Tag Archives: Thom Hartmann

Why are Trump and the GOP Working So Hard to Ruin America?

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Why has the GOP declared war on everything: healthcare, Democracy, science, and you? By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ July 18, 2025 Every day, it seems, we see or hear about another way in which Trump and his lickspittles in … Continue reading →

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James Carville Is Right to Panic — Because Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter, and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan. By Thom Hartmann/ The … Continue reading →

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Who Owns America? Musk and Trump Are Fighting Over the Deed

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

A Supreme Court justice handed the keys of our democracy to billionaires — and now they’re crashing it in public… By Thom Hartmann / ThomHartmann.com/ June 6, 2025 The alpha-male dick-measuring contest between Trump and Musk isn’t entertainment: it’s the … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Political Con of the Last Century Unmasked

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Why the destruction of public institutions, the middle class, and government itself may not be a mistake — but the mission… By Thom Hartmann/ Hartmannreport.com/ May 21, 2025 Neal deGrasse Tyson makes a very relevant point this week: “If a foreign … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ February 10, 2025 So, JD Vance is now saying that he and Trump don’t have to obey federal judges, tweeting, “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” This is how autocrats run things; it’s an extraordinarily dangerous … Continue reading →

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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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The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s—weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ January 31, 2025 In Wednesday’s Daily Take here on Hartmann Report, I mentioned Russell Kirk and … Continue reading →

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Trump Lost. Voter Suppression Won

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

By Greg Palast/ HartmannReport/ January 24, 2025 A guest post by Greg Palast for the Hartmann Report Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania … Continue reading →

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Echoes of History: How Fascism Quietly Seizes Control

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com / November 19, 2024 Editor’s note: A very long and frightening prediction from Thom Hartmann of our future under Dear Leader…. President Biden told the nation, “American democracy is under attack … [by the] former president of … Continue reading →

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The Billionaires Won: The 50-Year War on Democracy That Built Trump’s Oligarchy and Killed the American Dream

Posted on November 10, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

Bought politicians, and a court on their side—they’ve seized control… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ November 6, 2024 When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for … Continue reading →

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