What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days from the Hartmann Report
The Great American Betrayal: How We Lost Our Moral Compass
At its deepest level, government is a moral force grounded in a moral view of the world.
The Final Checkmate: Republicans Move to Destroy the Balance of Powers
With almost no mention by our mainstream corporate press, Republicans in the House of Representatives are proposing to end all checks on the power of Donald Trump, effectively ending the American experiment of a democratic republic. It’s shockingly anti-American.
The Biggest Political Con of the Last Century Unmasked
Neal deGrasse Tyson makes a very relevant point this week:
When the Tyrant Slips: Why America Should Fear a President Who’s Losing the Plot — and the Polls
Trump is starting to lose big, from courtrooms, to the press increasingly calling him out, to millions of Americans showing up in the streets every few weeks. As anybody who’s ever lived or worked in an autocratic state (I have) can tell you, a strongman or wannabe dictator is most dangerous when he’s on his back foot.
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Saturday Report 5/24/25 — “The orgy of corruption…”
— Trump creates another pump-and-dump opportunity for the billionaires in his cabinet and people close to him (including his kids). It’s pretty well documented that just before many of Trump’s market-killing tariff announcements people around him take profits by dumping their stocks when the market’s at a high, then buy back in…
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Excellent material this past week.. the content has put fear in my heart, yet I appreciate your honest and straight forward writing !
A video came on after listening to the prairie, morning, coffee, where Thom explained the connection between private banking and all of the wars in modern history. I cannot find that show or podcast anywhere. Can anyone direct me to it?