The Hartmann Report

America’s safety net is their next profit scheme — and you’re the target… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann examining the reals motives and deceptive tactics of the billionaire class in destroying the country and what they have to gain. What damage is at stake and what are strategies we can employ to break them? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

The last time American fascists tried this, FDR and Wallace took them down. Will we? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann with insights on coping in the age of triggering and fear tactics from the White House. Plus Jeff gives his better-late-than never insights from the past election. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Russia’s cyber attack on Ukraine and subsequent invasion, it turns out, may just have been dress rehearsal… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann. Why does America's promises and character matter? Why does NATO matter? Why do our allies matter? And when do countries declare their independence? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What happens when the country that once led the free world becomes the enemy of Democracy? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A longtime Progressive leader in Congress, Ro Khanna is doing townhalls in red districts in his state. Why aren't all of the Democrats out raising hell as our government gets torn apart? Plus- Thom reads from "The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success" by Ross Douthat See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Did Republican voter suppression techniques add up to enough difference to hand Donald Trump the Election? And as the rich get richer, is this all part of the right-wing plan? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom checks in with Victoria Jones in London- and Phil Ittner in Kyiv- to take the pulse of Trump's moves regarding Ukraine. Can Europe stand on its own if the Kremlin succeeds in setting us against each other? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Welcome to the Hunger Games: This is what happens when government shrinks... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Bernie Sanders joins Thom- Can Democrats recapture their influence by finally recognizing what has happened to working families over the last 40 years? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

GOP lawmakers are running from their own voters — Democrats should take their place! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Republican budget is putting Medicaid- medical care for the poorest among us- on the chopping block. So why are they lying about it? Plus- Thom reads from the book 'Persist' by Elizabeth Warren. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Here’s how they are already stealing it… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The only person who knows how to defeat Donald Trump is someone who worked for him, Michael Cohen joins Thom Hartmann to explain exactly how to defeat Donald Trump. Sabrina Haake - I did business in Russia and Trump is importing KGB thuggery. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Gerrymandering, voter purges, and signature rejections aren’t fair—but they’re legal. Why are Democrats refusing to use them? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Embedded foreign correspondent Phil Ittner joins Thom with the "News From the Edge" from his beat in Kyiv, Ukraine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

New study finds that poultry workers have spread fatal bird flu to their house cats from contact with clothing. Also former NFL punter Chris Kluwe confronts MAGA influence at California city Council meeting in Huntington Beach. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Dean Obeidallah wants to know what happened to the thirty federal investigations Elon Musk was facing. From receiving huge federal contracts to getting special protection from the law, is Musk using both corporate and government power to take over the world? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In the face of the overwhelming power billionaires bought for the corrupt Republican Party, what can Democrats do to protect our nation from blatantly illegal corruption? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will any Republican in today’s House or Senate — the bodies the Founders created — find even a fraction of the courage of the men who founded this nation? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Does Putin have Trump by the neck, or is he simply selling us out? Michael Tomasky joins Thom to discuss his article titled "JD Vance’s Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA’s Sinister Global Endgame".. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The right’s jihad against DEI isn’t about fairness; it’s about losing privilege and control… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mikey Weinstein from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation joins Thom, with a very very special message for Pete Hegseth. And then- Progressive Representative Mark Pocan takes listener calls and clues us all in on what things look like from his seat in Congress. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .