The Hartmann Report

Americans who care about the fate and future of our republic damn well better get active now. Investigative journalist from The Intercept, Lee Fang joins Thom to discuss newly leaked audio of Joe Manchin and the implication of dark money. Iran's newly elected hardliner president has been described as the "Butcher of Tehran." National Iranian American Council President, Jamal Abdi explains the situ...

JFK historian and author, Lamar Waldron joins Thom to discuss the bizarre way that Nixon's war on drugs 50 years ago unraveled.  Journalist, Julia Rock speaks on the hiding of the union busters. Radio host Dean Obeidallah points out that the FBI is calling Jan 6th terrorism. Why isn't everyone else? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19...

Poor people are upset with Joe Manchin. but what happens when they find out why their vote is being suppressed? Is it time for poor and working class Americans to join West Virginians and March on Manchin? Pam Garrison is a member of the Poor People’s Campaign and has been challenging Manchin over the conditions of poor people in the WV community where she lives. Bishop Barber would like to e...

Christopher Ryan PhD joins the show to speak on his newest book, Civilized to Death which counters the idea that progress is inherently good.  Arguing that the “progress” defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Eric Feigl-Ding of the Federation Of American Scientists joins Thom- will the emerging Delta variant of Covid-19 from India spike hospitalizations in unvaccinated red states? Plus- Public Citizen's Lori Wallach on why Angela Merkel and others don't want to let poor countries make copyrighted vaccines. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co...

After Trump lost the election, we now have proof that Trump attempted a coup to keep himself in power. He wasn't successful — but his effort to overturn the election continues. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Yale law professor Elizabeth Hinton joins Thom on her new book 'America On Fire: The Untold Story of Police Violence and Black Rebellion'. How did changes made to policing in the 1960s lead to a cycle of violence in poor urban communities? And how might we break that cycle? Plus- does a new Louisiana history textbook show we still have a long way to go until we reach a more equitable and just...

It's past time to fire the Trump appointees who are sabotaging social security and ending the chance for many Americans to be old with dignity. Alex Lawson is the executive director at Social Security Works. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Democrats must play hardball; the future of our republic is at risk. When your opponents are deeply corrupt, using the word corruption isn’t just a strategy, it’s an imperative. In our Progressive Town Hall, Michigan Rep. Andy Levin discusses his EV Freedom Act, a key chunk of the Green New Deal that would create a nationwide network of electric vehicle chargers along the US highway syst...

We have to ask if the bullies have won, after all? Or is the Biden administration going to finally start setting limits and imposing logical consequences? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Homelessness is an epidemic in America. Time to repudiate the failed Reaganomics experiment and take ending poverty seriously again here in America. Thom takes down a confused GOP caller who blames the Democrats for institutional racism, wondering why African Americans vote blue? When a political party is more obsessed with identity than issues - America is in trouble. Can Amer...

America has always had a weird attitude about prosecuting the rich and powerful. But the newly revealed crimes of Trump are his highest offenses against our nation and democracy itself. Also Professor Richard Wolff explains why there's so much hysteria about inflation right now, and if it is justified. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

With a fascist, the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Angelo Carusone from Media Matters joins Thom to share what he's learned tracking qAnon- how has the group metastasized since Q himself stopped posting? And then- Reaganism resulted in record numbers of people living on the streets of America. And at the same time, new data shows that the very rich are setting their own records for how little tax they are paying. Could taxing the morbidly wealthy...

Can America become a functional multi-ethnic Democracy? Or will both parties effectively choose to support a male-dominated white ethno-state? How corrupt are the right-wing Democratic Senators currently holding up legislation that could help the common man? Also, activist and author Wendell Potter has a fascinating book out on the health insurance industry. How do high deductibles keep many Ameri...

Veteran activist Medea Benjamin reports to Thom live on the ground from Peru, where a presidential election showdown is underway between a political heiress and a humble common man representing the ordinary people. Then- former Progressive Congressman Dennis Kucinich on what he learned fighting corporate power in Cleveland Ohio- and he's not afraid to give away the spoiler of his new book... he wo...

Was there a plan to claim Antifa was attacking on the Jan 6th insurrection? Providing the chance for Trump to declare martial law? Democratic-leaning communities are getting vaccinated. Republican communities aren't.  Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan joins Thom for a progressive national town hall meeting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

The “Philosophers,” “Thieving Scoundrels” and “Foreign Enemies” are having a collective moment that could take down America. If Democrats can't use reconciliation or reform the filibuster - Is it too late for democracy? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Peter Aldhous, science reporter for Buzzfeed, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the political and monetary motivations that lied to America about the Texas size death toll.    Dangerous weather can kill but when conditions are made worse by profiteering and poorly maintained infrastructure, deadly storms become far more deadly. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...

The Grand Dragon of today’s Ku Klux Kaucus is Donald Trump. He dumped his blog because he has nothing to say that anyone wants to hear beyond one single message. He’s not thinking deep thoughts about the economy, or the state of the nation’s infrastructure, or offering insights into the Middle East. There’s literally no philosophy Trump holds — other than one single idea — that truly matters...

When government is poisoned and paralyzed by billionaire money and libertarian ideology, it’s time for GOP elected officials to party...and suppress the vote!  Lisa Graves of True North Research joins Thom to discuss the Supreme Court, the Koch Brothers and big money. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

What's it going to take for Americans to abandon the macho fantasy of a good guy with a gun? When Is American going to realize that Trump buddies are still working to destroy America? Apparently Michael Flynn is still working for foreign governments. He was working for at least one, and probably two foreign governments when he was Trump’s national security advisor; he confessed to it when he was c...

Presented with a clear chance to move on from Trumpism after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the GOP has instead continued its drift toward anti-democratic action and white grievance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How many times will Democrats play Charlie Brown to the Lucy's Republican football? What is Joe Manchin doing? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump's paramilitaries have turned GOPers into bullies or left them "scared sh**less" What happens when the Democrats take on the corned animals in the GOP now? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .