The Hartmann Report

Right wing billionaires behind groups like ALEC and Freedomworks helped organize and fund tea party protests a decade ago, resulting in a healthcare program with no public option. Now they are funding hard-core right wing groups who are demanding governors stop protecting their citizens from the corona virus. Heads they win, tails you lose.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Social Security recipients with dependent children have until Wednesday noon to apply online for the $500 per child money being paid out of the CARES act. Alex Lawson of Social Security Works has the details on Trump's latest underhanded attack on our government. California Congressman Ro Khanna joins Thom for a national town hall with caller questions on the latest stimulus bill and frustrations at Trump's self-centered bumbling during our national crisis.For the Book Club, Thom reads from "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" by Anand Giridharadas.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Seeing Through Trump’s Lies (w/ Dr. Bandy Lee)Is Donald Trump and his lies going downhill, or uphill? Seeing through It depends on your perspective. It seems he is blaming the governors, while his mental state seems to be very questionable.Dr. Bandy Lee, Yale School of Medicine, joined Thom to discuss the current mental health of Donald Trump.For the Book Club, Thom reads portions from "Progress and Poverty In Economics: Henry George and How Growth in Real Estate Contributes to Inequality and Financial Instability" by Edward Nell, "Trump on the Couch" by Justin A. Frank, and "Becoming a Dangerous Woman" by Pat Mitchell.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Greg Palast joins Thom on his new book "How Trump Stole 2020"- detailing the latest Republican shenanigans to steal millions of Americans' right to vote. Why are Republicans really against vote by mail? Even with plenty of time to plan an alternative, will millions of us be asked to take our lives in our hands to cast our vote in November?And then Mark Gamba joins Thom- he's the mayor of Milwaulkee, Oregon who is also running in the primary as the Progressive candidate for an Oregon House seat. Could a Green New Deal be the real economic stimulus we need? How are cities coping with some of the suprising funding changes due to Covid? Plus - Who would Thom pick to be Biden's running mate?... Postcards for POTUS... Getting Progressives in the game by getting involved with the party... Trump's political mailers... and the sociopathy of the right is on full display!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is Michael Savage calling right wingers like Hannity on the carpet for denying science? And speaking of that, what is up with TV preachers getting their audience infected while simultaneously asking for a $1200 donation? Why are right-wing billionaires funding the protests against stay at home orders? Why are TV doctors on Fox news advocating letting people die so that business can resume? Is all of this because billionaires fear that their taxes will be raised to pay for economic stimulus?? .. Is it case of 'Follow the money'?Plus - Why is Covid infection exploding among slaughterhouse workers?... Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moves to block absentee ballots... Israel reports that Trump new about Covid in November... And why does anybody watch Trump's daily TV rallies?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thom speculates on the legendary struggle between good and evil and how the corona-virus seems to putting an end to the right-wing billionaire scheme of trickle down exploitation.Trump aims his anger at Democratic governors who have banded together to save their people on their own. If Trump can't take credit for it, he will stop it.Believing that the state compact is an affront to his power to govern, Donald Trump is setting out to punish states that are not listening to him about reopening the country.For the Book Club, Thom reads portions from "This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West" by Christopher H. Ketcham and "How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property" by Ben G. Price.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thom discusses using yoga and exercise to dispel Trump's omnipresence on cable television as responds to listener calls from transgender unemployment through primary election concerns.For the Book Club, Thom reads portions from his book The Hidden History of the War on Voting, also Sideswiped by Robert Ney and Take Hold of Our History by Harvey J. Kaye.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The corona virus has torn the mask off the failure of Reaganism. As we discover the depths of the giveaways to the very rich squirreled away in the CARES Act, will Americans wake up and stop yet another billionaire bailout? With the 245th anniversary of Lexington and Concord coming up, will Americans today say 'no' to the king and to a growing oligarchy?- or will many continue to fall pray to conservative propaganda behind the ignorant protests in Michigan?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. David Nabarro of the World Health Organization says that until a vaccine is developed, the corona virus will likely “stalk the human race“ for quite a while.Because Trump utterly failed in keeping the virus away from the United States and refuses to fund and implement a nationwide testing and contract tracing program, simply slowing down hundreds of thousands of coming deaths may well be all we have left.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is Donald Trump Going Full Dictator? National Vote by Mail has to happen or the Republicans will steal the election and our democracy with it!Wisconsin showed us the Republican game plan for the election and our only hope is to make vote by mail national! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.