The Hartmann Report

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ATTACK OF THE TROLLS Sep 05, 2020

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As progressive Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan joins Thom for a national town hall, GOP cranks and paid trolls try to overtake the discussion.

Plus - How can we prepare for Trump to declare victory before the mail-in votes are counted?.. What is the danger in Democrats backing a law & order message?.. Spotting scam fundraising mailers... How will Biden debate a skilled liar?..

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WHO IS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA'S COVID WOES? Sep 04, 2020

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As the data continues to bear out how dangerous this virus is, especially to the vulnerable, Trump's new favorite medical expert- a radiologist!- is promoting a herd immunity strategy with minimal testing. As the virus spreads through our population, places with the virus under control like New Zealand have detected virus on our meat exports- did we spark a fresh outbreak there?

And Dr. Michael Gregor joins Thom- has the Covid pandemic woken us up to diseases caught from animals? We've already traced HIV to butchering monkeys in Africa, as well as super-strains of influenza and antibiotic-resistant bacteria from American factory farms. As humans spread into new areas, and with so many farm animals and people on the planet, new strains of disease will go pandemic if we don't change our ways. Is our current food system worth it?

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IS TRUMP CHEATING HIS WAY TO ANOTHER WIN? Sep 03, 2020

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Our president committed a felony- right out in the open- encouraging Republican voters in North Carolina to vote twice. He committed massive tax fraud when he stole his father‘s estate. He violated campaign finance laws by paying off the women he was having sex with. He tried to threaten and then bribe foreign officials to get election help. Thousands of Americans small businesses claim he broke contracts or stole from them. He was busted for refusing to rent properties to African-Americans. Dozens of women accuse him of rape and sexual assault.

Will Trump win re-election with his crimes? Greg Palast joins Thom with a list of 180,000 voters illegally taken off the rolls by Republicans in the swing state of Georgia. Do we need to establish a clear legal right to vote and therefore investigate corruption in our voting system?..

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PLEASE IGNORE THE FAILURE OF TRUMPONOMICS Sep 02, 2020

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As news breaks that Trump was warned specifically that Russian operatives were working to distort out election (and he did nothing) will Trump again succeed at distracting us? And will the Grifter-in-Chief keep the public from seeing his tax returns?

Economist Richard Wolff considers what an American Depression might look like and how Biden could learn from FDR on how to turn things around!

Plus- Common people struggle to pay rent while the rich get another trillion dollar bailout- why can we afford reparations- but for white billionaires? And Thom reads from his book 'Unequal Protection- How Corporations Became People'.

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AN AUTHORITARIAN NIGHTMARE: What's driving it? Sep 01, 2020

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Why are so many Americans willing to support hate and division?

Donald Trump has told us that only 9000 people have died of the corona virus in the United States, that shooting an unarmed man in the back seven times is like a bad putt at golf, that protests are being led by an airplane full of black-jacketed “thugs,“ and refused to condemn a vicious murderer who killed two people and blew the arm off a third. Now, he is threatening the Mayor of Portland with federal troops again.

Which raises the question, is this the America the majority of voters want to live in? If the polls are any indication, almost half of America is right there with him. Why is this?

John Dean, who worked for Nixon, joins Thom to talk about his new book, 'Authoritarian Nightmare', which looks at studies of that Trump supporters' basic personalities, and possible roots in their damaged childhoods.

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IS TRUMP WORKING TO IGNITE A CIVIL WAR? Aug 31, 2020

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Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, and Joe Biden have both challenged Trump to condemn violence by all sides. But is Trump instead trying to start a civil war by taking lessons from past strongman regimes like the Nazis?

Thom is joined by Alexander Reed-Ross, a doctoral fellow at the Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right. To what extent are police supportive of, or even infiltrated by racist right-wing Trump supporters?

And Thom welcomes Dr. Bandy Lee, Yale professor and editor of the book 'The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess the President'. How does Donald's diagnosis predict how he will respond to events as the election gets closer?

Plus, Thom's third brilliant guest today is Jean Guerrero, investigative reporter and author of "HATEMONGER: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda".

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LIES, PREDATORS, AND RACISM: A winning strategy? Aug 30, 2020

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Last week the lies flowed like water at the Republican Convention, while Trump supporters went on hunting trips to kill peaceful protesters in the streets- will the predators succeed? Will the actions of the NBA and many others standing up against police brutality be only a moment, or a movement? Which America will prevail?

Plus - Trump is using the CDC to suppress the Covid case numbers in the runup to the election. Does the Republican death cult not care about the pandemic because they know the impact- like almost all adverse health impacts- falls disproportionately on people of color and the poor? Will America ever live up to its ideals of equality, or will we re-elect hate?

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TAKING STOCK WITH RO KHANNA Aug 29, 2020

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Thom once again welcomes Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna to the air to discuss the issues of the day from his perspective. Will the public fully recognize the hypocrisy of the Republican party running on law and order while egging on the lawless murder of peaceful protesters? And is Trump deliberately creating a mess for Joe Biden to inherit?

Plus Thom's callers on... do dogs really vote??. Protecting our Postal Service... The real cancer at the core of democracy... Crawling through glass to vote... And.. is the First Lady a gold-digger?

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THE WHITE HOUSE IS A CRIME SCENE Aug 28, 2020

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After Trump massively violated the Hatch Act by being the first American president in history to campaign from the White House, will there be an investigation? Will Covid take its toll as it did on Herman Cain? Do any of the Republicans on Fox News care enough about this country to wake up and realize there is a con-man and criminal in the White House?

Thom hears from Ben Jealous, the president of the People for the American Way on Trump's latest crimes, and on why the Democratic party may be failing to get out the Latino vote. Also Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic National Committee shares his take on the lies told at the Republican Convention- and what the Democratic Party is doing to fight back.

Plus- did Trump inspire the right-wing 17 year old who murdered protesters in Wisconsin?

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RETURN MANUFACTURING JOBS TO THE US? Aug 27, 2020

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Will you be able to protect yourself from a financial crash, how will an economic crash now affect the 2020 election? Can this turn into a recession, a depression or something even worse?

Thom Hartmann and Richard Wolff discuss just how big this pop will be!

Is This Our Last Chance To Return Manufacturing Jobs To The US?

(w/ Rob E. Scott, Senior Economist and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research.)

Can the US restore manufacturing jobs before Trump breaks off all sensible business and imports from China? Why has our manufacturing all gone offshore? It is all about subsidies and tariffs.

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