The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann breaks down Donald's exhaustive rambling speech and analyzes the impact in different audiences. Plus George Conway's Anti-Psychopath PAC exposed. Hunter in a Farmer's World Alert! ADHD: How to Pick “positive addictions” Dean Obeidallah - Is JD Vance far more dangerous than you think?  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

They don’t want to tweak government; they want to burn it down and start over from scratch… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Medicare Advantage is making billions for the companies, leaving millions of Americans out in the cold. Crazy Alert! Cult followers of Trump are doing strange things with maxi pads. Investigative reporters expose a growing problem in America’s courts. Judges are not rescuing themselves even when they should. Noah Pransky joins Thom Hartmann to delve deep into the problem with federal and stat...

Sworn to uphold the law, Republican justices have twisted legal precedents to serve a radical agenda. This betrayal threatens the very fabric of American democracy… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

These gun control laws could have stopped Trump's Shooter - But The GOP blocked them! Americans want gun control but whenever a piece of legislation aiming to prevent gun violence comes around - The NRA backed GOP shoots it down. Thom Hartmann has a partial list of the times the GOP has blocked gun control legislation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

It’s the second-most ancient form of governance humanity knows, described in detail in works both modern and ancient, dating all the way back to ancient Sumeria, China, Mesoamerica & Europe… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Is this "Republican convention" unity? Why is the media spending so much time on Biden saying "bullseye" & ignoring the divisiveness going on at the RNC convention? Crazy Alert! Conservatives slammed RNC for giving prime speaking slot to someone into Satanism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

JD Vance, now the Republican candidate for vice president, is fully supportive of every aspect of Donald Trump’s cons and nakedly anti-American and pro-dictator policies... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom is back, and takes the Republican talking points around the Trump shooting head-on. Will Trump be transformed by reaping what he has sowed? Plus - Thom reads from "Stokely: A Life" by Peniel E. Joseph. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will Trump and the RNC repudiate authoritarianism and instead embrace bipartisanship and world peace? Or are they going to continue driving the GOP down the fascist road? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Yale Professor Bandy Lee looks at Trump's psychology- is he fit to lead? Could Trump and the oligarchs be causing us all to lose a little of our mental balance ultimately Plus- The final and epic installment of Jeff Smith's "News With My Dad". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Political Sconce Professor Nicholas Grossman thinks Kamala Harris could win. But, will supporters like George Clooney put up, or shut up? Also, Thom reads from "Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler" by David McKean See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jeff Smith muses on what the threat of a second coming on Donald Trump would truly mean for America. Did the New York Times nail it this time? Plus- Thom reads from 'The Trivialization of Politics: How Rush Limbaugh's Race-Baiting Rhetoric on the Obama Presidency Paved the Way for Trump' by Ian Reifowitz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...

AOC's resolution shines a light on the misconduct of Thomas and Alito. It’s a bold step towards cleansing the Supreme Court of corruption… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Has the debate actually changed anyone's mind as to who to vote for? Also, Jeff finds out what's really happening in the news- by asking his dad. Plus - Thom reads from "Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice" by Tony Messenger. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

“Look at my entire Deep State target list,” Raiklin said. “That is the beginning. This is the scratching of the surface of who is going to be criminalized for their treason, okay?” 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 captures the zeitgeist with the help of his clever callers. We are living in a time of obfuscation, dichotomy, idiots, and hangovers... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From the founding of our republic, protecting the power of the press to call out anti-democratic behavior has been a firewall, protecting our form of government. It is their job. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jefferson Smith guest-hosts today- how can we truly make- or keep- America great? Plus the latest installment of 'News With my Dad'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The billionaires and polluters who bribed SCOTUS Republicans just legalized poisoning our children and grandchildren... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Republicans want to maintain a permanent low-cost underclass labor force. Will the billionaires behind them take America back to the 19th century by demolishing what remains of the social safety net? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The right-wing super majority on the Supreme Court is no fan of the will of the people. Can democracy fight back? Or is the growing right-wing influence in Europe a warning for November? Plus- Thom reads from "The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family" by David Cay Johnston. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

Why have American IQs begun to decline after a century or regular increases? What is causing half the country to support a party that works against their actual interests? Plus- Thom shares the secrets of his process a successful writer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast. Guest Interview: Mike Sacks, Senior Advisor of Court Accountability and former lawyer who explains what the Supreme Court's decision really means. Plus a return of the red and blue yard sign messaging debate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...