The Hartmann Report

Lisa Graves, the executive director of True North Research and president of the board of the Center for Media and Democracy explains why Trump is getting away with his paramilitary raids? Plus - what’s up with the confiscated Georgia election ballots? ICE doesn’t need their masks; they are safer than school children. Guess who is not safe, though? Grandmothers! Also why does a lie that has never been proven, never worked, and never been real still hold the power to undermine an entire democracy? Plus journalist John Parker reports from Minnesota.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The people running today’s ICE hunt clubs may feel untouchable now. After all, people like them always do. But history keeps receipts and is utterly merciless with those who choose to hunt human beings. So did the American South after Reconstruction, when “posses” and “night riders” were praised as patriots until, in the 1950s and 1960s, we finally admitted to ourselves what they really were and did something about it.  Georgia Judge Sounds the Alarm Over FBI's Raid. Trump Throws Childish Tantrum at Canada. Racist Alert! Laura Loomer is very upset at “Illegal aliens and Latin “hookers” twerking at the SuperBowl" and "This isn’t White enough for me." How can we push back on the normalization of racism?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have Human Hunt Clubs Come to America, This Time Wearing Badges and Body Armor?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our authoritarian president is weaponizing the federal government to try to silence political expression once again- this time the target is daytime TV. The fascist push continues...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The NFL Is “Socialist” on Purpose, and It Exposes Why Unregulated Economies Always Collapse...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Crazy Alert! This is the, Christian “All-American Halftime Show,” with Kid Rock. Ever heard of “Cool, Daddy, Cool?” Why are Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the process of killing 9 million people? Phil Ittner - Ukraine Briefing. Geeky Science: Want to reduce your chance of cancer by about half? Also John Parker of Minnesota's Progressive AM 950 Radio reports from Minneapolis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump killed the voice of America, our message to Europe, and is replacing it with right wing think tanks in Europe. The Trump administration has warned that Europe faces "civilisational erasure" and questioned whether certain nations can remain reliable allies, in a new strategy document that puts a particular focus on the continent. Plus Incompetence Alert! RFK Jr claims KETO diets can cure schizophrenia. The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Surprise Surprise?! TrumpRX is a fake. Read the fine print. Alarm as Trump's FBI called a "horrifying" meeting of state election officials. America is stronger when we recognize each other as fully human. The moment we let that slip, we all lose something precious. Also John Parker of Minnesota's Progressive AM 950 Radio reports from Minneapolis. Plus Robert Greenwald reports on Gaza: Journalists Under Fire. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This wasn’t a joke or a mistake but a warning about how racism, silence, and abuse of power are eating away at democracy…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Conservative Joe Walsh joins Thom to dissect the fascist project that the Republican party has become. This is not your father's political party. Plus a National Progressive Town Hall with US Rep. Mark Pocan. joins Thom to dissect the fascist project that the Republican party has become. This is not your father's political party. Plus A National Progressive Town Hall with US Rep. Mark Pocan.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A historical warning about how presidents escape, aides go to prison, and “just following orders” has never saved anyone...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Investigative Reporter at 'Bette Dangerous' and Substack, Byline Times, Heidi Siegmund Cuda explains the ‘separatist’ movements as part of Russian-funded active measures to weaken and overthrow democracies, giving cover for imperialist invasions. Trump is to Alberta as Putin is to Donbas. All the talk about separatists is just a cover for invasion. The imperialist idea that Ukraine is not a real country but merely Russia’s “backyard” is mirrored in the American imperialist theme that Canada is not a real country but is only a dependency of the United States.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ICE’s nationwide detention system continues to expand under plans that would double its size while shielding it from meaningful accountability…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As more and more damning details emerge from the Epstein files, Trump's strategy to undermine our democratic elections- by means legal and illegal- are ramping up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is Trump Rebuilding the Confederacy — Starting With the Slave Patrols?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A closer look at the Epstein docs and the people - including Trumps nominee for Fed Chair - is mind-boggling. Are millions to complacent on the upcoming election plot? Mystery Alert. Explosive whistleblower claim against Tulsi Gabbard ‘locked in safe’ by Trump - Why? Earthquake! Democrat Flips Deep-Red Texas State Senate Seat by 17 points. Pathetic Alert! Why is Trump really closing the Kennedy Center? Hint: He failed.  Also John Parker of Minnesota's Progressive AM 950 Radio reports from Minneapolis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Manchurian Billionaire: How Trump’s Rise Mirrors Every Classic Intelligence Takeover...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The MAGA movement plans to disenfranchise married women from their right to vote as the midterm elections approach. Voter suppression is the specialty of the GOP's manipulation of politics as part of a decades-long plot to prevent the will of the majority. Plus DJT attempts to game the system to take more of the tax-payers money as his tax fraud has been publicly exposed. For the Book Club, Thom reads from The Fight to Vote by Brennan Center president Michael Waldman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are mining billionaires behind Trump's obsession with Greenland? Should Europe pursue "Anti-oligarchic Protectionism" to fight the likes of Trump and Putin and defend democracy?Plus- Phil Ittner with the latest from frozen Ukraine.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Don Lemon arrested for being a journalist after Trump demands he be arrested - this is meant to intimidate the press. Will it work? And Christopher Armitage is here reporting from Minneapolis on the siege...What's Tom Holman up to? Plus Greg Palast Explains the Real Story of Why the FBI Raided Georgia.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How war language is being used to collapse the distance between immigration enforcement, political retaliation, and the criminalization of dissent…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Attorney, author and podcaster Dean Obeidallah joins the program to explain why Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem need to be prosecuted. Firing is meaningless—at least if you want to stop the reign of terror being waged by ICE, CBP and DHS agents. The only way to do that is to charge Bovino, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem with crimes for violating Minnesota state law. Plus, of course, the agents who murdered Renee Good earlier in January and Alex Pretti must be prosecuted as well.