The Hartmann Report

Alex Lawson from Social Security Works joins Thom, to ask if Medicare should be paying for everything. We are in the endgame of the billionaires takeover of the Republican Party and the subsequent destruction of America. As Steve Bannon said, their goal is to “deconstruct the administrative state,“ and taking down Social Security under the guise of helping the states is perhaps their biggest shot...

Who has been the worst president of the United States? Has Trump's incompetence, xenophobia, and law breaking eclipsed the damage done by G.W. Bush by killing at least 15,000 Americans by invading Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing back torture, and taking away many of our civil liberties? And can compacts between the states fill the gap in leadership and responsibly re-open the country without soarin...

How can we harness people-power to defend Democracy against the naked greed and lies of Trump and the Republicans? Ezra Levin of Indivisible joins Thom to talk Progressive strategy in the time of Covid. And House Progressive Caucus leader Mark Pocan takes listener calls on questions ranging from the CARES-2 package... forgiving student loans... programs saving food from being dumped for food pantr...

As the Fed loans hundreds of billions of dollars to major US corporations, has the performance of the stock market largely decoupled from the American economy? Economist Richard Wolff shares his views with Thom. Would it have been better to have given the same money to the people to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars each, or will trickle-down economics work this time? Or can we find leaders...

Is rushing to reopen the states the latest Republican scam to save fat cat corporations having to pay for unemployment? But if it really isn't safe to return to your job then aren't Republicans forcing workers to choose between risking their lives and poverty? And as Trump tries to send slaughterhouse employees back into their virus-infested workplace, is meat really a necessity in the first place...

Richard Clarke, former chief anti-terrorism advisor to the National Security Council- How Trump Wasted the Best Tool He Had to Fight the Coronavirus. Sylvia Albert of Common Cause examines what you need to know about mail in voting? This deadly virus is here, now, among us and Americans want our government to provide widespread infection and antibody testing so we can get it under control. In this...

California progressive Congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom for a national town hall to examine the recent relief package. The congressman explains how to improve the stimulus to struggling citizens and resist the greedy grifters trying to line their pockets as the nation gropes through the Corona crisis. Vote by Mail in Oregon and the rest of the US, may be the only safe way to vote nationally in 202...

Thom reviews mental health and self care in a time when isolation and the economic crisis can be overwhelming. For the Book Club, Thom reads from his book "The Prophet's Way: A Guide to Living in the Now" and "Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America" by Karine Jean-Pierre. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

With Trump's recent idiot blunder of recommending disinfectants in the human body to treat the Covid virus, there are signs that at last his base is beginning to crumble. Do you think Trump still has a chance to win in November? And what is this going to do to the broader Republican possibilities at both the federal and state level? For the Book Club, Thom reads from his book "Unequal Protect...

Trump's federal agents have been stealing ventilators and (PPE) personal protective equipment, from states and cities at gunpoint as they are delivered at the airport. Is his plan to steal from the blue states to give to the red ones in exchange for their political support and votes? For the Book Club, Thom reads from "Devil's Bargain," and "Health Justice Now." See Privacy Policy at https://...

As Trump fires our head of vaccine development because he wouldn't get behind a Fox News hustle, are grifters exploiting our government at almost every level- including the presidency? Is a former dog breeder really the best pick to head a critical scientific effort? Meanwhile the head of the Amway scam Trump picked for education secretary is funneling billions of dollars to her buddies in private...

As Trump refuses to sign a loan to the Post Office unless they quadruple their package prices ( ! ), The top officer of the American Postal Worker's Union, Mark Dimondstein, joins Thom to discuss the state of our constitutionally sanctioned parcel service. The US Post Office provides consistent, affordable delivery to ever address in America for a reasonable and uniform cost. Why are Republicans u...

Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear on the impact of Covid-19 infection on nuclear regulators. Dr. Andrew Glikson Compares Climate Change To Mass Extinction For the Book Club, Thom reads from "Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster" by Adam Higginbotham and "Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator" by Gregory Jaczko. See Privacy Poli...

