Trump and Vance searching for fraud reminds me of OJ Simpson looking for his wife's "real killer". They must think that by fooling themselves, they are fooling us as well.
If you want to be freed of this theocratic fascist regime, you and the rest of us are going to have to put on a hair shirt. So long as we are warm, well fed, comfy have our cell phones, internet and TV, it will only get worse, till one day we wake up and realize that we are existing a 4th Reich of the Rich.
It is going to hurt, but the only way to escape a fascist regime is for it to collapse from within. There is nothing in the world that can threaten it from without and make it want to change, and if your think it can be changed peacefully from within, another thought is coming.
They are already working on making elections, an irrelevant show exercise, as in Hungary, Russia and Turkey.
I’ll be 87 this week and it’s a beautiful spring day in PHILADELPHIA. BUT MY HEART IS BROKEN, as my patriotism flounders and my worry for my grandchildren and great grandchildren grows for the world that I am leaving them. I rally, make phone calls, write letters, am active in my community politics, but am distraught over what this DESPOT, HAS DONE TO MY America. Not only him, but those incompetents that he has surrounded himself with, and he goes on and on. If he locks in more Supreme Court justices, we must add more, the REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS must deny him the money to continue this war, and the 25th amendment must be considered immediately after the mid terms. The American people must have their way. OUR HIGHEST COURT HAS FAILED US, GIVING IMMUNITY WAS A TRAGEDY.
Hi Barbara we have a lot in common, I'll lbe 87 in a couple of weeks. I also lived in Phillie, N. 18th St and Hill Creek Project, Lawndale. I also have a passel of grandchildren, great grandchildren and 2 (so far) great great grandchildren..
I too am concerned about their future, but it isn't just Trump and what he has done and is doing, but the survivability on this planet as we destroy it's ecosphere.
The way I handle it is realizing, that I was born into a world, not of my choosing, and with no guidebook had to make the best of it, so too will my descendants.
We have to do everything in our power to oust this rogue regime from White House ASAP. It’s unheard in the history of America this could happen to our nation. Unbelievable what’s happening to our country and democracy in front of our eyes! Since current congress and Supreme Court has no spine to stand up to the corrupt regime a great damage is already done to our nation. It’s going to take a long time to build back up our fractured institutions that supplied social and safety networks to people . We must do everything in our power to save America from these robbers who are stealing everything in front of our eyes .
Musk is another welfare queen came from South Africa . He came to USA on student visa and never went to college. He is an illegal citizen here and should be sent back to where he came from . Even Africa is not his country . Wonder where his ancestors came from. If Obama and Biden didn’t give him subsidies to rescue his Tesla during pandemic this guy would be bankrupt by now . This illegal alien must be removed from the soil of America .
IMHO Trump is primarily concered in keeping Epstein from the headlines. I still think it's his fatal flaw. Thom didn't even mention it today but every day there are new revelations that have to piss off Trump.
The entire AG scenario digs him deeper into it. Thom has Rho Khanna to pump for info. If I were an investigative reporter, I'd be seeking info from Marie Villafana and Maureen Comey, former DOJ prosecujtors.
I'd interview Sen. John Cleghorn Leghorn Kennedy R LA every chance I could get.
Meanwhile, although we are at war, we are losing our traditional allies and markets, although he has to know he comes across like a tyrant, he is working on his net worth 24/7. He thinks his biggest enemies are market short sellers. Google: Shorting Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) has been a highly polarized trade where profitability depends entirely on timing and the ability to absorb extraordinary borrowing costs. While the stock has fallen significantly from its 2024 highs, many short sellers have still lost money due to the stock's extreme volatility and "meme-like" price spikes.
Interactive Brokers
Historical Profitability vs. Losses
Early Success: In April 2024, short sellers saw paper profits of approximately $200 million after the stock plunged from its post-merger high of $66.22 down to the high $30s.
Election-Related Losses: Leading up to the 2024 U.S. election, short sellers were "hammered" by a $420 million loss as the stock rallied nearly 200% in anticipation of a Trump victory.
