The Hartmann Report

Filling in for Thom, Jefferson Smith inspires callers to share the inner thoughts and yearnings for a better president. - Alex Shephard staff writer for the New Republic joins Jeff to discuss the nefarious ways that Republicans and the right are coming after YOUR right to vote! Wilbur Ross and the Trump administration have been working to fight to add a citizenship question to the United Stat...

Speculating on the potential danger of the massive yet under-reported weekend internet outage and what possible threats it may represent on our web dependent culture, Thom also exposes the scam behind political term limits. A modern re-framing of the famous historical attack of Representative Matthew Lyon of Vermont by Roger Griswold of Connecticut on the House Floor in 1798. - Thom talks with rep...

Thom describes the upcoming stops on his book tour. - Trump is working to wreck climate science by banning federal research to look beyond the year 2040. - Dahr Jamail, author of 'The End of Ice', joins Thom in studio once again. Is it already too late to save human civilization from catastrophic carbon-driven global climate change? - Suzanne York of Transition Earth argues for a balance between h...

Trump is going to run a campaign based on immigration and trade policies that lead to good American jobs for working class people. Thom warns that Democrats need to think how to respond to Trump with policies that support the creation of good jobs for common people.  ~~~ The National Iranian American Council's Jamal Abdhi considers the chances that the Iranian regime will respond po...

Investigative reporter Greg Palast has dug up a truckload of Republican electioneering crime. He brings all the deets behind the Texas Secretary of State's resignation, and Republican strategy to block handicapped people from voting. - Thom reads from Mueller Report page 61 - Thom analyzes the context and meaning of Mueller's press conference statement. Will Trump be prosecuted for his crimes...

Author Lamar Waldron, who wrote 'The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination' among other books, considers the evidence surrounding the likely murderers of president Kennedy, and the 1970s congressional investigations that resulted in the murders of those who chose to testify to Congress. Lamar Waldron, traces Attorney General Bill Barr's days covering up the crimes of the CIA in the 1970s, throug...

Is Trump trying to get one of our spies inside the Kremlin outed as a favor to Putin? And what details are emerging from the continued analysis of the Mueller report?.. Plus Luke Vargas on corporate tax evasion. and Cole Stangler with the results of the European Parliamentary elections. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...

Planned Parenthood's dynamic new president Leana Wen, MD describes the threat of Republican extreme legislative challenges to Roe vs Wade.  Then- Stories, fears and insights on abortion are shared from callers including adults recalling their childhood trauma growing up unloved by parents who didn't want them. Listener Christine from California phones in with remembrances of the days whe...

Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom for a deep dive into the often misunderstood definitions critical to our understanding of the world around us- a look at economics in the broadest sense. As democratic socialism grows more popular it is necessary to look at exactly what we are talking about, to have a stronger understanding of it all. What is Capitalism? We live in a capitalistic economy, we have...

Bernie has proposed a transaction tax on financial transactions to pay for Medicare for All, and help minimize the chance of crashes from rapid trading. And Bernie puts his support behind McDonald employees fighting for a $15 minimum wage. ~~~~ Thom welcomes Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Progressives in the House as the co-chair of the House Progressive caucus. Her view on...

The Chinese president has just declared a new "Long March" to global dominance in the face of American tariffs- Thom asks if Democrats will get behind majority American opinion, or cling to Clintonian free trade and thereby lose the 2020 election to Donald Trump. ~~~~ Thom reads from the Mueller Report, page 32- the further adventures of the Russian-funded Internet Research Agency and th...

Thom considers a scenario in which Trump refuses to honor the traditions of our nation; will Trump follow the oath he took to faithfully enforce the laws of the United States? If not, then what then?- or what now? ~~~~ Thom fact-checks his scenario with Talk Media News' Luke Vargas. And why is Iran talking about uranium? ~~~~ Thom asks his listeners what we should do if we are watching a slow-moti...

