Gerald Ford had advice for Americans who were then experiencing what Ford called, a National Nightmare. As America waits for the current nightmare, Donald Trump to be over, can we learn anything from Gerald Ford about fighting the Trump administration?

Public banking is on the rise. Is this the solution to banks in the future.

40 years on, what is the lesson to learn from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident?

Film maker Robbie Leppzer’s new documentary “Power Struggle” look at the future of energy and especially focusing on nuclear energy.

Thom reads from Lawrence O'Donnell's Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics in this edition of the Thom Hartmann book club

Are the ends of Democracy starting to fray as different anti democratic forces grow in power?

How is the News Media doing when it comes to Trump's corruption?

Trump's Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of gerrymandering, the practice of intentionally redrawing voting districts to benefit politicians or political parties.

After the release of the Mueller Report, or at least Bill Barr's statement on the report, progressives are asking what we should focus on.

In opposition to Donald Trump, many Americans are saying "This is not who we are" one caller asks Jefferson Smith filling in for Thom Hartmann, to consider that the vilest and most corrupt of Donald Trump's policies are in line with U.S. policy historically.

Trump is at odds with the Affordable Care Act and says the ACA should be invalidated in court.

Thom reads from How the Rats Reformed the Congress from author Ralph Nader.

The William Barr four-page report on the Mueller Report makes a bald assertion. Jefferson Smith discusses his views on the past few days.

The unpublished Robert Mueller Report could be hiding Trump campaign lies. Marcy Wheeler discusses the Paul Manafort offer of a pardon and what effect that has had on the Mueller probe.

The Mueller Report was presented to William Barr and resulted in a four-page summary and no indictments.