Thom Hartmann

New York, Portland, Washington, D.C.

Radio Host at KKSF-AM (San Francisco, CA)

Writer at The Wisdom School: What it Means to be Human

America's #1 Progressive talk show; NY Times bestselling author. SIriusXM, Pacifica, FSTV, nationwide radio, podcast Writings: https://t.co/2Idd6tcknd

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Saturday Report 6/7/25 - Are Americans getting over revenge politics?

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

Special reminder: Ask Thom Anything has been moved back to 10 AM Pacific, 1 PM Eastern. Thom will be on MSNBC with Ali Velshi at 9 AM Pacific, noon Eastern. — Everybody hates both Trump and Musk! A new YouGov survey in the wake of the Trump/Musk pissing contest shows a clear majority of Americans don’t “side with” either of the two billionaires. Fully 52% of the people surveyed picked “neither” when asked who they favored in the Musk vs. Trump feud.
How John Roberts pushed Trump and Musk into public wrestling ring

3 weeks ago | rawstory.com | Thom Hartmann

The alpha-male d--k-measuring contest between Trump and Musk isn’t entertainment: it’s the inevitable outcome of America’s complete surrender to oligarchy. After centuries of democratic progress, we’re watching the World’s Richest Man® and the World’s Most Powerful Man® battle for supremacy on social media like feuding warlords. How did the land of Lincoln and Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Kennedy, become a playground for billionaire sociopaths? The answer has a name: John Roberts.
Who Owns America? Musk and Trump Are Fighting Over the Deed

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -9:04Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. This Daily Read is just for our subscribers (along with the special Saturday Report, the Sunday Book Excerpt, the ability to comment on posts, reply in email directly to Thom, and the monthly Ask Thom Anything zoom meeting).
The Most Dangerous Thing About Trump's Fascism? Getting Used to It | Common Dreams

3 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Thom Hartmann

It wasn’t all at once (although sometimes the last three months seem that way). Authoritarianism never is. It happens drip by drip, crisis by crisis, until people forget what normal even felt like. This is how fascism seduces a nation: not by storming the gates, but by wearing down our ability to be outraged. And Donald Trump, more than any political figure in modern American history, has weaponized this steady march into moral and civic numbness.
The Great American Tariff Scam: Starring Donald Trump as the Savior Who Sells You Out

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -10:00Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. This Daily Read is just for our subscribers (along with the special Saturday Report, the Sunday Book Excerpt, the ability to comment on posts, reply in email directly to Thom, and the monthly Ask Thom Anything zoom meeting).
The Great American Tariff Scam: Starring Donald Trump as the Savior Who Sells You Out

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann |Greg Palast

Today’s Daily Take is written by my old friend and former BBC reporter Greg Palast, who in addition to being in a brilliant journalist also has a solid academic background in statistics, economics, and math. I think you’ll find it fascinating. (His Substack newsletterGreg Palast Investigates is here.)Stay with me, and I’ll explain these weird, weird facts:Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel increased the amount of steel imported.
Coming Up Today Thursday, June 4, 2025

3 weeks ago | thom.tv | Thom Hartmann

-- Greg Palast - The Great American Tariff Scam: Starring Donald Trump as the Savior Who Sells You Out-- How to make blue waves and young voters care.... -- People whose family members have been killed by big insurance companies withholding payments are starting to fight back-- Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update-- Republicans are setting American women up to die-- Does the GOP think retirees are useless?
The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free

3 weeks ago | smirkingchimp.com | Thom Hartmann

— from The Hartmann Report It wasn’t all at once (although sometimes the last three months seem that way). Authoritarianism never is. It happens drip by drip, crisis by crisis, until people forget what normal even felt like. This is how fascism seduces a nation: not by storming the gates, but by wearing down our ability to be outraged. And Donald Trump, more than any political figure in modern American history, has weaponized this steady march into moral and civic numbness.
Trump and Musk are neck deep in a racist disgrace

3 weeks ago | rawstory.com | Thom Hartmann

It’s one of the greatest preventable mass deaths in modern history: around two people every minute of every day, day and night, week after week, soon to be year after year. In the time it takes you to read this article, several dozen children will have died because of actions taken — with full knowledge of this consequence — by South African immigrant Elon Musk, Big Balls and his teenage DOGE buddies, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio.
The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free

3 weeks ago | portside.org | Thom Hartmann

The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free Published June 4, 2025 I fear our mistakes far more than the strategy of our enemies. —Thucydides (470–400 b.c.), Pericles’ Funeral OrationIt wasn’t all at once (although sometimes the last three months seem that way). Authoritarianism never is. It happens drip by drip, crisis by crisis, until people forget what normal even felt like.