Roman Smith
@romansmith.bsky.social
📤 1902
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Explorer. Blue (just like my dress.) Despise MAGAts. Live in Hollywood, CA. romanscalifornia.com
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On Apr 29 (Day 100), I said I would be scaling back my nightly updates (it worked...a little.) Now we're at Day 300; am going to really try to keep my updates at 10 posts/night or fewer (would really help if P47 just played golf every day.) 🤦♀️ Will still cover important stuff, maybe less quoting
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On This Day (Mar 24) in 2026 (1/7) ===================== Iran, p1 - fifteen-point peace deal for Iran leaked in Israel - (note: Israel is not the US) - some points are dumb, eg, 'stop funding proxies' - no reason for Iran to pay heed to it - Iran refuses to negotiate with Kushner and Witkoff
about 18 hours ago
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Many of us have long suspected that ICE will be used to disrupt the coming midterms (and the 2028 election) by selectively targeting a few key counties, eg, Philadelphia County and Fulton County...and MAGA keeps giving us more reason to think so Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Bannon Exposes Trump’s 2026 “Test Run,” and It’s Already Happening
Bannon just pulled back the curtain on a strategy that ties together recent events in a way that’s getting harder and harder to dismiss…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/bannon-exposes-trumps-2026-test-run
about 18 hours ago
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On This Day (Mar 23) in 2026 (1/9) ===================== Airplane crash - Jazz Airlines 646 hit firetruck Sun night at LaGuardia - 646 is a CRJ-900 regional jet - two people died, more than a dozen injured Sean Duffy - 'I've been asking Congress for more $$$' - 'it is a well-staffed airport'
2 days ago
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Were it not for Roy Cohn and Norman Vincent Peale, the world likely wouldn't be subject right now to the abject horror that is P47 (that's not to let Fred Trump off the hook); unfortunately, that monster is destroying the world, and must be stopped Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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What Happened to Trump…and Why It Explains Everything Happening Right Now
The forces that shaped him didn’t stay in the past: they grew with power, fueling the cruelty and chaos now hitting your wallet, your safety, and America’s place in the world…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-happened-to-trumpand-why-does
2 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 22) in 2026 (1/5) ===================== P47, re Gavin Newsom, p1 - P47 doesn't like Gavin Newsom (or California) - 'Gavin Newscum who admitted he suffers' - 'from mental incapacity, is unable to read a speech' - 'in saying 'the dumb comment,' referred to his audience'
3 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 21) in 2026 (1/3) ===================== Epstein Files - Jeffrey Epstein died in prison on Aug 10, 2019 - w/in a week, major amounts of shredding done - shredding overseen by an, 'After-Actions team' - report has relevant names of persons redacted
4 days ago
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The Iran War has gotten worse by the hour, the notion of any cooperation from DOJ, re The Epstein Files (or anything else, FTM) is a joke, P47 is threatening to flood the airports w/ ICE thugs, and the House and Senate both suck. Are we having fun yet? Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Saturday Report 3/21/26 — America’s Healthcare Collapse Is Here, and It Was Written Into Law by the GOP
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion
https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-86c
4 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 20) in 2026 (1/5) ===================== Iran - Russia has been helping Iran w/ the US-created Iran War - US has nominally been helping Ukraine against Russia - Russia has offered to stop helping Iran - catch: US must stop helping Ukraine
5 days ago
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Our lifetimes have largely consisted of all post-Depression and post-WW II gains being vitiated at the hands of millionaires and billionaires; all wealth created has gone to the top 1%, the bottom 99% has been shit upon, and the US has become [redacted] Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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America Didn’t Just Change — It Was Systematically Poisoned
How decades of corporate power and political strategy rewired the country from within…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/poisoned
5 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 19) in 2026 (1/4) ===================== Iran, p1 P47 - Q: 'send troops to the region?' A - 'no, I'm not putting troops anywhere' - 'if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you' - 'but I'm not putting troops' - 'will do whatever necessary to keep the price as well'
6 days ago
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Iraq. Venezuela. Iran. One word jumps out looking at those three words: oil! We know oil is what greases the entirety of the GOP, even overtly with P47 (who knew the WH could go further than the Cheney days? 🤦♀️) What is P47's plan for all the oil? Always read anything from
@gregpalast.bsky.social
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Hormuz Blues
Bush should show Trump how you seize another nation’s oil
https://www.gregpalast.com/hormuz-blues/
6 days ago
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Iraq. Venezuela. Iran. One word jumps out looking at those three words: oil! And we know oil is what greases the entirety of the GOP, even overtly with P47 🤦♀️. What is P47's plan for all the oil? Guest
@gregpalast.bsky.social
gives us a reasoned primer Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Hormuz Blues
Bush should show Trump how you seize another nation’s oil…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/hormuz-blues
6 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 18) in 2026 (1/12) ===================== No Kings - Apr 5, 2025: ~1,300 events ('Hands Off'); (~5.2M+) - Jun 14, 2025: ~2,100 events (~5.0M+) - Oct 18, 2025: ~2,700 events (~5.5M+ to ~8.7M) - Mar 28, 2026: ~3,000 events...so far!
