The Hartmann Report

The GOP is exploiting the structures in our brains that are rooted deep in our DNA, the wiring that says, “I must protect 'us' from 'them,'” the wiring that kept humans tribal for 300 millennia. So how can Progressives bring America together instead?

Plus - Thom reads from "Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World" by Michael Lerner

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The veteran war correspondent is on the ground in the Ukraine. Can Russia ever win the war there?- If not, is there an end-game possible that satisfies all sides? 

Plus- Thom reads from "Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution" by Mike Duncan 

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Establishing a political and personal identity in the public’s mind early on is crucial to effective campaigning and to developing a campaign that can withstand both personal and political attacks.

Plus- Thom reads from "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence" by Anita Hill.

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When Trump decided Covid would mainly impact Democrats, did he direct the federal government to stop trying to save lives and start promoting policies that would eventually kill – unnecessarily – a half-million Americans?

Plus - Thom reads from 'Virus: Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America's Response to the Pandemic' by Nina Burleigh.

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With dubious legal doctrines and without standing, the Supreme Court is behaving more like a legislature than a court. Why are our Justices comforting the comfortable while pushing transformative conservative cultural shifts on an unwilling population?

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Trump may or may not be the GOP’s nominee this time next year, but, whoever it is, now is the time to harden our democracy against a neofascist MAGA Republican rising to that office. Also, The GOP's "extremist power grab" in the new "big lie bill" is exposed. Govt shutdown coming? Can the GOP wound the Biden economy this way? Is the new GOP attack on Jack Smith to defund him? Do they have that power? And have you seen Trump's agenda if he's reelected? It's a doozy!

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Tragically, for the third time in our nation’s history, patriots who believe in the ideals of July 4, 1776 have to defend America against those who don’t. Also investigative journalist Greg Palast reveals how a billionaire took lavish vacations with this particular member of the Supreme Court. Can you guess how they sided when his case ended up before SCOTUS?  

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In addition to stepping up to mitigate climate change & green the world’s economy, the free nations must harden our democracies against reactive rightwing violence & hate-based political movements. Also unveiling more of the entrenched corruption of Clarence Thomas - It gets worse. The Supreme Court Just Legalized Stalking. Will Malaria be the new GOP disease? Also new evidence that aliens spacecraft have crashed on Earth.

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Republicans think the middle class can't be trusted to run the country. How have Reagan and his followers succeeded in massively transferring wealth upward to the very rich?- and what have been the long term political consequences?

Plus - Thom reads from 'One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America' by Kevin M. Kruse.

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The burden of student debt has become an increasingly pressing issue prompting a debate on its long-term implications for America's future. Critics argue that this mounting debt is tantamount to a crime against younger generations by hindering their ability to thrive & contribute to society.

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