Long-Term Trend: As of early 2026, the stock has lost roughly 60% of its value over the preceding 12 months, trading in the low-to-mid teens. Traders who held short positions through these long drawdowns without being forced out by spikes could have seen substantial gains on the price drop alone.
The Nasdaq is down 7% in the first quarter, If energy were removed, down more than 10%. Those tech boys everyone thinks are benefitting from Trump are actually just CEOs of companies in the red, scared shitless of their own boards and shareholders. There is fear that AI will kill off huge segments like software companies. In some markets companies play "cutthroat" with each other.
E.G. Musk is facing potential damages of up to $2.6 billion after a jury found he defrauded shareholders regarding his 2022 Twitter acquisition, with damages estimated at roughly $2.1 billion. So, immediately, Musk's SpaceX has "confidentially" filed for an initial public offering (IPO), with reports indicating the company is aiming to raise over $75 billion in what could become the largest IPO in history.
Musk is the personification of the EV industry that Thom discussed yesterday, while Trump tries to kill it.
Epstein is your fall back position, your scapegoat for everything.
How about this. The Iran war was cooked up in October. It takes a lot of time to prepare for an offense, it is not something that is done overnight.
Your expertise is the legal field, mine is in planning epsecially logistics, and preparing for an offensive war requires one hell of a lot of planning and lead dtime.
Dec 28th and 29th Bibi went to Mar a Lago to sit down with his puppet, Trump and celebrate this upcoming offensive called Epic Fury.
In January Trump had a distraction going on he had the USS Gerald Ford stationed in the Caribbean in prepartion for Venezuela, After the capture of Maduro ir pulled anchor and set sail for the Mediterranean to support EpicFury
Meanwhile tIn January 2026, the USS Abraham Lincoln transitioned from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East, by Jan. 26 to support Operation Epic Fury.
Epic Fury has been in planning since October, and Netanyahu kicked it off to decaptiate the Iranian regime and to neutralize it as a threat while it continued its operations against Hezbollah.
The relationship to Epstein is coincidental, Trump has many balls in the air, not just one and he is the master of chaos and distraction.
Thom nailed it today. Our national reality sucks. Imagine that your worst officer in a reserve National Guard unit is a major with an insubordinate history and bad attitude, whose leadership is so poor that he was fired because his security clearance was revoked. Then imagine this clown is now running the "real" military. No surprise that one of his first acts in office was to, of course, violate security protocols.
Hegseth's view of military service, evidenced by his own remarks and actions, is entirely inconsistent with the military culture that leads a diverse, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural force that depends on teamwork for success. He thinks leadership is telling people what to do, because most of his career, he had weekend warriors who outranked him telling him what he cannot do. His combat experience, brief as it was, involved fighting the enemy from a desk behind the lines. But as a TV personality, he promoted a Little Rascals he-man woman-hater macho image - important for a 100% cosplay cabinet promoting evangelical white nationalism, misogyny, and homophobia. It is like appointing a gang-banger fresh out of prison to lead a Cub Scout pack.
I fault the Generals and Flag Officers that continue to serve under him, esepcially since he berated,insulted and debased them at Quantico, and yet they stand erect, salute and call him sir.
If they were patriots and upheld their oath to defend and protect the Constitution, they would all have retired.
My opinion of Gen Randy George and all of the current crop of generals and flag officers is that those who stayed seated in that auditorium in Quantico, after being insulted by Hegseth and Trump, debased themselves. Trump gave them an opportunity to walk out and retire but they so loved the ruffles and flourishes of their rank, their privilege and prestige that they shoved their dignity and self respect where the sun don't shine. That and or they are either Christian Nationalists or Trump humpers, like the current Chief of JCS, Dan Caine.
