The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann
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Feb 11, 2025 • 55min

PBS Caves to Trump and Closes Their DEI Program

Alex Lawson - A call for protecting the integrity of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid following reports that DOGE has accessed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and intends to access SSA next. Trump to IRS: stop investigating Rich tax cheats and instead go catch some brown people who are here without authorization.Is anyone surprised PBS caves to Trump and closes their DEI program - I have my doubts this will help them. Morgan J Freeman: "Anthem Blue Shield Blue Cross -- just denied cancer follow-up MRI to check spread was deemed "not a medical necessity" and therefore “not authorized." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 11, 2025 • 9min

Daily Take: They Think They Are Free — But For How Long?

How authoritarian regimes fool their supporters — until the cost comes due…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 10, 2025 • 54min

Our Democracy Is Under Siege

Dean Obeidallah - Trump is making the U.S. less safe from terrorist attacks—the question is why?!  ‘Our Democracy Is Under Siege’: Former Treasury Secretaries Write Scathing NY Times Op-Ed Warning Against DOGE’s ‘Threat to America’ Emboldened racists and now impersonating ICE throughout America...Look out! Sen. Andy Kim says he's open to shutting down the government if Trump continues dismantling agencies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 10, 2025 • 9min

Daily Take: The Supreme Court is Corrupt, Congress is a Rubber Stamp, & the President is Lawless—What Happens Next?

Welcome to James Madison’s nightmare: “The very definition of Tyranny”...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 9, 2025 • 59min

Has Trump Turned America’s Free Press into State Media?

Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts. In Donald Trump’s America, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, sue and fake ‘public opinion’ for the benefit of the morbidly rich. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 8, 2025 • 58min

Donald Trump and Elon Musk Have Created a National Security Nightmare. On Purpose.

An unelected billionaire and his merry hacker band are rooting through our nation’s secrets, poking around in your personal financial and medical records, and reportedly altering the computer code involved in paying our nation’s bills. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 7, 2025 • 58min

Messing With Medicare

If they can't destroy it, Republicans at least want to make Medicare into another hustle to make the rich richer by replacing public insurance with private Medicare "Advantage" plans that crap out as soon as taking care of you gets expensive.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 7, 2025 • 8min

Daily Take: Musk's and Trump’s National Security Sabotage — And Why Putin and Xi Are Laughing

Spies, secrets, and sabotage: America’s adversaries couldn’t have scripted a better betrayal than what Musk and Trump are doing…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 59min

Trump Has No Right to Move Us to Oligarchy, Authoritarianism, and Kleptocracy

Doctor Fires Back at ‘Absurd’ Letter from Law Firm Demanding She Delete Posts Criticizing United Healthcare and Apologize. The NFL is removing “End Racism“ from the end zone so it doesn’t offend Trump when he comes to watch the game Sunday. Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update. Trump Has No Right to Move Us to Oligarchy, Authoritarianism, and Kleptocracy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 5min

Daily Take: Last Chance to Stop a Dictatorship — and Trump Knows It

He’s firing the FBI, silencing the press, and dismantling Democracy: The window to fight back Is closing quickly...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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