The Hartmann Report

Investigative journalist Greg Palast is hot on the trail of the twice stolen ninth district of North Carolina, where over 200,000 people have been removed from the electoral rolls, almost all of them people of color. And then- the sensationalist coverage around Brett Kavanaugh only scratches the surface of Brett Kavanaugh's offenses, many of which go all the way back to the George W. Bush administ...

Thom says 'GET READY!' - Republicans and especially Trump are gearing up to demonize Democratic cities to hit the panic button of would-be red state voters. But are the homeless really coming to destroy your town? Or are there already tried and proven ways to solve the problem? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

California lawmakers pass bill banning private prisons. A VERY good thing!! ~ Thom reads from " An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics " by Greg Sargent ~ Adam Green from Bold Progressives offers his thoughts on the Democratic Debate. Did Progressive candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders come off on top? Making solid argumen...

CORPORATIONS VERSUS THE ENVIRONMENT ~ Corporate corruption is working to protect short term profits- can environmental campaigners and small farmers protect our water and lands?.. or will climate change have the final say? Ohio's Chamber of Commerce killed a community-backed environmental bill of rights- Markie Miller with Toledoans for Safe Water joins Thom with the story. ~ Timothy Wise of the S...

Bernie tells Thom he is tired of hearing Biden echo Republican talking points.... Perspectives on where we stand with the candidates post-Houston. Then Thom's take and his listeners' views as well. Plus- Thom reads from 'Moving Forward' by Karine Jean-Pierre. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Elizabeth Warren has put a proposal on the table that would tax the very wealthy to lift senior citizens out of poverty, but how will Democrats who are taking billionaire money respond? Plus- Richard Wolff on the economics of the trade war with China. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It has been 18 years since G.W. Bush cravenly used our national moment of unity over 9/11 to enrich himself and his friends, killing tens of thousands of people, committing war crimes, and diminishing our democracy in the process. Have we learned to never again allow a president to do this again? FEATURING: Outed CIA Spy Valerie Plume, and a reading from "American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S...

Would it be the further transfer of wealth from the middle-class to the very rich? Would it be greater and greater student debt burdens on working people? Would it be the acceleration of the destruction of our environment? Will he launch a final assault on the media and try to turn the entire American media landscape into something resembling Fox News? Will McConnell’s corrupt judges with lifetime...

Will Trump's greatest legacy be demonstrating that America can be blatantly run like a banana Republic? And will Trump succeed at muzzling CNN? Can anything be done to punish those who are facilitating Trump's corrupt behavior? Plus- warrior Jesus. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Exposing the secret Christian group seeking political power. ‘The Family’ is the oldest Christian Conservative Organizations in Washington D.C. and very secretive. Their goal is not to use Christian feelings to help the poor and the needy, but to concentrate on the ‘key’ people such as politicians and business people. Jeff Sharlet was part of the organization and has published books on his fi...

Thom says everyone brought their 'A' game to the climate change town hall- except Joe Biden. What happened? ~ Bob in Illinois kicks off the honest feedback on Vice President's Biden's stumbling performance at the climate change town hall. ~ Mark Pocan, House Representative and Progressive leader keeps us up to date with what the Dems are doing in Congress. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...

The media, trying to be balanced when it comes to politics, has stopped talking about climate change because they don't want to seem political ~ Will Trump's attack on unions inspire a political revolution? Donald Trump's effective attack on unions and worker organizing, has got progressives furious and it could lead to a political revolution! Larry Cohen, of Our revolution and the former presiden...

As our children are being slaughtered by weapons of war that no other developed country allows on its streets, our media fail to document the trail of money and lies from weapons manufacturers through front groups like the NRA directly into the pockets of politicians and political parties. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...

Training tomorrow's labor with representatives of roofers, bricklayers, and other trade unions. How are unions best at training skilled workers? How are bosses using employee misclassification to avoid paying their share of taxes? How can employers benefit from hiring union workers? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se...

Why is the Amazon burning? Thom considers the factors that have lead to the crisis and how our food consumption patterns make a difference. ~ Thom speaks with David Korten of the Living Economies Forum on how an extinction event could actually SAVE the human race. The growth of GDP has been aimed at increasing the bank accounts of billionaires and not focusing on long term survival on the pla...

Washington analyst and British/ American correspondent Victoria Jones of the DC Radio Company explains the plot behind Boris Johnson's intervention with the queen to suspend parliament while he lays his Brexit plan. ~ Thom clarifies previous comments around the controversy of the MSNBC story from Lawrence O'Donnell on Trump's Russian Oligarch co-signers for Deutsche Bank loans. While the stories h...

It’s increasingly looking like the economy is on the edge of crashing and that Trump’s tax returns are going to show that he was only able to keep himself out of bankruptcy with loans from Deutsche Bank, engineered by the son of former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and cosigned by Russian oligarchs. If this trifecta hits, and Republicans realize that Trump threatened Anthony Kennedy off t...

Bernie Sanders has come out in favor of breaking up the media monopolies with anti-trust law. Will the same big media companies that destroyed Howard Dean right after he made the same announcement come up with an equivalent of the 'Dean Scream' to destroy Bernie? - The Youngstown newspaper just failed. How will anyone keep up with the gutting of America as Republicans pack our courts and monkey wr...

Given the news of the death of one of the Koch brothers, Thom reads from the book 'Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America' by Christopher Leonard.  ~~~  Thom brings us a selection from the recent book "The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent" by P. E. Moskowitz. Thom reads from the book then s...

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff returns to the show- is a correction to the capitalist system imminent? ~~~ How is Trump's withdrawal of the Volcker rule making our banking system more unstable? ~~~ Thom reads from new books 'Winner Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, 'The Fight for the Four Freedoms', and 'The Third Pillar: How markets and the state leave humanity behind'. ~~~ Plus- th...

How do you respond to 'the racist next door'? Plus- a remarkable study is just in on the gender-role views of anti-abortion believers, Thom says this explains a lot! - Thom takes in his listener's experience and wisdom when it comes to dealing with the racism and racists around them. - Thom reads from the new book 'R.I.P. G.O.P.' by Stanley Greenberg. - [DISCUSSION CONTINUES] - Arch Progressive Co...

Trump's reelection strategy is to activate and encourage his neo-Nazi base, but it is placing the rest of Americans at huge risk, and his concentration camps are destroying the lives of refugees seeking asylum. - Thom reads from Guns Down: How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns by Igor Volsky. - The listeners call in with their votes of Trump's worst offenses. - For the Boo...

How much longer will we live in a modern, post-Roe American if Republicans get their way? - For the book club Thom Hartmann reads from his book "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" - The new boilerplate on contracts we're signing requires us to give up our day in court for an arbitration system already manipulated by the powerful. Remington A. Gregg with...

Thom connects the dots between conservative attitudes toward universal health care and equality to their racist, separatist perceptions.  ~~~  Author Ian Reifowitz joins Thom- Ian has studied the eight years of Rush Limbaugh's transcripts recorded while Obama was president, and found a story fundamentally tied to stoking racial resentments.  ~~~  Thom reads...

Thom reviews Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's decision to turn down Israel's insulting travel offer, along with other news of the day. - For the Book Club... Minority Leader: How to Lead from the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams - Congressman Ro Khanna answers listener questions from the immigration raids to public lands. - Today, Senator Bernie Sanders joins Thom- he says the idea that...