What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days from the Hartmann Report
America on the Brink: Trump’s Roadmap to Recession, Fascism, and World War III
The headlines this week are wild: Trump is threatening nutso tariffs against America’s traditional trading partners (although none for Russia, of course), demanding that our allies proclaim their willingness to go to war with China, and — along with his billionaire buddies —
The Authoritarian Test: From Rosie to Retes, Who’s Next?
Trump’s threat to strip Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship is a “test.”
How Norway Became Freer Than America
Earlier this month, Louise and I vacationed across several different cities and rural areas in Norway, the country from which my grandfather emigrated to the United States in 1917. The place was immaculate, modern, and, astonishingly, seemed entirely free of homelessness. Official stats say around 3,000 people lack housing across
The Manhood Trap: From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control
James Carville recently suggested that Democrats need to do more to reach out to young men, as though pandering to testosterone-fueled grievance and entitlement is the key to winning elections. Let’s be blunt: that’s a bullshit, dead-end strategy that risks ratifying the very worst elements of a crisis in masculinity that’s corroding our politics, poiso…
Why are Trump and the GOP Working So Hard to Ruin America?
Every day, it seems, we see or hear about another way in which Trump and his lickspittles in Congress and the various federal agencies are tearing down our country, weakening our defenses, pitting Americans against each other, looting our government, and making life harder for everybody except the morbidly rich.
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— If possible, the whole Epstein saga is getting weirder. Trump and Epstein were best buds for over a decade, according to Epstein, and Trump frequently traveled on the Lolita Express, Epstein’s private jet. Former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta cut the sweetheart deal for Epstein after he was indicted for trafficki…
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