MAGA: Stranger Than Fiction (w/ Brad Thor) | The Next Level

[@OdyTypeR]

34:00 - thank you sooo much for this pushback, Tim. I walked proudly _into_ my local USAF recruitment office in '99 - my "patriotism" having been shaped by Desert Storm. If i had been facing the same decision in '09, i would've been running the other direction, _away_ from the recruiter's office. If i was facing the choice in '19, i might have been picketing _in front of_ the recruiter's office I can only speak for me (and, anecdotally, everyone else i've talked to who's served in the last 25 years), but it seems like the "recruitment issues" have _everything_ to do with fighting unjust wars, stop-loss programs, mental health being ignored, and attacks on the VA - i have yet to meet anyone who would recommend military service to their kids. I _also_ have yet to meet any actual servicemembers who think "wokeism" is _the_ problem.

[@jamibraafhart5568]

As a 66 yr old married straight white woman, damn I love Tim Miller

[@carolbulmer8253]

Me too💘

[@carolinemaybe]

Me too

[@lemonypledge]

Very glad to hear Tim push back on wokeism undermining recruitment. The military has consistently struggled to recruit since 9/11.

[@tomjones4184]

These Next Level conversations are incredible. Keep them coming, Thanx!

[@RememberMeYeah]

It’s true democracy isn’t anywhere in the Constitution but neither is Jesus, God, Lord, Christian, or Bible.

[@arthurswanson3285]

Nor Republican.

[@hiramnoone]

@@arthurswanson3285 or democrap, judicial activism, propagandizing partisan media, woke cancel culture, or the presidency and congress as a rest home for senile citizens.

[@brianhotaling5849]

and remember when they de-segregated the army!!! That wasn’t very popular. Lead the people, don’t follow them

[@TK-fp5fp]

Hey Tim, this Sunday show is one of my favourite things about Sunday mornings. You have on some great guests and it’s always very informative and entertaining. Thank you and I hope you continue to bring us this great content.

[@kathivy]

I’m glad that he mentioned the Budapest Memorandum. This should be explained every time that we talk about our assistance to Ukraine. People don’t know about it so they think that the U.S. has no obligation there and believe that our support is just a policy choice of the current President. The isolationist Republicans in Congress should be asked if they think that we should renege on our international agreements.

[@liamcullen3035]

I’m afraid to say that Trump and his ilk have already made it painfully clear that they don’t give one shit about prior international commitments. Trump speaks of pulling out of NATO, the UN, Paris Climate Accord, Iran Nuclear Deal etc. They don’t give a damn about past commitments, and are likely to just laugh in our faces should we explain the Budapest Memorandum. I’m sure the more traditional Republicans would care, but not the MAGAs. They won’t respond to guilt trips over reneging on such commitments.

[@jasonbradley3062]

Yet another discussion about wokery where its meaning is never defined. Thor says he has friends in the military who 'don't like woke' but it's not followed up by asking what specific policies they dislike. It's maddening that we are this far into the debate and yet this keeps happening.

[@justbecauseOK]

they can't define it because it is embarrassing to talk like an acne inflicted teenager

[@D34DH34D4LYF]

Let's be real. Anyone who's willing to kill another person for corporate profits and a false sense of security will never be woke.

[@Reldas]

If he wins again there is no more Republic. Hope everyone has passports and an exit plan just in case. The Electoral College should be abolished. We have never set one up anywhere else in the world because it's ridiculous.

[@quiggleyscripple]

He's lame enough to trot out no democracy mentioned in the Constitution; conveniently leaves out all the clauses about election procedures.

[@judykinsman3258]

Tim, would you please have at least one of your conservative guests explain what are the policies that keep them a conservative & what liberal policies he doesn’t like. Details. Thanks

[@danashane]

too hungover 🙃

[@sherib5752]

Didn't Thor say he was fiscal conservative and social liberal?

[@carolinemaybe]

@@sherib5752that old chestnut doesn’t work anymore, well that’s my thinking. Those things just aren’t who the GOP are now.

[@Laura-il5lo]

Whenever I drive through west Texas, I take Brad Thor with me. ❤

[@lhoward9593]

Hopefully _not_ while driving! 😉

[@jeantrainor128]

Thanks for this discussion Brad Thor, you'd gain this reader if you wrote a book about your protagonist foiling a wannabe autocrat at an aging country club in South FL. Liked your comment about fetishizing guns on J6. I've taken to thinking of guns and kevlar as fashion statements.

[@carolbulmer8253]

Tim, I liked this discussion a lot! Brad Thor was a great guest👏👏👏👏👏

[@dianatortolini7842]

New Hampshire, Brad!!! All of the normalcy of educated people, no sales tax, no income tax, business-friendly, civil rights are protected and you're driving distance from the many cultural amenities, great universities and hospitals in Boston.

[@sherib5752]

Oooh, good one! I like this Thor dude. More like this, please.

[@JAGRAFX]

Everybody is right & wrong about the economy. Our little black heart theory here is voters in differing localles are experiencing dramitically differing economies. Ron Brownstein of THE ATLANTIC & formerly with the LA TIMES stated in a couple of articles that Trump voting counties amounted to a little more than 32 % of the Nation's GDP in the 2016 Election. This percentage shrunk to 29% in the 2020 Presidental Election. The hog share of the National economy is going to the BLUE counties. The corresponding RED counties are the ones probably having trouble with gas prices and just paying their bills.