The moment that Trump reached into the retired rolls, picked a Lt General as Chief of Staff of JCS, promoted him to 4 stars, the alarm bells should have gone off in the media, at least the "liberal" media, but not a word
If the flag officers stayed in service because they thought they could prevent what is happening they didn't pull it off. Hopefully the admirals and generals who have been purged will not stay silent.
i've heard that one before. I don't buy it, because they either get on board the train or they retire. To date Trump and Hegseth have fired some who won't get aboard the train, problem is that they should have walked out of that auditorium in Quantico and submitted their retirement papers.
If Trump is going to wind down the war, over the next two-three weeks, why does he need another $500 billion for the military? And at the expense (by my count) of 69 programs that, arguably, are vital to our national well-being to differing degrees? It's head spinning! The man is a clear and present danger to our nation. If there was ever a time to raise the alarm and get out and vote, the time is now!
Trump actually promoted Noem to a pet project, The Shield of the America's, aka Technate of America aka Oceania. But she was an embarrassment with her puffery and nepotistic contract to waste 200 million on her narcissistic self promoting ad, she didn't realize that in the Trump world they only self promotion and narcissism permitted it by Trump
Yet Trump needed her proven and undying fealty and her willingness to follow orders, unflinchingly, so he actually promoted her to head his new project.
There can only be one malignant narcissist in the Trump regime.
Remember when mass media showed pictures of the kids that had being separated from their families at the border, the tinfoil blankets and the cages? Public outcry followed and subsequently the program was curtailed. If mass media showed the results of our missiles and bombs ripping apart innocent Iranian civilians maybe public outcry would force the administration to end their idiocy. Bad optics, horrible wounds, missing appendages. Oh, but the viewing public might be offended, perish forbid.
I think maybe the Don is getting some bad advice. Now that the generals are free, they can go online and on TV and tell how screwed up we are now. This is not going to go well for the boss.
Excess profit tax on US oil producers to pay for the war.
Trump is Stealing from You
Trump is stealing from the American consumers through higher gas prices. He said America was becoming really rich because we produce a great amount of oil, except it’s Trump’s donors and oil producers who are getting rich from higher oil prices. The American consumers are already paying for this war. It is time for US oil producers to fund this war and end their price windfall. In World War II, the US raised taxes to fund the War and we had excess profit taxes to stop War Profiteers.
Congress needs to do the same thing today: immediately impose excess profit taxes, capture all excess profits on oil production caused by the war. Any increase in the oil price above the price that existed before the US/Israeli attack on Iran should be considered excess profit. A 100% tax on these excess profits should be imposed. These taxes should go directly to fund replacement of US weapons used in the war on Iran, instead of further stressing the American taxpayer.
This will remove any incentive to continue the war against Iran. Also, Congress needs to investigate who purchased oil futures before the attack on Iran began. Congress has to take the lead to eliminate these windfall profits and go after War Profiteers.
My bad. Tried from memory. Should have been “now those skies are THREATENING.” Based on a lot of the cuts, Trump will AGAIN be hurting many of his rural voters. Perhaps he’ll bail THEM out again. I imagine a lot of the cuts will be targeted at blue states and blue cities in red states. I seem to recall Trump killing many of the Biden Infrastructure Bill projects in blue states, while falsely taking credit for the ones in red states. He’s all about revenge. So, tell me again about the Democrats “weaponizing the government.”
Trying to figure out how to contact Thom or someone at his program. I have not received my daily podcast of the Thom Hartmann program for Thursday or Friday, and would like to talk with someone about how to fix the problem.
Trump and Vance searching for fraud reminds me of OJ Simpson looking for his wife's "real killer". They must think that by fooling themselves, they are fooling us as well.
They aren't fooling themselves, never were. Again we need a decoder book to understand their speak.
Fraud: Means spending on social projects and needs.
Pro life means control of women, misogyny
Family Values means Patria Familia, Subordination of females to males.
States Rights: Means the fascist determine what are rights and who has them.
We must stop this! We are being bombed into poverty. All according to plan…
If you want to be freed of this theocratic fascist regime, you and the rest of us are going to have to put on a hair shirt. So long as we are warm, well fed, comfy have our cell phones, internet and TV, it will only get worse, till one day we wake up and realize that we are existing a 4th Reich of the Rich.
