The Hartmann Report

It follows a fairly ancient pattern of destructive Big Lies that goes back to Renaissance Italy and even the Roman republic and ancient Greece... Is Mitt Romney the last decent man who's a Republican? Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. Texas A&M professor is suspended for criticizing the Governor - say what?  We were warned - the ocean currents are changing! Plus - just how hot is the water in FL? This is not good news. Vice President of Media Matters Julie Millican reflects on Fox news as an un-indicted co-conspirator in Trump's crimes.

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He’s already using the language of narcissistic collapse, priming his cult followers to experience rage and act out revenge fantasies on his behalf in a clear call to stochastic terrorism...

Is the US government hiding alien spacecraft? Or not?  Is it a sign of how lost the GOP is that they are floating impeaching Biden? Rudy Giuliani has conceded he participated in the "big lie" Steve Bannon is a criminal who hangs out with criminals: why does he still have a popular podcast?

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A deadly serious group of powerful men are fighting to make birth control a death penalty offense. Women are already in jail right now for breaking draconian fetal personhood laws, will we see the GOP execute a woman because she refused to give birth? Plus, health insurance companies are ripping off Medicaid now, as well as Medicare advantage, The science of how highly dominant men get endorsed as leaders in times of conflict & crisis, and DeSantis has a new video that is very, very weird and ends with storm troopers heading toward spinning swastikas. Geeky Science: "Wild blueberries may improve vascular function and cognitive performance in healthy older adults, study finds" by PsyPost.

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Does the G.O.P. really think we can plant our way out of climate change, or is this another craven propaganda move to keep the fossil fuel money rolling in?

Plus- Thom reads from "Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse" by Roger Hallam

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Rightwing billionaires (who pay an average income tax of 3.4 percent) think the world is made up of “makers” and “takers." They see us voters as an impediment to their oligarchic plans, so every Red state in the country is working today to make it harder to vote and, since five Republicans on the Supreme Court legalized it in 2018, they’re also working to throw people in largely Democratic precincts off the voter rolls in massive purges.

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Without free and fair elections and widespread voter participation, you can’t have a functioning democratic republic. Republicans know this: that’s why they’re trying to end free and fair elections. Also a black man was elected mayor in rural Alabama, but the white town leaders REFUSE to let him serve…WTF??

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Will Marjorie Taylor Greene's dick picks be enough to distract from Republican attempts to gut social security and further privatize Medicare? Will Marjorie be prosecuted under D.C.'s revenge porn laws? Also- did Russian hackers steal Hunter Biden's data in the first place?

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Most Americans just learned, from reporting this week in The New York Times, that Trump, billionaire-funded rightwing think tanks, and some of the leaders of the GOP have a plan to flip America from a democratic republic into an authoritarian strongman-type of government should he or another like-minded MAGA Republican win the White House in 2024.

Plus report from Ukraine with Veteran War Correspondent, Phil Ittner on the recent grain crisis and naval standoff.

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Is it time to set in stone environmental protection as a legal right? Also, Mary Grant with Food and Water Watch joins to Thom to alert us to Republican efforts to refund affordable drinking water across the nation.

Plus - Thom reads from 'Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival From Our Ancestors'

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The economy is nearly the best its ever been- so why is the media dominated by recession scare stories? How could Democrats be getting out their message better?

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