Right wing billionaires behind groups like ALEC and Freedomworks helped organize and fund tea party protests a decade ago, resulting in a healthcare program with no public option. Now they are funding hard-core right wing groups who are demanding governors stop protecting their citizens from the corona virus. Heads they win, tails you lose. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Social Security recipients with dependent children have until Wednesday noon to apply online for the $500 per child money being paid out of the CARES act. Alex Lawson of Social Security Works has the details on Trump's latest underhanded attack on our government. California Congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom for a national town hall with caller questions on the latest stimulus bill and frustrations...

Seeing Through Trump’s Lies (w/ Dr. Bandy Lee) Is Donald Trump and his lies going downhill, or uphill? Seeing through It depends on your perspective. It seems he is blaming the governors, while his mental state seems to be very questionable. Dr. Bandy Lee, Yale School of Medicine, joined Thom to discuss the current mental health of Donald Trump. For the Book Club, Thom reads portions from "Progres...

Greg Palast joins Thom on his new book "How Trump Stole 2020"- detailing the latest Republican shenanigans to steal millions of Americans' right to vote. Why are Republicans really against vote by mail? Even with plenty of time to plan an alternative, will millions of us be asked to take our lives in our hands to cast our vote in November? And then Mark Gamba joins Thom- he's the mayor of Milwaulk...

Is Michael Savage calling right wingers like Hannity on the carpet for denying science? And speaking of that, what is up with TV preachers getting their audience infected while simultaneously asking for a $1200 donation? Why are right-wing billionaires funding the protests against stay at home orders? Why are TV doctors on Fox news advocating letting people die so that business can resume? Is all...

Thom speculates on the legendary struggle between good and evil and how the corona-virus seems to putting an end to the right-wing billionaire scheme of trickle down exploitation. Trump aims his anger at Democratic governors who have banded together to save their people on their own. If Trump can't take credit for it, he will stop it. Believing that the state compact is an affront to his power to...

Thom discusses using yoga and exercise to dispel Trump's omnipresence on cable television as responds to listener calls from transgender unemployment through primary election concerns. For the Book Club, Thom reads portions from his book The Hidden History of the War on Voting, also Sideswiped by Robert Ney and Take Hold of Our History by Harvey J. Kaye. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...

The corona virus has torn the mask off the failure of Reaganism. As we discover the depths of the giveaways to the very rich squirreled away in the CARES Act, will Americans wake up and stop yet another billionaire bailout? With the 245th anniversary of Lexington and Concord coming up, will Americans today say 'no' to the king and to a growing oligarchy?- or will many continue to fall pray to cons...

Dr. David Nabarro of the World Health Organization says that until a vaccine is developed, the corona virus will likely “stalk the human race“ for quite a while. Because Trump utterly failed in keeping the virus away from the United States and refuses to fund and implement a nationwide testing and contract tracing program, simply slowing down hundreds of thousands of coming deaths may well be all...

Is Donald Trump Going Full Dictator? National Vote by Mail has to happen or the Republicans will steal the election and our democracy with it! Wisconsin showed us the Republican game plan for the election and our only hope is to make vote by mail national! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People of color are dying from the corona virus at massively higher rates than the average population. Do conservatives care about the deaths of the most vulnerable- those with hypertension, obesity, blue collar jobs, poor health care, poor diets, or even people who are just old? Is a cold-hearted fantasy of 'herd immunity' behind the constant declarations that this crisis is overblown and behind...

Representative Primila Jayapal, a leader of the Progressive Caucus, joins Thom to observe the spectacle of Trump's insane mismanagement of the carona virus. What have been and will be the legislative goals of Progressives as they struggle to protect America over the resistance of the Republican-majority Senate? Plus- Will we learn to love this clean air and want to keep it after the pandemic is ov...