7 days ago
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Since Inauguration Day, P47 has daily done everything he can to dismantle our democracy (with the blessing of SCOTUS and the supine GOPers in Congress.) We need to continue the strong electoral showings from the past year, and keep taking to the streets Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Democracy Is Eroding Faster Than Experts Predicted: A Trump Insider’s Resignation Helps Explain Why
What he saw from inside the system, and why his departure signals that the guardrails are collapsing faster than anyone on the outside fully understands…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/democracy-is-eroding-faster-than-bb9
7 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 17) in 2026 (1/10) ===================== Judge James Boasberg (DC) - instituted a new policy for DC courts on Mar 4 - all grand jury declinations must be reported to court - new policy in place for minimum 120 days - notifications will be kept under seal
8 days ago
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As with nearly everything that sucks about the US, the current nature of things can be sourced directly to Ronald Reagan...not just the sad states of healthcare, education and housing, but also GOP worship of fossil fuels, to the detriment of us all Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Iran: The Treason That Changed America’s Energy Future
How Reagan’s secret betrayal of America during the Iran hostage crisis helped him win the presidency, killed Carter’s clean-energy revolution, and helped create today’s crisis in the Strait of Hormuz…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/iran-the-treason-that-changed-americas-af8
8 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 16) in 2026 (1/24) ===================== Judge Brian Murphy (RFK), p1 - RFK has made many harmfully psychotic changes at HHS - 'can't randomly limit Covid vaccines' - 'can't randomly change vaccine schedules' - reversed changes made by Advisory Comm for Imm Practices
9 days ago
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"HUNTER BIDEN! Only got the job because Dad was Pres! INFLUENCE PEDDLING!!! 😱😱😱" (Never mind the same accusation could be made had he gotten a job as a server at McDonald's 🤦♀️.) Meanwhile, Kushner is openly pocketing billions of $$$, and GOP says, "💤💤💤" Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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The $5 Billion Secret Behind Trump’s Iran War — And Jared Kushner’s Role
As bombs fall and soldiers die, Jared Kushner is reportedly seeking billions from the same Gulf states pushing America toward conflict…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-5-billion-secret-behind-trumps-e25
9 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 15) in 2026 (1/1) ===================== Epstein Ballroom - formerly known as White House - P47 likes Corinthian columns - North Portico columns are of Ionic order - P47's guy wants to replace them w/ Corinthian columns - Corinthian columns signify elegance, wealth and luxury
add a skeleton here at some point
10 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 14) in 2026 (1/2) ===================== Ted Lieu - responded to Brendan Carr threatening news outlets - 'you will be sued and you will lose' - 'legal discovery will be awesome' - 'American people can find out what Admin is hiding' - 'Take your fascist shit and shove it'
11 days ago
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Seems every day brings us another disaster, re Iran...or, more specifically, the P47 Admin tripping over their Iran gaslighting. But on the good side, Dems still overperforming in elections, and Dems haven't (yet) caved on the DHS budget Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Saturday Report 3/14/26 — Is this what the Republican Party’s future looks like?
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion
https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-31426-is-this-what
11 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 13) in 2026 (1/18) ===================== Judge James Boasberg (Powell), p1 - P47 doesn't like Jay Powell - has demanded Jay Powell be investigated (gen purposes) - Jeanne Pirro (DC US Atty) immediately issued subpoenas - Fed Reserve responded to subpoenas w/ motion to quash
12 days ago
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Businesses exist to make profit; govt exists to serve the public. They are opposites. Businesses will cut corners to squeeze a few more $$$ of profit; that is antithetical to why govt exists. P47 (GOPers) want all public $$$ to be profits for businesses Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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The “CEO Presidency” Scam: How Republicans Turned Government Into a Profit Center for Billionaires
The slogan that promised efficiency was really a blueprint to dismantle public government and hand its power—and money—to the billionaire class…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-ceo-presidency-scam-how-republicans-644
12 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 12) in 2026 (1/21) ===================== Iran, p1 - Ali Larijani, Security Council Sec - 'P47 says looking for a speedy victory' - 'while starting a wat is easy, it cannot be won w/ a' - 'few tweets. We will not relent until making you sorry' - 'for this grave miscalculation'
13 days ago
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Cadet Bone Spurs, he of the never-ending despicable comments, re, our military, has never served in the Armed Forces. No surprise, given he was born into great wealth; tellingly, virtually nobody born into great wealth ever seems to serve...hmmm...🤔 Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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What If Every Billionaire's and Senator’s Kid Could Be Sent to Fight in Iran?
