The Hartmann Report

Latest Episodes:

Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/24/2018 - Do you belive the victims? Corporate capitalism and 'hostile sexism' set the scene, while the accusers pile up, and Democrats pile on a certain Republican operative-wannabe-Supreme. Sep 24, 2018

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As a second and even a third woman comes forward with allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, Thom reaches out to Maya Raghu of the National Women's Law Group, originators of the Believe Survivors project. Listeners respond.

Thom reads from the forward he wrote for 'All The World's a Stage', the biography of Dennis Weaver.

Bob Ney of Talk Media News brings his deep analysis of the headlines.

Morris from Los Angeles asks about impeaching Supreme Court Justices, and other listeners call about Kavanaugh.

Political commentator Chauncey Devega weighs in on the concepts of 'hostile sexism' and 'corporate democracy'.

And finally, listener Jack brings us back to Kavanaugh - can a man really change his nature as he ages?

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/21/2018 - The politics of kindness with Jefferson Smith Sep 21, 2018

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Jefferson Smith asks the big questions as Thom heads to California for the Bill Maher show.

Jodi Jacobson, president and editor in chief of Rewire News takes a look at the Kavanaugh hearing from a feminist perspective, and what lessons can be learned from it.

Jeff answers listener calls about the news of the day and muses deeply on where we are- or should- be going... with a big emphasis on the fundamental importance of kindness.

Talk Media News' Luke Vargas brings stories about the White House Whisperer, refugees, and trade negotiations.

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/20/2018 - Deaths from Hurricane Florence - and could a Kavanaugh nomination lead to a return of illegal abortion deaths in America? Sep 20, 2018

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Thom considers the impact of the pig and chicken sheds in which millions of chickens and tens of thousands of pigs drowned after Hurricane Florence passed over the Carolinas.

Then, Thom's take on the continuing question of Kavanaugh's nomination and allegations he is an attempted rapist. Listeners open their hearts and stories as they respond. Could illegal abortion deaths be returning to America on a large scale?

And Black Lives Matter activist, author, and Podcaster DeRay Mckesson is in studio to discuss his book 'On the Other Side of Freedom'.

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/19/2018 - As Kavanaugh's nomination is in doubt, and congress eyes an upcoming break, politics drags on towards an uncertain future with or without cheap Christmas lights. Sep 19, 2018

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/18/2018 - The politics of Us versus Them - nationalist and fascist forces at work. Sep 18, 2018

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In Thom's take: As Trump's election all about racism and sexism, and not so much about "Economic Anxieties?" If so, then dp Trump voters mind much if Kavanaugh sexually assaulted someone or if Trump used the n-word? Why are so many despair deaths occurring in Trump-voter counties?

Listeners respond.

Thom reads from "Minority Leader" - by Stacey Abrams and "Taking Bullets" by Haki R. Madhubuti.

And we hear from Professor Jason Stanley, author of "How Fascism Works - The Politics of Us and Them" on whether America really is becoming a nationalist fascist state.

Plus Luke Vargas from Talk Media News, and more good stuff from Thom and his listeners.

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/17/2018 - Thom challenges Ken Starr of the Clinton investigation as listeners wrestle with the facts and allegations we continue to learn about Brett Kavanaugh. Sep 17, 2018

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/14/2018 - Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Manafort, Meat, Millennial voters, Measuring Unemployment, and Many Meaningful Matters Sep 14, 2018

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Thom starts the show with his take on the recent possibly criminal revelations of Paul Manafort and Brett Kavanaugh, and related twists and turns in the news. Next, Thom reads from "The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business" by Christopher Leonard. After that Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore (a member of the Progressive and LGBTQ Equality caucuses and a member of the Congressional Financial Services Committee) checks in with Thom on the subject of financial policy and the struggle for equality. Then, Thom welcomes back Luke Vargas of Talk Media News on American-Canadian border law and other goings-on of note. Thom reads from his book "The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction" . Callers raise issues of millennial voting, abortion, Serena, measuring unemployment, alternative curse words, and positive political commercials.

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/13/2018 - Looking back: Andrew Jackson, Native American culture, and the Greasy Grass Battle... Looking forward: LGBTQ Victory Fund Campaign + the Blue Wave?, Kavanaugh time?, J.P. Morgan might need a little help one day? Plus, the Mooseherders! Sep 13, 2018

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Thom confronts author, Bradley J. Birzer about his controversial new book, In Defense of Andrew Jackson, the treatment of American Indians and the comparisons between Jackson and Trump.

In a study from his book- The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Thom examines Native American culture as well as a reading from Warrior Is by Harley and Robin L. Zephier on the subject of their Lakota ancestor who killed Colonel Custer at The Greasy Grass Battle, aka Little Bighorn.

Christopher Massicotte of the Victory Fund Campaign explains that the coming blue wave election will also be a rainbow wave with a historic number of LGBTQ candidates.

Thom gets a chance to check in with Mark Pocan- will the Democrats hold firm in the Senate against Kavanaugh? How can the president deny 3000 people died in Puerto Rico?

And Thom tells us about an effort by banks led by J.P. Morgan to get governments to back possible bank losses in the stock market in the event of a crash.

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/12/2018 - When big pharma takes advantage of us with extreme drug prices, and Republicans game elections, and climate change adds fury to natural disasters- what can we do about it all? Sep 12, 2018

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Thom analyses the corruption of the pharmaceutical business as drug companies flaunt ethics and do anything for money. Listeners call in with their often life and death experiences.

With the approach of what may be a historically damaging hurricane, Thom examines the willful blindness of climate change by governments under the sway of Republican greed.

Davis Hammet, president of activist group Loud Light details voter suppression ongoing in Kris Kobach's Kansas, and what can be done about it.

And, Ellen Rattner drops in from Talk Media News with the most interesting headlines.

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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 9/11/2018 - A look back at the September 11th attacks- and after almost 17 years of war- where are we now, and how could it have been different? Sep 11, 2018

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As we look back on the way the Bush administration used September 11th to try to build political capital, make their friends rich, and reduce our civil liberties, and as the endless war continues almost 17 years later, Thom looks back and also forward with Medea Benjamin from Code Pink, longtime antiwar activist, and author of the new article 'War Profiteers: The US War Machine and the Arming of Repressive Regimes'.

Callers respond with their experiences, losses, and thoughts about 9/11.

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