light through the efforts of trial judges. Though few outlets are reporting on the outrageous findings, it turns out that Trump was in fact involved in Russia's manipulation of the 2016 election and Roger Stone acted as the conduit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

Thom welcomes conservative professor and author Robert M. Hardaway to debate the question of the electoral college. Would a national popular vote undermine democracy? George W. Bush and Donald Trump both lost the popular vote, by a half-million and 3 million votes respectively, yet occupied the White House even though a majority of Americans didn’t want them there. If we don’t get money out of our...

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Will Trump's generals ultimately protect the constitution? What is Trump's true deep personality, and how will it affect the choices he might make if he is not re-elected? And - can you spot the four types of Trump supporters? (Or are there more?) Will Trump's supporters stick with him no matter what? Did the Supreme Court really spare DACA or just punt on a technicality?.. The core of Thom's new...

Can Police Even Be Reformed? (w/ Dr. Cedric Alexander) Should the police department be re-booted? Has policing gotten completely out of hand and how can it be re-invented? The American people from all communities across the board are asking for something different going forward. Will it advance policing and bring back trust? Plus Joe Madison on Juneteenth Day! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

California's PG&E just plead guilty to killing more than 80 Americans- how is that corporations can be a person when it comes to free speech, but not a person when it comes to legal liability? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Did America just get manipulated by the meat industry with a fake shortage scare that led to protection from legal liability and stay-at-home orders? If there was a meat shortage, why were we exporting so much meat to China? Food and Water Watch's Tony Corbo is on the line with Thom- why has Trump's trade agreement with China opened the door for the United States to import chicken meat from China?...

Trump’s rally in Tulsa this weekend and his moving the Republican convention to Florida both demonstrate that he is more than willing to take actions that will kill Americans in order to get his ego stroked and increase his chances of reelection. Weaponizing a virus for political purposes is a crime against humanity, and it is being committed right in front of our own eyes against our friends and...

America has the worlds highest rate of infection and death from the corona virus, and Donald Trump and the Republicans are trying their best to pretend theres nothing going on. While Steve Mnuchin and Donald Trump are passing out hundreds of billions of dollars to each other and their good buddies while refusing to let the American people know who got what, the corona virus continues its deadly sp...

Movement vs. Moment: How WE Can Stop Trump In Tulsa (w/ Joe Madison) Will Trump's visit to Tulsa be successful? It just might be unless we can turn this moment of anti-racism, into a movement, Joe Madison joins Thom with an answer that may surprise you. Have we moved from moment to movement? Is the political virus out to get you? Every movement has required sacrifice of some kind. Sacrifice can ch...

Are Conservatives Considering Going After Police Too? (w/ Julio Rivera) The brutality of police has gotten a lot of people on the side of Black Lives Matter... but did you ever expect Julio Rivera to be on our side? What grotesque police organization is forcing even the most dyed in the wood conservative to reconsider Donald Trump's special group of armed men? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

Medea Benjamin has been thinking about the intersection between racism and militarism- could forces for peace be assembled to intervene in conflicts, much like we hope to change the approach of our police forces? The 13th amendment did not abolish slavery, it only limited it to those convicted of a crime. Why does America imprison people at rates far higher than any other developed country, and wh...

What is up with Trump's plans to hold a rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa, site of a massacre and looting of a prosperous black neighborhood in 1921? Benjamin Dixon, of the Benjamin Dixon show joins Thom- can Trump win by doubling down on his racism? Or are many of his supporters finally over it? And, Thom welcomes Dr. Jhacova Williams of the Economic Policy Institute, who has uncovered a statistical l...

What will it take to stop Republicans from maintaining structural racism in our voting? Yesterday we saw the Republicans number one voter suppression strategy on display, as black areas in Georgia suffering lines as long as six hours to vote- a racist crime against our democracy. Its time to criminalize voter suppression once and for all. Why are Republicans opposed to mail-in voting? Are they alr...

Trump has just reopened 5000 square miles of ocean habitat to fishing, and legalized killing bear moms and bear cubs in Alaska. Jim Adams, of the National Parks Regional Conservative Association joins Thom with some deep background on the story. New Zealand is almost ready to declare themselves virus-free. Why didn't the United States do the same kind of aggressive testing and contact tracing they...

What practical steps should be taken in this moment to reform police departments? Should we be disbanding so-called 'police unions'? Dr. Robin Cooper, of the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators, joins Thom to talk about school districts asking police departments to take a hike. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

-- How Immunity For Cops and Facebook Kills America Victoria Jones, Executive Director, DC Radio Company reports on the world wide protests in solidarity with U.S. outrage over police brutality especially against African Americans. Imam Khalid Latif Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU, Chaplain for New York University joins Thom to conflate the violence against African Americans w...

Thom welcomes Mark Pocan, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus to once again answer questions in a national town hall meeting. Will Progressive be able to weaken the FISA (spy on America bill) and the so-called Patriot Act, to restore some of our rights? And will they be able to call into question the 20 percent increase in defense spending over the last three years? And are we abandoning smal...

Thom puts his head together with fellow Progressive talk show host Dean Obeidallah- when will be the moment of maximum danger if Trump is not re-elected? Are there lessons in the history of the middle east for dealing with presidents who don't want to give up power? Plus... Is Trump a strongman or the messiah? Did using military force for his church photo-op violate the establishment clause? And w...

America has arrived at a crisis-point. As Trump surrounds the White House with unmarked federal prison guards loyal to him, directly attacks the constitutional right to peacefully assemble, and is urging Republican governors to use violence against protesters- Senate Republicans say nothing. But some on the right- like former Trump cabinet member General Mathis- are loudly denouncing Trump's uncon...