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  THOM HARTMANN'S LENGTHY LIST NEEDS TO STAND BY ITSELF FOR  SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF THE  REPUBLICAN  PARTY...REPUBLICANS ARE SILENT...INCLUDING THE  MASS GOP! Trump’s GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why? The morality of today’s Republican Party has been laid bare. But it boggles the mind the depth of this destruction and cruelty. Thom Hartmann Jul 14, 2026 Common Dreams President Donald Trump is destroying the nation like a crazed maniac. Does anyone really understand what motivates him or the party he controls. (Cartoon: AI generated via The Hartmann Report) Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — which gave the top 1% fully $118 billion this year in tax cuts — turns a year old this week and Republicans in Congress actually celebrated the largest cuts to food assistance and Medicaid in American history. They told us it was about fraud, about lazy people gaming the system, about restoring the dignity of work. Exactly a ye...

  Support independent journalism Without readers like you, we wouldn’t exist. DONATE Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Trump's Renewed Assault on Iran Means More Pain Incoming for Working Families, Experts Warn "Families shouldn’t be paying the price for Trump’s reckless decisions," said US Rep. Zoe Lofgren. President Donald Trump’s decision to restart his illegal war with Iran has sent oil prices back upward, and experts are warning that means more economic pain for working families in the coming months. The price of Brent crude, which had fallen under $71 per barrel in late June after the US and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to wind down the conflict, has since surged back above $85 per barrel as of Tuesday, days after Trump declared the ceasefire between the two countries to be over. RECOMMENDED... ‘End This War’: Progressives in Congress Blast Trump’s Return to Bombing Iran Trump’s Iran Disaster an Even Bigger US Strategic Defeat Than Vietnam: Expert Rising o...