Tag Archives: The Hartmann Report

The Billionaire Coup is Almost Complete and No One Stopped It — Can We Return to Democracy?

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

How America’s ultra-rich dismantled democracy, one Supreme Court ruling at a time… By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ February 5, 2025 There is one thread that ties together Trump’s destruction of American government agencies, his offer to take the Gaza … Continue reading →

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How It Happened

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

The Hartmann Report The Billionaires Won: The 50-Year War on Democracy That Built Trump’s Oligarchy and Killed the American Dream Bought politicians, and a court on their side—they’ve seized control… THOM HARTMANN NOV 06, 2024 Share When plunder becomes a … Continue reading →

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Is SCOTUS in on the Coup and Trying to End American Democracy?

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport.com/ April 26, 2022 The simple reality is that conservatives throughout modern history have viewed democracy with a jaundiced eye, and the Supreme Court’s Republican appointees are no exception… Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they … Continue reading →

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Why have Americans Embraced So Many Toxic GOP Scams?

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

When will America — and, particularly, American media — wake up to these scams and start calling them out for what they are? By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ December 22, 2023 The GOP — to keep the support of … Continue reading →

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America Can’t Let the 9/11 War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ September 11, 2023 Today is 9/11, the event that first brought America together and then was cynically exploited by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to have a war against Iraq, following their illegal invasion of … Continue reading →

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What Happens When Corporations are Taxed at 90% – Like Before the Reagan Revolution?

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ June 5, 2023 Last week on Hartmann Report I proposed we raise the top personal income tax bracket — paid only by people making over (for example) around $50 million a year, and only on the money above … Continue reading →

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As the Fourth Great Turning Unwinds, Technology is Speeding Up the Process

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Arlen Grossman

By Thomas Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport/ August 19, 2022 These hinge points of history are never painless, but they always leave enlightenment and true change in their wake. As Russian President Putin tries his version of Hitler’s September 1939 “defensive” attack on … Continue reading →

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