The Hartmann Report

Is the foundation being laid in the courts- from crackpot federal judges to the billionaire's Supreme Court- on which to base Trump's takeover of Democracy? Plus - Phil Ittner is on the ground with the battle against autocracy in Ukraine.

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What would America be like with a "Dear Leader" in 2024? Nazi student forced a professor to cancel her class & the school did nothing? Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes tells U.S. Supreme Court to shove it. Why dem senators should reject Elliot Abrams.

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Are we looking at what happens when billionaires stack the supreme court? Progressive Leader Mark Pocan shares what he's seen. Plus listeners from across the country share their insights and questions.

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Did Donald Trump keep top Secret documents to profit from treason? How much would America’s enemies pay to have our nuclear deterrent plan or the locations of America’s spies?

While the GOP wants you focused on Hunter Biden - what Jared & Ivanka did may be far worse, with Dean Obeidallah.

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Stunning new evidence proves ‘radical’ feminists are right that some men really DO hate women, SHOCKER! But it’s not just men! The report found the bias inherent in both genders!! Also The GOP’s violent rhetoric is working. Emboldened by fascist talking points, their minions are ready to attack anyone they might suspect of being a “groomer” like a 9-year old girl who was simply participating in track & field for her school. Her crime? A pixie haircut!

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Mike Schmidt, district attorney for Portland, Oregon is trying to grapple with the systematic failures of our criminal justice system. Guest host Jefferson Smith invites Thom' listeners to think deeply on how Progressives can bend the arc of history towards justice.

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Guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann today and speaks with Desmond Meade, Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. Why did Florida give ex-felons the right to vote and then the state arrested them for it?  Also Derek Black of the University of South Carolina Law School warns that public education is under assault...why it matters.

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Guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann today and speaks with Dr. Eli Merritt, MD, political historian at Vanderbilt University who specializes in the Founding Era of the United States. He is the author of the recently released Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution.

Article: "Why Juneteenth Matters Far More Today Than the Fourth of July" by Eli Merritt.

Substack: "American Commonwealth" by Eli Merritt.

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann today and host of the Democracy Nerd Podcast, Jefferson Smith introduces his step-sister and Hydrology expert Angela Gygi, Director, Hollywood Orchard. What is regenerative agriculture and why we need it NOW. Article: "Walter Jehne: Restoring water cycles to naturally cool climate" by Peter Donovan. Recommended site: Understanding Ag.

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Guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann today explaining the Case: "Khary Penebaker et al v. Andrew Hitt et al." (fraudulent electors). Article: "What To Know About Wisconsin Republicans' Fake 2020 Electors" by Jonathon Sadowski. Poem: "Newspaper Poem" by Vera Sidhwa. Interview: Scott Thompson, Staff Counsel - Law Forward.

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