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The Hartmann Report | Substack · Sep 16, 2026

INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL MARKETS

Trump Took Control of Another Country’s Oil Fortune. Where the Hell Is the Money?

Trump boasts about billions from Venezuelan oil, but lawmakers are still fighting to learn where the money is, who controls it, and who’s getting paid…

NIGERIACARACASEDWARD BELLAMYLAMIDO SANUSI

The Hartmann Report | Substack · Sep 15, 2026

LEGAL SYSTEM AND JUSTICE

My Republican Dad Fought Fascism, Then Gave Me Kafka. Trump Just Made Me Understand Why.

He believed due process separated America from the authoritarian governments his generation fought. That line is now being tested…

LANSINGPRAGUEEDWARD BELLAMY

The Hartmann Report | Substack · Sep 14, 2026

HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE

Is America About to Get the Biggest “Special Assessment” in History?

The bond market is warning that 45 years of Republican tax cuts and exploding debt may finally force ordinary Americans to pay for a party the wealthy already enjoyed...

OREGONCALIFORNIAEDWARD BELLAMY

The Hartmann Report | Substack · Sep 13, 2026

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

What You May Have Missed

A round-up of the past seven days on the Hartmann Report

THOM HARTMANN

The Hartmann Report | Substack · Sep 13, 2026

EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE

Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887. The Book That Launched a Movement (Chapters 8 through 14)

September’s book for Thom Hartmann’s Well-Read Troublemakers’ Book Club