The Hartmann Report - So much important stuff

[Joinfortmill]

https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-32622-was-the-supreme?s=r

1. Was Clarence Thomas trying for a twofer?

2.After the single most racist confirmation hearing before the US Senate in my long lifetime, Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he’s not going to vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

3. Republicans in Arizona just passed the most extreme voter purge in history, requiring anybody who registered to vote more than 18 years ago to re-register before their votes can be counted.

4.What’s going on with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s decision to abandon his office’s prosecution of Donald Trump and his family?

And much more...

[Hortensis]

1. Does he reveal any information about the Kremlin's involvement? That's

where I'd be interested in checking what Mr. Hartmann has to say. Otherwise, I prefer not to seek information from that whole RT-associated crowd.

[mikeysnot]

3. Read the article

Instead of attacking the messenger…

[Scrivener7]

5. Take care about your messengers or you may find yourself accepting propaganda-skewed messages.

[Joinfortmill]

6. I respect your view, but he's been gone from RT for quite awhile and always had editorial control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann#:~:text=The%20RT%20network%20aired%20the,host%20on%20September%2029%2C%202017.

[Hortensis]

14. Umhm. Whether motives of successful influencers are of highest integrity,

or anything but, or the skewed nuttery of extremists able to sound rational, all who speak to people here say what we can agree with and want to hear.

Of course? That's a given.

The point is, choose among the many wise and thoughtful commentators who never made themselves available for the Kremlin to launder its subversive, anti-Democratic propaganda into "credible" left wing discussion. Those who did all knew what they were being used for.

[MineralMan]

2. I stopped reading Hartmann when he became associated with RT.

He didn't have to make that association. For me, it taints his reporting and commentary permanently. He made his choice, which is his prerogative. I have made mine, as well.

So, sorry, but I'm not interested in anything he has to say any longer, and have not been since that association.

[mikeysnot]

4. Guilt by association

A twofer of logical fallacies on one thread!

[MineralMan]

7. But, you see, it was not a chance association.

It was one that Hartmann chose, knowing that RT was heavily slanted to put Putin's Russia and its ideology in a positive light. He knowingly associated himself with that Russian news organization.

So, he made the choice. It was his conscious decision to do so. No logical fallacy on my part at all. I would feel the same if Hartman had associated himself with Fox News. You choose your own associations in the media business.

[BlueJac]

8. Democrats can't stop eating their own.

I guess it's time for a break from DU.

[jalan48]

9. Looks like some are more concerned about Hartman than George Bush's theft of the 2000

election. Hell, the cheering on here for Bush appearing with Clinton laying flowers at a Ukrainian Embassy was laughable. Orwell is rolling in his grave.

[tinrobot]

10. "...anybody who registered to vote more than 18 years ago"

Wouldn't that exclude mostly older voters? In other words, voters who tend to vote Republican?

If younger voters turn out, it might actually benefit Democrats.

[SalviaBlue]

11. I see all the usual suspects are here expressing their "concern."

The RT decision has been addressed many times here and directly by Hartmann. Hartmann’s integrity is above reproach. He produces a progressive treasure trove of information.

[MineralMan]

12. Usual suspects? WTF is that supposed to mean?

What I said earlier in this thread is exactly what I meant. I stopped listening to and reading Hartmann when he signed up with RT. That's my choice, isn't it? I don't care if you pay attention to him. But, there are better sources out there. Truly. I suggest you look into that, and stop worrying about people who don't think Hartmann is "all that."

[yardwork]

13. When even Thom Hartmann notices there's a problem...