It is going to hurt, but the only way to escape a fascist regime is for it to collapse from within. There is nothing in the world that can threaten it from without and make it want to change, and if your think it can be changed peacefully from within, another thought is coming.
They are already working on making elections, an irrelevant show exercise, as in Hungary, Russia and Turkey.
Thanks, Ivan.
Your welcome Benjamin
I’ll be 87 this week and it’s a beautiful spring day in PHILADELPHIA. BUT MY HEART IS BROKEN, as my patriotism flounders and my worry for my grandchildren and great grandchildren grows for the world that I am leaving them. I rally, make phone calls, write letters, am active in my community politics, but am distraught over what this DESPOT, HAS DONE TO MY America. Not only him, but those incompetents that he has surrounded himself with, and he goes on and on. If he locks in more Supreme Court justices, we must add more, the REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS must deny him the money to continue this war, and the 25th amendment must be considered immediately after the mid terms. The American people must have their way. OUR HIGHEST COURT HAS FAILED US, GIVING IMMUNITY WAS A TRAGEDY.
Hi Barbara we have a lot in common, I'll lbe 87 in a couple of weeks. I also lived in Phillie, N. 18th St and Hill Creek Project, Lawndale. I also have a passel of grandchildren, great grandchildren and 2 (so far) great great grandchildren..
I too am concerned about their future, but it isn't just Trump and what he has done and is doing, but the survivability on this planet as we destroy it's ecosphere.
The way I handle it is realizing, that I was born into a world, not of my choosing, and with no guidebook had to make the best of it, so too will my descendants.
We have to do everything in our power to oust this rogue regime from White House ASAP. It’s unheard in the history of America this could happen to our nation. Unbelievable what’s happening to our country and democracy in front of our eyes! Since current congress and Supreme Court has no spine to stand up to the corrupt regime a great damage is already done to our nation. It’s going to take a long time to build back up our fractured institutions that supplied social and safety networks to people . We must do everything in our power to save America from these robbers who are stealing everything in front of our eyes .
Musk is another welfare queen came from South Africa . He came to USA on student visa and never went to college. He is an illegal citizen here and should be sent back to where he came from . Even Africa is not his country . Wonder where his ancestors came from. If Obama and Biden didn’t give him subsidies to rescue his Tesla during pandemic this guy would be bankrupt by now . This illegal alien must be removed from the soil of America .
IMHO Trump is primarily concered in keeping Epstein from the headlines. I still think it's his fatal flaw. Thom didn't even mention it today but every day there are new revelations that have to piss off Trump.
The entire AG scenario digs him deeper into it. Thom has Rho Khanna to pump for info. If I were an investigative reporter, I'd be seeking info from Marie Villafana and Maureen Comey, former DOJ prosecujtors.
I'd interview Sen. John Cleghorn Leghorn Kennedy R LA every chance I could get.
Meanwhile, although we are at war, we are losing our traditional allies and markets, although he has to know he comes across like a tyrant, he is working on his net worth 24/7. He thinks his biggest enemies are market short sellers. Google: Shorting Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) has been a highly polarized trade where profitability depends entirely on timing and the ability to absorb extraordinary borrowing costs. While the stock has fallen significantly from its 2024 highs, many short sellers have still lost money due to the stock's extreme volatility and "meme-like" price spikes.
Interactive Brokers
Historical Profitability vs. Losses
Early Success: In April 2024, short sellers saw paper profits of approximately $200 million after the stock plunged from its post-merger high of $66.22 down to the high $30s.
Election-Related Losses: Leading up to the 2024 U.S. election, short sellers were "hammered" by a $420 million loss as the stock rallied nearly 200% in anticipation of a Trump victory.
Long-Term Trend: As of early 2026, the stock has lost roughly 60% of its value over the preceding 12 months, trading in the low-to-mid teens. Traders who held short positions through these long drawdowns without being forced out by spikes could have seen substantial gains on the price drop alone.
