The Hartmann Report

Donald Trump has signed an executive order telling his regulatory agencies to ignore regulations permanently if they mean a business could lose money! Should this be the news of the year? We are watching Trump deconstruct our nation.Then, author and Trump-watcher Seth Abramson brings charges against Trump with his latest book 'Proof of Corruption'. Is Trump promoting hydroxyclorquine as a stock play?Steve Mnuchin threw out the rules Congress laid down when they handed him a 500 billion dollar slush fund. Was giving professional grifters the job of handing out the cash a good idea? Can the Republican party be cured of this level of corruption?Plus - Can Trump distract us from his firing of the Inspector General? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

California progressive Congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom for a national Town Hall with callers to break down the components of the recent relief bill and strategies for passage through the US Senate.For the Book Club, Thom reads from "Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America" by Karine Jean-Pierre, "United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America" by Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon, and "All the World's a Stage" by Dennis Weaver. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have you had the experience of a family member have their politics and even their personality change from watching Fox News? Jen Senko joins Thom to talk about what she learned making the movie 'The Brainwashing of my Dad'. What are the principal techniques that Fox uses to draw people into their cult?And Thom goes into details as to how the Trump administration is using the carona virus crisis to fundamentally change America. Can we change the direction of our country in November before it is too late?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thom speaks with Paul S. Ryan, Vice President of Policy & Litigation at Common Cause, on the erosion of our justice department and recent orders to drop charges against Michael Flynn before sentencing.Bill Barr is covering up for Donald Trump. Trump’s first national security adviser, General Michael Flynn, met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, just after President Obama had imposed sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 election on behalf of Trump. In any other time, a national security adviser who who acted this way, would be considered a traitor.But not in Bill Barr’s America.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nick Cordero, 41 years old and a major Broadway star, went to the hospital with Covid and ended up intubated for weeks during which time his leg was amputated. He's now recovering, but as he and many other Americans struggle to survive the corona virus, why are Rupert Murdoch's Fox News anchors telling everybody to get back to work... while they themselves stay safely at home?And how can we stay motivated and hang on to a sense of purpose during lockdown? If you've always meant to be writer, Thom's shares his methods on how to get yourself writing. Plus - can we trust any advice from a government that put a lobbyist for the chemical industries in charge of consumer protection and has worked to loosen rules on things like asbestos? Why are the latest CDC guidelines so lax?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sara Miller of the Economic Liberties Project, and the co-chair of 'Freedom From Facebook' thinks it's time to break up predatory large corporations who are using the pandemic to dominate our country even more than they already do. Richard Wolff thinks Washington is too afraid of the Fed to have any real oversight. Are the banksters and hedge fund guys now in charge of the Federal Reserve running amok?And Pat McGee tells Thom about his new movie on ViceTV, 'Bernie Blackout'. Did the corporate media conspire to bring Bernie down essentially to protect the wealthy?Plus - Fox News has their employees and talent working from home, but is telling everyone else to get back to work! And how do Democratic states subsidize the governments of red states?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom for a town hall of listener questions ranging from the upcoming HEROES Act relief package to the ways representatives are moving to push implementation of the Defense Production Act for essential materials in the national crisis.Environmental scientist, Dana Nuccitelli on Michael Moore's 'Planet of the Humans' documentary peddles dangerous climate denial.For the Book Club, Thom reads from the chapter Green Revolution in his book "Crash of 2016" and "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" by David W. Blight.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laurie Wallach of Global Trade Watch educates us on the economics behind what Trump has really been up to in his international trade strategies- if you can call them that.World-renowed climate change expert Dr. Michael Mann discusses with Thom the reasons why the lockdown has only cut 6-8% of carbon emissions worldwide, and what it will really take to stop the loss of large parts of the earth's habitable zones.Plus -- what is the status of Gilead Sciences distributing their antiviral Remdesivir?... Why the latest Michael Moore produced movie makes a terrible argument... Is inequality the natural outcome of the last 500 years of capitalism?.. Why has the death rate numbers from Covid gradually increased the suddenly dropped off?.. And conservatives v. birth control... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have we reached the peak of Reaganism stupidity when we're unable to use large-scale testing to handle the problem, as Trump falls back onto blaming Obama instead? We need the leadership of good government, but instead we have Republicans in charge trying to prove that government doesn't work so they can continue to cut taxes for the very rich.Commentator David Sirota joins Thom to remark on the attempt to cover up our fumbling of the corona virus disaster. Is this situation being mismanaged?- or maliciously un-managed?If Trump and Brian Kemp think everybody should open up and get back to work, why aren't their offices open? Why aren't they out there meeting with the public?Will a second stimulus package make it to law as Mitch McConnel pushes to get permanent protection for corporations from ever being sued for any form of damages, and Trump tries to cut Social Security funding?Plus - does time pass faster in quarantine? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

House Progressive leader Ro Khanna holds a town hall meeting with Thom's callers on wide variety of questions. What are the chances that the U.S. could catch up with the successful policies of countries like Australia that have crushed the virus while supporting their people?And- a payroll tax won't save our economy. Why do ordinary people, who pay the highest proportion of their wages in taxes, get so little of the tax-funded bailouts? And will Progressives be able to save our Post Office?And what does the latest videotaped lynching say about what is really going on in our country?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.