The Hartmann Report

Forget 'promote the general welfare' and forget the scientists, the Republicans under Donald Trump are on a mission to establish a fascist state by and for the rich people of the United States. And even with so many of us in need right now, will the right-wing agenda go beyond a government that fails to protect the people to creating a government that actively endangers us?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Trump's corrupt Postmaster General tries to destroy the capacity of the Post Office to handle vote by mail ahead of the November election, what can we do about it? Is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's stock portfolio just a conflict of interest or is it also a clue to what he's up to? Will postal workers be able to overcome the slowdowns and get all the ballots in time before Republicans can contest them? Who should we be calling in Congress right now? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Covid-21?- A new movie under development imagines what the world will be like when the next pandemic hits- after SARS, HIV, Zika, and now the corona virus pandemic, why is it completely predictable that new diseases are emerging? And could the next one be much more deadly?And Dr. Howard Koh, former head of HHS under Obama who oversaw the H1N1 vaccination program phones in- could a Biden presidency save us by fighting Covid with a unified response? Plus... What will the long-lasting consequences of Covid infection be?.. Why are Covid sufferers so often short on vitamin D?.. Going to work sick because you need the money... Why can Europe send their kids back to school safely and we can't?.. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump and Mark Meadows are openly blocking that legislation because it contains funding for the Post Office, and Trump has now explicitly threatened to veto any legislation that increases funding for the Post Office.Now he is actively sabotaging the Post Office to steal an election. And Republicans, facing electoral defeat in overwhelming numbers, apparently agree with him that this is a good idea.Thom speaks with Ben Tyson, Co-Founder, Vote From Home 2020, a progressive organizing initiative that sends vote-by-mail applications to swing-state voters and runs a virtual chase campaign to make sure they vote.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

History and the intrinsic goodness of human nature have moved beyond the Republican Party’s century-long opposition to working people, voting rights and a strong social safety net.On the one hand, if the Republican Party doesn’t reinvent itself it will go the way of the Whigs. On the other hand, it appears the best the party has to offer for the future are billionaire Mitt Romney or fascist Tom Cotton. America, broadly, is rejecting the poisons of racism, sexism, selfishness and greed. So long as the Republican Party continues to cling to these fundamentally anti-American values, it will continue to collapse.Thom speaks with Charlie Sykes, founder and editor-at-large of The Bulwark, host of The Bulwark Podcast, and an NBC/ MSNBC contributor.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The single most consistent defining characteristic of an emerging dictatorship in a country that started as a democracy is that the dictator regularly holds elections and always wins, because he uses the instruments of government to make sure he wins. It will take tens of millions of us showing up, speaking out, and making sure that our votes are counted to stop this train-wreck before it utterly destroys the American experiment.When Joe Biden wins the 2020 presidency, Donald Trump and the Republicans are going to crash the economy! This is Donald Trump's plan, to crash the economy if he does not win the 2020 presidential election, holding America and democracy hostage. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump says he is going to boost unemployment payments by $400, stop evictions, cut payroll taxes, and extend student loan relief.In fact, these are all lies. As usual, it’s a new con job, a grift from our grifter-in-chief.Progressive Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan answers listener questions for a national Town Hall meeting, addressing frequently asked queries on mail-in ballots and the deliberations in Congress on the delayed Covid-19 bill.For the Book Club, Thom reads from "Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President" by Kathleen Hall Jamieson.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Judd Legum of Popular Info has been tracking the scams Trump has been using to raise money for his campaign. Will people learn to see through the fake contests that nobody ever wins and other ways Trump is ripping people off? Can the Republican party succeed at embracing black voters while at once trashing black people? Who is really rigging the election and what can we do about it? And- why are conservative churches the ones getting away with pushing partisan politics?.. The false narrative of voter fraud, and the biometric technology that already prevents it... Why don't we vote online?..See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Leah Stokes has been watching what should be a major bribery scandal over keeping unprofitable Ohio coal plants burning. What is Trump's involvement?Why won't the Republicans call a vote on the HEROES act passed weeks ago by the House of Representatives? And why doesn't the excuse Trump-humpers give for denying the unemployed the continued $600 per week apply to the very wealthy who don't have to work because of all the money they make off the back of the rest of us?Plus- putting money into gold or euros?.. Let's go sailing on the NRA's high security yacht!.. Reaching the people who don't care... And- remember when unemployment lasted two years?.. Remember when you could really live on Social Security?..See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Given the damage doctors are discovering Covid may cause to the heart and other parts of the body, is this disease more dangerous than we realized? As Arizona governor Mike DeWine tests positive test for Covid-19- joining a growing list of red state politicians with the virus- will we come together as a nation to fight the spread?.. and what can we learn from the approaches of other countries?Plus - what will the 'new normal' with Covid look like, and what is the WHO warning us to get ready for? Why isn't the change of season making the virus go away, as Trump keeps predicting? And- a look at political statements in the obituary pages.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.