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Rep. Mikie Sherrill: Who Will Be In Charge of Our National Security?

Wed, 04 Dec 2024

We're going back to a president who can't be bothered to read his briefing books. So who will be get...

Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

Tue, 03 Dec 2024

Russ Vought, Trump's nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget—and a Project 2025 author—...

Bill Kristol and Elaina Plott Calabro: A Sordid Lot

Mon, 02 Dec 2024

Kash Patel, who could potentially run the FBI, is a compulsive liar who can't keep his facts straigh...

Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown

Wed, 27 Nov 2024

Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox & Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit ...

George Will: Democracy Rests on Persuasion

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

For those living under a gray cloud because of what the American electorate has done, it's time to g...

Bill Kristol: We Were Right To Be Alarmed

Mon, 25 Nov 2024

The danger of Trump's nominees is that the main condition of employment—aside from being on Fox—...

Sarah Longwell and Jonathan V. Last: The Lonely Boy Club

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

The country is now paying for the pathologies of the oligarchs and baddies who were stuffed into loc...

Sam Harris: Our Democracy Is Already Unraveling

Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Because Trump wasn't penalized for trying to steal the 2020 election, our democracy has already been...

Marc Caputo and Dan Goldman: Trump v. the United States

Wed, 20 Nov 2024

The incompetent and compromised nominees Trump has assembled at record pace show how little regard h...

Jen Psaki: Don't Speak to Me

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The Democrats focus too much on reaching white college-educated voters, and the threat to democracy ...

Bill Kristol: A Power Play for Autocracy

Mon, 18 Nov 2024

Trump is flooding the zone with unqualified nominees who would destroy government norms and standard...

Amanda Carpenter: Lessons from the Tea Party Era

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

Ted Cruz and Jim DeMint ground things to a halt in the Senate quite effectively during the Obama era...

Rick Wilson and David Brooks: MAGA to the Max

Thu, 14 Nov 2024

Trump's appointments—like degenerate Matt Gaetz and Putin stooge Tulsi Gabbard—are about his raw...

Osita Nwanevu: Democrats Need A Better Story

Wed, 13 Nov 2024

Republicans have been good at telling a story about the economy and how people should feel about it,...

Jon Lovett: The Worst People Are Happy

Tue, 12 Nov 2024

The worst people believe their worldview has been validated, while the best people are uncertain, sc...

Bill Kristol: A Pro-Putin America First

Mon, 11 Nov 2024

The Trump team is moving quickly to sell out Ukraine, but it's not clear yet whether Putin would set...

BONUS EPISODE with James Carville: We Are the Opposition

Sat, 09 Nov 2024

It's time to get our opposition organized and develop a narrative about Trump. And one narrative tha...

Ben Wittes: Americans Elected a Serial Criminal to Be President

Fri, 08 Nov 2024

The Trump trials were a cosmic democratic disaster, and the justice system did not do justice: Trump...

Tom Nichols: This Is What They Want

Thu, 07 Nov 2024

The American people made their choice, and the fight to preserve the global democratic coalition aga...

Sarah Longwell and Jonathan V. Last: Election Debrief

Wed, 06 Nov 2024

Kamala's tailored campaign message and ground game didn't matter. Voters were unhappy with Biden and...

David Frum: Pride in the Fight

Tue, 05 Nov 2024

Whatever happens tonight, Never Trumpers and voters should be proud that we rose to the challenge of...

Bill Kristol: Maybe It's Dobbs, After All

Mon, 04 Nov 2024

Republicans are crowing about a big turnout of early rural voters and a decrease in African American...

Ann Selzer: How Could This Be?

Sun, 03 Nov 2024

Few states are as red as Iowa, and yet the legendary Iowa pollster Ann Selzer found that Kamala has ...

Mehdi Hasan: Memory-Holing the Worst President

Fri, 01 Nov 2024

The WSJ wants readers to think that Trump is too stupid to coup—despite Jack Smith's indictment sh...

Adam Kinzinger: All the Little Bros

Thu, 31 Oct 2024

Trump and his pack of dude-bros are pitting men against women, even inside the home—the current Re...

