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What You May Have Missed

2 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Nigel Peacock

Uncomfortably Numb Or Never Succumb? WHICH WILL YOU CHOOSE? Not a day goes by where the news doesn't disgust me. What's worse is that no matter how insane or cruel, it no longer comes as a surprise. The once unbelievable has become the norm. We’ve come to expect dishonesty and corruption from our politicians, as well as the implementation of underhanded policies behind the scenes.
Saturday Report 6/7/25 - Are Americans getting over revenge politics?

2 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.
Ask Thom Anything

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Nigel Peacock

It's time for the monthly Ask Thom Anything Zoom Meeting. This is for our paid supporters, who can join Thom live and ask, well, anything. The meeting isn't recorded or repeated, so what is said stays in the Zoom room. Here are the details: Paid supporters of the Hartmann Report, join us!Date: Saturday, 7 June 2025Time: 9 am Pacific, Noon EasternTopic: Ask Thom AnythingThis is a paid subscriber benefit, with details below.
Who Owns America? Musk and Trump Are Fighting Over the Deed

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

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The Great American Tariff Scam: Starring Donald Trump as the Savior Who Sells You Out

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

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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.
The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

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The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

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. This is how fascism seduces a nation: not by storming the gates, but by wearing down our ability to be outraged.
Why Do America’s Workers Need Welfare? The Scandal Nobody Talks About

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

Bob Kennedy, Mehmet Oz, and two Trump administration colleagues recently published an op-ed in The New York Times justifying the GOP’s attempt to cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits by imposing draconian prove-you’re-working paperwork and hoop-jumping requirements on recipients.
Why Do America’s Workers Need Welfare? The Scandal Nobody Talks About

3 weeks ago | hartmannreport.com | Thom Hartmann

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