Author Archives: Thom Hartmann

Why America can’t have “nice things”
By Thom Hartmann
Posted on July 12, 2021 by Thom Hartmann

Some time back a woman living in Sweden, “Caroline” @SweResistance on Twitter, posted a thread that said: “I live in Sweden. We have social security, affordable health care, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave, 1 year maternity leave, etc. And no, we’re not a communist country, and not even strictly socialistic but socio-democratic. And our freedom is not inhibited. Continue reading →

Here comes Donald Trump’s final massacre

J. R. R. Tolkien wrote, “The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.” It’s a painful truth that people in red states, and red counties in blue and purple states, are about to learn.
By Thom Hartmann
Posted on June 28, 2021 by Thom Hartmann

While multimillionaire well-vaccinated Fox “News” hosts continue to sow doubt about masks and Covid vaccines to jack up the billions in revenue the channel brings in every year for the Murdoch family, the CEO of a hospital chain in Missouri is begging them to tell the truth. Continue reading →

One of them has to go: the GOP or America as we know it

America can’t let them get away with it.
By Thom Hartmann
Posted on June 17, 2021 by Thom Hartmann

Texas is showing us all how the corruption that has overwhelmed the GOP has reached a crisis point, and it’s killing people. Continue reading →

Is the rise of Qanon conspiracies the ‘end times’ for US democracy?
By Thom Hartmann
Posted on June 8, 2021 by Thom Hartmann

There are people in this world who don’t like —and even hate—democracy. They’re on the move against it, particularly here in America, and the Qanon religion/cult is the glue that’s bringing them all together. Continue reading →

America’s cops are having their Harvey Weinstein moment

The generation coming up now is not going to let this moment pass like previous generations were forced to do by the powers-that-be after horrors like the brutal murder of Emmit Till, the beating of Rodney King or the murder of Eric Garner.
By Thom Hartmann
Posted on June 1, 2021 by Thom Hartmann

Sometimes cultural change takes generations or even centuries; sometimes it happens in the seeming blink of the eye. America’s bad cops—and their enablers—are having their Harvey Weinstein moment. Continue reading →

The right wing love affair with Ayn Rand ties conservatism to one of the most disturbing sociopathic killers
By Thom Hartmann
Posted on August 16, 2019 by Thom Hartmann

There’s a direct link between a sociopathic killer in 1927 and the GOP’s willingness to embrace a sociopathic president like Trump. That link runs through the work of Ayn Rand. Continue reading →