The Hartmann Report

Donald Trump never would have been president if the Supreme Court had not effectively made political bribery illegal. Can we get the money out of politics or are we likely to end up with an authoritarian takeover? Is it time to stop thinking about Trump but instead of the future fascist movement he has given voice and life to? Plus, investigative journalist Greg Palast reports from on the ground i...

Over the last four years we've watched with horror as Trump has brought in an unprecedented level of regulatory capture- putting lobbyists, billionaires, and grifters directly in charge of their industries. Is this part of the reason for Trump's massive failure at protecting Americans from Covid-19?  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...

Thom Hartmann examines the strategies for mitigating climate change and reviews some of the most significant scientific reports of 2020. Conversations with Ingrid Newkirk President of PETA, Bill Freese from the Center for Food Safety and Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

As the science piles up showing meat consumption has a devastating impact on our planet, can the meat industry hide the damage it is causing to the earth and to our health? Dr. Michel Gregor joins Thom with the science that shows how eating animals created the Covid pandemic and many others, including HIV. Plus Roger Hallam, founder of the worldwide movement Extinction Rebellion is here. Can we po...

As immigrant-born California Secretary of State Alex Padilla rises to fill Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris' former Senate seat, the influence of the Democrats is strengthening across the country. Will the Georgia special election swing blue and give Democrats all three houses of government in Washington? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

Beri Bonglim of the Global Crop Diversity Trust has been working with a team of seed collectors trying to rescue the genetic diversity of edible plants- can they help us survive global warming?.. Dr David Reichmuth from the Clean Vehicles Project has been crunching the numbers on the carbon impact of electric cars- he joins Thom with the details... And Dr Andrew Glikson from the Australian Nationa...

Though the Democrats have had a challenge creating effective messaging. they are making more and more gains as the Biden inauguration approaches. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

14 million Americans have lost their health care coverage since the start of the pandemic. How have Republicans worked to enrich their big donors by rigging the system on their behalf? Why does big pharma work to stop the importation of cheap drugs from other countries? What are the pitfalls Republicans built into Medicare to shovel cash to the insurance industry, and what pitfalls should the...

If conservatives aren't stupid, what are they? How could they be taken in by the insanity of Trump's lies? Democrats must restore the protective function of government and heal the nation from the damage Trump has done- but how should they respond to sedition on the right? What will become of the Republican party? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...

Trump has massively mishandled Covid-19. As nurses and doctors struggle heroically with the workload and risk of infection- why have Mitch McConnell and the Trump-Humpers set back and let the crisis grow out of control? Will Republicans like Joe Wilson learn anything when they themselves contract the disease? Plus- should we be promoting the fact that the Pfizer vaccine technology was invented by...

Just in time for Xmas- the true origin of Santa Claus! And, have you lost a loved one to the war on Christmas?? Thom asks whether James Madison's nightmare is coming true of the fusion of church and state?.. What did the founders believe in and how did they come to a compromise in the founding documents of our nation? Will the rise of the 'spirtual, not religious' and those who identify with pagan...

Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works joins Thom to caution that the Trump administration has made several last ditch efforts to hobble social security and that Joe Biden needs to thououghly clean house when he comes into office. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ralph on his new family cookbook- and how what's on the table is connected to corporate and monopoly corruption. From private information being used to manipulate the vulnerable to endless robo-calls, corporations are learning to manipulate your behavior with surveillance capitalism.  And Evan Greer of 'Fight For the Future' wants us to roll back Trump's elimination of Net Neutrality and rein...

THIS IS BEYOND GRIFT T.S. Eliot famously said that the world will end "not with a bang, but a whimper." It's also how strongman dictator reigns typically end, and Trump is no exception. He's having his "Downfall bunker moment," and it could be very dangerous. In the next month, Trump could start a war to try to provoke an emergency that might keep him in office. He could order the military to occu...

The soulless, sellout GOP must either reform itself or die. Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports that despite desperate suppression attempts, Georgia voters are more enthusiastic than ever to show up to the polls and for mail in balloting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Progressive Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom to answer listener questions. What are the chances for Progressive policies under the upcoming Biden administration? Will the common person see any relief from the Covid crisis before the year is out? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why do countries depreciate their currencies over time?  Prices are set by the final seller, but there are limits. The seller works out through economics, the maximum price they can change for the item. Dr. Richard Wolff joins Thom for a deep dive on the impact of economics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-...

Republicans have taken over Talk Radio. If Democrats want to win the American people, they need to get on the air. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Calvinistic worldview and the massive inequality it’s brought America over the last 40 years is a cancer destroying our republic. America once had the world’s strongest middle class and widespread social stability. While it didn’t extend to all Americans, we had a formula that worked and needed to be extended. We must drive a stake through its heart and this poisonous ideology altogether....

Today, Thom takes a deep dive into understanding authoritarianism with scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of 'Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present', followed by a fascinating discussion with Meagan-Hatcher Mays of the activist group Indivisible, on the problems we must tackle if we are to keep our republic.  Was Trump practicing the use of the military and secret police to establish a strongman di...

It's time to fight back. If corporate media continues to refuse to discuss McConnell's blackmail, we must individually speak up among friends and communities, and also let our lawmakers know what we think. It's time to raise some hell. One Fair Wage, a national nonprofit representing subminimum wage workers, released a new report detailing the shocking experience of service workers experience in a...

Progressive leaders Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan join Thom today for topics including... the likelihood of consequences for the Senators who supported Trump's conspiracy to overturn the election... the alternate reality created by right wing propaganda... Progressives running in 2021... Democrats getting their message across... being clear-eyed on confronting a Republican party that cynically onl...

Richard Wolff kicks off a fascinating discussion- do recessions result when we drop the taxes on the very rich? Why haven't incomes for the bottom half of our population kept up with the cost of things even while the riches at the top have skyrocketed? Why did our government give a thousand billion dollars to the rich to bail them out- and far less to ordinary people- and now Republicans won't eve...

Why did Republican Senators sign on to Trump's bid to overthrow the duly certified president-elect of the United States?- was that sedition and a crime worthy of expulsion from the Senate? Is our government and system strong enough to avert disorder or even civil war in the long run? Thom says we have some serious house-cleaning to do.  Plus- What is the Q conspiracy really inspired by? Does...

Psychoanalyst and Clinical Professor, Dr. Justin A. Frank joins Thom for a deep dive into the dangerous psychology of Donald Trump and how he has avoided dealing with his election loss. Also plant-based Dr. Michael Greger, MD shares advice on increasing health and shedding pounds after so many months locked down due to the pandemic with his new book, The How Not to Diet Cookbook. See Privacy...