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Under Trump, tax giveaways to the wealthy and soaring debt replaced economic stability and sacrificing the nation’s future for short-term political gain…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author, Pastor, Activist, Storyteller of "Stuff That Needs to be Said" John Pavlovitz explains to America -that now we are all Minneapolis. Something extremely evil is happening right now in Texas - how will future generations look at Trump’s concentration camps? Also John Parker of Minnesota's Progressive AM 950 Radio reports from Minneapolis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Most Dangerous Moment Is When Authoritarians Seem to CompromiseSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ICE officers are venting their rage on protesters because fundamentally they don't want a nurturing society- they'd rather live in a society where violence enforces hierarchy with a strong father calling the shots at the top.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Once Again, Under the Shadow of Authoritarian Power, Americans Must Decide What Kind of Nation We Will BecomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Talk about fascism- ICE is making a list of anyone who films them- “We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”. Plus - Dr Trina Parsi on the scale and complexity of the mass murder of protesters hidden behind the blackout in Iran. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is the Most Powerful Message in America Now "Obey or Die"?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Even as the ICE thugs roil the nation, Republicans never rest on their efforts to undermine Social Security and Medicare despite the massive popularity of those programs. Alex Lawson of Social Security Works joins Thom for a behind-the-scenes update.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As ICE's deadly fascist theater continues in Minnesota, how could seven Democrats cross party lines to vote in favor of massively funding ICE with no restrictions on their lawless behavior?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Police State is now here - Trump’s boys can now enter your home without a warrant - and - shocking new leak shows DHS considers Americans the nations “main threat.” If you have a ring doorbell, are you now an agent of ICE? Phil Ittner reports from Kiev Ukraine.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump and Republicans: People of the LieSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Reporter and popular substack author Heidi Siegmund Cuda joins Thom for a deep dive on the gangster capitalism Trump is helping Putin to create. Plus - Canada prepares contingencies to fight a guerrilla war against invading American armies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How a fake “Board of Peace,” billion-dollar tribute payments, and hereditary succession could replace the United Nations with a Trump dynasty…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump is berating leaders of allied nations in Davos with false talking points and absurd bluster. How will Europe respond to the Don's self-enriching power plays and attacks on the rule of law? Have they had enough of his crap?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: “Everything America once stood for.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Podcaster and former GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh - Isn’t it time for the 25th amendment or Impeachment? Shouldn’t the GOP lead this since they have helped a deranged, lunatic dictator Trump destroy the world? John Parker of Minnesota's Progressive AM 950 Radio reports from Minneapolis. Also How the Language of Morality Became a Cover for Fear and Power.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fear of Trump's wrath silences them more effectively than their conservative ideology ever unified them...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Weekly columnist, 25 year Chicago trial lawyer, and creator of "The Haake Take" Sabrina Haake explains why ICE goons are not immune from criminal prosecution under state laws. Also is there any doubt Trump has declared war on Minnesota? The Pentagon is preparing the infantry to be sent there & Stephen Miller has ordered the MN authorities to “stand down and deliver.” Trump has declared war with Europe, too, with Tariffs, and they are retaliating. Plus honoring Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

 Oligarchies either collapse or they become tyrannies. There's no third option. Thus, the only real question now is whether enough of us will recognize what's happening while there's still time to stop it. Republics like ours die, like Russia and Hungary did.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Progressive Town Hall with US Rep. Ro Khanna. The Congressman breaks down what's next for the Epstein files, Iran and Venezuela. Also, Ro Khanna sheds some light on the unrest in Minneapolis. Also, guess who got the first $250 million from the oil Trump stole from Venezuela? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Republicans even before Trump have said that voting by mail would cost them every election, and they are working very hard on that assumption to stop you from voting by mail this November. Plus Crazy Alert! Man trains crows to attack MAGA hats. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US press is confused. Nothing new there. They are confused about the Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez. Greg Palast’s CHILLING Venezuela Prediction Will STUN Egomaniac Trump. The Minneapolis battlefield continues...infant needs CPR after feds flash banged the family van with 6 kids inside. Big Baby Trump Steals a Nobel Like a Toddler Grabbing a Trophy. Plus Ukraine update with Phil Ittner.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For working families, recessions mean job loss and debt; for billionaires, they mean discounted assets and record wealth gains…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Don's Gestapo has been given orders meant to instigate a violent response. The gangster in the White House needs any excuse to become a dictator via the Insurrection Act and ultimately disrupt the midterm elections.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why the largest-ever ICE operation isn’t just about immigration, but about who gets to walk freely in America’s cities and who pays with their lives…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Even as Trump floods blue states with murderous thugs, he's bringing in immigrants to work at his winery and golf courses. Why is America not outraged that we have a criminal in the White House who delights in the violence of raw partisan power?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How ICE moved from enforcing immigration law to deciding which people belong in America and which people do not…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thom is joined by the Executive Director the National Iranian American Council, Jamal Abdi for insights into the protests in Iran and the possibility of regime change. Plus the real reason why Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good to death. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.