The Hartmann Report

The scammers are having a field day under the grifter-in-chief, while Trump's ruinous economic policies are starting to bite. Can Republicans lie their way through and maintain control? Plus- Thom reads from "The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born" by Nancy Fraser. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why 51 Texas lawmakers fled the State to stop a power grab, and what it means for us all… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Pain is policy, and fear is the fuel... The casual cruelty and flaunting of the law by ICE- Trump's domestic terror squad- is a means to an end, a page cribbed wholesale from the authoritarian playbook. Before this is over, will brown immigrants be the only ones for whom America's freedom becomes a temporary and revocable condition? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

As the nights become more deadly in Kyiv, and the Russians crawl forward on the front, foreign correspondent Phil Ittner shares the latest with Thom. Plus- Thom reads from 'Midnight at Chernobyl' by Adam Higginbotham. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump is building luxury apartments on the site of a NATO bombing in Belgrade that many had seen as a memorial to the Yugoslav war. Beyond the obvious corruption, is there a deeper symbolism? Substack author Jason Egenberg joins Thom for a deep dive. Plus- Thom reads from Micheal Cohen's book 'Revenge', and from 'Big Dirty Money' by Jennifer Taub. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...

Housing bubbles, financial scams, and political sabotage are converging into a historic, preventable disaster. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

New evidence...Was Epstein's jail video manipulated? Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast Phil Ittner reports on the Ukraine Update. Grifter Trump strikes again - this time with the G20. The word Gestapo literally means “state secret police“. That’s what we have now with ice. And the guys who are deported to El Salvador are starting to speak out about the horro...

Trump has built a movement that glorifies cruelty and cloaks greed in the language of patriotism and faith… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

America is now on a watchlist for the the health of civil society for “sustained attacks on civic freedoms.” We have to turn this around. Did Trump just confess to his Epstein role? Is he treating "the financially-lubricated sex trafficking of women as mere [employment]?" How does a 16 yr old come to work at a spa at Mar-a-Lago? Will Trump pardon Diddy? Does Trump have a special place in his...

A 15% tariff on EU-branded drugs will make medicine more expensive, sick people sicker, and Big Pharma richer. Trump, doing this illegally, calls that “winning”... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Judge hit with misconduct complaint by DOJ after speaking out against Trump 'crisis' - say what?! Trump wants religion pushed in the workplace - what could possibly go wrong? Shocking corruption exposed in green energy and Big Oil give-a-ways. Crazy Alert! Did Trump just say going to Epstein's island is a "privilege?" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Trump is the first president in American history to seize the nation's newsrooms and attack a cartoon in the same week… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann examining the Epstein question. Is it a legitimate pursuit of justice or dead end distraction? Also Jeff's dad Joe Smith returns for the ever popular "News With My Dad" feature.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...

This is the overlooked role that launched a revolution — and it’s still wide open for progressives... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Congressman Mark Pocan - National Progressive Townhall. The Trump FCC's approval of Paramount/Skydance "reeks of the worst form of corruption." Surprised? Geeky Science! Scientists discover ‘sixth sense’ in the gut that controls how much we eat. Los Angeles Grand Juries Are Refusing to Indict ICE Protestors.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

Bernie goes big and introduces the Pensions for All Act.  Republicans are working hard to block it. Cult Alert! Trump cult followers dismiss Epstein files because it's "human nature" to molest children. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will the world look away as Gazans are being starved to death and driven out of Gaza? Is the plan for Gaza to become part of Israel? Is that the position of the Trump administration? Given that Trump is quickly moving America toward autocracy, it shouldn’t be surprising that he himself displays the so-called Dark Triad of personality characteristics that are so easily observed in historical f...

When the heat’s on, invent a scandal — especially if it targets America’s first Black president… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

There's a stunning video just out where Epstein is asked if he's been with Trump and women under 18. Crazy Alert! South Park goes after Trump's teeny weenie & Paramount & Christian Nationalists. We are going to play the PSA about it. Warning! as it shows an AI Trump naked including his...you know what. Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update. The Abrego Garcia scandal is ripening; here's the lat...

You screamed “fake news” while the real news was your chosen savior sipping cocktails at Epstein’s mansion, selling out your future, and laughing at what an easy "sucker" you were... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter and co-host of the "Radicalized Truth Survives" podcast, Heidi Siegmund Cuda explains the sinister plots of treachery that are still in the works. Plus Trump’s border czar to target sanctuary cities in US: ‘We’re gonna flood the zone.’ They are going for spectacle and terror...Where is congress? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

The explosive case for why Donald Trump Is the most dangerous criminal in U.S. history… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom Hartmann is joined by Dean Obeidallah to discuss what Trump acting like a dictator with control over the media means for our democracy. Is there a "secret Trump payoff" to sweeten the CBS merger?" Inquiring minds want to know and so do the Dems. Will Ghislaine testify to Congress before Trump can work out a deal? A DOJ official expects to meet with her. Why? And OBTW, She is not sui...

The explosive case for why Donald Trump Is the most dangerous criminal in U.S. history… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’ Plus - Allentown grandfather who was granted political asylum in 1987 after surviving torture at the hands of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime was disappeared by ICE. Tulsi Gabbard says Obama could face criminal charges as she alleges ‘Treasonous Conspiracy’ against Trump. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...