The Hartmann Report

On the eve of No King's Day, brilliant guest host Jefferson Smith orchestrates a discussion on the nuts and bolts of making change through successful demonstrations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Republican policies are making life ever more expensive for most Americans- and meanwhile the graft, hustles, and outright scams keep making the rich richer- but at least nobody can say we're socialist... right? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The boneheaded cruelty of Trump's ICE Brigade shows itself more every day. Is Trump working hard to make America into a 3rd world-style dictatorship like Egypt? Where are the Republicans of conscious willing to defend our liberty and our nation? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Qatar, China, Palestine, Argentina- is there any nation Trump won't cut a deal with to fatten up his already bulging bank accounts? Plus- Thom reads from "Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire" by Jonathan M. Katz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

Kristi Noem’s shutdown blame-game video could cost them fines and their livelihood... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Hegseth has indicated that the US will welcome Qatar to build a a Qatari base on US soil... Wait, what?? Plus, Thom reads from "Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery" by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Today- the latest on Ukraine from embedded correspondent Phil Ittner in Lviv, Ukraine. Also- did Trump fumble what was meant to be a private message that shows his plan to brand anyone who opposes him as "the enemy within"? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

While Trump and Stephen Miller send in the troops to quell imaginary emergencies, Republicans continue the relentless push to give back to the wealthy donors who got them elected... Plus, Thom reads from " Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds" by Eleanor Gordon-Smith . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

Dean Obeidallah joins Thom for a deep dive on Pam Bondi's evasive protection of Trump's coverup of his long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus- The autocratic MAGA GOP pushes hard to make anyone who is 'anti fascist' into an automatic criminal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How the Insurrection Act could become the 21st-century Enabling Act, with six justices and the GOP standing by… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will Christian Nationalists succeed in making their personal religion the law of the land? Will abortion one day be met with the death penalty- or merely huge fines and prison time? Plus - Thom reads from "If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk" by by John Pavlovitz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As Americans lose faith in capitalism, Trump’s economic nationalism looks less like free enterprise and more like state control… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Conservatives call Anderson’s film “irresponsible” because it dares to show what happens when power turns its guns on the powerless... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Are Cruz, Greene, and Mace just the first willing to break ranks with a man intent on dismantling American traditions while delivering on few of his promises to the average voter? Will ICE provide the pretext to declare martial law ahead of the midterm elections? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From concealed identities to sanctioned violence, the echoes between ICE raids and Klan terror are too loud to ignore… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Step by step, moving troops into our cities creates precedents to set the stage to disrupt the midterm election and make Trumpian authoritarian power permanent in America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Raids without warrants, kids in zip-ties, and officials who say “F** the children”: this is the moral collapse of the American state. It's time for state authorities to start making arrests... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

An inspiring call to action from Ellie Krug, host of "The Illegal Trans Woman" podcast and on the air on am950 in Minneapolis. Plus - Did Trump and Kennedy destroy the chance to find a cure to HIV? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Can the economy keep going when only those at the top can afford to keep spending? Also- are you in a relationship with an AI??... A Will Trump get his war with Venezuela?.. Plus- Thom reads from "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" by David W. Blight. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Greg Palast - My mom would've kicked Pete Hegseth's Ass. Apparently Stephen Miller’s dreams since childhood have been about torture and pain. Should someone like this be in power? Europe may be on the verge of a nuclear disaster. Plus Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die. Finally there was an arrest in war torn Portland. And it was a MAGA influencer for fight...

A historian’s alarm: when these twelve familiar steps appear in a nation, the result is often irreversible—unless citizens rise up and demand otherwise… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

CEO/Reporter, Status Coup News and author of "We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover Up" Jordan Chariton describes domestic warfare being inflicted on American citizens. GOP House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson decided to tell the truth for a change. During an interview with Fox News Senior Trump-Fluffer, Maria Bartiromo, Johnson admitted that shutting down the government was...

When lies become policy and propaganda becomes identity, democracy itself is put at risk… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

For decades, government shutdowns meant temporary furloughs that were painful but reversible. Now, Trump and his cronies are using the threat of mass, permanent firings to gut the very institutions that protect our food, our air, our water, our workers, and our democracy itself. Trump going after James Comey is the height of authoritarian revenge politics, and the bitter irony is impossible to mis...