{"id":158970,"date":"2025-02-17T10:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158970"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T00:42:34","slug":"the-strange-triumph-of-a-broken-america-why-power-abroad-comes-with-dysfunction-at-home-2-17-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158970","title":{"rendered":"The Strange Triumph of a Broken America: Why Power Abroad Comes With Dysfunction at Home (2-17-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TuAsAjeK_bA?si=AFjwYhGLwCa-XMoe\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Margaret Brennan of CBS News says free speech was weaponized to create the Holocaust<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"960\">16:00<\/a> Michael joins, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/real_machera\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/real_machera<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 17:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1020\">17:00<\/a> Michael&#8217;s YT channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@michaelmblog\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@michaelmblog<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 22:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1320\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1320\">22:00<\/a> American Primeval, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Primeval\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Primeval<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 35:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2100\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2100\">35:00<\/a> American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35456246\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35456246\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 46:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2760\">46:00<\/a> The Morning Meeting S4E31 | Trump\u2019s First 100 Days, Democrat Realignment &amp; Today\u2019s Political News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xja2kEXU9fw\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xja2kEXU9fw<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 58:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3480\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3480\">58:00<\/a> Why Trump targets AP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/17\/trump-ap-gulf-america-mexico\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/17\/trump-ap-gulf-america-mexico<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:08:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4110\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4110\">1:08:30<\/a> CBS: What is the unitary executive theory and how might Trump be using it to transform government?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4560\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4560\">1:16:00<\/a> The Strange Triumph of a Broken America: Why Power Abroad Comes With Dysfunction at Home,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/strange-triumph-broken-america-michael-beckley\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/strange-triumph-broken-america-michael-beckley<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:35:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5700\">1:35:00<\/a> The Age of Empire Strikes Back: Stephen Kotkin on Trump, Wrestling, and the Use of American Power, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uIhwjiJBUz8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uIhwjiJBUz8<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:36:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5760\">1:36:00<\/a> Historian Stephen Kotkin, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Kotkin\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Kotkin<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:05:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7500\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7500\">2:05:00<\/a> Rob Henderson on Elon Musk&#8217;s babies, monogamy in crisis &amp; JD Vance&#8217;s Munich warning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PltuY3nSIvY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PltuY3nSIvY<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:12:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7920\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7920\">2:12:00<\/a> Elon Musk, Ashley St. Clair, and the New Moral Majority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/martin-gurri-what-does-it-mean-to\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/martin-gurri-what-does-it-mean-to<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8460\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8460\">2:21:00<\/a> Lindy Li &#8211; Obama\u2019s Third Term, Kamala Paying Beyonc\u00e9, Cardi B, and Oprah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZHXVeLVHWuY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZHXVeLVHWuY<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:35:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9300\">2:35:00<\/a> What does it mean to be a man? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/martin-gurri-what-does-it-mean-to\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/martin-gurri-what-does-it-mean-to<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:43:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9780\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9780\">2:43:00<\/a> Eric Kaufman on the origins of woke: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3zN7hjGNKI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3zN7hjGNKI<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/jd-vance-picks-fight-with-europe\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/jd-vance-picks-fight-with-europe<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:54:20\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10460\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10460\">2:54:20<\/a> Video: The biggest mistake MAGA can make is to support the Tate brothers<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHYvrjTsK3E?si=JZmnkbf0NzRqLfKI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Margaret Brennan of CBS News says free speech was weaponized to create the Holocaust16:00 Michael joins, https:\/\/x.com\/real_machera17:00 Michael&#8217;s YT channel, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@michaelmblog22:00 American Primeval, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Primeval35:00 American Manhunt: O.J. 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