The Hartmann Report

Mad Men Alert! The GOP has a YUGE issue - A place to smoke cigars in Congress. Looks like Dems are finally coming for Jared Kushner and his shady firm. Geeky Science! Scientists discover plants have their own form of phyto-intelligence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thom returns to broadcasting from home while recovering from his first bout with Covid-19! Plus the Surgeon General says there should be warning labels on social media. Why don't we simply demand that they publish their algorithms? And are mask bans coming? Thom reads from his book The Hidden History of Healthcare. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...

Trump’s Legacy and the Weaponization of Lies in the 2024 Election See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jeff Smith asks- who do we need to express gratitude towards? Who should we thank for protecting women's rights, worker's rights, and fighting for democracy? What noble lustre stands waiting in the slips?! Plus- Thom reads from 'Us Versus Them: The Failure of Globalism'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will Russian bots put Biden out office with an ever more extreme flood of propaganda? Substitute Teacher Jeff Smith shares deep thoughts and predictions with his dad and Thom's brilliant callers. Plus - Thom reads from "Cyberwar - How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President" by Kathleen Hall Jamieson. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast explores strategies of how fascism may be defeated with the failure of the GOP to police themselves. Jeff's father, retired prosecutor Joe Smith returns with the popular "News With My Dad" notable shout-outs and a straw-in-the-wind think piece.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

There’s way too much celebrating around the unanimous SCOTUS decision yesterday which the New York Times characterized with the headline, “Supreme Court Maintains Broad Access to Abortion pill.” It didn’t… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In for Thom Today...Jefferson Smith, Host-Democracy Nerd Podcast. Violent crime is down and the US murder rate is plunging, FBI statistics show. Hunter Biden's plea deal collapsed. What happens now? Guest Interview: Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy. Topic: Why should Americans have to pay a 3rd party to figure out how much income tax...

So, really, Musk and Bezos are just echoing a thought virus that has infected much of humanity since the early days of evangelical religion and warfare… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Journalist based in Marseilles, France, Cole Stangler explains the significance of France's Snap Elections. Samuel Alito’s Wife, Martha-Ann, goes full MAGA in secret recording. Can other Democrats step in and help our SCOTUS corruption crisis? Senators won’t act on SCOTUS corruption, so other Democrats are leaning forward to help. Plus Republicans’ Trickle-Down Revival: Bold Mo...

No matter how hard Republicans try to reinvent the Founders & Framers in the image of their libertarian billionaire patrons, the reality is that America was history’s first great liberal experiment... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why is Hunter Biden practically the only person ever convicted under a rarely used statute? Will fake AI Trump supporters push the GOP to a win in November? And, how can Trump even have a chance after he's done so many criminal and immoral things right out in the open? Plus- Thom reads from 'Diginity in a Digital Age' by Ro Khanna. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

Are Americans catching on and increasingly rejecting horses, sparrows, and politicians who try to sell them on more trickle-down tax cuts for the rich? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

An element of the right is drawing up a list of "domestic enemies" which ought to be eliminated. Washington Babylon's Ken Silverstein joins Thom with details of some of the plans he's heard the extreme right wing dream up. Plus - America is under assault by a cancerous mind-virus the founders warned us against. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:...

The bottom line is that we — as a nation, voluntarily or involuntarily — have now had the full Republican experience. Which is why we’re no longer listening to the Republican politicians’ BS… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Cynthia Carmina Gomez wants us to stop arguing about the song on the radio as we hurtle towards the cliff. Can we come up with creative solutions to the really big problems? Jeff Smith thinks deeply about the deep leadership of Joe Biden. Will pro-democracy forces unite to keep oligarchy and fascism from fully seizing power? Plus - Thom reads from "The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation o...

Our favorite substitute teacher, thinker and talk show host Jeff Smith fills in for Thom. What are the ingredients in the recipe for genuine people-powered Democracy in America? Plus- Thom read from "Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood" by Colin Woodard. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

Imagine if we were fighting to expand Social Security and Medicare- instead of letting Republicans chip away at it? Could the media change the debate? And meanwhile, why is CEO pay ballooning year after year? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

An all Republican court gives Trump a delay past the election in the Georgia case where he demanded, threatening prison, that the Secretary of State give him over 11,000 votes. This is as bad as it gets. Ukraine Update with Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast Phil Ittner. An all-Republican court gives Trump a delay past the election in the Georgia case wh...

We are the last barrier to America being overwhelmed by this fascist tide. You, me, and average people like us. Nobody else is coming to our nation’s rescue. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

ProPublica has discovered that many of the witnesses in Trump's legal cases have been rewarded with jobs, cash, and plumb positions. Can justice ever be served for Donald the Don? Plus- Thom reads from "Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump" by Spencer Ackerman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

This fall may well be the first big national test of this “new internet,” and, like the Internet Research Agency’s interventions in 2016, could well lead to disaster... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Will the forces that want Trump 2.0, like OPEC and rich people get what they want? Will 34 felony convictions even make a difference in the minds of Trump supporters or will propaganda and the price of gas deliver the win? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Religious evangelism can be a deadly thought virus. It explicitly posits that, “There is only one right way to live and we know what it is” along with, “There is only one true God." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Florida is paying teachers to mis-learn the truth of America's religious-agnostic foundation. Will ignorance be the basis of a Trump-led pseudo-Christian authoritarian state? Or will freedom reign? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .