The Hartmann Report

National Progressive Town-Hall Meeting with WI Representative Mark Pocan and listener calls. Also Economics Professor Richard Wolff explores strategies of the Federal Reserve and US Treasury to keep the country from defaulting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What started out as a pleasant view of Aunt Sally's summer vacation ends up with a bloody police officer on the floor of the US Capitol and a democracy in flames. We can expect the social media companies themselves, just like the tobacco companies, to do everything they can to fight the release or regulation of their “secret formulas.” Also, is it OK to follow Sinema into the bathroom to protest?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hungarian-Style Soft Fascism is the GOP’s Ruthless New Brand - The GOP believes to their core that by the end of 2024 they can do to America what Orbán did to Hungary, and therefore never face serious political opposition again: Will it work? This past weekend's Women's' March got little press attention in the US but stirred many emotional memories from today's callers on abortion.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why is it so rarely acknowledged in the media that the corruption of politics by poisonous big money is behind so much of the ongoing dysfunction? Americans are tired of both corporate and also political grift. Can the Democrats fight back when a handful on their side have sold out too? Or will fascist oligarchy ultimately replace democracy?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom to answer listener questions. How are Progressives fighting for Biden's Build Back Better agenda? Why do Republicans and some Democrats want to strip out funding for things like child care, Medicare expansion, and green infrastructure?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

General Jonathan Mitchell wrote the Texas Law restricting women's rights, and now wants to use similarly novel methods to outlaw same-sex marriage and even recriminalize sodomy. Journalist and radio host Michelangelo Signorile joins Thom on this new threat. Also Media Matters' Alicia Sadowski exposes the Fox-So-Called-News crazy covid cures & treatments.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is the Billionaire Sabotage of the Democrats Baked In? Charles Sauer - In the Build Back Better, Democrats Want to Offer Dental, Vision and Hearing to Seniors. Why Do Conservatives Oppose This? In which direction will the GOP move 2024 - Trump or Liz Cheney?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Debt Ceiling: Republican Suicide Bombers Threaten America - Will They Get Away With It?  Economics Professor Richard Wolff postulates on how the end of cheap money may affect the middle class? Journalist and Founder of Popular dot Info Judd Legum joins Thom to reveal Joe Manchin's vast wealth and the vast dangers of politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Angela Merkel Governed Germany to the Left of Bernie Sanders: Why Don't Americans Know? If Angela Merkel has governed Germany for 16 years as a “conservative,” there are probably a lot of Americans ready to adopt the label.  Why Doesn't Every American Know About the Trump Coup Memo?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The New “Businessman‘s Conspiracy” Authoritarian Plot Is Closer Than You Think. People are "Very Scared" in Florida Because they have a Fascist Leader. Sam Alito's Role in the Right Wing Coup?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom and answers listener questions. What will the Progressive Caucus in the House draw a hard line on? How likely is it that the current deadlock will end? Plus, many other listeners questions answered.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Will a perception of rising crime be used against Democrats in the midterms? Or will President Biden's party tackle root causes like poverty? At least Finland has declared an end to homelessness; Juha Kaakinen, CEO, Y-Foundation joins Thom to discuss the "Housing First" movement in Finland.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When will America break free from the clutches of the grifters? Perhaps the 2022 election will bring Democrats a large enough progressive majority that they can work around their own grifters -- or maybe it'll signal the death knell of the republic. Are 15,000 Haitian refugees at the TX border a GOP dirty trick?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse exposes the Kavanaugh scheme that captured the Supreme Court. What is being hidden from the American public? Were procedures ignored during Trump’s presidency, or was the procedure to ignore procedures? Just who is Evergrande and how much have they borrowed from US banks? Prof. Richard Wolff explains. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trickle-Down Authoritarianism Must Stop. The Health Insurance Biz Claims Another Victim. Blue States Show Listening to Scientists Works.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Professor Political Science, Portland State University & Author of the new book, The Last Imperialist, Dr. Bruce Gilley debates colonization and critical race theory. Dr Bruce Gilley thinks Critical Race Theory (CRT) is dangerous and close minded. He wants to restart colonialism. So should California then colonize Louisiana?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Americans deserve to know how we’ve been manipulated- and by whom for the past 40 years! Will the Democrats and our media begin to call the GOP out on Wanniski and Reagan’s Two-Santa-Claus scam? Also- will the GOP Death Cult end? Once boosters & children's vaccines are available will it be only Republicans that are dying?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 Columbia University professor Adam Tooze for a deep dive on his new book, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World Economy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why is Fox News forcing its employees to get vaccinated? Is COVID-19 a liberal hoax according to them? Thom Hartmann explains how the hypocrites at Fox have shown us how to get anti-vaxxers vaccinated. WI Progressive Representative Mark Pocan answers listener questions in a national town hall.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Given the recent California election experience, how long before the GOP starts talking about compassionate conservatism again? Why isn't the media talking about the real reason Gen. Milley had to go outside normal policies to prevent Trump from starting a nuclear war?  Dr. Michael Mann joins Thom to explain that climate change is coming on fast while Americans are working on it slowly. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