Alex Vindman and Lakshya Jain: No More Petty Tyrants

Wed, 30 Oct 2024

The character of the nation is on the line: We have to stop an autocratic minority from imposing its...

Robert Draper: The Prosecutor

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

Kamala Harris sees the world as divided between those who follow the rules and those who break them—...

Robert Kagan and Bill Kristol: It's Already Happening Before our Eyes

Mon, 28 Oct 2024

By de-prioritizing The Washington Post in his business empire, Jeff Bezos is showing exactly how a f...

Bret Stephens: Pray Kamala Wins

Fri, 25 Oct 2024

Trump is corrosive to the soul of our democracy. He's a bigot, an ogre, and an isolationist. And for...

David French: 2017 Trump Is Gone

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

 A whole faction of Red America thinks the judges and tax cuts in the first half of Trump's preside...

Jeffrey Goldberg and Catherine Rampell: The Un-American

Wed, 23 Oct 2024

Donald Trump doesn't share our values or our norms, and he wants the privilege of being able to shoo...

Mitch Landrieu and Will Saletan: Trump Lives in the Mud

Tue, 22 Oct 2024

The ex-POTUS has resolved that his route to regain power is creating hate, fear, and anger. Meanwhil...

Mallory McMorrow and Bill Kristol: Imagining a World Where Trump Is Irrelevant

Mon, 21 Oct 2024

Remember those few weeks when Trump ceded the stage to Kamala and didn't do any campaigning? How glo...

Live from Philadelphia (Again)

Fri, 18 Oct 2024

The Bulwark kicked off its weekend 'Swing State Swing" in the City of Brotherly Love Thursday befor...

Bob Woodward: The Threat Is High

Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Since the release of Woodward's "War," Gen. James Mattis has reached out to the journalist to endors...

Susan Rice and Mondaire Jones: The Dictator Hugger

Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Amb. Rice says Trump is a "surrender monkey" who is all about building up Russia and China for his o...

Tom Nichols: He's Bait for the 25th Amendment

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Trump's fitness for office is a central question now more than ever after his bizarre town hall Mond...

BONUS EPISODE with Jason Calacanis: The Civil War in Silicon Valley

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Trump used to be considered an existential threat throughout Silicon Valley, but now the tech world ...

Bill Kristol: He's Not Hiding the Authoritarianism Anymore

Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Trump's authoritarianism has intensified—with his calls for using military force against political...

Susan Glasser and Jared Polis: Shaking Up the Holdouts

Fri, 11 Oct 2024

Barack Obama made a direct appeal to people who don't like Trump, but may end up voting for him anyw...

David Axelrod: Change Agent

Thu, 10 Oct 2024

Voters have a real hunger for something beyond the constant state of pugilism and the weaponizing of...

James Carville: We Just Have to Win

Wed, 09 Oct 2024

The information ecosystem is getting crazier than ever: The monster Trump created must be fed, even ...

Timothy Snyder: The Politics of Impotence

Tue, 08 Oct 2024

Trump and Vance are pioneering a form of politics where American power means nothing, everything is ...

Bill Kristol: The Musk of it All

Mon, 07 Oct 2024

Do not sleep on this: The billionaire tech bros are on board with the authoritarian project so they ...

BONUS EPISODE with Doug Emhoff: We Have a Mission

Fri, 04 Oct 2024

The second gentleman says Kamala has really stepped it up for this abbreviated campaign, and is show...

John Dickerson: Hero Story

Fri, 04 Oct 2024

Liz Cheney sticks to her values under incredible pressure in an old-fashioned Republican way. And sh...

Kaitlan Collins: Still Surreal

Thu, 03 Oct 2024

Jack Smith's filing on Jan 6 reads almost like a novel—with Trump shrugging about Pence having to ...

Jim Messina and Michael Weiss: Midwestern Nice

Wed, 02 Oct 2024

The Harris campaign clearly opted not to send out an attack dog in last night's debate. While JD Van...

Lis Smith: Go After the Weird Angle

Tue, 01 Oct 2024

JD Vance may be a good debater, but his creepy obsession with lady parts could put him on defense. M...

