The Hartmann Report

If the GOP plan works, they’ll rewrite our Constitution and state governors, the US Congress, and the President will have no say whatsoever in the process to halt it. President Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace’s warnings have come full circle. It’s critical that we call out these economic royalists for what they’re doing, and not let them and their minions rewrite our Constitution. A...

As Pelosi visits China, why do some Republicans parrot Chinese and Russian talking points? And will right wing propaganda be able to stop even the skinny version of the Biden agenda? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The libertarians have had 40 years to make their project work, we’re hitting peak libertarianism and it’s tearing our country apart, pitting Americans against each other, and killing people every day. Crazy Alert! Trump grimly reaps tax benefits from Ivana's paltry cheap grave - Is there anything sacred to Trump? The GOP wants to ban child support because they say it incentivizes abortio...

Are these the three things Democrats should run on this Fall? The abortion ban is already endangering the lives of women. Will the uproar across the country against the Dobbs decision make a difference come election day? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will the inflation reduction act provide some relief to the middle class? Will efforts to reduce drug prices make a real difference? Thom's listeners share how they're surviving rising costs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The GOP has become a rotting corpse, politically... infested with maggots and defended by wealthy vultures. It has only one true principle- greed, and is determined to reinvent America in greed’s image. Can we take our country back? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Bringing our manufacturing back from overseas will reverse the 40-year-long slide of the American middle class and rebuild our nation’s security & economy.  Author and radio host Laura Flanders warns that it can happen here: A White Supremacist Coup That Succeeded. Professor Marcia Pally reports that Christian Nationalism is on the march, and how we got here. See Privacy Policy at ht...

It’s not about “law and order,” which interests Trump not at all. It’s about authority and brutality. But the most horrible thing is, there are buyers. Economist and Co-founder of Democracy At Work, Professor Richard Wolff explains how the catastrophic heat is affecting the economy and what the new Fed rate hike will do to the economy. Investigative journalist Mike Rothschild explores ho...

Congress must act to get money out of politics- or heartless oligarchs and "Christian Nationalists" will continue to corrupt the secular democracy the founders so proudly created in America. 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 wants to know what you're doing this summer to keep our Democracy alive! Patriotic Millionaires' Morris Pearl is taking it to the people to figure out why they vote against their own interests. And author and activist David Daley shares how the folks at FairVote and elsewhere are doing their part. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

War is the use of armed violence to achieve political ends. If the armed, uniformed militias who attacked our Capitol on January 6th weren’t “levying War against” America, what were they doing? Also how Don Jr ripped off millions of the world's poor that he promised to house. Geeky Science focuses on the decline of the Monarch Butterflies and what can be done. And a National Progressive...

Do Republicans really think that public schools are communist or is there something else going on here? Plus a National Progressive Town Hall Meeting with US Representative Mark Pocan from Wisconsin. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump's 2024 coup plan to fill the government with America first zealots is already underway. Pennsylvania is refusing to count absentee ballots because they're Democratic voters. One in five US adults condone ‘justified’ political violence, mega-survey finds. Boston Globe's Rhode Island reporter Amanda Milkovits looks into the growing signs of white nationalist recruitment across New En...

In 1776 we declared independence from the world’s richest man and the planet’s largest corporation. Today, we’re again confronting a similar challenge… Professor Richard Wolff opines on why people are calling for the end of the Fed...what would the alternative be? Or, are they just crack pots? What exactly does the Fed do besides raise & lower interest rates? Executive Vice President...

Counsel Member of the City of Austin, TX District 4 José “Chito” Vela explains how Austin is fighting back against the TX Abortion Ban. Also the Idaho GOP rejects platform change allowing abortion to save a person’s life - How can you call yourself pro-life when you are willing to kill women? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

Barack Obama‘s election in 2008 was the tipping point for racist Republicans trying to tear down our second Reconstruction.   America today is in the midst of our second attempt at creating a truly pluralistic, multiracial democracy. The GOP is doing everything they can to sabotage the effort: can we pull it off despite their treachery? Plus will Biden declare a Climate Emergency to...

When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won’t just be running for another term in the White House. He’ll be running away from legal troubles, possible criminal charges, and even the specter of prison time. Also watch out! The billionaires are already buying up the Midterm Elections. And what will you do when the GOP persecutes your wife, daughter, or sister? The R...

How is it possible that the rest of the world is recovering from the Covid/Oil/War inflation bump, but things are getting worse here in the USA? What Will Ted Cruz Do With All Those "Mile Long" Items From Shooting Victims? The Recall Alert Regarding Honey in Viagra Gives New Meaning To "Honey, I'm Home..." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:...

Will enough Americans finally wake up to this 40-year grift to put an end to it and return our country to sanity? Spencer Schneider spent over 20 years inside a NYC cult, having been sucked in through a meeting. A cult of lawyers, investment bankers, accountants and doctors? Are they a cult? Oh yes! He escaped successfully and joins Thom Hartmann to explain how our country can escape Tru...

Senator Bernie Sanders joins the program to explain the betrayal of Sen Joe Manchin. The W. Virginia corporate Dem delivers a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s ambitious economic agenda. Also because we haven't held Trump accountable he is now forming a shadow government. And are Lindsey Graham & Kevin McCarthy the most pathetic men in America? See Privacy Policy at htt...

The NRA used to say, “An armed society is a polite society.” The truth is that an armed society is a fearful, dangerous, and — eventually — authoritarian society. In California - It looks like the gun industry can't hide from accountability Crazy alert! Is the new right wing "Trump's tampering call to Jan 6th witness" theory that he "butt-dialed" accidentally? Really?! Also the right wing terror m...

Thom Hartmann asks Dr. Mary L. Trump, "Can you help us understand how your uncle came close to overturning democracy?" Also Thom's Daily Take today is- "Dear Millennials: I’m Sorry We Didn’t Stop Them. Your generation today holds only 4.6% of the nation’s wealth and you’re most likely struggling to own a home & are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans…" Prof. Richard Wolf...

Polls are showing a large number of Republicans moving away from supporting Donald Trump. Will the latest hearings finally produce the smoking gun that the GOP will have to reckon with? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will a future Supreme Court ruling let Republicans throw out the vote when they lose? Are we seeing the start of the nightmare scenario for democracy? How does this all play out? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom sits down with investigative reporter Alex Cotch. Why are mainstream institutions giving millions of dollars to white supremacists groups who inspired the Highland Park terrorist? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .