Ep. #741: Terry Bradshaw, Max Brooks, Sarah Longwell
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Why does Bill Maher open the episode reflecting on the 25th anniversary of 9/11?
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Hello down there. How are you? Thank you very much. Thank you, I appreciate that. Thank you, people.
Well, thank you. Glad you're in a good mood. It's a sombre day. This is the anniversary of one of the most important events in American history. This is the twenty fifth anniversary when we were attacked, uh, the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. There were ceremonies commemorating it in New York. Uh four ex presidents went. Trump and Pete Hagsith went where to the Pentagon, which was also attack, uh, where Trump said, We will never forget who attacked us on this day. Canada. Uh but All right. And Pete Heggseth he was even more mad about it. He said these terrorists tried to destroy the Pentagon and that is my job. Uh oh it was uh It was a v very bizarre week, I thought, in politics. First of all we found out uh that the AI is going to kill us all, I guess I've been saying.
Uh but we'll get to that on panel. We've got hours to live. Um And in the midst of that, and on the two days when the NFL kicked off their season, Trump decided to have a midterm convention, which by the way is not a thing. We don't do that. But he wanted to assure the voters, his voters, that with him as president and both houses, you know, uh a Republican majority, everything people were worrying about, inflation, affordability, corruption, the war would be solved, which would be a great selling point, except that's what we have now.
Uh and he said the uh the affordability crisis is fake. Fake. You're not paying more for beef. That cow is lying. I I but listen. Huh. He has a solution to the affordability crisis. He listed a lot of new proposals and then just went, you know what, fuck it, I'll give you five grand. That's it. Really? That That was the big take from the convention, the midterm convention. That r that's really the solution we have. If you vote Republicans in, the government will hand out to everyone five thousand dollars. You know, to fight socialism.
All right.
I gotta say In a in a country that is already haves and have nots, this is a little bit of a scatter shot approach. To get the money, all you have to do is just be an American adult and be alive. So uh Mitch McConnell, your move. Oh we can. We can with Wound. I mind you. M mind you, the point of this convention was to show what great shape the Republican Party is in. And then the big idea was I'll give you five grand. You know the part of the movie where the crackhead is so desperate he says, I'll suck your dick for a dollar It's it's like that, but in politics. But Five grand for everybody. Makes you kind of miss the innocent days when we bribed him.
All right.
And I thought this was really on top of all this kind of weird. He's now saying that if the five grand doesn't move the poles, he'll take everybody furniture shopping? I Oh no one remembers that. Uh mm, I'll tell you later. Uh well and this this really happened this week in in in America, which used to be a real country. Uh At the convention he made everybody put their hand up and do a new pledge of allegiance. I I I brought it word for word because I just don't wanna This the President of the United States, this is what he had people say. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much that he can't even breathe. But I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it anyway.
I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try and cheat like hell like they do. With liberty and justice for all. I I got nothing anymore. I I don't And of course, of course, Trump had to claim that the convention hall was packed, even though, you know, if you ignored the empty seats, yes, it did look packed. Of course you went against football? You went against the opening two nights of football? Wow, the one thing that people still watch on television. On uh the Trump's convention on Fox News got less than what Hannity and Gutfeld get on a regular night. And I'm the low ratings dummy?
And here's an interesting sideline to the story in Dallas for the convention was Grinder, which I'm sure you know is the
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Bill Maher open the episode reflecting on the 25th anniversary of 9/11?
0:01–8:25
2
How do the hosts describe the looming threat of AI in this episode?
8:25–14:24
3
What is the controversy over Trump’s $5,000 ‘midterm convention’ payments?
14:24–20:00
4
Who are the guests Terry Bradshaw, Max Brooks, and Sarah Longwell and what are they promoting?
20:00–26:41
5
What insights does Terry Bradshaw share about his new memoir and football legacy?
26:41–32:23
6
What is the Frontier Act and how might it regulate AI?
32:23–40:27
7
How does the panel assess current Pentagon leadership changes and their impact on war readiness?
40:27–48:21
8
What concerns are raised about over‑parenting, technology use, and future societal risks?
48:21–57:29
Speakers
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