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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: Who Owns America? Musk and Trump Are Fighting Over the Deed

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Congress, Economics, Climate Change, The Hartmann Report, Debate, Democracy, America, Thom Hartmann, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A Supreme Court justice handed the keys of our democracy to billionaires — and now they’re crashing it in public…

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0:35.5

The alpha male dick measuring contest between Trump and Musk isn't entertainment.

0:40.2

It's the inevitable outcome of America's complete surrender to oligarchy. After centuries of

0:46.3

democratic progress, we're watching the world's richest man, trademark, and the world's most

0:51.4

powerful man, trademark, battle for supremacy on social media like

0:56.2

feuding warlords. How did the land of Lincoln and Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Kennedy,

1:02.1

become a playground for billionaire sociopaths? The answer has a name, John Roberts.

1:09.0

Back in the day, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis warned us. We may have democracy

1:13.9

or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. In 2010,

1:20.9

Chief Justice John Roberts made his choice. He chose the billionaires. He chose oligarchy. He chose to detonate 240 years of American democracy.

1:32.2

The case was supposed to be simple. Could a right-wing group funded by fossil fuel billionaires show their anti-Hillary Clinton propaganda film within a month of an election?

1:42.3

The Federal Election Commission said no because it violated McCain-Feingold's

1:46.8

ban on corporate electioneering. But Roberts wasn't satisfied with just allowing the movie.

1:53.0

At Justice Kennedy's urging, Roberts pulled off a judicial coup. He ordered both sides to

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