The Hartmann Report

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Is This the End of Left-Leaning News? Nov 25, 2024

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Romney's Bain Capital helped dismantle left-wing talk network Air America. Will something similar happen to MSNBC? Republicans are gunning for Republicans. Will their be anything left beside subsidized right-wing propaganda?

Plus- Thom reads from "How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property" by Ben G. Price.

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Daily Take: The Next Pandemic Could Be Brewing: Is Trump’s Team Ready to Fail Us Again? Nov 25, 2024

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Incompetence and conspiracy theories meet a deadly virus: Will history repeat itself, or will we face an even deadlier disaster with unprepared leaders at the helm?

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Fear Nov 24, 2024

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Fascists have ruled by fear and corruption throughout history. This is not a new thing, and the preparation to destroy the hard-won institutions that protect us is happening right now.

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Not in Any Way Christian Nov 23, 2024

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Public prayer, talking violent civil war with their neighbors, tearing down what little support we give to the least among us- how does the modern Republican party claim to follow the teachings of Jesus?

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Traitors to Democracy Nov 22, 2024

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Russians fired a new unstoppable missile on Ukraine this week, and recently brought North Korean troops into the fight, the Chinese can listen to our phone calls, and all the while Russia keeps threatening nuclear war. Will Trump's Putin-loving cabinet be the ones to defend Democracy?

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Daily Take: The End of Left-Leaning News? Is Progressive Journalism Being Systematically Destroyed? Nov 22, 2024

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Private equity, billionaire agendas, and GOP-funded attacks are driving a stake through the heart of American media diversity…

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As Fascists Take Aim, Who Will Defend Us? Nov 21, 2024

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Are Republicans going to take out unions- and the press- in America? Who will lead the Democratic Party Now? Should Democrats form a shadow government? Progressive Representative Mark Pocan takes listener questions- and has ideas on how we can join the fight.

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Daily Take: Dictators vs. Democracy: The Fight for Ukraine’s Future Is Our Own Nov 21, 2024

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The West’s response to Ukraine could redefine the future of democracy

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Invent a Holiday for Fascism Nov 20, 2024

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Will Trump get his Putin-loving nominees in power over the executive branch without congressional hearings using a constitutional trick? Is this how he becomes a "dictator on day one"?

Commentator Steve Schmidt joins Thom, with a warning. And, Thom read from "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year" by Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker.

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