Ray Hartmann

Journalist & rabble-rouser at Ray Hartmann’s Soapbox on Substack | Founder of the original Riverfront Times | 37 yrs on @DonnybrookStL

[Ray Hartmann @rayhartmann]

“ICE didn’t just go after undocumented immigrants. Under Trump, it became a secret police force in plain sight.”If that sounds dramatic, read the receipts:
🔗 https://t.co/sFr0FmLtUg #ICE #civilrights #journalism

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Millions showed up yesterday for No Kings protests. But it wasn’t the finish line. It was the starting gun.
https://t.co/C63d6rBikT

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@adamscochran As a journalist for the past 50+ years, congratulations on what you're doing. (I'm a new follower). The biggest story to me right now is the mainstream media's failure to cover Trump's absence and distancing (from them) when it's THEIR work that's directly being impacted.

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Missouri’s Mike Kehoe just sent in the National Guard.
Not to stop violence.
But to intimidate peaceful protestors.
Here’s what that really means:
🔗 https://t.co/z3VkV7LRv3

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BREAKING: ABC just fired Terry Moran—hours after suspending him for criticizing Stephen Miller.

Trump demanded it. ABC caved.

The First Amendment is under attack—and the networks are helping.

I just about it. Now, he's fired (no connection).

https://t.co/snMQKRGsff

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TV networks are caving to Trump’s attacks on the press—not to defend journalism, but to protect billions in https://t.co/NigZYzHXIw latest: ABC’s surrender. CBS’s hush money. The FCC in ruins.👉 Read: https://t.co/FkGgDuIUoT

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I've been a journalist for more than 50 years. This is as chilling a sign as we've ever had that freedom of the press is dying in America. We should all stand with @TerryMoran. Those in the news media who lack the guts to do so are complicit.
https://t.co/ZMkWgZa8e0

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If you own stock in a popcorn company, you’re probably feeling good.

Trump and Elon’s Awful Monster Movie — a real-time horror film playing out in American politics.

https://t.co/e2MJblPiFq

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Republicans are desperate to keep Biden on stage — to pummel him over his mental decline.
Too little, too late. He should’ve resigned a year ago.
And we wouldn’t be living today’s nightmare.
👉 https://t.co/PrfQpwnMQR
#Biden #2024 #Politics #Substack

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Trump kicked off Pride Month by erasing Harvey Milk.
One man saved lives in the Navy. The other dodged duty with “bone spurs.”
My new column:
👉 https://t.co/KHfB1SnxfJ

#HarveyMilk #PrideMonth #Trump #LGBTQ

[Ray Hartmann @rayhartmann]

I grew up believing America was the good guy.
I don’t recognize that country anymore.
New post: Why Did America Stop Caring?
https://t.co/rdYSfby8WC

If it speaks to you, I’d be grateful if you’d subscribe.
#Substack #SundayReads #AmericanValues

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In case it wasn't clear, there’s a Substack to go with that meme:
https://t.co/imDURU6ACw

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Instant replay from my Substack:
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For my mom: Mother’s Day and the Forbidden Topic of My Youth , by @rayhartmann https://t.co/bv3HEYr9ny

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Trump’s assault on Harvard is real.
But the WSJ just compared it to Obama cracking down on Corinthian Colleges.
That’s not a political parallel—it’s ideological improv with a broken compass.
My new column:
🧼 https://t.co/I0eSp5slvk
#Trump #WSJ #Harvard #Media #Substack

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We’ve had a federal law against hiring undocumented workers since 1986.

We just don’t enforce it.

We jail the powerless — and protect the people writing the paychecks. And it drives illegal immigration.
https://t.co/imDURU6ACw

#Immigration #Politics #Labor #RayHartmann

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From the column:

“Let’s be clear: Trump didn’t call South Africa a shithole today. And he didn’t refer to Ramaphosa as his African.

But he might as well have called him ‘my African guest star.’”

🎬 Full piece: https://t.co/s16n2bDW3z

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🎬 “Ambush That Foreign Leader” — now streaming from the White House.

Trump turned the Oval Office into a TV studio — complete with propaganda, fawning acolytes, and a strangely silent Elon Musk.

🧠 I broke it all down here: https://t.co/s16n2bDW3z
#Trump #OvalOffice #Ramaphosa

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“Reportedly, FEMA will mosey out Wednesday so the administration can start thinking about maybe helping.”

No empathy. No urgency. Just cruelty.

cc: @jonstewart @Thom_Hartmann @KeithOlbermann @NewsAndGuts

👉 https://t.co/xXpyr8j5U7

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FEMA? Nowhere to be found.
Trump? Too busy ranting about more important things.
Four days after a killer tornado, St. Louis is still waiting.

My latest: Your Tax Dollars At Rest
👉 https://t.co/xXpyr8j5U7

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• FEMA staff down 20%
• $646M cut from disaster grants
• Mitigation funding killed
• FEMA Corps disbanded
All courtesy of Trump’s Project 2025 shock troops — now ghosting Missouri in its worst moment.