{"id":5240,"date":"2024-02-08T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/266-matt-gallagher-super-bowl-politics-how-fcked-up-is-america-right-now-speaker-johnson-is-a-terrible-quarterback-border-bill-fumble-haley-is-qb2-is-the-us-soft-sc-and-nv-primaries-civil-wa\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:13:48","slug":"266-matt-gallagher-super-bowl-politics-how-fcked-up-is-america-right-now-speaker-johnson-is-a-terrible-quarterback-border-bill-fumble-haley-is-qb2-is-the-us-soft-sc-and-nv-primaries-civil-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/266-matt-gallagher-super-bowl-politics-how-fcked-up-is-america-right-now-speaker-johnson-is-a-terrible-quarterback-border-bill-fumble-haley-is-qb2-is-the-us-soft-sc-and-nv-primaries-civil-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"266. Matt Gallagher. Super Bowl Politics. How F#cked Up is America Right Now? Speaker Johnson is a Terrible Quarterback. Border Bill Fumble. Haley is QB2. Is the US Soft? SC and NV Primaries. Civil War or World War? Daybreak: Matt\u2019s Powerful New Novel."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IA-266-mail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5244\" \/><br \/>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6wFty2JQ3fY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\" embed-responsive-item\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA8569509029\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Super Bowl week in America. And it\u2019s a Super Bowl year of politics and national security. And as the world focuses on America\u2019s big game, it\u2019s also focused on America\u2019s dysfunction. And so are we. The border deal has collapsed, funding for Ukraine and Israel is stalled, and the election division across the country is reaching peak levels of nasty and stupid. It\u2019s an especially ugly time in America\u2013as America again thrusts itself in the global spotlight. But there are glimmers of hope\u2013and even fun. And in this smart, fast and fun episode, we\u2019re digging into all of it. As only <em>Independent America<\/em> does. From Putin and Zelensky to Mahomes and Tony Romo. From the fight for The Lombardi Trophy, to the fight of our time, this is a conversation for everyone. And one of the most surprising and interesting ones you\u2019ll hear this Super Bowl week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mattgallagherwriter.com\/\">Matt Gallagher<\/a> is of the most important writers of our time, especially touching on issues of war and national security. And a sharp, real and funny voice of reason for America. He is the internationally-recognized author of the novels <a href=\"http:\/\/mattgallagherwriter.com\/empire-city\/\"><em>Empire City<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mattgallagherwriter.com\/youngblood\/\"><em>Youngblood<\/em><\/a>, the forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Daybreak\/Matt-Gallagher\/9781501177859\"><em>Daybreak<\/em><\/a>, the class Iraq war memoir <a href=\"http:\/\/mattgallagherwriter.com\/kaboom\/\"><em>Kaboom<\/em><\/a>, and a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His work has appeared in Esquire, ESPN, The New York Times, The Paris Review and Wired. He\u2019s also co-editor of the short fiction collection <a href=\"http:\/\/mattgallagherwriter.com\/fire-and-forget\/\"><em>Fire &amp; Forget: Short Stories from the Long War<\/em><\/a>. He\u2019s a popular, funny and insightful voice\u2014including on Twitter\u2013on everything from politics and war to his beloved Cleveland Browns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matt was featured in Vanity Fair as one of the voices of a new generation of American war literature. A graduate of Wake Forest and Columbia, Matt is a 2021-23 fellow with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, based in Oklahoma, and a US Army veteran of the Iraq war. He lives with his wife, young sons and dog in Tulsa and works as a writing instructor for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyuvetsworkshop.org\/\">NYU\u2019s Words After War<\/a> program\u2013 devoted to bringing vets and civilians together to study conflict literature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every episode of <em>Independent Americans<\/em> hosted by Paul Rieckhoff (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulRieckhoff\">@PaulRieckhoff<\/a>) provides light to contrast the heat. It\u2019s independent content for independent Americans. And every episode delivers a dose of the <a href=\"https:\/\/righteous.us\/\">Righteous Media<\/a> 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. This is another insightful pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/\"><em>Independent Americans<\/em><\/a> will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stay vigilant, America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matt\u2019s previous appearances on IA:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/161-ukraine-war-report-exclusive-matt-gallagher-the-american-veteran-and-author-went-to-ukraine-to-support-the-fight-why-did-he-go-what-did-he-see-what-do-ukraine-forces-need-now-whats\/\">Episode 161 &#8211; March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/215-matt-gallagher-america-on-edge-the-iraq-war-at-20-the-trump-indictment-inside-ukraines-volunteers-tulsa-king-march-madness-the-world-baseball-classic-and-sports-as-a-prism-and-a-m\/\">Episode 215 &#8211; March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Get extra content, connect with guests, attend exclusive events, get merch discounts and support this critical show that speaks truth to power by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentamericans\/posts\"> joining us on Patreon<\/a>. Where you can also see or watch extra content with this guest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Daybreak\/Matt-Gallagher\/9781501177859\">-Pre-order Matt\u2019s new book <em>Daybreak<\/em> now here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mattgallagherwriter.com\/events\/\">-Meet Matt on one of his book tour dates nationwide<\/a>\u2013or invite him to visit your area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6wFty2JQ3fY\">-Watch the full video of this conversation with Paul and Matt here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0-Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers on Twitter. And share yours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>-Find us on social media or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentamericans.us\">http:\/\/www.IndependentAmericans.us<\/a>\u2013where you can also grab some cool IA gear. <em>Independent Americans <\/em>is powered by Righteous Media.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/megaphone.fm\/adchoices\">megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Super Bowl week in America. And it\u2019s a Super Bowl year of politics and national security. And as the world focuses on America\u2019s big game, it\u2019s also focused on America\u2019s dysfunction. And so are we. The border deal has collapsed, funding for Ukraine and Israel is stalled, and the election division across the country&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/266-matt-gallagher-super-bowl-politics-how-fcked-up-is-america-right-now-speaker-johnson-is-a-terrible-quarterback-border-bill-fumble-haley-is-qb2-is-the-us-soft-sc-and-nv-primaries-civil-wa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">266. Matt Gallagher. Super Bowl Politics. How F#cked Up is America Right Now? Speaker Johnson is a Terrible Quarterback. Border Bill Fumble. Haley is QB2. Is the US Soft? SC and NV Primaries. Civil War or World War? Daybreak: Matt\u2019s Powerful New Novel.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","entry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",1000,1000,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",1000,1000,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",1000,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",750,750,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",1000,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",1000,1000,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6a1f8a.jpg",1000,1000,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/episodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Episodes<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"It\u2019s Super Bowl week in America. 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The border deal has collapsed, funding for Ukraine and Israel is stalled, and the election division across the country&hellip;&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5246,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions\/5246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}