The Hartmann Report

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...

When even the Financial Times recognizes that Reaganism and neoliberalism has been shown to be a failure, how will we dig ourselves out of this economic crisis? Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom with his analysis. Can we trust the Federal Reserve and the rest of the government to keep the economy going- for all of us? And why did Trump fire the Inspector General? As Biden proposes to drop th...

Today a lively discussion of legal ways that Democratic-leaning states could possibly band together to do things like provide universal health care, create community banks, or take action on climate change.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As we rapidly approach tens of thousands of dead, is there a word for the lies of Trump and Pence that have led to losing so many Americans? When we know that military intelligence knew about the virus in Wuhan as far back as last November, how can Republicans justify delaying testing and failing to prepare to protect our front line health care workers, many of whom now have the virus? Is Pence tr...

Has the Supreme Court made a partisan decision by not allowing Wisconsin to extent the deadline for absentee ballots?- even when many citizens haven't even received their ballot yet?; The Republican War on Voting rolls on! And with nearly all the urban polling places closed in Wisconsin's primary- but not the rural ones- is this the test run for massive voter suppression in November? And now it co...

Can Fox News be sued for endangering people's lives with their entertainment product they pass of as news? Thom is joined by Washington State citizen Arthur West- his group WASHLITE - Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics has Fox News in court over their months-long insistence that Covid was some kind of 'Democrat Hoax', and urging people to take plane flights and otherwise endan...

The good news is that kind-hearted Samaritans are thinking of ingenious ways to help senior citizens in isolation. The bad news is that when red states start being heavily impacted by Covid-19, watch for the Trump machine to start slinging blame at the Left as a scapegoat.  And - Jared Kushner, America's 'blunderkind' knows better than the experts!- or not...How to swipe your credit card...