The Nasdaq is down 7% in the first quarter, If energy were removed, down more than 10%. Those tech boys everyone thinks are benefitting from Trump are actually just CEOs of companies in the red, scared shitless of their own boards and shareholders. There is fear that AI will kill off huge segments like software companies. In some markets companies play "cutthroat" with each other.
E.G. Musk is facing potential damages of up to $2.6 billion after a jury found he defrauded shareholders regarding his 2022 Twitter acquisition, with damages estimated at roughly $2.1 billion. So, immediately, Musk's SpaceX has "confidentially" filed for an initial public offering (IPO), with reports indicating the company is aiming to raise over $75 billion in what could become the largest IPO in history.
Musk is the personification of the EV industry that Thom discussed yesterday, while Trump tries to kill it.
Epstein is your fall back position, your scapegoat for everything.
How about this. The Iran war was cooked up in October. It takes a lot of time to prepare for an offense, it is not something that is done overnight.
Your expertise is the legal field, mine is in planning epsecially logistics, and preparing for an offensive war requires one hell of a lot of planning and lead dtime.
Dec 28th and 29th Bibi went to Mar a Lago to sit down with his puppet, Trump and celebrate this upcoming offensive called Epic Fury.
In January Trump had a distraction going on he had the USS Gerald Ford stationed in the Caribbean in prepartion for Venezuela, After the capture of Maduro ir pulled anchor and set sail for the Mediterranean to support EpicFury
Meanwhile tIn January 2026, the USS Abraham Lincoln transitioned from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East, by Jan. 26 to support Operation Epic Fury.
Epic Fury has been in planning since October, and Netanyahu kicked it off to decaptiate the Iranian regime and to neutralize it as a threat while it continued its operations against Hezbollah.
The relationship to Epstein is coincidental, Trump has many balls in the air, not just one and he is the master of chaos and distraction.
Approximately 100 members of Congress disagree ....
In our discussion this moring Thom quoted members of Congress who say that Republican colleagues are ready to jump...after the primaries.
Thom nailed it today. Our national reality sucks. Imagine that your worst officer in a reserve National Guard unit is a major with an insubordinate history and bad attitude, whose leadership is so poor that he was fired because his security clearance was revoked. Then imagine this clown is now running the "real" military. No surprise that one of his first acts in office was to, of course, violate security protocols.
Hegseth's view of military service, evidenced by his own remarks and actions, is entirely inconsistent with the military culture that leads a diverse, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural force that depends on teamwork for success. He thinks leadership is telling people what to do, because most of his career, he had weekend warriors who outranked him telling him what he cannot do. His combat experience, brief as it was, involved fighting the enemy from a desk behind the lines. But as a TV personality, he promoted a Little Rascals he-man woman-hater macho image - important for a 100% cosplay cabinet promoting evangelical white nationalism, misogyny, and homophobia. It is like appointing a gang-banger fresh out of prison to lead a Cub Scout pack.
F Troop meets Catch - 22. Dr. Strangelove meets 7 Days in May.
I fault the Generals and Flag Officers that continue to serve under him, esepcially since he berated,insulted and debased them at Quantico, and yet they stand erect, salute and call him sir.
If they were patriots and upheld their oath to defend and protect the Constitution, they would all have retired.
My opinion of Gen Randy George and all of the current crop of generals and flag officers is that those who stayed seated in that auditorium in Quantico, after being insulted by Hegseth and Trump, debased themselves. Trump gave them an opportunity to walk out and retire but they so loved the ruffles and flourishes of their rank, their privilege and prestige that they shoved their dignity and self respect where the sun don't shine. That and or they are either Christian Nationalists or Trump humpers, like the current Chief of JCS, Dan Caine.
The moment that Trump reached into the retired rolls, picked a Lt General as Chief of Staff of JCS, promoted him to 4 stars, the alarm bells should have gone off in the media, at least the "liberal" media, but not a word
If the flag officers stayed in service because they thought they could prevent what is happening they didn't pull it off. Hopefully the admirals and generals who have been purged will not stay silent.
i've heard that one before. I don't buy it, because they either get on board the train or they retire. To date Trump and Hegseth have fired some who won't get aboard the train, problem is that they should have walked out of that auditorium in Quantico and submitted their retirement papers.