So Texas kids continue to sleep on office floors, get handcuffed to desks, and trafficked out of state while Abbott & his GOP buddies bask in the votes of “concerned” white evangelical voters. Plus Prof. Richard Wolff joins Thom to explain the debt ceiling and what will happen is the GOP forces the government to default.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ron DeSantis is blasted for cruelly denying hungry kids food - The GOP has been doing this since Rick Scott killed Charlene Dill.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author of the new book, "The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the Family" Professor Sophie Bjork-James is here with Thom for a forty minute deep-dive on the origin and nature of white evangelicalism- how did it come to take power and why does it's thinking align so strongly with 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.

It has been 50 years since the Attica Prison Rebellion, one of the most famous and bloodiest prison uprisings in America's history. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who refused to meet with the prisoners during the rebellion, stated that the prisoners "carried out the cold-blooded killings they had threatened from the outset." The deaths of only one of the officers and three of the inmates were actually attributed to the prisoners. New York Times writer Fred Ferretti said the rebellion concluded in "mass deaths that four days of taut negotiations had sought to avert."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Republicans are playing with fire here, but it’s not just around abortion rights. They’re also explicitly going after a wide variety of other rights that Americans have fought to maintain for centuries. If they achieve their endpoint, the direction they’re currently heading, they will ultimately see their own rights stripped away as well, leading to the end of our democratic republic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Editorial Director & Publisher of The Nation Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on 20 Years of Lies & Bloodshed with the 20th anniversary of 9/11.Radio host Dean Obeidallah joins the show to explain his essay, "On September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a White guy. On September 11, I woke up an Arab."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The GOP's Obsession with Power-At-All-Costs Will End Badly for Us All (Including Them).  The monster of fear, hate, and greed the right wingers have created – as it rises from the primordial mud and shakes itself into life – will eventually consume them. Also Professor Richard Wolff explores what people understand of neoliberalism? And where is it going?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With the hospitals overwhelmed, should the unvaccinated be the last in line to be treated? Should we blow up the filibuster and finally face up to the scams behind much of our health care system?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Genuine patriots work to heal a country, to bring out its best, to strengthen its social and political fabric and make a better nation and world for future generations. So who are these people set on tearing us apart while wrapping themselves in the flag?Also, author Elie Mystal of the Nation joins Thom- are Democrats responding too meekly to the right wing crazies?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

