The Hartmann Report

How can the Republican party reinvent itself as a rational mainstream political party when it can't even face the treason of the January 6th attack on the Capitol and the bizarre conspiracy thinking behind it? Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Lawyer & Director of Democracy Policy at Indivisible on prospects for ending the filibuster. Debbie Hines on the Chauvin Trial observations. See Privacy Policy at ht...

Patrick Hedger vs Thom - Is The GOP the Party of Authoritarianism?  Patrick Hedger is the Vice President of Policy-Taxpayers Protection Alliance.  With the recent public trauma over police killings, what can be done about the decades old question of qualified immunity? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m...

Legal analyst Debbie Hines helps Thom make sense of the Chauvin trial. And how could someone really mistake a gun for a taser? Plus- do the white "bois" waving the confederate flag even understand what they're promoting?- an example of oligarchy where even most whites were oppressed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Why do Republican governors appear to be discouraging Covid vaccinations ever since Biden was elected president? What is really going on here? Is this the latest installment of genocide from the Republican death cult? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Americans could save the planet and make money at the same time. Ron Gonen explains how Closed Loop Partners is doing it. We are using more of the world’s resources to make products for single use, and then send them to the landfill. We do it because it is profitable – why make one reusable jute bag, when you can manufacture dozens of single use plastic bags? See Privacy Policy at https://art...

WHY ARE REPUBLICANS AFRAID? How Will the White Supremacy Brand of Today’s Republican Party End? Fear of the “Great Replacement“ is now the major driving force in the GOP Why Are Republicans So Afraid? Grace "Gracy" Olmstead - Can Our Food Systems Be Fixed? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

DEBATE! Thom Vs Charles Sauer - What's not to Love About a Corporate Tax Rate That Encourages Investments & Higher Wages? Joe Manchin: Want American Businesses to Invest in West Virginia? Raise their corporate income tax rate! Debbie Hines - Chauvin Trial Observations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Congress must expel some members and punish states. The 14th Amendment gives us tools that haven’t been used in over a century. Prof. Richard Wolff weighs in on the economics of "De-Growth." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Screw the Republicans -- Democrats can now pass the infrastructure bill on their own... Debbie Hines - Chauvin Trial goes from fact witness to expert analysis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Can Depraved Evangelical Christianity Reform Itself or Should It Just Go Away? Republicans & Trump have thrown Evangelical Christianity into a full-blown crisis. Greg Palast - Hidden Horrors in the Georgia Vote Law. Debbie Hines - Was Derek Chauvin trained in how to safely respond to people having a crisis? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:...

GOP "Cancel Culture" has its Guns Blazing Against Democracy - Their target is anything that isn’t white, male or associated with a gun. Attorney and trial reporter Debbie Hines - Chauvin Trial Observations. Attorney Christopher Brown - Qualified Immunity for Police. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

To Save the World, End the Filibuster - The filibuster is not just helping authoritarians damage democracy; it's endangering all life on planet Earth, including the future of the human species. Is Suppressing the Vote Going to Work the Way the Republicans Are Expecting? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Cars taught us how to deal with things that can kill people. There's a "free market" solution to guns that every Republican should love. The new COVID strains hitting Michigan could be a disaster unless the vaccines can work against new strains too?  Brazil is surpassing us in Covid deaths because of corrupt government mismanagement. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...

From policies that continue to add to the pile of the Covid dead, to denying the disabled and the homeless the support they need to simply survive, how and why does the right wing do what it does? Has the GOP become a cult that celebrates death and destruction? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As Joe Biden rolls out his green infrastructure plan and increases US vaccinations against the Covid-19 virus, the GOP continues arguments of meaningless cancel culture fights and resistance against masking measures.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

DEBATE! Thom Vs Julio Rivera - Why Do Republican's Support Trump's and His Cronies White Supremacists Opposition to Immigration Reform? Professor John A. Powell - Chauvin trial and the roots of systemic racism in America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

"Trumpism" Is Simply White Supremacy - Donald Trump is the man George Wallace hoped he could one day become. He rode the train of white supremacy all the way to the White House, something Wallace only dreamed of. Trial Attorney Debbie Hines reports on the Chauvin Trial. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will America Hold Trump & His Enablers Accountable for 400,000 Unnecessary Deaths? Is this manslaughter, now that Trump brags that he actively ignored the scientific advice? And what of justice for slain George Floyd as his murder trial begins? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Is Donald Trump planning on overthrowing the United States government, committing real treason or is it just a scheme to make money? Originally his run for president was just a publicity stunt, what happens when this scheme succeeds? Greg Palast - Exxon Valdez disaster (33 years ago) Don’t buy Exxon’s fable Of the drunken captain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

Topic: Dear Republicans: What Did You Expect? Did you really think turning America over to billionaire oligarchs and giant corporations would make a better world? DEBATE: Larry Klayman Vs Thom - Why do you want American families to live in poverty in the richest country in the world? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

Georgians Are Waking Up To Governor Kemp’s Authoritarian Takeover - This naked assault on democracy sets the stage for other GOP-controlled states to do the same. DC Statehood Advocate Jamal Holtz weighs in on the record high support for DC Statehood. Former border agent (now whistleblower) Jenn Budd - "New allegations that Customs and Border Patrol set up an illegal border crossing just so CNN co...

Prof. Richard Wolff breaks down the economics of mass shootings or police shootings... Aunna Dennis, Executive Director of Common Cause Georgia, lays out the strategy for defeating voter suppression.. Trial lawyer and former prosecutor Debbie Hines gives insight into the Chauvin trial with her new essay "The innocence of whiteness" versus justice for a black man in America. See Privacy Policy at h...

Americans are disconnected from the real carnage these weapons of war produce. It is time to show the graphic real images to shock the public into realizing the horror of mass shootings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

American mass murders are a remnant of our slave patrols. RBG was right that Heller was wrongly decided and needs to be overturned. Is it finally time to get rid of the Second Amendment? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will Rand Paul and his buddies bring America a whole new round of Covid? Thom looks at the science. And more evidence comes to light of Russian interference in our elections- and other crimes that helped Republicans like Ron Johnson gets elected; how will Democrats respond? How can we reach family members trapped in right wing cult views and unable to see reality? Will Trump ever be liable fo...