The Hartmann Report

Mr. Perdue, as he ends a lackluster campaign in the Republican primary for governor, accused Ms. Abrams of “demeaning her own race” in describing the state’s problems. Why now let his ugly racist quiet parts come out into the open? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Harvard epidemiologist Dr. Feigl-Ding joins Thom- will the elite move past Covid while the harm it does still haunts the less privileged? And how seriously should we be taking the threat of Monkeypox? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we’ve now had 42 years of the so-called Reagan Revolution: It’s time to say out loud that it hasn’t worked In a "Gun Society" should the police go in sooner to protect our children, rather than wait one hour for the tactical team? The Qanon Wing of the Republican Party is causing death & destruction - How do we fight back against their cons...

We’ve been at this point over and over again in America: will this be the one that punches through the wall of money the NRA and the weapons industry it fronts for wraps around Republicans?  Here is the GOP's sick and twisted excuse for gun shootings that you will hear at Fox-so-called News... Death Cult Alert - Laura Ingraham agrees w/ her guest that parents are responsible for slaughtered s...

Today’s GOP, under Trumpism, is as real a threat to the survival of our republic as was the 1860's Confederacy and reflects a worldview grounded in the white supremacy of the American south. How should we be responding? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

After all, doesn’t their wealth prove their brilliance? And doesn’t brilliance at busting unions and destroying competitors translate into the right stuff for guiding the fate of nations? This is not a political party – This is a Cult! Nearly 70% of Republicans say IMPEACH BIDEN after the midterms. Interview: Physicist and co-author of Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Susta...

Students and teachers told U.S. House members during a Thursday hearing that their right to talk about race and LGBTQ+ issues in public schools is being silenced due to an onslaught of new state laws as well as pressure on school boards from right-wing advocates. New poll shows Americans back Roe - Will this help in November? Could another recession cause us to rethink returning to...

Republicans believe that Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán has figured out the “secret sauce” to turn a republic into a hard-right oligarchy, and today they’re in Budapest drinking deep from his insights on the fine points of destroying democracy.   US Rep. Mark Pocan joins Thom for a national Progressive Town Hall and score card on recent primary elections. Shocker! Tyson Foods...

The GOP hates on young parents & babies just to make Dems look bad & they're fine with terrorism...Are Republicans starting to see through the perpetual election lies & extremism? Crazy Alert! DeSantis' press secretary ‘duped’ by fake story about ‘homophobic dog’ on International Day Against Homophobia. Host of the "Mueller, She Wrote Podcast" and Navy vet Allison Gill explains ho...

The poison that is racism has never made a nation better. Every time it has been used for profit or power. The white supremacy industry in America with a healthy fundraising and publishing arm stood right beside the Buffalo terrorist giving him talking points and a twisted history to justify his rage. Professor Richard Wolff examines if inflation leads directly to authoritarianism. Presi...

Dem voters flip off party leaders and their big donors. Pennsylvania and Oregon election results show voters rejecting the demands of oligarchs and corporate Dems. Is the GOP focusing most of their efforts to put Trump in position to steal the 2024 Election? Also author and co-founder of the media collaborative Study Hall, P.E. Moskowitz asks: Is the antidepressant industry about to hit a rec...

Congress holds first UFO hearing in half a century with the Pentagon task force at US House Intelligence subcommittee. Also is coronavirus going to be like a bad common cold we live with or like Malaria in Central Africa?  Geeky Science: Is Long Haul Covid caused by coronavirus "Ghosts" in the gut? Also, on this day in history segregationist George Wallace won the Michigan Demo...

Even when a shooter acts alone, their ideology is often shared. The myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ shooter. Republican Caucus chairwoman Elise Stefanik’s and many other Republicans pushed 'Replacement Theory' that inspired the Buffalo shooter.  Why democracy's relentless enemies always try to destroy trust first. The crisis with the Supreme Court; the racist mass shooter in Buffalo; Republ...

Republicans rule from the minority in some states because they've rigged the system. Dave Daley from FairVote.org joins Thom with the details. Also- why do right-wingers tend to become petty tyrants when they gain power- and then take away women's bodily autonomy? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Former fundamentalist Frank Schaeffer explains how the radical right hijacked religion and become the biggest threat to individual rights & democracy. Senior Fellow at FairVote, David Daley writing for the Boston Globe writes the thought provoking article "Your Vote Won't Help restore abortion rights" WHAT!? How Republican led efforts to disenfranchise voters, gerrymander voting districts...

Republicans not only cling to minority rule, they now want to impose a neofascist government in America. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse comments on the future of Roe & the Supreme Court. National Affairs Correspondent from The Nation Magazine, John Nichols reports that operatives Manafort and Davis efforts on Putin’s decades long influence on GOP. Also Thom Hartmann staffer and author, J...

To stop our climate-change-driven suicide, Congress must stop allowing oil exports, end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, and promote clean American energy. A simple question for Justice Clarence Thomas: Why are you such a hater? Senior Campaign Specialist for 350 dot org, Clayton Thomas-Muller joins Thom to discuss Witigo: A Battle Against the Winter Spirit. Also are the oceans dev...

It’s time to establish an ethics standard for the Court, as well as passing a law that legalizes abortion nationwide that can’t be struck down by 5 handpicked religious fanatics. Republicans are whining that Biden could help inflation. Professor Richard Wolff explains why. Crazy Alert! Trump kept asking if China was shooting us with a ‘hurricane gun.' How are the murders, bombi...

Because he has not been held to account, Trumpism has spread across the US landscape like metastasized cancer, with GOP politicians who aspire to corrupt strongman status emulating him in every state. The real truth of why DeSantis wants communism lessons taught in schools. Another MAGA clerk is busted for breaking voting machines. Also is the housing bubble 2.0 underway? See Privac...

America is no longer all-white or all-under-white-control and white supremacists on the Supreme Court are bound and determined to do something about it. Should Rupert Murdoch’s & Tucker Carlson's assets be frozen for Russian propaganda? Russians had infiltrated the GOP as early as 2008 and Mark Esper outlines Trump's most 'outlandish' plans to abandon South Korea, Poland and all...

"We want to elect MPs in a majority of constituencies to stop Emmanuel Macron from pursuing his unjust and brutal policies and beat the far-right." Less than two weeks after France's neoliberal president, Emmanuel Macron, defeated the far-right's Marine Le Pen to win a second five-year term, the country's four major left parties have agreed in principle to form an electoral coalition that aim...

The mainstream media never calls Republicans what they are- reactionaries who want to take us backwards. What does the uproar over Madison Cawthorn say about the soul of the Republican Party? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Predatory industries making millions by helping billionaires squeeze pennies out of working class people are a tragic indicator of our having reached what I call “the cancer stage of capitalism.”  Louisiana wants to be the first state to send women to prison for murder. Senate Republicans make it plain: A federal abortion ban is in the offing. Texas GOP Governor considers chall...

It’s time to discuss religion, because it’s no longer just knocking on our door. Sam Alito shoved it in the house with a no-knock warrant along with stun grenades that threaten to catch the place on fire!.. Plus - What happened to the principle of bodily autonomy? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How do things stand today in the ongoing battles in the House and Senate? Progressive Congressmen Mark Pocan and Ro Khanna catch us up as they answer listener questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .