The Hartmann Report

By Thom Hartmann

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The Hartmann Report is an independent daily podcast hosted by award winning, author, radio & TV host Thom Hartmann. Thom’s podcast highlights the bigger picture behind politics, science and culture through discussion and debate. Catch Thom’s live show Monday through Friday noon ET / 9am PT- www.thomhartmann.com.

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THE GOP MOTTO: "ACCOUNTABIL...

03.27.2023

This is how democracies are transformed into fascism oligarchies. Political power, wealth, and impunity for me, Republicans say, but not for thee. Also how Cigna withheld millions for stockholders by having its doctors reject claims without reading them. And Senate ...

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03.27.2023 THE GOP MOTTO: "ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME" This is how democracies are transformed into fascism oligarchies. Political power, wealth, and impunity for me, Republicans say, but not for thee. Also how Cigna withheld millions for stockholders by having its doctors reject claims without reading them. And Senate ...
03.26.2023 WATER IS LIFE - A REVOLUTION OF VALUES Thom welcomes author and activist Kymone Freeman to present his new work of fiction that imagines a future where even water is controlled by fascist capitalists.
03.25.2023 WHAT IS UP WITH REPUBLICANS AND CRACKPOT SCIENCE? Supreme Court justices- could it have anything to do with abortion? Plus - Thom reads from 'Stolen Focus' by Johann Hari.
03.24.2023 NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE TOWN HALL Congressman Ro Khanna takes all callers on diverse subjects ranging from the likelihood of Trump's prosecution, congressional powers over criminal trials, laws that may affect your privacy, and renaming so-called "Medicare Advantage".
03.23.2023 IS THE GOP "WAR ON WOKE" TO KEEP RACIAL AND QUEER MINORITIES IN "THEIR" PLACE? The next two or three election cycles will determine our nation’s fate: a more widespread democracy or the Russian-style fascism promoted by Trump and DeSantis. Stay tuned and stay woke! Also Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner on the ground in ...
03.22.2023 IF WE DON'T TAKE ON BULLIES — PARTICULARLY FASCIST BULLIES — THEY NEVER STOP Bullying has now become the trademark behavior of the GOP, the result of Donald Trump’s entrance on the scene in 2015 when he successfully bullied and cowed every other GOP presidential candidate. And NEVER FORGET the Bush Cheney War Lies! ...
03.21.2023 BANKING, DEBT SLAVERY, AND ECONOMIC HITMEN Thom analyzes the fallout from the banking crisis- are we watching temporary instability, or the start of a much bigger set of problems? Could this be the end of the 'Everything Bubble'? Plus- Thom hangs out with John Perkins, author ...
03.20.2023 AMERICA HAS IGNORED GOP CRIMES TO SEIZE THE WHITE HOUSE LONG ENOUGH It is time to put this crooked president in prison. Plus new study shows how culture war propelled Trump's rise. Also how far will Trumpsters go to create chaos for Trump? Sunday was the 20th anniversary of the Bush air ...
03.19.2023 IS TUCKER CARLSON THE NEW NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN? In the 1940s, Republicans appeasing a fascist dictator were led in the media by an ambitious young man named Charles Lindbergh. Today’s GOP follows, and fears Tucker Carlson. Could World War III possibly start thanks to Tucker Carlson? Even Conservative ...
03.18.2023 TOP 20 LETHAL GOP POLICIES FROM THE SO-CALLED "PARTY OF LIFE" Because they oppose the right to terminate a pregnancy, Republicans claim to be the Party of Life. In fact, they’re the Party of Death. The GOP needs a new slogan. Is there any area where Republicans will put the interests ...
03.17.2023 HOW THE GOP WEAPONIZED HATE Hate is the GOP’s main political weapon. Can Americans stop the hate before it reaches its logical conclusion and the GOP pushes the final solution? Plus, Mehdi Hasan has the recipe to win every argument and turn your conservative friends ...
03.16.2023 LIBERTARIAN UTOPIA ISN'T REAL Today- fascinating insights into the reason we can't just de-regulate everything. Morris Pearl from the Patriotic Millionaires joins Thom, as does libertarian economist Charles Sauer for a fascinating discussion. What really was the cause of the recent spate of bank ...
03.15.2023 GIVE BIRTH OR DIE? Abortion could become a death penalty offense if the GOP gets their way. 21 South Carolina lawmakers are proposing a bill that would make abortion a death penalty offense in their state. Thom speaks with Shaunna Thomas, Co-founder and Executive ...
03.14.2023 FIGHTING FOR THE EARTH Have the recent spate of toxic train spills been the result of lax regulations championed by Trump? Also - can planting trees make a real impact on the climate crisis?
03.13.2023 ACCESSING HEALTH Kathryn Lewandowsky from Whole Washington and Monifa Bandele from Mom's Rising join Tom for a critical discussion on access to healthcare in America.
