The Hartmann Report

The Senate Republicans showed their true colors this week when they rejected renewal of child tax credits keeping millions out of poverty. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As Biden brings Americans home from Russia, war correspondent Phil Ittner says the F16s are in the air above Kiev- can they turn the tide?    Also- it appears Trump got 10 million dollars in cash from the Egyptian dictator in 2016- are the hardliners lining up to get Donald back in office again? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

He hasn’t grown or developed new routines; he’s just daily reliving his old hits, playing to a nostalgic and mostly elderly audience who fondly remember his glory days... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Greg Palast wants to know why Republicans are afraid of our past! Also- Project 2025 isn't over, it's just the latest stage in the forever push by billionaires to avoid paying taxes or any other responsibility to the rest of us. Plus - Thom reads from his book 'The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction' See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...

If you think it should be harder to take away your vote than your gun, double-check your voter registration (especially if you live in a Red state) and show up this fall! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Republican politicians appear to be obsessed with what other people do in the bathroom, women's periods, and gay sex. Is somebody who goes on hare-brained all-caps rants at 3am the best choice to lead our nation? How is hating on the childfree somehow a plus on a VP's resume? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...

How long will it take us to reject this new McCarthy era that Trump, Vance, and their allies are hell-bent on inflicting on us? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Joe Biden blew the whistle on the over-the-top excesses of the US Supreme Court. Even as they rewrite what is legal in America, are the justices themselves somehow above the law? Plus - Thom reads from his book 'The Hidden History of American Oligarchy'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The work of our day is to restore the idea of America — an egalitarian democratic republic — and then help it realize its full potential after all these many long years… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

David Pepper says statehouses are the front line in the billionaire-powered conservative takeover- and Kamala called him to say she agrees. Can the massive purges of likely Democratic voters be stopped? Plus- Thom reads from "The Dawn of Everything" by David Graeber and David Wengrow. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

For the past forty-plus years, Republicans — just like dysfunctional HOAs — have been stealing from America’s future… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What sick and twisted lies power the insane obsession with abortion and women's rights? And why are right-wingers trying to paint Kamala as a 'Jezebel"? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Heritage Foundation president, Kevin Roberts who created the authoritarian Project 2025 has been reported to have frequented Opus Dei headquarters in Washington DC. Texas police try to arrest a librarian for checking out a civil rights book! Is this the world we want to live in? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Economy grows at 2.8 - Thanks Joe! Also war correspondent Phil Ittner reports on Ukraine and another Russian fell out of a window...how many now?  For the Book Club Thom reads How Women Can Have Better Sex Under Socialism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's being reported that after a steady, 25-year decline in infant mortality, America saw a full 3 percent increase in dead babies during the first Dobbs year… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom welcomes back Troy Miller- activist and party leader from West Virginia- as the excitement builds on the ground for the likely Democratic candidate for president. Meanwhile- Republicans get ugly. Plus- Thom reads from his book "Rebooting the American Dream". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump is right now following a road blazed before him by multiple authoritarians and dictators who took over democracies in recent years… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Project 2025, and younger voter registration is soaring.  The JD Vance Elegy Grift. Republicans are playing the race and sex cards again while trying to smear Kamala Harris. Joe Conason - How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Vance’s career and his life story are a grift. Just like most all of Donald Trump’s businesses. Republican policies, in fact, have been one long grift for more than half a century… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom and his thoughtful callers consider what Kamala's likely nomination might mean for the Democratic party- and for America. Plus- Thom reads from "Trump on the Couch" by Dr. Justin Frank. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Vance is apparently offended that ungrateful American women like Kamala Harris demand not just birth control and abortion but also the right to divorce... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom and Mark Pocan throw their support behind the anti-Trump! Meanwhile, the Republicans and Trump are freaking out... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We must unite quickly around our candidate and her and our Party’s pick for VP and hit the ground running by the end of this week... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

National Progressive Town Hall Meeting as US House (Wisconsin) Rep. Mark Pocan talks to callers who are concerned about Biden’s viability as a candidate.. Joe Biden could be out of the 2024 election, but how will the Democratic Party be able to put up a fight against Donald Trump? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

Medicare will be a thing of the past if the Republican party gets a chance to put project 2025 in motion. Based in Kiev Ukraine, Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner reports on Russia's war of aggression in Europe. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .