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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: We Watched Others Fall: Now the Edge Is Beneath Our Feet

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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

4.38 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Putin and Orbán showed us the edge. Trump’s ready to push us over…

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0:00.0

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0:04.7

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0:10.9

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1:01.3

We watched others fall. Now the edge is beneath our feet. We watched it happen in Russia.

1:09.4

We watched it happen in Hungary. Democracy is one happen in Hungary. Democracy, once imperfect but alive,

1:14.1

were hollowed out from within by strongmen who declared emergencies, rewrote the rules,

1:19.5

and convinced enough people that fear was freedom and silence was strength. We told ourselves

1:24.6

it couldn't happen here, that our guardrails were stronger, that our Constitution was invincible.

1:31.3

But now we stand where they once stood at the jagged edge of the authoritarian cliff.

1:36.7

The wind has picked up, the ground beneath us trembles, and the man leading us forward isn't walking, he's charging.

1:42.7

Not because he wants to save America, but because he

1:45.9

wants to rule it as an absolute autocrat. Following his demand for investigation and prosecution

1:53.1

of President Obama, Trump is now demanding the same against Jack Smith. While it's possible this

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