The Hartmann Report

Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes never really happened, what’s left of democracy in that republic is already on life support…

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Measles is coming back to the USA in part because the G.O.P. has declared war on evidence and logic. Plus- Thom reads from "Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health" by Dr. Leana Wen.

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Will Donald's supporters keep believing his deluded lies about health insurance, or will the reality of denied coverage and insane premiums bring millions of people back to reality? Plus- Thom reads from "Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society" by Thomas Frank.

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Social Security and Medicare aren’t abstract programs — they keep millions of Americans alive. Critics warn Trump-backed policies could force seniors and disabled Americans to delay or skip lifesaving care. We break down what’s changing, who’s at risk, and why this could become a public health emergency. Executive Director of Social Security Works, Alex Lawson joins Thom to break it down.

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A quiet USPS postmark change could turn “on time” ballots into “too late” ballots by the millions…

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It’s one of the greatest preventable mass deaths in modern history: around two people every minute of every day, day and night, week after week, soon to be year after year. Elon Musk has called USAID — the agency administering programs like George W. Bush’s PEPFAR which have saved tens of millions of lives, most in Africa — “a criminal organization,” adding that it was, “Time for it to die.” Why is the world's richest man killing the world's poorest people?

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A New Year Begins and the Trump Cartel Tightens Its Grip Through Wealth, Force, & Faith

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Michelle Goldberg warns that the modern Republican Party is slipping into open, unapologetic misogyny, and even Republican congresswomen are starting to say the quiet part out loud. They’re learning there’s a brutal difference between being useful to powerful men and being respected as an equal.

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The clock is ticking, and cynicism isn’t a strategy. Here’s the concrete, local, Tea Party-style roadmap to rebuild Democrats into a fighting progressive party…

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We know that people die when they don't have access to health care- so why does the system that Republicans have built in the richest country on earth not prioritize human life?

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