The Hartmann Report

A New Year Begins and the Trump Cartel Tightens Its Grip Through Wealth, Force, & Faith See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Michelle Goldberg warns that the modern Republican Party is slipping into open, unapologetic misogyny, and even Republican congresswomen are starting to say the quiet part out loud. They’re learning there’s a brutal difference between being useful to powerful men and being respected as an equal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

The clock is ticking, and cynicism isn’t a strategy. Here’s the concrete, local, Tea Party-style roadmap to rebuild Democrats into a fighting progressive party… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We know that people die when they don't have access to health care- so why does the system that Republicans have built in the richest country on earth not prioritize human life? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A warning to every progressive voter: In America’s election system, your third-party vote can be a gift-wrapped victory for the GOP… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From government pressure to political targeting, critics argue Trump is redefining which beliefs are “safe” and which are suspect. We look at where this power comes from, how it’s being used, and why free speech advocates are sounding the alarm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From 50-year mortgages to paywalled car features, the rental economy is replacing ownership with lifelong monthly bills... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As the cost of health insurance continues to climb, politicians debate how to control those costs and expand coverage. But the truth is, there’s already enough money in the system to cover everyone. It’s just being siphoned off by insurance corporations for profits, lobbying, and stock buybacks. Rachel Madley, PhD exposes the details in Wendell Potter's recent Healthcare Uncovered substack. S...

When politicians hand the gun industry a liability shield, they’re not “protecting freedom,”they’re protecting a business model built on body counts. Before Trump, Republicans largely only shaded the truth: George W. Bush’s administration asserted “we know” Iraq has WMDs. The statements danced on ambiguous intelligence, carefully presenting suspicions as certainties. See Privacy Policy at https://...

Lev Parnas, Ukrainian-American businessman turned political activist, and author joins Thom to expose the reality of Donald's duplicity with Ukraine. Is Russia already at war with us? Tanks aren’t rolling through cities, but cyberattacks, proxy wars, sanctions, and covert operations are everywhere. Has the world already crossed the line into global war between the United States and Russia? — and w...

Trump’s Christmas message "Scum" wasn’t just offensive. It was a warning. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are going to do unspeakable things to the people of Venezuela. The result is going to be more money for big oil companies, and a lot of dead people. Plus a Wisdom School musing on the ubiquity of panpsychism. Racist pundit Nick Fuentes advocated for non-Christians to receive the death penalty. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Christmas: The Night We Reignite the World. When the Longest Dark Becomes the Turning Point… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom Hartman unravels the mysteries of pagan Yule traditions with a hopeful view of optimism in dark times. Also an exploration of the DrawDAO project yields promising new efforts for fighting climate change via the open-sourcing of carbon dioxide removal & storage. Dr. Irwin Redlener of The Ukraine Children's Action Project reveals essential humanitarian support underway for Ukraine’s displac...

The playbook that showers the rich, spikes the debt, then demands you sacrifice Social Security and healthcare… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Author Laurence Rees dives deep with Thom on a topic urgent for our times. Like Thom, Rees has studied the rise of Hitler carefully- and found that fascism always starts by conspiracies, fear, and the necessary creation of a dangerous enemy out of "those people"... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Deregulation Was Never About “Freedom”—It Was About Permission to Poison See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The progressive Congressman reads the Washington DC tea leaves as he takes callers from across the nation. Plus- Thom reads from "Kickback: Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network" by David Montero. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The commons, unions, and a livable wage built the first mass middle class. Now younger voters want to reboot that machine at full throttle… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How Much Profit Is Your Life & Health Worth to Them? House speaker Mike Johnson, says affordable health care ‘just was not to be’ while a house Republican torches his own party's healthcare bill as "milquetoast garbage." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will the supreme egoist be snared by his thirst for vainglory? Could the board of the Pulitzer Prize take Trump down? After deranged Donald picked a fight with the board, the Pulitzer lawyers demanded info that he would prefer to keep hidden. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Attorney and radio host Dean Obeidallah reports that what we have seen from today’s GOP is that it will not moderate. Instead, it will move further and further to the right. The young Republicans at Saturday’s event simply confirm that very reality. And they warn us of what we must be prepared to defeat. Epstein reveal fizzles. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

A palace rising on public ground while the affordability crisis tightens its grip isn't just bad optics, it’s a betrayal of the idea of America… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

FCC scrubs "independent agency" language from their website as they decide they're with the dictator. Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update - reality bites...Russia. Trump Turns the White House Into a Petty Propaganda Museum. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A stark look at the speech that blurred the line between leadership and losing control on the world stage… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .