The Hartmann Report

The GOP is no longer a legitimate political party: it’s a cult. It’s becoming increasingly clear to Americans that the Republican Party only stands for one thing: the privilege and power of wealthy white men. Over the last 40 years they have devised increasingly byzantine rules to prevent low income whites and people of color from voting and are now trying to outright throw out ballots in Detroit, Philadelphia and Atlanta. They’ve worked for decades, at both the state and federal level, to make it harder for women to get access to birth control, women’s health services, and abortion. When the coronavirus hit, most developed countries made direct payments to unemployed workers; Republicans only tolerated that here for a few months, and the price was trillions, which continue to flow, to fat cats and big corporations.Now, to hang on to enough suckers to keep them in power, the GOP has resorted to embracing Nazis, religious fanatics and conspiracy theorists.Investigative Reporter Greg Palast joins Thom- is Georgia trying to stop anyone who doesn't own a car from registering to vote?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What do all of the lawsuits and court claims by Donald Trump show about the man? A bully for the most part. Will Trump commit treason to make himself dictator or will we have a return to democracy by inauguration day?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Media and social media have separated Americans by our politics, and now many liberal and progressives are unaware of just how far right wing media is taking things. Howard Polskin founder of The Righting wants you to be aware of what the right wing is saying, and why people on the far right act how they do! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Republican party has abandoned the responsibility to take care of the American people in the face of the pandemic and economic crisis. How can we best stand up to their insanity? Are we already in a hostile transition or could Trump just maybe pull off becoming a dictator? If not, what is he really trying to do?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Fed has created money to prop up Wall Street. Congress appropriates money from the Treasury to help working class Americans. What's the difference between these two types of money and why won't the Fed intervene to help anybody other than banks and publicly traded companies? Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom to hash it out.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Does the idea of freedom pushed by the billionaires and their propaganda mean anything if you can't afford health care and a quality education? While the rich keep themselves safe, why are they really pushing everyone else to go out and risk their lives? Can we escape debt peonage and build a society that really benefits us all? Meanwhile billionaire freedom is literally killing hundreds of thousands of people.Also, Marissa Lee, of Nation Nurses United shares her front-line view on the consequences of people being unable to access health care. And nurse Teresa Brown noticed Biden hasn't yet put any nurses on his Covid task force. What is she doing to change that?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

America is figuring out that Donald Trump has spent his entire life as a criminal and a grifter. Some even suggest that the modern Republican Party has been reshaped in his image. But the simple truth is that, since the 1980s and the Reagan Revolution, the Republican Party has been one long racist grift that only serves the rich and the very rich.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is Trump a modern day Herbert Hoover, doing nothing in the face of a crisis? Or was his attention focused on rigging the election by kneecapping the Post Office? Will Donald Trump be able to hang on to his fan club when he's no longer president, or will the Covid disaster be his legacy?Plus- dealing with people who don't believe Covid is real who catch Covid.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Now that Trump has lost his bid for the presidency, Americans are looking at how to come together. However social media, particularly Facebook, could be a stumbling block in our way. The algorithms used to make the website so addicting, also have the effect of group polarization, could social media divide America further? Is your news feed filled with people who agree with you? People who share the same opinions? Do you get into heated debates online? Is Facebook setting us up for more division even after we get Trump out - and how can we stop it? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How much damage will Trump do in his remaining weeks in office? What is he planning and why are so many top government officials visiting Israel, Saudi, and UAE right now? Author and activist Trita Parsi joins Thom- how is Trump trying to make it difficult for Biden to rejoin the Iran-nuclear deal and keep the bomb out of Iran?In the battle between autocracy and democracy around the world, can we once again become a positive example by healing America? Plus- clawing back America from the right-wing billionaires and corporations... would Trump steal Air Force One?.. And why do we have such a long transition of power in the first place? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.