The Hartmann Report

Trump is going, but why did he arise in the first place? What do Democrats need to learn from him? And how can we make a democracy that works for everyone? Indivisible's Megan Hatcher-Mays joins Thom on how Democrats need to represent Progressive positions which most Americans already agree with, and not allow Republican propaganda to dominate the conversation. Plus - this is what happens when you...

Conservative Republicans have done so much damage to this country over the past 40 years of neoliberal Reaganism. Step one is winning Georgia, and step two is pushing the new Biden administration to restore America with bold actions like the New Deal and the Great Society. As the monster leaves, the real work begins. The election was important, but restoring the American working class and rebuildi...

The GOP is no longer a legitimate political party: it’s a cult. It’s becoming increasingly clear to Americans that the Republican Party only stands for one thing: the privilege and power of wealthy white men. Over the last 40 years they have devised increasingly byzantine rules to prevent low income whites and people of color from voting and are now trying to outright throw out ballots in Detroit,...

What do all of the lawsuits and court claims by Donald Trump show about the man? A bully for the most part. Will Trump commit treason to make himself dictator or will we have a return to democracy by inauguration day? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Media and social media have separated Americans by our politics, and now many liberal and progressives are unaware of just how far right wing media is taking things. Howard Polskin founder of The Righting wants you to be aware of what the right wing is saying, and why people on the far right act how they do! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

The Republican party has abandoned the responsibility to take care of the American people in the face of the pandemic and economic crisis. How can we best stand up to their insanity? Are we already in a hostile transition or could Trump just maybe pull off becoming a dictator? If not, what is he really trying to do? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

The Fed has created money to prop up Wall Street. Congress appropriates money from the Treasury to help working class Americans. What's the difference between these two types of money and why won't the Fed intervene to help anybody other than banks and publicly traded companies? Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom to hash it out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

Does the idea of freedom pushed by the billionaires and their propaganda mean anything if you can't afford health care and a quality education? While the rich keep themselves safe, why are they really pushing everyone else to go out and risk their lives? Can we escape debt peonage and build a society that really benefits us all? Meanwhile billionaire freedom is literally killing hundreds of thousa...

America is figuring out that Donald Trump has spent his entire life as a criminal and a grifter. Some even suggest that the modern Republican Party has been reshaped in his image. But the simple truth is that, since the 1980s and the Reagan Revolution, the Republican Party has been one long racist grift that only serves the rich and the very rich. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...

Is Trump a modern day Herbert Hoover, doing nothing in the face of a crisis? Or was his attention focused on rigging the election by kneecapping the Post Office? Will Donald Trump be able to hang on to his fan club when he's no longer president, or will the Covid disaster be his legacy? Plus- dealing with people who don't believe Covid is real who catch Covid. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

Now that Trump has lost his bid for the presidency, Americans are looking at how to come together. However social media, particularly Facebook, could be a stumbling block in our way. The algorithms used to make the website so addicting, also have the effect of group polarization, could social media divide America further? Is your news feed filled with people who agree with you? People who sha...

How much damage will Trump do in his remaining weeks in office? What is he planning and why are so many top government officials visiting Israel, Saudi, and UAE right now? Author and activist Trita Parsi joins Thom- how is Trump trying to make it difficult for Biden to rejoin the Iran-nuclear deal and keep the bomb out of Iran? In the battle between autocracy and democracy around the world, can we...

Progressive leaders Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan share their views in a weekly national town hall meeting with Thom and his callers. Will we get Progressive representation in Biden's cabinet? How can Democrats stand up powerfully to McConnell's bullying in the Senate? But before we get there- what are the chances of a successful Trump coup, and what are Democrats doing to avert it? See Privacy Policy...

The Founders greatest fear, when it came to the president, was that a man would be installed in the office who was in debt to, or loyal to a foreign government. It’s why they put the Foreign Emoluments ban in the Constitution. Now, Trump is about to leave office with debts exceeding $1 billion, over $400 million of them personally guaranteed. So, what does he have or know that a foreign gover...

Should we accept Trump-Humpers into polite society? How many of Trump's voters are racist, and how should we be treating them? Is there any valid reason to have voted for Trump- or is there no redemption for those who are still working to dismantle our democracy? Is it even possible to reach the people who have been manipulated by the right wing media's fake sense of shared grievance? See Privacy...

Either he is dragging this out so he can raise money to line his own pockets, or he is coordinating with the billionaire donors who largely own a number of Republican state legislatures to steal the election. Or both. Trump has strong reasons to push both: he is hundreds of millions of dollars in debt, and the day he leaves the presidency several states will probably begin prosecuting him for nume...

Trump's hiding out scarfing hamburgers, but what's with his announcement to continue fundraising and holding rallies? Once Trump's crimes catch up to him, will his lawyers keep him out of jail? Or is he a flight risk? Also, Thom and his callers express their relief and joy at dodging Trump's fascist bullet! But how much damage could Donald still do in the next two months? Thom reads from "All Poli...

It was just 20 years ago that the IPCC- the intergovernmental climate change group- rolled out the concept of global weather tipping points. And a few years ago they warned we had about 10 years left to drastically reduce emissions. As natural disasters become more frequent, are we approaching that tipping point now? Dr. Ben Strauss joins Thom- he's been studying accurate new information from NASA...

After voters in California chose to exempt Uber and Lyft drivers from hard-won worker protections, Dr Richard Wolff wonders whether a Biden administration will champion the working person, or support the wealthy who the Democratic party still go to for money. Can Joe Biden overcome this contradiction? If the Democrats had spent a billion campaign dollars promoting the Green New Deal and expanding...

Dr Justin Frank, author and psychologist analyzes Donald Trump's behavior- is it his deep-seated hatred of reality that makes it impossible for Trump to take responsibility? Is this why he always blames other people? Plus.. who made 300 million robo calls on election day warning people to stay home and not vote?.. Also, Thom reviews what brought us up to this point and how Trump may be planning to...

Investigative reporter Greg Palast explains why the pollsters were right after all, when you consider the people whose votes were not counted. Meanwhile, are Republicans trying to get armed poll watchers into vote-counting facilities?.. Is it possible that some of the vote tallies were fudged?.. Did the Post Office slow down the mail in swing states?.. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...

If Democrats don’t get their media and intellectual infrastructure act together, the hard-right narrative being promoted by America’s most toxic media will continue to swing elections across the country. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Does this election prove that we need to make voting an affirmative legal right? How far have Republican voter purges and dirty tricks shifted the vote?  Ari Berman, senior reporter at Mother Jones, and author of "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America" shares news on a recent victory for Texas voters and more. Philanthropist and founder of Next Gen America- Tom...

The world is watching-- the Republican Party has spent the last 20 years pushing America in an openly fascistic direction.. will they triumph? Greg Palast joins Thom with three scenarios Trump could use to shoplift this election- constitutionally!.. Nikki Fried, Democrat from Florida shares her take on the vote in Florida and Republican tactics there... Plus- a listener reports on Trumpers attacki...

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff looks beyond the deceptive third quarter numbers, showing us that economy is much more fragile than the incumbent president would have us believe. Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how President Trump is faking an economic recovery to bolster himself up before the presidential election. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...