Bill Kristol: Prepping A Closing Message

Mon, 30 Sep 2024

While the Trump campaign is opting for trans panic, Kamala really needs to remind people to be alarm...

Amanda Carpenter: Get With the Program, Already

Fri, 27 Sep 2024

If Mitt Romney and Mike Pence really want to have influence over a future GOP, then they need to joi...

Pete Buttigieg and A.B. Stoddard: Talk Is Cheap

Thu, 26 Sep 2024

Trump likes to promise a manufacturing renaissance as though one isn't going on right now. But we al...

Dana Milbank: Fools on the Hill

Wed, 25 Sep 2024

The current Congress is the most do-nothingest since 1861—when the Union was falling apart right b...

Michael Medved: America Is No Accident

Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Longtime conservative talk show host Michael Medved believes America was chosen for a special missio...

Bill Kristol: Trump's Just A Huckster at Heart

Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Melania is selling Christmas ornaments, while Trump is offering up 99.9% silver coins—the vibe fee...

Peter Hamby: Living the Racist Porn Message Board Life

Fri, 20 Sep 2024

Mark Robinson thinks so much about porn, he wouldn't have enough head space or time to do the job of...

Sam Stein and Susanne Craig: Look Beyond the Polls

Thu, 19 Sep 2024

We're swimming in polling data, but we should also consider that Kamala has more money and a superio...

Tom Nichols: The Cat Was in the Basement

Wed, 18 Sep 2024

JD Vance thought he had confirmation of his Haitian migrant conspiracy when a Springfield, OH reside...

Amy Walter: A 50-50 Race

Tue, 17 Sep 2024

The presidential race is essentially tied, with movement on the margins that may not be picked up in...

Bill Kristol: Fanning the Flames

Mon, 16 Sep 2024

MAGA is trying to take political advantage of what was apparently a second assassination attempt on ...

Jeffrey Goldberg: Trump Doesn't Believe in America

Fri, 13 Sep 2024

The former president doesn't think our country is exceptional, and the political press won't hold hi...

Mark McKinnon: Taking Back the Freedom Agenda

Thu, 12 Sep 2024

While Republicans paint a vision of America as a dystopian hellscape, Kamala is helping herself to t...

S.E. Cupp: A Sucker and a Loser

Wed, 11 Sep 2024

Kamala laid trap after trap during the debate, and because he's so impulsive, Trump walked into ever...

Symone Sanders Townsend and Olivia Nuzzi: Kamala v the Weirdo

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Trump and Kamala are meeting for the first time at tonight's debate, because in 2021, he took his ba...

Bill Kristol and Colin Allred: What's So Hard about This, Pres. Bush?

Mon, 09 Sep 2024

This is not a close call, Bush 43: Follow your vice president's lead and say you're voting for Kamal...

Live from Dallas

Fri, 06 Sep 2024

Before a packed house in D-Town, Tim Miller and Adam Kinzinger covered it all, from Trump's incohere...

David Frum: Villains and Monsters

Thu, 05 Sep 2024

After the decade we've been living through, we will remember the people like Liz Cheney, who have ma...

Neera Tanden and Heidi Heitkamp: Trump Playing the Media, Again

Wed, 04 Sep 2024

The media still haven't figured out how to cover Trump, so they don't scrutinize even his most shock...

Brian Schatz and Mona Charen: Democrats Don't Trust Happiness

Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Kamala is showing that she's good at politics by uniting the party's coalition and making appeals to...

Bill Kristol: Stay on Offense

Mon, 02 Sep 2024

Kamala looks to have a very narrow lead in the polls, but she needs to do more to drive Trump down—...

Margaret Hoover: Kamala, the Real Apprentice

Fri, 30 Aug 2024

Harris has been watching and learning about the ways of Washington, and she keeps sticking the landi...

Adam Kinzinger: Trump Is Q

Thu, 29 Aug 2024

Policy differences pale in comparison to maintaining self-governance and restoring sanity in the cou...

D.L. Hughley: Kamala Is the Main Character

Wed, 28 Aug 2024

The pundit class keeps talking about how Trump hasn't figured out how to respond to Kamala—but she...

