The Hartmann Report

Ralph on his new family cookbook- and how what's on the table is connected to corporate and monopoly corruption. From private information being used to manipulate the vulnerable to endless robo-calls, corporations are learning to manipulate your behavior with surveillance capitalism. And Evan Greer of 'Fight For the Future' wants us to roll back Trump's elimination of Net Neutrality and reinstate protections against internet providers selling our search history. What can we all do to help?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

THIS IS BEYOND GRIFTT.S. Eliot famously said that the world will end "not with a bang, but a whimper." It's also how strongman dictator reigns typically end, and Trump is no exception. He's having his "Downfall bunker moment," and it could be very dangerous. In the next month, Trump could start a war to try to provoke an emergency that might keep him in office. He could order the military to occupy the swing states to overturn the election results. Will Mike Pence have to step in and invoke the 25th amendment?Meanwhile, proof of the treason and corruption of Michael Flynn and Jared Kushner and of Trump himself are coming to the surface. Are they all getting away with treason?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The soulless, sellout GOP must either reform itself or die. Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports that despite desperate suppression attempts, Georgia voters are more enthusiastic than ever to show up to the polls and for mail in balloting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Progressive Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom to answer listener questions. What are the chances for Progressive policies under the upcoming Biden administration? Will the common person see any relief from the Covid crisis before the year is out?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why do countries depreciate their currencies over time?  Prices are set by the final seller, but there are limits. The seller works out through economics, the maximum price they can change for the item. Dr. Richard Wolff joins Thom for a deep dive on the impact of economics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Republicans have taken over Talk Radio. If Democrats want to win the American people, they need to get on the air. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Calvinistic worldview and the massive inequality it’s brought America over the last 40 years is a cancer destroying our republic. America once had the world’s strongest middle class and widespread social stability. While it didn’t extend to all Americans, we had a formula that worked and needed to be extended. We must drive a stake through its heart and this poisonous ideology altogether.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, Thom takes a deep dive into understanding authoritarianism with scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of 'Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present', followed by a fascinating discussion with Meagan-Hatcher Mays of the activist group Indivisible, on the problems we must tackle if we are to keep our republic. Was Trump practicing the use of the military and secret police to establish a strongman dictator? What stopped him? How can we avoid another lying con-man taking over our nation who, like Trump, truly doesn't care if Americans live or die? Must we rein in Facebook to protect Democracy? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's time to fight back. If corporate media continues to refuse to discuss McConnell's blackmail, we must individually speak up among friends and communities, and also let our lawmakers know what we think. It's time to raise some hell.One Fair Wage, a national nonprofit representing subminimum wage workers, released a new report detailing the shocking experience of service workers experience in arenas of public health and harassment during the pandemic. President of One Fair Wage, Saru Jayaraman joins Thom to explain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Progressive leaders Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan join Thom today for topics including... the likelihood of consequences for the Senators who supported Trump's conspiracy to overturn the election... the alternate reality created by right wing propaganda... Progressives running in 2021... Democrats getting their message across... being clear-eyed on confronting a Republican party that cynically only cares about power... and what the chances of another stimulus deal getting out during this session?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.