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Tom Nichols

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I shouldn't be laughing. I'm sorry. It's not funny.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

The reason I'm laughing is because the whole setup, and this is so often the case now, the whole setup with most of these stories sounds like the pitch for, and I've said this before, it sounds like the pitch for the SNL cold open. You've got Trump at the desk and a guy, the host for the week comes in,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

The reason I'm laughing is because the whole setup, and this is so often the case now, the whole setup with most of these stories sounds like the pitch for, and I've said this before, it sounds like the pitch for the SNL cold open. You've got Trump at the desk and a guy, the host for the week comes in,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

The reason I'm laughing is because the whole setup, and this is so often the case now, the whole setup with most of these stories sounds like the pitch for, and I've said this before, it sounds like the pitch for the SNL cold open. You've got Trump at the desk and a guy, the host for the week comes in,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

dressed like Bukele and says, you know, Donald, not for nothing, but he's sure on some of these guys, you know, I mean, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just saying, you know, with the balloons and the stuffed animal, I mean, there's some paperwork it's gone missing. I'm not sure. I think the reason this happens is that this administration, especially now on its revenge tour, guys like Miller,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

dressed like Bukele and says, you know, Donald, not for nothing, but he's sure on some of these guys, you know, I mean, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just saying, you know, with the balloons and the stuffed animal, I mean, there's some paperwork it's gone missing. I'm not sure. I think the reason this happens is that this administration, especially now on its revenge tour, guys like Miller,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

dressed like Bukele and says, you know, Donald, not for nothing, but he's sure on some of these guys, you know, I mean, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just saying, you know, with the balloons and the stuffed animal, I mean, there's some paperwork it's gone missing. I'm not sure. I think the reason this happens is that this administration, especially now on its revenge tour, guys like Miller,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

and, you know, Bondi and all of these folks that are now, that have all been elevated, Hegseth especially, and Gabbard, all these people that have been elevated to positions they had not a prayer in hell of ever attaining in a kind of just and merit-based society. I mean, it's ironic how obsessed they are with merit when, you know, Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

and, you know, Bondi and all of these folks that are now, that have all been elevated, Hegseth especially, and Gabbard, all these people that have been elevated to positions they had not a prayer in hell of ever attaining in a kind of just and merit-based society. I mean, it's ironic how obsessed they are with merit when, you know, Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

and, you know, Bondi and all of these folks that are now, that have all been elevated, Hegseth especially, and Gabbard, all these people that have been elevated to positions they had not a prayer in hell of ever attaining in a kind of just and merit-based society. I mean, it's ironic how obsessed they are with merit when, you know, Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

They've developed a kind of oppositional defiance disorder that whatever they hear coming at them from the media or from the broad mass of Americans or from institutional opponents, you know, within justice or defense or wherever, they immediately say we have to do the opposite. Hey, you know, we might have taken some people that don't belong there and put them into this kind of ghastly prison.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

They've developed a kind of oppositional defiance disorder that whatever they hear coming at them from the media or from the broad mass of Americans or from institutional opponents, you know, within justice or defense or wherever, they immediately say we have to do the opposite. Hey, you know, we might have taken some people that don't belong there and put them into this kind of ghastly prison.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

They've developed a kind of oppositional defiance disorder that whatever they hear coming at them from the media or from the broad mass of Americans or from institutional opponents, you know, within justice or defense or wherever, they immediately say we have to do the opposite. Hey, you know, we might have taken some people that don't belong there and put them into this kind of ghastly prison.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And then someone out there says, well, maybe you should bring them back. Their immediate answer is say no. You're not the boss of us. You can't tell us what to do. We're done taking orders from the liberal media and the libtards and the, you know, I don't know what the other names, you cucks and losers have been geeking out on Star Trek references.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And then someone out there says, well, maybe you should bring them back. Their immediate answer is say no. You're not the boss of us. You can't tell us what to do. We're done taking orders from the liberal media and the libtards and the, you know, I don't know what the other names, you cucks and losers have been geeking out on Star Trek references.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And then someone out there says, well, maybe you should bring them back. Their immediate answer is say no. You're not the boss of us. You can't tell us what to do. We're done taking orders from the liberal media and the libtards and the, you know, I don't know what the other names, you cucks and losers have been geeking out on Star Trek references.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And they always remind me of the Klingon commander played by Christopher Lloyd in the third movie. Christopher Lloyd, the Klingon commander, Admiral Kirk, you know. Reverend Jim becoming the Klingon commander. And he says, Kirk says, they're trying to get off this planet that's about to be destroyed. And Spock's unconscious.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And they always remind me of the Klingon commander played by Christopher Lloyd in the third movie. Christopher Lloyd, the Klingon commander, Admiral Kirk, you know. Reverend Jim becoming the Klingon commander. And he says, Kirk says, they're trying to get off this planet that's about to be destroyed. And Spock's unconscious.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And they always remind me of the Klingon commander played by Christopher Lloyd in the third movie. Christopher Lloyd, the Klingon commander, Admiral Kirk, you know. Reverend Jim becoming the Klingon commander. And he says, Kirk says, they're trying to get off this planet that's about to be destroyed. And Spock's unconscious.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And he says to the Klingon, you should beam up the Vulcan to get them off here. And he says, no. And Kirk says, why not? And the commander says, because you wish it. You know, and they're like, you're probably going to have to get rid of Pete Hegseth. No. Why? Because you in the media, because somebody out there that I perceive as my enemy told me to do it.