[@liamcullen3035]

Another great interview with another great interviewee! I’d really love to hear Brad expand upon what he thinks of Fox News and The Daily Wire, and their roles in promoting culture wars and political propaganda. Given that he’s friends with Meghyn Kelly and knows Ben Shapiro, I’m really interested to hear his thoughts on their professional work (though I presume I could find these thoughts on twitter and facebook?)

[@arthurswanson3285]

He lived on fox, daily wire and Glenn Becks nutcase network up till like 2017 or so. He excused the stupidity up till the second he no longer could. He said he supported Trump over Hillary because some special ops guy convinced him it would be the end of the country if Hillary got elected. A few years later, Trump tried to violently overthrow the country. Just goes to show you, gun guys aren't always the brightest in terms of political calculus.

[@nancyferguson2321]

I felt like a cockatoo watching this segment …the feathers were up and down throughout … interesting yet uncomfortable …

[@DevTheo1]

I had to laugh when Brad said "if we have the right people.. the best people" (I thought that's what Trump told us he did)

[@elainedaprano9130]

...and his toupee is very distracting😵

[@jessieadair]

Tim, a great host as always, keeps it real, interesting and focused on what matters. Thor is a bit of a LIHOM and seems so intent on portraying a certain image that he skims the surface and does not take the risk of talking openly and honestly in ways that are interesting and thought provoking. Missed opportunity.

[@gghhiiyy456]

They won’t see the nature of the beast until they or a family member gets jailed or disappeared. That would take about 3-5 years

[@joyfulmindstudio]

“The word ‘democracy’ does not appear anywhere in the founding documents.” Oh, really? Brad Thor just made the case for the proposition that “there are no good Republicans.” And he’s exhibit A. #therearenogoodrepublicans

[@carolinemaybe]

Excellent point I hope the anti-trumps push, trump can’t get A grade people to work for the people. He would absolutely put in the worst people.

[@BarrVason]

It’s Tubber-ville. Not Toober-Ville.

[@gghhiiyy456]

I wish someone would give detail about the actions of the pizza-gate shooter. I mean, it seems his actions show he didn’t even believe it and just wanted to go show off his gun and what he wished he could do. Wouldn’t someone who believed there were kids in a basement be desperately looking around the place for the entrance to the basement? Did he do that? If you couldn’t find the basement wouldn’t you be careful not to fire your gun into the wall or ceiling? What if the kids were being hidden in there? I don’t know why I obsess over this. It just seems to easy to show (at least some of) these nuts don’t really believe their own bullshit

[@gghhiiyy456]

@@StonedIn0z there’s a description but not the details I mentioned

[@carolinemaybe]

He got to a locked door which was to the storeroom but he thought it was the door to the basement. He fired at it. After he was in custody he said “the Intel on this wasn’t 100%”. They’ve all seen too many movies and see themselves as the hero. Someone has just been arrested because they hassled a man with his child because they didn’t think the man was the child’s father. They tried to wrestle the child away from him, in front of the child! They have been brainwashed but they are dangerous. Now they have all watched the lie that is The Sound Of Freedom film so it’s only going to get worse.

[@thedailydao]

0:29 Nothing fuels the clicks like rage.

[@patrickschmid3294]

Zane was star of The Phantom

[@brianhotaling5849]

Who are his liberal friends??

[@brianhotaling5849]

PTSD, TBI, amputations - what more could you ask for??

[@jimpalmer2981]

Brad Thor strikes me as the kind of guy who says, "You're Jewish?" and then goes on to list all of his Jewish friends for the next five minutes and then, having established his non-anti-semitic creds, makes a couple of Jewish jokes. Tim doesn't seem to be enjoying the interview. Don't blame him.

[@brianhotaling5849]

To bad your party doesn’t agree with you, Mr Thor

[@shellyrobillard3074]

Being religious makes someone a good guy, I don't think so

[@KathyDennis-fy3bg]

Some of my best friends are black. ROFL

[@jeanne553]

Geez, Brad! Do you really think that if trump got back in the white house he would listen to advisors?! He would go full dictator. The country will be lost.

[@tammielynn8273]

His concerns about Tik Toc are the same as mine.

[@fridajaspers6066]

OK, was never into Ludlum spy thrillers and never heard of this guy, but he seems a nice guy. John LeCarré wasn't mentioned.

[@elainedaprano9130]

Yes he was. Thor mentioned him early in this video.

[@user-pp4lx3bt1o]

Maybe it’s because I’m only mildly liberal but wtf is with all the ‘trigger warnings’ for Brad Thor content? Dude loves Democracy and the USA. He can have his firearms and low taxes as long as we all get to keep voting - pretty simple. 😂

[@jackieruth2055]

Gotta be honest, i found this guy irritating. Love you, Tim. But this wasnt my favorite interview.

[@arthurswanson3285]

Brad is one of those republican tools that screamed about hillary being the antichrist and helped trump get elected, then bitched about what happened after that. And still hates democrats. Because democrats.

[@hg1644]

Robert o Brien will not be his security advisor

[@1961Bullet]

My bf had a mystery/thriller library and he was gay.😊