The Hartmann Report

Now that several of the Republican justices have been so heavily saturated with fat-cat money and thus regularly vote in favor of their morbidly rich “friends,” what do those rich dudes want?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden has an opening to put new people over the post office- he needs to get on it! Meanwhile, the right is melting down over Taylor Swift and her football star boyfriend supporting Biden. Where will this all take us come November?Plus - Thom reads from his recent book 'The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Biden administration is finally recognizing the failure of Reaganism- is this why companies no longer bother to take care of their customers? Plus- Nikki Haley says Texas can secede if they want to. Say what?Also, Thom reads from "Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America" by Christopher Leonard, and from "Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment" by Robert Wright.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author and activist David Pepper joins Thom for a look at the Republican war on public schools. Will they succeed in subsidizing private educations for the better off?Plus - every attempt at libertarianism has been a failure. So why does the right keep pushing for it?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Madison wasn’t talking about an abstraction or some highfalutin concept. He was talking about how some rich people will inevitably try to seize political power to screw everybody else.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ukraine Update: Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine, Philip Ittner reports that Zelensky plans to oust Ukraine’s top general amid tension over new mobilization. Guest Interview: Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter on breaking the GOP death grip.  Also- it's a Celtic holiday - The pagan holiday of awakening...I'll explain. Also why do anti-abortion freaks want to freak-out first graders with graphic videos? Plus horrifying news: Son beheads dad - Is Donald Trump growing a Taliban movement in America?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Not only has Section 230 turned the web into a stalking ground for sexual predators, it’s also given Putin cheap & easy access to Americans, an access he’s been using for years to tear us apart...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest Interview: Staff Writer for The Atlantic, Tim Alberta explains his new book - The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals In An Age of Extremism. Also does the resuscitated "trucker convoy" reveal a dying MAGA movement?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This year’s election may be our last chance to push back against the oligarchy that the GOP has been constructing for the past forty-three years…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Here are three key areas where Biden is fundamentally reshaping our economy to make it better for working people. A worker-centered trade and industrial policy, strong anti-monopoly enforcement, and moves to strengthen labor unions — are navigating towards a more equitable economy. It’s a sea change that’s long overdue. Guest Interview: Investigative Journalist David "Dave" Neiwert asks are the traditional Republicans just now figuring out the new far right overlords are too radical? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.