The Hartmann Report

• Have Our Recent Wars Been Worth Even a Single American Life?
• Billionaires hit record highs
• Consumer sentiment craters to a 70-year low
• Hawaii outlaws corporate elections
• Putin's elite turns
• Massie names Epstein names.

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In today’s latest news update, Thom Hartmann breaks down the latest developments in US politics, breaking news, and what it means for working Americans.  The study shows racial resentment can override economic self-interest, helping explain why America still resists stronger safety-net policies. Plus National Progressive Town Hall with Rep Mark Pocan answering listener questions.

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Did they sink money into Trump just to watch It vanish? Imagine a MAGA voter who put his financial faith in Trump three times. In 2021, he bought $1,000 worth of stock in Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG). In 2025, he bought $1,000 worth of $TRUMP meme coin. And he ponied up a $500 deposit on five golden, made-in-America Trump phones to give as gifts last Christmas. What is his $2,500 investment in all things Trump worth today? As recently examined by the Daily Kos.

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A U.S. indictment of former Cuban president Raúl Castro in Miami. President Donald Trump began fixing his sights on Cuba’s nearly seven-decade-old communist regime at the beginning of the year following the U.S. military attack on Venezuela and the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife. Plus Ukraine update with veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner.

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Republicans Found $1.8 Billion Overnight for Trump’s Thugs — So Why Are Seniors Choosing Between Food and Medicine?

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• Republicans cancel an Iran war powers vote because they'd lose
• DHS overpays Trump cronies tenfold for ICE warehouses
• Will your airport get punished?
• Russia fires uranium warheads at Ukraine
• And Denver innovates

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• Gas prices about to explode
• Trump’s slush fund melting the GOP majority
• DNC tries to bury its own autopsy
• Big Tobacco buys flavored vapes back for $5 million
• The end of late-night comedy

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Thom is joined by David Sirota, founder & editor-in-chief of The Lever , Oscar-nominated writer (”Don’t Look Up”), former speechwriter for Sen. Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. Topic: An oligarch-funded think tank is trying to preemptively undermine Medicare For All even before Democrats win back power. Some candidates are rejecting the ploy.

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Jeff Bezos’ Tax Scam: Why Billionaires Want Their Workers to Stop Paying Taxes

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• Why white resentment kills the safety net
• The $1,450 Iran war tax on your family
• Trump’s 3,600 stock trades
• Ben-Gvir’s abuse video
• Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom grab

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