meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: Fascism’s Grip Tightens: Will America Fight Back Before It’s Too Late?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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

4.38 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As the Nation teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, what will it take to defend democracy and constitutional order?

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You know, the hardest part about cooking or barbecuing meat, tethered to a hot stove or barbecue,

0:04.7

sweating, constantly checking it, singeing your eyebrows, and then serving it, and half is beef jerky

0:10.9

and half is blood rare. Those days are gone. I got a Chef IQ Sense, and I'm ready for the food network.

0:17.5

It's kind of like a meat thermometer, but wireless and way smarter. I just enter

0:21.7

whatever I'm cooking into my Chef IQ Sense app, steaks, chicken, fish, whatever. Choose precisely how

0:27.1

I like it cooked. Well done, medium, medium, rare, rare. Chef IQ Sense continuously monitors and

0:32.8

predicts precisely when my food will be done. No opening a hot oven, sweating over a barbecue, frying

0:38.5

pan, or air friar. Then, Chef IQ Sense sends an alert to my smartphone when my steaks,

0:43.9

chicken, or seafood are cooked to order the way I like it. This is the world's smartest,

0:48.3

simple to use, wireless cooking sensor, and the best news is they just announced a flash sale.

0:53.2

Visit ChefIQ.com, promo code Tom, T- a flash sale. Visit chef IQ.com promo code Tom,

0:56.0

T-H-O-M. That's chef IQ.com promo code Tom.

1:01.2

Fascism's grip titans. Will America fight back before it's too late? There's no sugarcoating the truth.

1:08.4

As fascism's grip titans under Trump and the GOP,

1:11.9

America's government no longer operates as a constitutional republic. The ostensible oaths to

1:17.8

support and defend the Constitution are hollow, a ghost script read aloud while the regime

1:24.0

marches America toward authoritarian collapse in the mode of Russia and Hungary.

1:29.8

Every federal institution now performs in synchronous mimicry of dear orange leaders unraveling psyche,

1:36.8

false justifications, lopsided pretences of accountability, theater designed more for

1:42.8

emotional spectacle than legal legitimacy,

1:46.6

accelerating escalation at every turn.

1:49.9

Nothing, literally nothing, organized or passed by Republicans in the last 44 years,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Thom Hartmann, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Thom Hartmann and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.