03.12.2023 MIND BLOWING BRAIN FACTS The cosmic brain guy is back! With political division and tension sky-high across the country, how can we access a healthy mind?
03.11.2023 STRAINING OUR EMPATHY How can we keep our empathy for all of our fellow Americans going in the face of relentless conservative shenanigans? Plus - photo journalist Nate Goudy shares his first-hand observations of what really happened on January 6th when the capitol ...
03.10.2023 WHO SECRETLY HATES DONALD TRUMP? Media studies professor Nolan Higdon joins guest-host Jefferson Smith to percolate on what we've learned about the lies of Fox News.
03.09.2023 BUILDING BENEVOLENCE Guest host Jefferson Smith leads a deep conversation on what Democrats and Progressives can do to make life better for us all. Plus - polling analyst Grace Adcox shares her insights into how Democratic priorities are seen by the majority ...
03.08.2023 IS DONALD TRUMP STILL RELEVANT TO "TRUE" CONSERVATIVES? In for Thom today, guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast asks, what do you want to get a fresh start on? Despite Republicans cooling on him, CPAC is still the Trump show. Dueling CPAC and Club for ...
03.07.2023 THE FINAL STAGE OF REAGANISM America's shrunken middle class is at the mercy of powerfully wealthy corporations and billionaires, while wages and working conditions worsen. Can we turn the tide against Reagan's policies that have brought us to this point?
03.06.2023 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EVERYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, STRAIGHT, AND MALE IF WE DON'T SPEAK OUT? Fascists always start by declaring themselves the victims of others. Victimhood is essential to the fascist worldview; it’s at its core. Also, how the Murdaugh trial shows off privilege in America. Pregnant refugee women are on the run in the ...
03.05.2023 THE MASTERS OF THE WHIP RISE AGAIN? Are right-wingers like Marjorie Taylor Greene trying to bring about a conflict that would put oligarchs and the very rich permanently in power in this country? Can real democracy survive their onslaught or will so-called conservatives finish the job the ...
03.04.2023 IS THE QANON CONSPIRACY WORSE THAN YOU KNOW? Politics reporter for The Daily Beast and host of The Fever Dreams podcast, Will Sommer joins Thom Hartmann to explain that QAnon is here to stay and it is far worse than you know. Also is the FBI working for ...
03.03.2023 WHO TEACHES US TO LOVE INEQUALITY? Historian Naomi Oreskes shares what she's discovered writing her book "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market" Plus - how much has corporate welfare been a part of Elon Musk's success?
03.02.2023 IN PRAISE OF INEFFICIENCY: SHOULD WE SERVE THE ECONOMY OR SHOULD IT SERVE US? It’s become a virtual religion among America’s CEO class: maximize efficiency no matter what it does to customers, communities, or employees - Inefficiency, it turns out, has considerable upsides. The wealthy with cushy desk jobs want YOU to work until ...
03.01.2023 CATCHING UP WITH POCAN Congressman Mark Pocan takes listener questions from across the country in a national Progressive town hall meeting. Plus- Thom reads from 'FLIPPED!- How Georgia Turned Purple.'
02.28.2023 DID GODLESS GAYS CAUSE THE UKRAINIAN WAR? IS PUTIN RIGHT? This is mother’s milk for Christo-fascist Republicans. Ukraine is the international equivalent of Comet Pizza in Washington, DC. Also, investigative journalist, author and filmmaker Greg Palast explains Putin's Mein Kampf. Is Russia celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the attack ...
02.27.2023 JESUS CHRIST COULD NEVER GET ELECTED AS A REPUBLICAN Conservative Christians can't afford more brand damage from the Republican Party.. And maybe if their bad works keep getting exposed they will realize that the answer isn't Jesus-washing; its substantive change. Plus - Why is America tolerating anti-Jewish hate right ...
02.26.2023 LOOKING FOR A PROGRESSIVE FOOTHOLD IN THE MEDIA Why does the Progressive left find it so hard to be represented in the media and truly challenge the powers that be in our country?
02.25.2023 ARE REPUBLICANS FACING A BRANDING CRISIS? The GOP’s deepest brand is white, straight, authoritarian, wealthy & religiously fundamentalist. Their vulnerability is that they can be recast as bigoted, homophobic, fascistic, greedy & hypocritical National Progressive Town Hall with Rep. Ro Khanna. Plus, Trump's white supremacist dinner ...
02.24.2023 SHELBY COUNTY VS HOLDER... TEN YEARS LATER National Redistricting Director of Common Cause, Kathay Feng joins Thom to discuss the dramatic changes after a decade without voting rights. Ten years ago, Shelby County v Holder ended important parts of the Voting Rights act.
02.23.2023 REPUBLICANS ARE JUST OBNOXIOUS Is being a dick turning off many Americans to Republican candidates? Author and former Republican speech writer David Frum thinks so... and Thom's listeners weigh in.