President of the Center for Health and Democracy, Wendell Potter joins Thom to explain that healthcare insurers work for the shareholders and not the patient. This year, the federal government ordered hospitals to begin publishing a prized secret: a complete list of the prices they negotiate with private insurers. Four hospital associations jointly sued the government to block it, and appealed when they lost. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Radioactive Waste Specialist from Beyond Nuclear, Kevin Kamps joins Thom for two unsettling new revelations. Why is 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste buried on a popular California beach? Plus - Are the Fukushima operators building an undersea tunnel to release treated water?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After calling for bloodshed during elections, many are wondering, why is Madison Cawthorn in congress instead of in jail? Congressman Mark Pocan shares his thoughts in a national progressive town hall meeting among listeners.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is There a Sense of Impending Doom In the Air?While some will give up and walk away from political activism, others realize the importance of doubling down on our activism. Outlawing abortion is more dangerous than the GOP wants you to think. Thom and Prof Richard Wolff explore the economics of women not having access to abortions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Republicans are proud of how they're intimidating women in Texas. But could this abortion ban & its vigilantism be the tipping point that activates women & allies to take down the GOP? Dr. Ben Strauss joins Thom on whether extreme weather is on the rise and are we seeing it on the east & west coasts with fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes etc. Greg Palast explains the real reason the lights went out in Louisiana.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump "Salted the Earth" Against Biden to Get Chaos, Revenge & Profit - Trump has so far avoided the final fate of Abimelech, who was taken out by a woman...or has he?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Epidemiologist & Health Economist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding explores what the next 5 covid years may look like? Hey Ron Death-Santis - How Many Covid Deaths Are Enough For You? Executive Director-Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Lori Wallach joins Thom on why vaccinating the world will save Americans too.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s probably beyond the power of human nature to prevent this from happening again, but we must not resign ourselves to another authoritarian movement now rising to power in America. Get active! Dr. Justin A. Frank joins Thom to ask are crackpot fake news sources destroying the minds of their believers?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Policy & Research Coordinator for the Movement for Black Lives, Dr. Amara Enyia joins Thom to discuss the new report detailing the persecution of activists and organizing have been facing since the George Floyd protests.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The weekend march in Washington in front of the Capitol is to support the right of voters. Over 40 states now have legislation in place to suppress voting by blacks and others, to destroy true democracy. Radio host Joe Madison joins Thom to discuss why the Republicans want to remove your right to vote? Because if everyone has a free vote, they will lose.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bush & Cheney have gotten away with lying us into two wars & wildly enriching their friends; meanwhile, more people are dead & the media won't even ask the right questions. Will we ever learn? Has the Press Been Too Critical of Biden's Afghan Pull-out or and was the Press negligent is not talking more of the Trump sabotage? The Taliban aren't the only ones trying to impose their will on women's bodies and choices. Radio host Dean Obeidallah joins Thom to discuss. Plus Geeky Science Fact - Does Overpopulation Create More Violence? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Debate! Julio Rivera VS Thom - What's the latest strategy, you right-wingers, are going to try to use to blame Trump's Surrender to the Taliban on Biden? How Can You Defend Trump's Give-Away of Afghanistan to the Taliban?  Greg Palast - Moire Judicial Monarchy - Courts Forcing States to Clean up Voter Rolls. What?! Also Lala Wu on National Women's Equality Day (100th anniversary of the 19th amendment).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have Americans Run Out of Empathy Due to Too Many Disasters? Could the “Monarchs” on the Supreme Court Tank Democracy? Get ready for the Supreme Court & a handful of GOPers to put Trump, DeSantis, Scott, Cotton or Hawley into the White House regardless of the 2024 election outcome - unless they are stopped now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval and is widely available across the US, it’s time to back it up with a vaccine passport.What red blooded, Nazi-arm-band-wearing, Confederate-flag-waving, capitol-invading, gun-toting, Trump-humping American patriot could possibly object?Crazy Alert - Where was Fox News when the GOP & Trump were hunting women?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump Brutally Represents an American Version of the Taliban - And now almost the entire Republican Party has chosen to go down the same Taliban-paved path with him. What could possibly go wrong? Why Are Republicans so bent out of shape about masks but not school shootings? Also why remedy to Haiti's crisis isn't happening. Jakob Johnston of the Center for Economic & Policy Research joins Thom to discuss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Endpoint for "White Replacement Theory Promoted on Conservative Media: Apartheid America. Welcome to the “great” America that Trump and his MAGA followers want us to become again: a racist, sexist, repressive and dangerous apartheid state.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump set up a disaster in Afghanistan and now the right wants to blame Biden for it. Here's why.  Also, economist Professor Richard Wolff explains why Republicans and "conservative" democrats are freaking out about the national debt, particularly the $3.5 infrastructure bill. What's the deficit, the debt, and why should we care or not care?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rightwing billionaires have robbed & pillaged America. Sadly, the future Rosenberrys and Stacks won't hear this listening to AM radio or Fox “News.” So we live in increasingly dangerous times...As the GOP continues to push against mask mandates, Texas hospitals may soon deny unvaccinated patients access to ICU beds. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jay Famiglietti of the Global Institute for Water Security has been studying what may be the greatest drought in history in the American west. Is it too late to make a difference? Dr Michael Mann is here with the latest data- why is Earth's climate shifting so much faster than predicted? Plus- Author Jimmy Tobias on the collapse of the wild population of red wolves.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Progressive Congressman Mark Pocan has introduced the Covid Relief Act- he joins Thom to share his plan to redirect one percent of the pentagon budget to vaccinating the poorest nations on earth.Also- the possibly criminal link between Florida's governor and the Covid cure his billionaire patron is heavily invested in. Also, epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding gives Thom a look at the latest science. Does the delta variant mean we'll never reach herd immunity?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.