The Hartmann Report

In these days of dark news from the rise of militarism to a new wave of Covid, there are green shoots: neoliberalism is finally being replaced by social democracy around the world & in America. Is Fox News In the "Schotastic Terrorism" Business Now? There's an article on Daily Kos I want to talk about titled - You Will get Omicron. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

The West Virginia senator just appeared to kill the Democrats' agenda. Now what? Also in private negotiations, Joe Manchin told colleagues that parents would use the child tax credit money on drugs and other cringe worthy comments. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As frustration grows over the continued delay of Biden's Build Back Better Bill, California Representative Ro Khanna joins Thom for a national progressive town hall meeting with listener calls. 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 embraced the oligarchic strong-man police-state & the Democratic Party is returning to its progressive & populist roots -- we face a moment of great danger & one of great opportunity. The question is whether the forces arrayed against such change, from corporate media (and social media) to packed courts to cranky billionaires, can be overcome. See Privacy Policy at htt...

Why are Democrats blocking legislation that most Americans want? Is the billionaire Koch Machine behind it? And Thom checks in with Joe Madison as his hunger strike continues for the voting right bill. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As the new variant spreads at least twice as fast as Delta, Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding warns of the coming wave of cases. Also- are we living through an unprecedented wave of anxiety and depression? Lynn Parramore shares her research into a 'second pandemic' of mental health disorder. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

Progressive congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom- will "Build Back Better" pass before Christmas? What else is on the Progressive legislative agenda? Is any of it likely to pass? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Jan 6th conspiracy Is clearer - It was a coup attempt & treason. And, oh, the hypocrisy of Fox-So-Called-News, who were claiming it was Antifa as they were messaging Trump & Meadows to call the insurrectionists off... And, also - Isn't it the ultimate hypocrisy for Mark Meadows to grift on treason & so quickly!? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Why doesn't the Meadows memo make the front page of newspapers or top TV or web headlines in America?  What do you do when the insurrectionists believe their version of America is under threat? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Alarm sets in as DeSantis moves to form his own militia. He already has a national guard but they are overseen by the Pentagon. He wants to oversee his own military. What could go wrong? What happens when other red states do the same? We now know how a civil war begins. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

California Representative Ro Khanna joins Thom to answer listener questions in a Progressive Town Hall.  As momentum increases for passage of the Build Back Better bill callers debate Ukraine, defense spending, climate change, DACA and the newest predatory maneuvers for Medicare Advantage with the Direct Contracting Entities, DCE snare. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Politics in the United States have become an increasingly polarized affair for decades, driven largely by the right moving further to the right. Now, some researchers say the partisan rift in the United States has become so extreme that the country may be at a point of no return. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-...

Could the Feds "accidentally" trigger a recession just in time for the 2022 election? Richard Wolff warns that our economy is in "serious trouble." Elon Musk calls for Senate not to pass Build Back Better. Social Security Works' Troy Miller joins Thom to discuss what Joe Manchin may, or may not, do in WV when it comes to drug prices and how progressives can reach across the aisle to force Man...

In the face of Omicron- which has increased Covid case numbers 1000% in two weeks in South Africa, epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding weighs what we know and what we still don't know about the risks. Also- Crazy Alert! Some anti-vaxxers think nurses are deadly witches...really!? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m...

What is Madison Cawthorn's challenge? Why are some MAGA women calling moms to raise their sons as 'monsters'? And as divisions deepen between right and left, do Republicans need to get out of the country for a while to broaden their perspective? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

For Americans, freedom is not only a sacred right and duty- it’s also the ultimate political marketing tool…and it’s past time for Democrats to take it back and claim it as their own! And Erika Feresten of Health Care for All in Los Angeles joins Thom- Is it possible California could become an American model for universal health care? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...

The Far Right Has Gone From Vaccine Denial to Democracy Denial - Will America Survive Their Right Wing Assault? Michael Flyn is Plotting a Violent Right-Wing Christian/QAnon Takeover of America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

On the day the US Supreme Court hears Mississippi pleadings to end abortion rights in America, Wisconsin representative Mark Pocan answers listener questions in a National Progressive Town Hall meeting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Let the Trumpies and Maskholes argue it out on social media and in their chat rooms, but keep them the hell out of our stores, bars, restaurants and theaters. Enough is enough!  Lori Wallach - Global Protesters Demand TRIPS Waiver. Is the Santa Shortage Part of the "War On Christmas?" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priva...

Next summer it is safe to assume that women will lose abortion rights in at last half of American states. If the personhood advocates in the GOP have their way, that could soon expand to birth control pills and extend across the entire nation. Once the GOP is done with birth control pills they're coming for gay marriage & ultimately, civil rights laws themselves including, like in Hungary, the...

Why Is the new Chancellor in Germany being called Center Left - When he is left of Bernie Sanders? Democracy has a big problem and it isn't in Congress... it is in YOUR state capitol. Lawyer, writer, and former elected official, David Pepper joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the rigged systems that the rich and the GOP are creating in state capitols. See Privacy Policy at https://art19...

The last thing that should happen in America is that a political party would choose to use racial or religious hatred as a primary tool to win elections, inching America ever closer to more bloodshed. If Omicron prevails, how will you handle another lock down? Sirius XM radio host Dean Obeidallah outlines his latest article: The GOP's long embrace of anti-Muslim hate. See Privacy Policy at ht...

We once celebrated those who pushed back against greed, from Dickens’ Christmas Carol to the Grinch: we must condemn greed and again celebrate community, love & selflessness. Should the Unvaccinated Be Last In Line for Covid Necessitated Transplants? The Director of Project Censored,  Mickey Huff, joins Thom to talk about Project Censored and one of their award articles - A Secr...

The “Medicare Advantage” Plan to Kill Real Medicare. If they can move more than half of Americans off traditional Medicare and onto these corporate plans, it’ll provide the political cover to kill off Medicare altogether — and they’re nearly there now.  Everything the Press Said About the Economy Was Wrong. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

Investigative journalist Lamar Waldron continues his revelatory deep dive into the death of JFK on the 58th anniversary of the assassination. Lamar gives his review of what the Oliver Stone movie got right and what was left out. Also why RFK had reasons to hide information from the Warren Commission for the sake of avoiding war. The astonishing continued CIA attempts to murder Castr...