If the road to Tehran required the sons and daughters of the billionaire & political class to march beside everyone else’s kids, would we still be there?
https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-if-every-billionaires-and-senators-b21
13 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 11) in 2026 (1/13) ===================== Judge Lorna Schofield (Sarcone) - John Sarcone was unlawfully appointed US Atty for NDNY - judge: 'yup...still unlawful' same as - Bill Essayli (CA), Sigal Chattah (NV) - Alina Habba (NJ), Lindsey Halligan (VA)
14 days ago
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Though P47 regularly flips on a dime (eg, anti-crypto guy becomes crypto's biggest champ), one entity for which he has always demonstrated unwavering support is Russia (and Daddy Vladimir Putin.) Come hell or high water, P47 supports Putin...why? Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Does Trump Have a KGB Card?
From campaigning to destroy NATO to selling out Ukraine to letting Russia help kill American soldiers in the Gulf region, Trump’s goal appears to be, to “Make America Russia”…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/does-trump-have-a-kgb-card-ebb
14 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 10) in 2026 (1/13) ===================== P47 + Epstein - new statue of P47 and Jeffrey Epstein on Natl Mall - statue done in style of Jack and Rose from, 'Titanic' - ten 10ft banners of P47 and Epstein near new statue - statue courtesy of Secret Handshake (not first statue)
15 days ago
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Sometimes threads are easy to follow: watch any Fox News broadcast, read or listen to any DHS statement, read or listen to any P47 statement, or catch the latest GOP-based statement about vaccines, taxes, or climate change. The thread: 100% lies Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Aimed at America Isn't a Missile
It's the deliberate, systematic destruction of your ability to know what's real...
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-most-dangerous-weapon-ever-aimed-555
15 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 9) in 2026 (1/20) ==================== Judge Eaton (Tariffs) - has already ordered US govt to stop collecting tariffs - also ordered refunds processed, w/ interest - wants update on Mar 12 - 'interest accruing every day, $650M/month' - 'if not done in 2026, $10B in interest'
16 days ago
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While it was readily apparent the moment P45 stepped into office that the cruelty was the point, it wasn't regularly acknowledged as such the first couple years; now, the entire P47 Admin gleefully postures for the cameras, bragging about their cruelty Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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The Dark Rise of America’s Monsters
Bombed boats, dead fishermen, starving children, and broken families reveal the human cost of power without empathy…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-dark-rise-of-americas-monsters-73a
16 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 8) in 2026 (1/4) ==================== Epstein Files - notes of three interviews w/ a victim released last week - Post and Courier (major SC newspaper) did some digging - verified many details of victim's story/background - victim (and lawyer Lisa Bloom) declined to comment
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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined
An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein-victim-fbi-trump/article_21a2149f-f4a1-4351-9ac7-d12746f03a58.html
17 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 7) in 2026 (1/6) ==================== Judge Royce Lamberth (USAGM) - Kari Lake is the weird election denier/loser from AZ - was put in charge of US Agenvy got Global Media - mission: destroy Voice/America, PBS, NPR, etc - 'illegally elevated'; Lake's actions deemed void
18 days ago
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We've been bombing Iran all week, Strait of Hormuz is closed, and US bases all over the Middle East are getting bombed; meanwhile, we get new tidbits every day from Epstein Files. But yet ICE Barbie won the week with a promotion to a ghost job Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Saturday Report 3/7/26 — Russia Sharing Intelligence with Iran to Target US Forces?
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion...
https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-3726-russia-sharing
18 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 6) in 2026 (1/12) ==================== Mag Judge Robert Numbers (AI in NC) - case involves GLP-1 use for TRICARE recipients - found fake, AI-generated citations in DOJ filing - 'because of the seriousness of these issues' - 'leadership for US Atty for EDNC summoned to explain'
19 days ago
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Insane as the notion may be, when P47 made all sorts of promises that were ludicrous beyond comparison, MAGAts lapped it all up like thirsty dogs, somehow believing (or pretending to believe) that carnival-barking charlatan P47 gave a hoot about them Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Dear MAGA Voter: He Played You — The Swamp Wasn’t Drained, It Was Sold to Billionaires
A quick note to my MAGA acquaintance...
https://hartmannreport.com/p/dear-maga-voter-he-played-you-the-395
19 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 5) in 2026 (1/9) ==================== Iran P47, re new Supreme Leader - 'they are wasting their time' - 'Khamenei's son is a lightweight' - 'I have to be involved' - 'like with Delcy in Venezuela' - 'Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me' - 'most/people we had in mind dead'
20 days ago
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Forty-eight hours after JCPOA was on the verge of being reconstituted (albeit under a different name), we attacked Iran; how did we go from nearly reaching full agreement to full-scale war (started from Mar-a-Lago) in a few hours? Were talks a ploy? Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Did Jared Kushner Negotiate Peace — or Set a Trap for Iran’s Leadership?
