The Hartmann Report

Is America the victim of its own hubris? Can we solve our problems together again, or will the assault of the billionaires succeed in taking power? Guest host Jefferson Smith asks the key questions and ponders listeners' answers. Plus - Thom reads from "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America" by Nancy MacLean See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

Trump's Trial is more important and historic than already-televised state court drama. Congress should act to let us watch the most important trial of the century live and in real time. Plus - why is FBI agent Kendra Kingsbury going to jail for the same crime Trump is likely to get away with? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Progressive leader Mark Pocan takes an interesting variety of calls from listeners across the nation. Also - Thom reads from "A Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good" by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The GOP & the billionaires who fund them learned their lesson. Never again would they allow a rightwing justice to stray beyond the rigid ideological boundaries set at that justices’ confirmation… Plus - Billionaire in a submersible versus 500 shipwrecked migrants- guess which one gets covered in the media? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:...

They’ve read their history: if they can embed fascism deeply at every level of American government, business, and civic life, it will take generations to rip it out… Plus - Thom reads from "A Field Guide to White Supremacy" by Kathleen Belew and Ramon A. Gutierrez See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Watergate prosecutor says Congress could act to put cameras in Trump courtroom. Thom's listeners from across America weigh in. Plus- Thom reads from 'It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office, by Dale Beran. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Did 'We, The People' suffer irreparable harm due to the Justice Department delaying two years in prosecuting Donald Trump for his crimes? Also- Is Trump really running to avoid going to jail? Plus, Thom reads from 'Tyranny from Plato to Trump: Fools, Sycophants, and Citizens' by Andrew Fiala. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Emily Scarr is the Maryland PIRG Director & Co-Author of a new report on industrial substances known as PFAS. How are these very common chemicals potentially harming our health? Plus Thom reads from 'The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed by Robin Broad and John Cavanagh. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...

Will Republicans succeed in their attacks on Jack Smith and Joe Biden? Also- Thom sets the record straight on the Presidential Records Act. Plus - Thom reads from the book "Our Man" by George Packer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Pacifica radio host Sonali Kolhatkar joins Thom. As America becomes more diverse, how can alternative media tell stories that legitimize people of color? Plus - Thom reads from 'The Fight For the Soul of the Democratic Party' by John Nichols. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Phill Ittner joins Thom live from Ukraine. Can the Russians scare Kyiv with constant missile attacks? Will the Ukrainian offensive succeed in pushing back the Russian trenches? Plus - Why is the FBI going after pro-choice activists, when so many have been murdered by anti-abortionists? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

Democracy is based on the will of the people - and that is a function of the information to which citizens have access. Can America rescue our nation’s currently polluted streams of information and news? Plus Thom reads from "The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" by Michiko Kakutani, and from "The Water Defender" by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...

Thom speaks with labor leaders Rob Baril & Ed Hawthorne on the issues facing American workers. How are contractors and tip employees being exploited at wages far below what it costs to make a living? Plus- Thom reads from his book 'Screwed: The Undeclared War on the American Middle Class'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

Is the GOP Plan to Be Content With a "Red States" Fascist Empire? Jim Jordan wants to know why disinformation experts have been studying disinformation - here's why Jim.... Shouldn't the 10 house republicans who conspired with Trump to overturn the election be indicted as well? Is Trump trying to provoke a replay of 1963 with his vows to "go after" Biden? Crazy Alert! McCarthy's lat...

If we continue to allow violence (like January 6th) and violent rhetoric to spread through the American body politic, we stand a very real chance of losing our republic. Plus Thom reads from his book 'We The People- A Call to Take Back America'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will Trump face a jury of his peers for some of his crimes, or will he delay the process indefinitely? Thom gets the view from Washington as Progressive leader Ro Khanna takes listener calls from across the nation. Also, Thom reads from "Original Wisdom: Stories From An Ancient Way of Knowing" by Robert Wolff See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://...

In a decision that shocked most observers, the Supreme Court this week ruled that an Alabama Republican gerrymander was in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. John Roberts and Bret Kavanaugh joined the Court’s three Democratic appointees in upholding the principle that “packing and cracking” congressional districts along racial lines was illegal. What happened? Crazy Alert! Big o...

Trump Indictment revealed! Also why billionaires hate social security. The Harlan Crow plot thickens with Manchin & Sinema intrigue and It's Time to Investigate Ginni Thomas.  Geeky Science! They knew the earth would burn. Can this judge stop the GOP from playing doctor? Guest Interview: Susan Corke - Where are the trends & threats of hate of far-right extremism taking...

As Trump faces the music for a small slice of his crimes against our nation & our democracy, let’s not forget that he’s not the first. He was carrying on a GOP tradition stretching back to 1968… Plus, the demise of CNN - what did the Trumpian far-right move do for CNN? Phil Ittner - Did Russia accidentally lose Crimea and maybe the war too? Congressman Mark Pocan phones in for a...

It’s time to tax the rich, be they individuals or giant corporations, if we want to restore the American middle class and return our nation to the vitality that was once normal… You have a right to own a gun, but a right to travel? Not so much... Crazy Alert! Fox News Host: Why Try to Save Earth When Afterlife Is Real? Sam Schwartz - Survivors of gun violence and mass shootings weig...

Turn on a light, the old saying goes, and the cockroaches will scatter. It’s time to bring honest and unflinching light to the Republican Party’s use of the word “woke”… Grift Alert! Of course the pool guy drained Trump's pool into the room where the video surveillance is.... I told you Clarence Thomas was corrupt - we now have the receipts! Nikki Haley fails to hide her bigotry and hate.&nbs...

Republicans know the only way they can continue to hold onto national power — and even keep their control over states like Texas, Georgia, and Florida — is by making it difficult to register and vote… McCarthy is releasing Jan 6th tapes to far-right conspiracy groups. Does MTG have blackmail material on the guy? Was this the price he had to pay for her vote to make him speaker?"Crazy Alert! J...

The crisis for any Republican who wants to run against Trump is that they’ll have to run to the right of fascism. But what occupies that space? Pure, raw, genocidal dictatorship that ends America... Also Facebook and Twitter are fighting paying for news that they make money from. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

We did it before, and the result was the creation of the world’s first and largest middle class and a level of peace and prosperity that held its own until Ronald Reagan took a meat-axe to it… The North Carolina GOP just called the Rev. William Barber a poverty pimp - wow! how low can you sink? Also, It is like a return to stonewall or the civil rights movement. They’re bringing the oppressed...

Phil Ittner checks in with Thom from the front line of Russia's war on Ukraine. Thom reads from Samuel Moore's book 'Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War'. Plus - the surprising correlations between eating junk food and the damaging impacts of insomnia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell...