The Hartmann Report

How has our country changed since the Supreme Court allowed money to flood into our politics?

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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 report says Russia is holding 6,000 Ukrainian kids for re-education. Geeky Science! Can preventing dementia and cognitive impairment just be a few thousand steps away? Pharmacist refuses to give Covid booster- Why does anyone work at a pharmacy if they don't believe in science? But wait! There's more....How about being charged with a crime for giving an mRNA shot against Covid? Crazy Alert! Ann Coulter welcomes Nikki Haley to the 2024 prez election "Go back to your country"

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Interview: Cole Stangler, French-American journalist based in Marseille, France covering labor & 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 to help save Social Security and other safety nets here at home? Senators Sanders and Warren plan would tax the rich to increase Social Security by $2,400 a year. New Kentucky law says abortion is murder - does that mean women may soon die by lethal injection? America has a system of laws. Plus, Jared Kushner's cozy ties with the Saudis. Geeky Science! Microsoft’s new ChatGPT AI starts sending ‘unhinged’ messages to people - Remember Hal?

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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." How much more unaccountable violence will Trump be allowed? Our mass shooting problem is very simple - It is about the access to guns. Where is the media? Interview: National Opinion Columnist on the Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch reports on that toxic mushroom cloud over Ohio.  Plus Marjorie Taylor Greene is complaining that not enough money went toward rail safety in the bill that she voted against - How twisted can you be? Crazy Alert! Charlie Kirk claims Ohio train derailment is proof of a 'war against white people.'

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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 collecting 4 ballots in Arizona sparks fear of voting. Chalice Blythe from The Satanic Temple Reproductive Rights Campaign reports on the new Sam Alito's Mom's Religious Abortion Clinic. Also the new amendment to bar Nebraska kids from church camps.

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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. What can we learn about income inequality from the recent Super Bowl? Also Tess Fields, Executive Director of Home Share Oregon, explains affordable housing through homesharing. We believe that this is a direct way to prevent housing instability, foreclosure, and homelessness.

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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 raise the alarm.

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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 before the Ohio derailment. The Saudis sentenced an American to 19 years imprisonment over a tweet.

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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 gender neutral? What will the GOP do with this? Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner, on the ground in Lviv, Ukraine. Plus Florida teachers are scared to teach black history for Black History Month, and Missouri House lawmakers have voted against banning children from openly carrying firearms on public land without adult supervision.

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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 on this? Crazy Alert! Trump is saying DeSantis is a pedophile - It is getting ugly......meanwhile lecherous DeSantis floats making it easier to sue the news. Google is now targeting women with ads for anti-abortion pregnancy centers as a federal judge mocks the Supreme Court on abortion.

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