As Iran’s leaders gathered to debate a U.S.-brokered nuclear deal, American and Israeli intelligence already knew their location. Was this diplomacy, or something darker?
https://hartmannreport.com/p/did-jared-kushner-negotiate-peace-b11
20 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 4) in 2026 (1/13) ==================== Epstein Files, p1 - there is a specific batch of 47,635 files offline - files related to a minor accusing P47 directly - included in the files: three 2019 interviews - DOJ: 'those files should be back online soon' - DOJ is protecting P47
21 days ago
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For years, P47 kept insisting that Obama was going to start a war so that he could get reelected; and his eyes lit up bright when he found out that there will be no election(s) in Ukraine while they are at war. Any surprise that P47 wants war everywhere? Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Could a 9/11-Scale Crisis Be the Political Lifeline Trump’s Presidency Desperately Needs?
History shows how suddenly national tragedy can transform a struggling leader into a wartime commander, and why that precedent should make Americans uneasy today…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/could-a-911-scale-crisis-be-the-political-1d8
21 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 3) in 2026 (1/17) ==================== Judge Lewis Liman (NYC Congestion), p1 - in Jan 2025, NYC instituted congestion pricing - had been in the works for a long time - very popular in NYC - P47 and Sean Duffy have tried everything to stop it - stopped federal funding to NY
22 days ago
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For those of us who know Mehdi Hassan, we know he runs circles around GOPers just as well as (if not better) than Hillary Clinton has always been able to do. So it's no surprise that Team Charlie Kirk wants him deported...he exposes their fraud Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Is Deporting a Journalist the Ultimate Form of Cancel Culture?
A top conservative podcast calls for deporting a Muslim critic, so who’s really trying to silence dissent?
https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-deporting-a-journalist-the-ultimate-5bb
22 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 2) in 2026 (1/21) ==================== Judge Jia Cobb (ICE inspections) - Noem continues to refuse regular ICE inspections - current excuse: 'govt shutdown, using Big Ugly Bill $$$' - 'as Defendants previously acknowledged' - 'not simply a blank check, legally or financially'
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With P47 having ordered our troops into war over the weekend, and not having yet given *any* sort of coherent justification, we must wonder why he did it. Many nonsensical reasons given, but certainly it has distracted from all ongoing Epstein chatter Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Operation Epstein Fury: Is This About National Security or Political Survival?
Madison and the Founders of his generation had it right: what Trump is doing violates both the Constitution and the foundational norms of democracy…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/operation-epstein-fury-is-this-about-2fb
23 days ago
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On This Day (Mar 1) in 2026 (1/5) ==================== Iran, p1 - three American dead - at least five other Americans injured Pakistan - US consulate in Karachi stormed by protesters - at least nine dead - no word from GOPers who used to scream, 'BENGHAZI' daily
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On This Day (Feb 28) in 2026 (1/6) ===================== Judge Joseph Goodwin (Izaguirre), p1 - blistering opinion on Feb 19/20 (Urquilla-Ramos) - completely fed up with govt - has detailed many decisions that mirror each other - govt keeps acting later like decisions not made
25 days ago
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Anyone who watched SOTU on Tue night lost brain cells, and that was before Bill + Hillary got trotted in for Epstein depositions. Plus side: opinions from judges; down side: Hegseth's trying to kill Anthropic and the Boy Scouts, and we've attacked Iran Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Saturday Report 2/28/26 — Did Trump Illegally Ignite a Middle East War to Set the Stage for Emergency Election Powers?
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion
https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-22826
25 days ago
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On This Day (Feb 27) in 2026 (1/14) ===================== Judge Tunheim (MN refugees) - refugees cannot get perm status until here for a year - after a year, interview before new status - DHS has been disappearing refugees after 1yr, 1sec - insists law allows this - Judge: '🖕 PI granted'
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P47 knows only cheating allows the GOP ever to, 'win' elections, and he knows damn well how incredibly unpopular he and his tactics are with the populace. So he's trying as hard as he can to subvert the upcoming 2026 election. Cheating is all he knows Free subscription req at
@hartmannreport.com
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Is a Secret Plot Already in Motion to Take the Election Out of Voters’ Hands?
If you’ve studied history — and you know I have — that’s the moment when the hair on the back of your neck should stand up…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-a-secret-plot-already-in-motion-dd7
26 days ago
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On This Day (Feb 26) in 2026 (1/21) ===================== Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (IRS) - in Aug, the IRS shared 42K+ addresses with ICE - proper procedures were not followed - before IRS can confirm, agencies must give an address - ICE didn't have addresses; info came wholesale from IRS
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