The Hartmann Report

Could a rapid change in interest rates have serious consequences for our economy?

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way. In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show. After Donald Trump returned to office, the investigation died, a casualty of his purge of the FBI.

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Federal judge to decide if ICE violated court order over warrantless arrests in Oregon. Innovation Law Lab originally filed a class action lawsuit against ICE last year, arguing that the agency could not arrest someone without a warrant.

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Trump’s best friend, Putin is invited on American soil again, this time to Trump’s Miami golf club for the G20 summit. The International Criminal Court has an arrest warrant for Putin for the war crime of trafficking children. And all this while Putin is threatening to invade NATO countries. U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba. Plus Trump Orders America to “Love Me” and Sends Us Taxpayers the Bill. Yuck!

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Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast, Phil Ittner reports that Russia slams Kyiv with increased missile attack while United Nations General Assembly largely condemns Putin. Ukrainians brace for winter amidst many threats.

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Earth breaches seven of nine planetary boundariesLeaders demand solar for all by 2030States sue over Trump’s wind payoffWhy time fliesThe Atlantic AMOC slows

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Trump Orders America to “Love Me” and Sends Us Taxpayers the Bill

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Trump says the “media” is a national security threat. What happens to this kind of threat? And - Trump “State” TV is a flop. Rightwing Billionaires Aren’t Just Buying CNN and CBS: They’re Seizing the Power to Shape Reality. “The Freedom of the Press is one of the great Bulwarks of Liberty, and can never be restrained...” — Founder George Mason, 1776

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Dark money floods the midtermsTaxpayers fund Trump's Fox adBig Oil cashes inAdani walks freeMusk eyes CNN's new ownerMAGA candidate fasts for votes

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Thom chats with Rachel Bitecofer, PhD, who writes at The Cycle - on Substack / Author, “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at their Own Game“ How to Kill a Free Press.

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A Trump judge kills his press banDiesel prices explodeSanders targets killer AISeattle bans surveillance pricingMcConnell revolts over TaiwanNetanyahu goes after Mamdani

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Prices didn’t leave working Americans behind all by themselves. Decades of weakened unions, stagnant wages, billionaire tax cuts, and policies favoring capital changed who gets the money…

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Missouri GOP’s Map Headed to Supreme Court a Third Time. Also 150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It’s Visibly Oozing. Plus, Byron Donalds pulls prominent mentions of Trump from campaign website.

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Trump brags he skips courts and kills suspectsKrugman calls him sundowningHackers breach the FBIBlanche stalls Epstein filesTexas polls blueRepublicans fear a midterm bloodbath

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Thom talks with author, John Perkins, about his new book, The Art of the Steal: Trump and the Economic Hit Man Presidency, where they deep dive into the complex, expansive, and clandestine global network that serves the interests of powerful corporate, financial, and political entities. 

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Billionaires bribe their way to CNNTrump’s tax law backfiresICE shoots a driver then tries to deport himEl Niño kills 450,000RFK stalls kids’ vaccines

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Donny's thugs are starting to disappear people- and somehow operate with total immunity to the law even when they've clearly and publicly committed murder.Is this what you see when an authoritarian takes power?

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Trump threatens to annihilate IranRenames AITrump watches Cuba walk outPresident snaps at CNNICE leaves a shot man on a floorOil eyes $150, measles nears 800

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The Don wants to declare an independent media- and anybody else who gets in the way of his insane self-aggrandizing priorities- to be a national security threat.

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Trump halts Houthi strikes as bombs loadTrump approval crashes to 29%Hinson panics over Iran warEl Niño smashes recordsEpstein survivors demand restitution

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The Insurance Industry Built a Tollbooth Between You and Your Doctor. Who Will Tear It Down?

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Author Christopher Armitage joins Thom - is there anything actually conservative about Trump "conservatives"?  Plus - are Donald's attempts to restrict media reporting on himself and his scams fundamentally unAmerican?

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Dark money floods a law firm connected to Clarence ThomasCalifornia's AG caves on the CNN mergerTrump targets NIH scienceHegseth barks scriptureRemembering Jennifer Eckhart

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Donald's collusion with the ultra-rich to control and restrict media reporting on himself and his scams fundamentally conflict with important longstanding practices that make us who we are as a nation.

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Economist warns of wallet-crushing double whammyTrump’s Greenland deal is recycledAmnesty says deportees were beatenNewsom makes ballot seizure a felonyEPA lets Bayer write weedkiller rules

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Did Ayn Rand Plant the Ideological Seed That Trumpism Is Harvesting Today?

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Texas Attorney General and GOP U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton was accused of lunging at an American tourist and attempting to take his phone after the man filmed the Republican walking with his alleged mistress in London. MAGA Grifters are eroding our legal due process and democracy into a simulation of Putin-style fascism. Plus Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner prove that they are idiot grifters on the world stage.

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Polish PM warns Russia may stage 'accidental' strikes on NATO's eastern states. Russia could launch "hybrid drone and missile strikes" against Poland and other NATO countries supporting Ukraine while portraying them as accidental.

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Progressive Congressman Mark Pocan is buckling down for the impending midterms- what are the chances of having a fair election?

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We have known since the 1950s that living close to polluters like freeway, power plants, and factories directly damages the health of young and old. So, why has America done so little to protect the lives of Americans through sensible regulation? The answer may be simple.

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When Donald loses power, will he issue commands to take America- and the stable world order- down with him?

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Does Trump have a backdoor plan to create a list of who is- and isn't- allowed to vote in the midterms that he can use to steal the election? Investigative Reporter Greg Palast is on the case.

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Twelve trillion tons of ice goneA memo guts wildlife lawYosemite for saleFour measles deathsBird flu outranks AIAnd six minutes with a book

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Give Republicans Congress and Trump promises you $5,000. That extraordinary bargain raises a question America confronted nearly 90 years ago: how far can government power reach into the voting booth?

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Trump and Rubio's crew of cronies are already planning to slice and dice the wealth of the island nation-- if they can finally strangle the regime.

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Is the red wall cracking?Georgia slipsA GOP congresswoman defies TrumpOklahoma mothers sueA judge confronts TrumpSenators back free speechTradwives spook the FBI

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Will Trump worm his way out of enforcing the Russia sanctions law Congress just passed? And why is nobody talking about this law in the mainstream media?

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Trump threatens Europe over CanadaA Bush judge blasts ICEPutin fakes celebrity videosThe Fed defies TrumpClowns fight fascismEd Sheeran’s openers all quit

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With 89 percent saying corruption is widespread, history shows what can follow when citizens stop believing their institutions will hold criminals and the powerful accountable…

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