The Hartmann Report

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...

Climate scientists are fleeing twitter- but is this just the tip of the 'iceberg' of a right-wing propaganda push against the reality of climate change? Plus - brain shrinkage?- science fiction stuff or a surprisingly real problem? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Were Mike Lee and John Eastman behind all the fake elector plots? Can the GOP ever win an election honestly? As to the Debt Ceiling bargain, changes to food aid will cost money, but not the savings the GOP envisions. Also Good News! Clean energy is winning! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 2021 the Zelenskyy declared a campaign to “de-oligarchize” his nation, having diagnosed Ukraine's political & economic crises as tracing back to the corruption by the morbidly rich.  Debt Ceiling: Did anyone win? Crazy Alert! Ron DeSantis is forcing women to give birth in shackles. Geeky Science! Can a simple houseplant see you from cancer? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...

Are Trump's Connections To Saudi Murderers WORSE Than His Ties To Russia? In a time when Donald Trump is finally facing SOME consequences... Why isn't his connection to the murderers of Jamal Khashoggi being investigated? Also, Kiev based Veteran War Reporter Phil Ittner joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the ongoing war of technology in Ukraine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...

Everything is bigger in Texas… now students are being forced to attend prayers of an ancient Abrahamic religion many don’t believe in. Worse, religious leaders are now present on campus. This insane mix of church and state is spreading. Soon…your children, too, may be praying to a God that you don’t believe in. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:...

Kevin McCarthy wants you to work for your benefits…even if you CAN’T work?! The Debt Ceiling the GOP is sooo concerned with all of a sudden appears to be just a slick trap designed to destroy America’s economy before the 2024 election. But this chicanery only works if we believe it.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

Special training? Increased funding? We need more than idealist solutions to stop brutal murders committed by police according to Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota. Author of the new book Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence What will end police violence? AG Ellison has solutions that could actually WORK.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...

From LPGBTQ persecution to rampant racism, why does the G.O.P. aggressively pursue a pro-prejudice agenda? What can and must we do about this? Also, Thom reads from 'Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America' by Michael Eric Dyson. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This court is out of control, and if Durban, Schumer, and Biden don’t get together and do something about it now, there may not be another chance… And, Matt Gaetz confirms to America that the US Economy is 'Our Hostage'. Plus - Thom reads from his book 'Screwed: The Undeclared War on the Middle Class'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

There is a solution and we need your help. Do it for the planet, for your children and grandchildren, and to prevent Putin and MBS from teaming up with the GOP again to screw Democrats in 2024… Debt ceiling talks: Biden Vs the GOP vision. Book banning in Florida continues on.  Republicans are the “groomers” and they are grooming this country for hate and racism… Speaking of hate..Cr...

Our country has been poisoned, and if we don’t remove the poison and start using the antidote, America may soon be completely unrecognizable as a “free” nation: tag, you’re it! Also Florida: Will people move or vote them out? Is it time for Democrats to force Republican lawmakers to look at the pictures their policies have created? Dean Obeidallah - Is the GOP banning TikTok because youn...

As inequality grows, many of our fellow Americans call a tent pitched on a city street their home. What should our response to this be? Also- Alex Lawson of Social Security works joins Thom to discuss the Republican attempt to hold our economy hostage- again. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How far will Republicans go in keeping American women from making choices about their own bodies? And how does a law from 1873 help G.O.P. activists push their agenda? Plus- Thom reads from his book 'The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming our Democracy from the Ruling Class'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priva...