The upcoming midterm elections will be the most expensive elections ever conducted in the US. And more of the money is “dark” than ever before, meaning it’s impossible to get a full picture of who is spending gargantuan sums to influence races that could provide a critical check on Donald Trump’s second term.

Thom talks with investigative researcher and analyst, Olga Lautman, about how we are less than 24 hours away from the midterms. She puts together a list of Russia’s tactics we should all watch out for tomorrow and to be prepared to know what to look out for...

A new Brennan Center for Justice report reveals that just 40 billionaire donors have poured an unprecedented $2.4 billion into the federal midterm elections, with the top five individual mega-donors backing Republicans.

Tucker Carlson claims Donald Trump is days away from deciding whether to launch a tactical nuclear strike on Iran’s Pickax Mountain nuclear site, warning that World War III could follow.

Could an escalation with Iran be Donald Trump's strategy to maintain power and avoid prison?

Thom talks about Jesse Eisenberg's film, Mountainhead, along with discussing how Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday to complain that The Wall Street Journal keeps using the long-accepted terms AI/artificial intelligence instead of immediately falling in line with his wishes. His post included a decree to eventually ban the term altogether...

The Trump administration is calling its concerns about male service members' testosterone levels a matter of maintaining military might, despite critics who say it's an unscientific catchall driven by the culture war and its anxieties about masculinity.

Buy, borrow, die? The catch? It isn't the full story. Buy-borrow-die is a real loophole, and in absolute terms the rich borrow a lot—but the data say the very wealthy are mostly saving, not borrowing.

The US Department of Justice plans to send observers to polling sites in Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Gwinnett, Bibb and Chatham Counties in Georgia. Democrats say it’s no coincidence...

Government corruption has emerged as a top issue in the upcoming US midterm elections, with an overwhelming majority of Americans saying US government officials use their public office for personal financial gain, according to an exclusive Harris poll for the Guardian.

Thom talks with Congressional Democratic candidate in WI, Mitchell Berman, about the local support he has been receiving.

As global greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels ahead of COP31, the Trump administration exits international climate negotiations and refuses to send an official US delegation.

-- Mitchell Berman - Can Mitchell Berman flip red to blue in Wisconsin?

The artificial intelligence boom is showing clear signs of cracking, from massive tech layoffs to falling stock valuations and skyrocketing power bills for everyday consumers.

Thom Hartmann interviews the Democratic candidate for the Arkansas Senate seat, Hallie Shoffner. They discuss her plan for the state, her experience as a 6th-generation farmer, and her fight against Tom Cotton.