The Hartmann Report

Dr Stephanie Kelton shares her research on federal budget deficits. Have we been misled on the need to avoid government debt as an excuse to pursue policies that benefit the rich more than the common person? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Just back from campaigning for progressive candidates on the road, Rep. Mark Pocan from Wisconsin fields listener calls in a National Progressive Town Hall Meeting. Breaking News: President Biden pardons all prior federal marijuana possession charges, begins process to decriminalize as youth vote swings Democratic. Geeky Science: Can petting a dog improve your brain? Plus California...

Americans can hold the same idea in two different contexts at the same time: While embracing interdependence at home, we must also embrace self-reliance on the international stage. Radioactive Waste Specialist from Beyond Nuclear, Kevin Kamps reviews the radiation risk of tactical nuclear weapons vs. nuclear plant meltdowns. MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi reports on his recent experiences with H...

The Republican Party has, in fact, reinvented the old Confederacy, including treasonous iconography and fighting to preserve statues and place names of traitor Confederate generals. Also how politicians incite hatred and what will Democrats do about the "Crime and Safety" plan the GOP is implementing? Plus, the most terrifying case of all is about to be heard by the US Supreme Court. See Priv...

Interest rates are up, oil is going back up, the war keeps going- could this lean America towards electing another Trump intent on destroying Democracy? Richard Wolff shares his insights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will the GOP focus on "crime and safety" as an effort to shift American's attention away from abortion rights work? Because the richest 1% owns more than 1/3 of all US wealth, It's going to be hard to stop the stampede towards fascism. Also investigative reporter Greg Palast joins the program about the premiere of his new film -- Vigilante. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

One city in Florida made the bold choice to go 100 percent solar, and despite a direct hit from the hurricane, their electricity is still on. Is this something we all should be doing? And with the Supreme Court is back in session, what will it take for Americans to rise up against a court handing down rulings on behalf of the very rich? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...

Republicans on the Supreme Court are even more corrupt than you thought: and judges appointed by Trump too! Oh, Oh! - The fossil fuel industry is bearing down on Schumer just like they did with Joe Manchin. Geeky Science - How a simply spice can save your life? Take a new look at cardamom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/...

New data shows that fear of recession and inflation are easing but economist Richard Wolff warns us that we still have to worry about the system that creates recession after recession. Professor Richard Wolff is an economist, host of Economic Update on Free Speech TV, author of numerous books including The Sickness IS the System and Understanding Socialism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/...

Rebuilding from Hurricane Ian will require a lot of construction materials, from sheetrock to electrical systems to plumbing fixtures. Much of it will come from China. Returning manufacturing to our nation is the most important step we can take to balance China's growing influence and power, both economic, military and political. Also will Putin provoke WW3 or just catastrophic damage to Ukraine?...

Former CIA Officer Matt Castelli is running as a Democrat against incumbent Elise Stefanik in the 21st Congressional District of New York. How can Democrats represent common-sense values and defeat entrenched corporate corruption? Plus - more proof that Trump was even crazier than we thought. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones Magazine on-air analyst for MSNBC, David Corn. Author of several books including his latest, American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy. Plus, George Washington and the Russians surrendering as told by Hillary Clinton. Was Trump ally Roger Stone actually coordinating the Jan 6th treason event? Fox-So-...

Amanda Marcotte - MAGA & the "Incels": Latest Jan. 6 arrests show how fascists target insecure young men. In 1864, a legislature of 27 white men created a body of laws that discriminated against Black people and people of color and considered girls as young as 10 able to consent to sex, and in 2022, one of those laws is back in force in Arizona. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...

Is Trumpism in the final stages? As Trump's legal problems grow, will his supporters finally see him for who he is? Or has the Supreme Court already enabled the criminal takeover of America? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mark Weisbrot, author of "Failed: What the ‘Experts’ Got Wrong About the Global Economy" joins Thom to examine what the right-wing press doesn't understand about Argentina See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

President of the NIAC (National Iranian American Council), Jamal Abdi reflects on recent developments in Iran. Also is the Russia crisis about to come to a head? Reporting on the disastrous West Virginia abortion ban is Ixya Vega, Morgantown City Council and Community Organizer for Planned Parenthood and South Atlantic and Planned Parenthood Votes! Ali Velshi weighs in on NY AG's fraud suit agains...

The idea of America as a true “land of opportunity” is anathema to their ideal of a nation of “classes and orders” where every person knows their place and morbidly rich white men are in charge.  Crazy Alert! Trump Is pushing FBI looking for Hillary's emails at Mar-a-Lago?!  The Internet solves Trump's "Peekaboo" Letitia James slur.  John Harwood sums It up in a tweet - the juxtapos...

National Progressive Townhall Meeting with Congressman Mark Pocan. Is Russia sending cannibals and convicted murderers into Ukraine to fight? Also Texas maternal mortality data won’t be ready before midterms. And Crazy Alert! Trump promotes children's book validating the "Big Lie" Plus: Breaking News that New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Trump and three children $25...

There is a dangerous digital forever war of far-right conspiracy theories, but where did it start and what is it? Investigative reporter for ProPublica, Andy Kroll joins Thom to discuss far-right conspiracy theories. Also recently a very reasonable sounding fellow called into the show and said, essentially, “I voted twice for Trump and would again. Why do you think I’m a threat to Americ...

Republicans simply don’t believe that protecting the people of America is a legitimate function of government and they’re strengthened in that belief by far-right billionaires’ money showered on them. Is the far-Right’s entire agenda driven by "Liberals are Evil?" And because they believe in the “greater truth” of their narrative, they have no compunction about lying in the service of sp...

Is it finally time to connect the dots and admit that Trump has been a foreign agent of Russia for decades? Does this explain what is really going on with the stolen Top Secret documents? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Reporter Sarah Posner of The Nation magazine joins Thom. How did the takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention by religious extremists help bring about the repeal of Roe? And what are the wider consequences of allowing states to ban abortion? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Abbott and DeSantis should be looking at jail time or serious civil fines for engaging in this heartless, racist sport. Is using the plight of migrants as political pawns an unlawful and immoral act by DeSantis and Abbott?  Do they not see them as human beings? Gov. Abbott sends buses of migrants to Kamala Harris’s residence and Fox News is there to cover it live. Also awa...

As the world watches its 40-year experiment with neoliberalism collapse, Republicans in the US and Putin in Russia are facing a crisis they once thought would be an opportunity. Is the de-Putinizaation of Russia underway? Also Chief Justice Roberts tries to defend a politicized SCOTUS and fails... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

What are some of the latest Republican schemes to discourage voters, and why hasn't the mainstream media figured out the hustle yet? Plus- how can we have a democracy when we don't know who is buying whom? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .