The Hartmann Report

Media studies professor Nolan Higdon joins guest-host Jefferson Smith to percolate on what we've learned about the lies of Fox News.

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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 of Americans.

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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 Growth events highlight the divide within the GOP ahead of 2024. Mike Pompeo says that any conservative president would do better than Trump. Plus, they knew it was a lie: The behind-the-scenes happenings at Fox News while the network pushed false claims about Dominion Voting Systems.

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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?

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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 US. Russia appears to have a plan to attract 7 million conservatives - Does it appear to be working? Jim Crow is alive and well in Mississippi. It looks like the WI supreme court is using antisemitism to win. Leaked audio is showing a very ugly side of rail management.

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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 traitor states began in the civil war?

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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 the Far Right? The Russia investigation was undermined by the FBI. Later FBI agents tried to block the Mar-A-Lago search. Who is the FBI working for? Thom Hartmann connects the dots of collusion between the FBI and the far right.

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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?

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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 you're 70. Interview: Gabriela Sandoval PhD, Executive Director of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute (EWDI). Plus, Here's one way to get to one party rule - just "cancel" the democratic party. Also, a shocking new bill proposed in Texas would force internet providers to block access to any website that carries information about abortion medication or tells women how to get an abortion.

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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.'

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