

The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report is an independent daily podcast hosted by award winning, author, radio & TV host Thom Hartmann. Thom’s podcast highlights the bigger picture behind politics, science and culture through discussion and debate. Catch Thom’s live show Monday through Friday noon ET / 9am PT- www.thomhartmann.com.
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Sep 10, 2024 • 8min
Daily Take: Will Donald Trump Reveal Himself Tonight as the Antichrist?
For me, all the proof I need that Trump, if not the biblical Antichrist, is at least a political one, is what he says and does...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 9, 2024 • 57min
Debate Prep Day and Expectations
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith speaks with author, historian, and accidental speechwriter Jeff Shesol. A founding partner of West Wing Writers, Shesol is the author of Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War, and Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2010. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 9, 2024 • 9min
Daily Take: The Shocking Point about Hairdryer Economics & Climate Change
A new and better world is possible, if we can only overcome the money of the fossil fuel industry.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 8, 2024 • 59min
JD Vance's Idiotic Comments on Gunmen and Grandparents
They are now going after the parents of school shooters. He bought his son the killing weapon. More voter suppression – I told you so! Florida’s department of state is examining tens of thousands of Amendment 4 petition signatures for potential fraud. NPR nails the two Trump staffers who tried to beat up the person at Arlington national cemetery - what are the next steps? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 7, 2024 • 59min
Suppression Alert! LaRose Goes After Drop Box Voting Again
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) issued new guidance over the weekend that limits the use of drop boxes in the state. Democrats in the state said the rule disproportionately impacts seniors and voters with disabilities and violates state law. The aim of the directive, according to LaRose, is to enforce Ohio’s ban on “ballot harvesting,” which is “a process by which an individual attempts to collect and return absent voters’ ballots of other persons without accountability.” Lawyer and former Chairman of the Ohio Democratic David Pepper explains. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 6, 2024 • 58min
Looking to the Future
Will interest rates be cut? Who will win for president? Alan Lichtman says the Dems definitely have it, Nate Silver predicts Trump. And- Mark Pocan adds his insights.Plus - Thom reads from "Tyranny of the Majority" by Lani Guinier.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 6, 2024 • 6min
Daily Take: Goodbye Liz Cheney: Where Will the Next Generation of GOP Leadership Come From?
Hopefully, for the good of the nation, the party will reject its most extreme billionaires and politicians and return to the classically conservative side of true American values...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 5, 2024 • 58min
Confronting the Avalanche of Disinformation
A trio of guests gets to the heart of the matter- MSNBC producer Steve Benen's new book confronts the Russian-backed G.O.P. 'Ministry of Truth' that has brainwashed so many Americans...the New Republic's Michael Tomasky thinks American media might be effectively helping put Trump back in power...and Phil Ittner reports with the latest from Russia's murderous war on Ukraine.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 5, 2024 • 12min
Daily Take: Trump & the GOP's Big Lie 2.0: Their Plan to Shut Down America This Fall
He intends to use it to try to bring the Biden administration, and thus the Harris/Walz campaign, to its knees in the next few weeks...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 4, 2024 • 54min
At Last Big Tech's Free Ride May Be Over
Big news: a judge strikes down section 230. Big Tech's Free Ride Is Over. How Right wing Preachers Are Weaponizing Our Courts. Right wing Republican fanatics constantly telegraph their next move, in part to help raise money from their base. Democrats and Republicans who care about our secular republic must stop playing after-the-fact defense and go on the offense now. Also JD Vance rants against working women calling it "a path to misery." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.