Journalism is supposed to ensure democracy survives but what happens when the people who are supposed to write truth to power are cashing checks from power instead? Thom Hartmann lays out the shocking but TRUE slapdown this German newspaper gave to America’s “news reporting.”

The very same people who tried to steal the 2020 election are quietly being put in charge of counting the 2024 votes. What could possibly go wrong?! People who care more about money than democracy are in positions to give the election to the candidates they want. Is this how the GOP will steal the 2024 election and strangle democracy?

Fascism is just about everywhere now. But, the world wasn’t always fascinated with fascism. Trump's vision of fascism…supported by the neo fascist ideologies of Project 2025 & Project 47…wants you to believe that the Democratic Party is ‘so extreme it’s a threat to America’ and needs to be done away with…we are through the looking glass people…

January 6th isn’t the only time the far right has tried to steal elections in America. But, it was one of the few times they were actually stopped. Thom Hartmann and David Pepper go over the history of elections you didn’t know were stolen…

Donald Trump, according to one caller, could arrange to drop out of the 2024 election on the condition that he receives a full pardon. Decision 2024 - is it better to prosecute Trump & see him face the consequences? Or, is it better to safeguard Democracy from the would-be-dictator who could take it all away from us?

Most Americans were shocked by Trump’s vile crimes. However, there is a generation of Americans so young that they’ve only known corruption in politics. These young voters, many exercising their right to vote for the first time, have never known the “American Dream.” Will they turn election Day, this Tuesday, November 5th into Armageddon Day?

How severe were Trump's crimes? New evidence may shed light on just how far the former President went yet. And just in time for Trump's legal defense to face major problems.

Haiti is in danger but calls for U.S. intervention are ahistorical - one caller explains how the US can actually help Haiti without even lifting a finger…

Will the GOP put an end to those pesky labor laws that protect children from being forced to work in dangerous jobs? They already have, your kids’ shift starts right after this…

Is there a little Donald Trump in all of us, hidden in our DNA? Thom and a caller discuss how the very worst of humanity has come to the surface in the wake of America’s wannabe dictator.

New research examines the history of Republican tax cuts and the results will chill you to the bone. Who wins vs. who loses. the working class or the billionaires...

Boeing is in crisis after their planes began falling apart but it wasn’t just loose screws, Boeing is suffering from a systemic problem at the heart of American Democracy.

New research is linking the kind of schoolyard bully attitude to neoliberalism. Can we create an America where bullying doesn’t lead people to power over anything?

America’s biggest trading partner is under attack by mega corporations that want to exploit Mexico’s national resources and people. Friend of the show, Nicolas Miller joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the smear campaigns against Mexico’s democracy.

Fascists in Romania are preparing for…well, something?! Whatever it is, the Romanian Fascists need complete party loyalty. So much so that they are subjecting their members & supporters to lie detector tests.. Americans are wondering if our own fascists will demand this next…