The Hartmann Report

Does the term ‘Fascism’ apply to the US administration? Trump is denying reality and creating his own, during a health crisis. Can it be defeated?Prof. Jason Stanley joins Thom to discuss how fascism has risen in the US through Trumpism and tells us how to beat it!Trump WILL try to steal your vote to his advantage. Happy about that? Investigative journalist Greg Palast shows you how to make sure that your mail-in ballot isn’t one of the 22% which are not counted.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sonia Shaw of The Nation says it's time to tell a new story about carona virus- our lives depend on it. How is human health tied to the health of the animals we come into contact with?Plus - Oklahoma's Republican governor tests positive for Covid-19... How Vietnam did it better... a look at disautonomia- the unexpected long term complications of Covid-19... the failure of Sweden's deadly experiment with herd immunity... Trump's plan to send National Guard troops to pick up Covid case number data directly from hospitals... And what science says people who don't wear masks have in common... 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 become a death cult. They revel in their efforts to cut million Americans off from health care. They celebrate the resumption of federal executions. They enthusiastically work to allow poisons into our air and water that will cause many to die of cancer and suffer neurological damage. As black people across America continue to be regularly murdered by police, Trump calls those who work to make change 'thugs' and 'terrorists' and deployed federal troops to the states to attack protesters. Numerous children are dying in Trump's detention centers at the border. But what is his crowning achievement? The carona virus. By discouraging people from wearing masks, by raising doubts about science and scientists, by mismanaging the crisis, Trump has allowed 130,000 Americans to die from a disease that other nations have already been able to defeat.Will we be able to make a change in November so that unnecessary death does not have to become a normal part of American life?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump Has Only Had One Job In His Entire Life: Celebrity. Will It Work For Him in November? With one simple understanding, everything about Trump’s life and presidency comes into focus.Senator Ron Wyden joins Thom to speak on the Federal occupying force in Portland.Also on the program, Dr. Enric Sala, Explorer in Residence-National Geographic / Co-Author of the new report, Protecting 30% of the Planet for Nature: Costs, Benefits, Economic Implications & Author of the forthcoming book, The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Did Trump rush th-e reopening to keep the economy going in hopes of getting re-elected? If so, his strategy might be about to backfire.And, what is really behind the Republican push to open schools?.. Florida's governor thinks opening Home Depot is the same as putting kids in a classroom... Funding private schools... How Covid is handled in Taiwanese schools... Viruses that stay with you your whole life... Could Trump's approach to the virus have an unspoken element of eugenics?..See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Greenpeace USA is working to ask the Democratic party to include environmental action in their party platform- Charlie Jang joins Thom discuss the chances of the Democratic party supporting the ideas behind the Green New Deal and fighting for environmental justice. Who will Biden's VP pick be, and will the Democrats ultimately include Progressives in the halls of power?And a recent study sees the roots of inequality between community governments and corporations in the structure of law established by the supreme court- so how can local communities establish the laws they want without corporations suing them? Chad Nicholson from CELDEF joins Thom to discuss the issue. Are corporate lawsuits stymieing democracy?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this fourth turning crisis, will Trump and the oligarchs succeed in using the crisis to strengthen their power and wealth, or will it backfire? Trump's billionaire cabinet members are dismantling our country and milking the system much like GW Bush's crew did when they got rich off the trillion dollar wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Will they and the oligarchs around the world succeed in their war on Democracy or will the people strike back?The Trump administration just dismantled bank regulations put in place after the 2008 financial disaster to prevent future bank failures. Economist Richard Wolff analyzes what he thinks is another step towards the next economic meltdown.Plus- Mark Pocan's letter to the airlines stuffing people into every seat in coach... And- is it really controversial for Biden to say all 'people' are created equal?.. Should there be a wealth tax on the billionaires?.. Olga in California wonders if conservatives who apparently don't care about lives lost might care about lost economic activity of the people who died?.. The extreme cost of long term care... And the tax cut to average people that many forgot will expire in December, while the tax cut on the very rich will remain forever...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A coalition of worker, environmental, and animal activist groups are calling for a week of action against Tyson Foods for the conditions which have created rampant Covid infections in their slaughterhouses. Chloe Waterman from Friends of the Earth joins Thom to raise the alarm at the slow poisoning of our country by the meat industry.And in the context of Covid spreading rapidly in the red states, what is Trump's endgame here? Will he drop out and keep over 900 million dollars in campaign funds? Why is Trump sending out SO MANY fundraising emails right now?? And what is up with his push to open the schools?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Was Carsyn Leigh Davis's mom a cult follower of Trump? New details emerge in death of Florida teen treated at home for coronavirus?It’s time to tax money bins!It’s a simple matter of fairness. America needs our rich people to pay a wealth tax just like the rest of us do every year, and given the crisis that Covid has thrown our local governments into because of low income tax collections, we need it now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How CAN We Keep America Open? (w/ Remington Gregg)We need to open the economy, but why is it being done so unsafely? If you work for a corporation and become ill at work, would you really sue your employer? Should we Keep America Open?Remington Gregg from Public Citizen joins Thom to ask if businesses re-open purely for profit and don’t care about the health of the employees.Will you be sending your kids back to school?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.