02.22.2023 DEATH IS THE NEW REPUBLICAN BADGE OF HONOR They’re enthusiastically letting people die: low income working people have to put off medical care or, like Charlene Dill, cut their medications in half to be able to buy food for their kids. Also, Marjorie Taylor Greene gets Sean Hannity ...
02.21.2023 IT IS COSTING US PEANUTS TO DEFEND UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY AND KICK PUTIN'S ASS Jimmy Carter reflects the best of America. Jimmy Carter was the finest president of my lifetime, perhaps one of the four best presidents in American history behind Roosevelt, Lincoln and Washington. When he passes, America — will be the poorer. ...
02.20.2023 A POISON LIKE NO OTHER Wired Magazine's Matt Simon joins Thom to discuss his new tome on microplastics... and nanoplastics. Could we be polluting our bodies on a cellular level? Plus - will turning to green electricity save the planet from global warming?
02.19.2023 SOME COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS What could we be doing to make our lives and our streets safer from gun deaths? Thom's callers weigh in.
02.18.2023 WHAT LEGALIZED BRIBERY HAS DONE TO AMERICA How has our country changed since the Supreme Court allowed money to flood into our politics?
02.17.2023 THE OUTRAGEOUS NEW WAY BIG PHARMA IS TRYING TO RIP US OFF Big Pharma is buying off members of Congress to encourage an end to “March-in” and block any efforts to regulate the cost of drugs or let Medicare negotiate prices. Phil Ittner - Veteran War Correspondent - live from Ukraine! New ...
02.16.2023 CAN PROTESTING FRENCH WORKERS TEACH AMERICANS HOW TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY? Interview: Cole Stangler, French-American journalist based in Marseille, France covering labor and politics and correspondent for the international news network France 24. French workers are resisting Macron’s push to raise the pension age. What can Americans learn from French protestors ...
02.15.2023 WILL THE "CULTURE WAR" FASCISTS WIN? Will democracy survive in this land of its modern birth? Will we take seriously the threat of those who proudly called themselves “Cultural Warriors?” Also, Trump says of the 2024 battle: ‘It’s going to be a life or death election." ...
02.14.2023 WHY WOULD ANYBODY EMBRACE FASCISM? Is it useful to examine why so many white people, with their built-in white privilege, would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with wannabe dictators like Trump, Abbott, and DeSantis? Donald Trump knew his election conspiracy theories were BS. What now? Woman jailed for ...
02.13.2023 SHARED EXPERIENCES MATTER FOR ECONOMIC UNITY Guest host, Jefferson Smith sits in for Thom Hartmann with thoughts on professional sports, economic inequality and U.S. presidents. Though regularly winning big at the Olympics and professional sports, regrettably America comes in last when it comes to health care. ...
02.12.2023 COULD THE VERY RICH FUND A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION? Four more states voted last year to throw out the American constitution. Will the Koch brothers and others succeed in using article five to trigger a complete rewrite of our most basic law? Common Cause' Viki Harrison joins Thom to ...
02.11.2023 HOW TRUMP COULD MAKE A BIRD FLU MORE DEADLY THAN COVID We're facing the early warning signs of a possible new pandemic perhaps more deadly than Covid, all because Trump chose to politicize the Covid pandemic in a racist fit. A troubling anti-American movement is growing, Rail companies blocked safety rules ...
02.10.2023 THE "NOBLE LIE" LIVES ON IN CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS AS THEY RAKE IN MILLIONS For the moment, the only defense women have against these noble liars is knowledge of what they are and how they work. Pass it on. The GOP trying to ban science next - it interferes with fascism. Also is God ...
02.09.2023 WILL THE CHILDREN TORTURED AS A TRUMP POLICY TOOL RECEIVE JUSTICE? This time we have an opportunity to make right a crime committed in the immediate past while all the co-conspirators and perpetrators are still alive. Plus, this climate change ocean disaster is a doozy - where is the news coverage ...
02.08.2023 JOE BIDEN HITS A HOME RUN WITH STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH Thom Hartmann reflects on the astonishing impact of the recent State of the Union speech by Joe Biden as the most presidential that he has ever seen in his lifetime. Callers respond in favor and against. Also a rumor is ...
02.07.2023 HOW TO START A CIVIL WAR? America didn’t ask for a homegrown rightwing terror movement, but now that it’s here we need to take it seriously. Also: Will Republican extremism and hate for the middle class' New Deal become grist for the media mill?
02.06.2023 AMERICAN HEALTH CARE IS A PARASITIC INDUSTRY The for-profit medical industry is sucking us dry. What are the forces that work to keep it this way?

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