Deja Nam.
No, this nothing like Vietnam, this Putin invading Ukraine, minus boots on the ground.
Actually this all about the criminal Netanyahu using Trump in castrating Iran
If Trump is going to wind down the war, over the next two-three weeks, why does he need another $500 billion for the military? And at the expense (by my count) of 69 programs that, arguably, are vital to our national well-being to differing degrees? It's head spinning! The man is a clear and present danger to our nation. If there was ever a time to raise the alarm and get out and vote, the time is now!
Trump dumped Noem to cover up axing the Army Chief of Staff? What was the issue there? When will the military stand up to him?
Trump actually promoted Noem to a pet project, The Shield of the America's, aka Technate of America aka Oceania. But she was an embarrassment with her puffery and nepotistic contract to waste 200 million on her narcissistic self promoting ad, she didn't realize that in the Trump world they only self promotion and narcissism permitted it by Trump
Yet Trump needed her proven and undying fealty and her willingness to follow orders, unflinchingly, so he actually promoted her to head his new project.
There can only be one malignant narcissist in the Trump regime.
You still miss the inside story.....
So you are inside the Trump circle and know the whole story.
Interesting do tell us all about it.
And while at it, how is it that you have been able to get so close to Trump to know the real story.
“Oh beautiful for spacious skies, but now those skies are darkening
They’re beating plowshares into swords, for the tired old man that we elected king.
Armchair warriors often fail
And we are poisoned by these fairytales. Lawyers clean up all details…since Daddy had to lie.”
-Don Henley from End of the Innocence
Remember when mass media showed pictures of the kids that had being separated from their families at the border, the tinfoil blankets and the cages? Public outcry followed and subsequently the program was curtailed. If mass media showed the results of our missiles and bombs ripping apart innocent Iranian civilians maybe public outcry would force the administration to end their idiocy. Bad optics, horrible wounds, missing appendages. Oh, but the viewing public might be offended, perish forbid.
I think maybe the Don is getting some bad advice. Now that the generals are free, they can go online and on TV and tell how screwed up we are now. This is not going to go well for the boss.
Excess profit tax on US oil producers to pay for the war.
Trump is Stealing from You
Trump is stealing from the American consumers through higher gas prices. He said America was becoming really rich because we produce a great amount of oil, except it’s Trump’s donors and oil producers who are getting rich from higher oil prices. The American consumers are already paying for this war. It is time for US oil producers to fund this war and end their price windfall. In World War II, the US raised taxes to fund the War and we had excess profit taxes to stop War Profiteers.
Congress needs to do the same thing today: immediately impose excess profit taxes, capture all excess profits on oil production caused by the war. Any increase in the oil price above the price that existed before the US/Israeli attack on Iran should be considered excess profit. A 100% tax on these excess profits should be imposed. These taxes should go directly to fund replacement of US weapons used in the war on Iran, instead of further stressing the American taxpayer.
This will remove any incentive to continue the war against Iran. Also, Congress needs to investigate who purchased oil futures before the attack on Iran began. Congress has to take the lead to eliminate these windfall profits and go after War Profiteers.
My bad. Tried from memory. Should have been “now those skies are THREATENING.” Based on a lot of the cuts, Trump will AGAIN be hurting many of his rural voters. Perhaps he’ll bail THEM out again. I imagine a lot of the cuts will be targeted at blue states and blue cities in red states. I seem to recall Trump killing many of the Biden Infrastructure Bill projects in blue states, while falsely taking credit for the ones in red states. He’s all about revenge. So, tell me again about the Democrats “weaponizing the government.”
Trying to figure out how to contact Thom or someone at his program. I have not received my daily podcast of the Thom Hartmann program for Thursday or Friday, and would like to talk with someone about how to fix the problem.
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