What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days from the Hartmann Report
Welcome to the "Chilling Stage" of Tyranny—Where the Tyrant Tightens His Grip
Trump’s now raiding the homes and launching investigations into political insiders who’ve publicly criticized him; other former Trump administration officials are clamming up. We’ve entered the phase of this transition to fascism where objections to his actions are “chilled.”
Permanent Chains: When Surveillance Becomes Guilt
I’m not just worried; I’m enraged. We’re watching our system of government being systematically, step-by-step refashioned into a surveillance-fueled engine of political vengeance.
Forget Law and Order — Trump’s Troop Deployments Are Dress Rehearsals for Nullifying Your Vote
Monday night, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker came right out and said it. Trump sending troops into American cities has nothing whatsoever to do with crime or policing but, instead, is all about stealing the 2026 election:
The Long Con: Why Every Republican Policy—From Guns to Healthcare to Taxes—Harms the Public & Enriches the Few
Yesterday there was another highly publicized school shooting. Republicans, as usual, are offering thoughts and prayers:
The Day Will Come When Parents Show Their Dead Children to America — and Nothing Will Ever Be the Same
Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the brutal murder of Emmett Till. The day also brought us another mass school shooting, this time in Minneapolis with two children dead and 17 others in the hospital.
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