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Sarah’s Latest Focus Group Almost Broke JVL’s Brain | The Next Level

2026-07-15 News & Politics
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The whole gang is back together, for the last time until August. Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss: - Two more killings by ICE officers. JVL asks whether we're getting numb to this. No one on this show is numb. - Trump's aborted plan to toll the Strait of Hormuz--and whether it was an act of war. - Sarah lets Todd Blanche (and Republican senators) have it. - After JVL's wifi goes bad, Tim and Sarah discuss Tim's interview with Pete Buttigieg, and why Tim is glad Josh Shapiro isn't wading into intra-Democratic turf wars. Make laundry day the best day of the week! Get 20% off your entire order @LaundrySauce with code THENEXTLEVEL at https://laundrysauce.com/THENEXTLEVEL #laundrysaucepod Make your summer wardrobe feel easier. Go to https://Quince.com/THENEXTLEVEL for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Read JVL's "The Triad" newsletter: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/thetriad Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join Timestamps: 00:00:00 ICE Killings Spark Outrage on the Show 00:05:34 Sarah's Focus Group Reveals Voters in the Dark 00:14:41 Why Americans Are Numb to the News Cycle 00:24:19 Trump's Reckless Strait of Hormuz Gamble 00:40:35 Todd Blanche and the Epstein Cover-Up 00:46:54 Lindsey Graham's Sister Gets His Senate Seat 00:50:46 Remembering Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell 00:51:37 Pete Buttigieg's Growing Political Authenticity 00:57:47 Is Josh Shapiro Really a Fighter

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@MaelstromEnergy 2026-07-15

This was a commenter at Houston's City Council today: “They acted illegally and murdered an innocent man simply for being brown. Where is the law and order in that?” she said. “It has never been about law and order. It has always been about preserving the deeply ingrained culture of white supremacy, working hand in hand with pursuit of profits.”

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@sarge505050 2026-07-15

It's not killing. IT'S MURDER!

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@Loopy-6500 2026-07-15

Those ICE agents should go to jail for murder. Absolutely disgusting and inhumane. Accountability NOW!

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@DuckyDog25 2026-07-15

Even if their paperwork was not in order, since WHEN IS THAT A DEATH PENALTY? ABOLISH ICE! 🤬

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@WilliamMacDonald-o7s 2026-07-15

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” — Hannah Arendt.

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@paolapastor5953 2026-07-15

They killed "the wrong person"??? If they had killed the person they were looking for, would the murder have been acceptable? Let that sink in.

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@PatriciaKallhoff 2026-07-15

Tim is 💯 correct. My husband spent 40 years in law enforcement and drew his weapon once. This happened in his 1st year and later he said that he could have diffused the situation if he had had more experience or not been alone on the interstate.

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@darcyrobles6193 2026-07-15

Not knowing what is happening is INEXCUSABLE! We cannot survive as a democracy without a basic level of citizen awareness and engagement.

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@jamesdawson2510 2026-07-16

"decent people who are ill informed" and when they have the internet and being ill informed is a f**king choice? are they still decent people then?

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@thelongview4360 2026-07-15

The indifference quote that Sarah mentioned is from an interview with Elie Wiesel, but Man's Search for Meaning was written by Viktor Frankl, not Elie Wiesel.

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