Is the G.O.P. close to creating essentially a 'Commission for Virtue' a la Saudi Arabia? Thom taps into the reality of abortion with some passionate and emotional calls from his listeners. ~~~ House Progressive Caucus co-leader Mark Pocan on what the House is accomplishing that isn't getting the attention it deserves. ~~~ Bob Ney has been on the beat of the 'CEO Climate Dialog'...

Thom reads from the Mueller report, page 32, which covers the activities of the Russian troll farm that helped manipulate the 2016 presidential election. ~~~ Donald Trump, Elliot Abrams, and John Bolton thought that they could overthrow the democratically elected Maduro government of Venezuela. They were wrong. Now they are going after Venezuela with sanctions designed to hurt common people there....

Thom hears from listeners from right across the nation, big city and small town, on their current thoughts and feelings about which candidate they think would be great. Thom keeps it positive, no circular firing squad. ----- Thom continues with the Democratic candidate straw poll. ------ Thom hears more from many different listeners on their current pick for Democratic nominee. ------ Thom rounds...

Jefferson Smith, guest host, analyzes the political and cultural moment in which Alabama Republicans appear to be moving to challenge the legality of abortion in the Supreme Court. ~~~ Are women's fundamental rights on the line in the ongoing national fight over abortion? Women call in from across the nation, and men too. ~~~ Jefferson continues the discussion- does the fact that the Alabama law d...

Donald Trump could win the 2020 Election through his trade policies and to make it worse, Donald Trump is going about trade in a way that will hurt the economy and Americans in the long run. Can Progressives bring protectionist trade policies back to the left before Donald Trump starts another term as president?  ~~~ Thom reads from 'Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism' by Kri...

Chickenhawk Bolton is working hard for war with Iran- will war be part of Trump's re-election campaign? ~~~~ Iran watcher and fomer Republican Bob Ney is putting the pieces together on John Bolton's warmongering- and now after strong American threats towards Iran, right on schedule the Saudis are claiming that Iranians sabatoged their ships at sea. Bob makes a strong prediction. ~~~...

Guy Mcpherson, author most recently of 'Only Love Remains', joins Thom in studio to consider if it may be too late to human-caused climate change. Do you think he is right? Is there time to fix the damaging climate change effects or has the Arctic melted too much for us to stop it?  ~~~ Thom's insightful listeners add their ideas to the climate change debate. ~~~ Thom read...

Is Donald Trump a threat to our Republic? Thom powerfully lays out the specifics on how Trump's deliberate defiance of the constitution fits in with his history of a grifter who thinks the law doesn't apply to him. ~~~ Can Donald Trump and Paul Ryan escape justice by delaying the Mueller investigation, Bill Barr's contempt of court charge, and other legal issues until after the 2020 Elec...

Thom reviews the latest evidence of Trump's money laundering services- and the bombshell new reporting by the New York Times on Trump's catastrophic losses. Can distractions like squabbling with China over trade win him the next election? ------- Then-Thom Vs Julio - What Does America Do With the Grifter President Who is Actually Broke? A debate with conservative Julio Rivera of Reactionary Times....

PLEASE NOTE: ---------------------This edition was meant to be published Monday, 6th of May, but was published later in the week by mistake ------------------ Thom probes the evidence that Trump is already trying to start a war to insure his re-election. ------ Remember how GW Bush's team talked us into attacking Iraq, even though Iraq had no WMD's, and nothing to do with 9-11? Now, as Trump sends...

Thom considers that Mitch McConnell is saying the Russia investigation is over as Michael Cohen is incarcerated alone while Individual One remains in the white House. What are Trump and Bill Barr hiding in the redactions of the Mueller Report? -- - Can a conventional Democrat beat Donald Trump's populism or do we need a populist democrat? Listeners phone in. --- Thom reads from the Mueller Report...

Bernie Sanders on Barr, obstruction and Medicare for All. --- Thom reads Mueller Report page 7. --- Dr. Richard Wolff on the failed Fed candidates and Modern Monetary Theory. --- Richard Painter on need to start Impeachment hearings. --- Talk Media News correspondent Luke Vargas cautions rising military musings against Venezuela. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...