The Hartmann Report

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Let the Medicaid Hunger Games Begin! Nov 03, 2023

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So say Red States to people they’ve just kicked off Medicaid: ”Don’t come crying to us when it’s time for the burial.” It’s a truly dystopian reality for millions of poor Americans who find themselves without health coverage. Why? Simply because they have the misfortune to be born in the wrong place and income bracket.. Meanwhile will the giant corporations meet demands before Pharma employees go nuclear? And the Medicare Advantage hustle rages on.

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Will MAGA Mike Inflict a Religious Crusade on America? Nov 02, 2023

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is closely tied to Christian groups that want to make America a theocracy. So why does he support policies that are so contrary to Christ's teachings? Plus - Handmaiden Tale Alert!

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Universal Basic Income- If it Works for Billionaires’ Children, Why Not the Poor? Nov 01, 2023

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America’s oligarchs have always known that their warnings about making people “dependent on government” and “lazy” were a scam. Also National Progressive Town Hall with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

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Will American Democracy Survive the Age of Oligarchs? Oct 31, 2023

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Ron DeSantis is passing out millions to his crony buddies - Is he building his very own oligarchy club for Florida? If Trump's family takes the fifth - it won't work....Plus - Judge reinstates gag order on Trump. Where's the media when an YUGE climate changed Hurricane just wiped out a city of more than a million? Should Hunters Use Meditation Machines or Go it Alone?

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Clarence Took a Bribe Oct 30, 2023

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Is the latest scandal around Clarence Thomas the one that will make a difference? When is this tax cheat going to finally get kicked out?

Plus - Thom reads from "The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name" by Brian C. Muraresku,

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Is Charles Koch's Network All About Getting the "Right" Cases to the Supreme Court? Oct 29, 2023

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Billionaire’s web of rightwing groups works to bring cases to court that could undermine core functionings of the US government. The attack on the administrative state is central to the work of Americans for Prosperity, which boasts of its years-long campaign to challenge what it calls the “out-of-control regulatory environment imposed by Washington''. The GOP is eating their own: Matt Gates outs a gay Republican congressman. Will Dean Phillips upset the campaign or will he be marginalized?

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How Trump’s MAGA GOP Increases the Risk of WWIII Oct 28, 2023

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Republican-aligned rightwing billionaires are gleeful at the prospect of further government dysfunction gutting social programs while Putin, Xi & the leaders of Hamas are reveling in the chaos. If ever there was a time America needed the few remaining rational actors in the GOP to step forward to push the crazies and traitors out of the way, this is it.

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When the Right Works Together Oct 27, 2023

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Radio host and activist Michelangelo Signorile chews the cud with Thom. How is the Vatican working with Republicans to discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community? Also, veteran social security activist Alex Lawson goes head to head with Republicans in Congress.

Plus- Thom reads from "Talk Radio's America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States" by Brian Rosenwald.

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Does MAGA Johnson's Election Prove All the GOP has Now is Hate? Oct 26, 2023

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The Maine shooter was a big fan of right wingers like Trump, Tucker Carlson & Dinesh D’Souza - will the media mention this? In Johnson, the GOP have found the perfect embodiment of their deplorable basket of hatreds - the only “loves” are rightwing billionaires, the fossil fuel industry & of course Trump’s buddy, Putin. Here's how Georgia wants to fix the Mass Shooter problem - Just pay teachers $10,000 to carry a gun. Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update

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America Mysteriously Hit a Deadly Climate Tipping Point & No One Knows Why Oct 25, 2023

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Who is Mike Johnson? Hint: Trump endorses him for speaker. Holy crap: Mark Meadows is cutting a plea deal, too! Crazy Alert! The day after....Powell claims her plea deal was extorted. Here’s how bad climate change has gotten. Tuberville has refused to budge on his blockade - can the process be reformed? Also published in the journal BioScience: “Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory...”

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