Mark Leibovich: The Democrats' Rumor Mill

Tue, 27 Aug 2024

Rumors have surfaced about Joe feeling sad and resentful about the re-energized party. At the same t...

Bill Kristol: Do Something

Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Some of the people best suited to make the case against Trump are the jilted Cabinet members and oth...

A.B. Stoddard: Only in America

Fri, 23 Aug 2024

Kamala delivered a real work of art—a perfect American story filled with love of country, democrac...

Al Franken: Mind Your Own Damn Business

Thu, 22 Aug 2024

The former senator from Minnesota recounts his early fandom for Tim Walz and how he won an unlikely ...

Jon Favreau: Understanding the Assignment

Wed, 21 Aug 2024

Michelle Obama killed it last night, and did the job that every speaker at the Democratic convention...

Beto O'Rourke: Air of Authenticity

Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Kamala's genuine smile and Walz's empathetic version of manhood is coming through loud and clear—a...

Bill Kristol and Michael Weiss: It's Showtime

Mon, 19 Aug 2024

Kamala's first month as a presidential candidate before the Democratic convention has gone exceeding...

Brian Beutler: Vibe Shift

Fri, 16 Aug 2024

Swapping out Biden for Kamala has been such a big mood boost that consumer confidence among Dems and...

Dean Phillips and Mikie Sherrill: The Right Call

Thu, 15 Aug 2024

Two Democratic members of Congress who called on Biden to pass the torch join Tim Miller today. Both...

Brian Tyler Cohen and Carol Leonnig: Go Inside the Bubble

Wed, 14 Aug 2024

The anti-MAGA world should keep going on right-wing media platforms, and maybe embarrass their hosts...

Amanda Carpenter: Trump's Traumatic Month

Tue, 13 Aug 2024

Trump may be holed up at Mar-a-Lago because he's afraid of another attempt on his life. Meanwhile, h...

Bill Kristol and Christopher Cadelago: Increasingly Unhinged

Mon, 12 Aug 2024

Biden's departure from the race has put Trump in a real funk. He's in denial about Kamala's crowds, ...

Nate Silver: Underdog Story

Fri, 09 Aug 2024

Kamala is now the star of a story involving a woman called into duty at a moment of crisis with a si...

Adam Kinzinger: MAGA Hates America

Thu, 08 Aug 2024

Trump and his supporters don't like America as it currently exists, and their veep pick JD Vance is ...

Peter Callaghan and Isaac Stanley-Becker: Veep Peeks

Wed, 07 Aug 2024

Tim talks to a local Minnesota reporter to get the low-down on Tim Walz's recent political history, ...

Adam Schiff and Michael Steele: A Stabilizing Force

Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Tim Walz is a great foil for Kamala's West Coast vibe: He looks like he'll fix your car, then grab a...

Bill Kristol: Kama-Momentum

Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Recent polls are showing some pretty significant movement to Harris, and she hasn't even had to play...

George Conway: Crazy in a Bad Way

Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Donald Trump checks all the boxes of a person with narcissistic personality disorder, but the mainst...

Dan Pfeiffer: A Scared and Seething Trump

Thu, 01 Aug 2024

We are witnessing a man who thought he was cruising to a landslide who's now afraid he doesn't know ...

Fred Trump and Will Saletan: An Alpha Emerges

Wed, 31 Jul 2024

Sure sounds like kind words and affection were in short supply in the Trump household in Queens. Per...

Tom Nichols: Drama Queens About Everything

Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Republican men used to be stoic and quiet technocrats, but now they're screechy and freaky. Meanwhil...

Bill Kristol: Weird and Extreme

Mon, 29 Jul 2024

Democrats are leaning into the 'Republicans are weird and creepy' talking point—a strategy Tim has...

Jennifer Palmieri: The Making of the First Woman President

Fri, 26 Jul 2024

Women candidates get asked different questions than male candidates—that's just a fact. Kamala has...

A.B. Stoddard: Focus Only on Winning

Thu, 25 Jul 2024

Nancy Pelosi has amassed power through persuasion, and she had the nerve to push a sitting president...

Rick Perlstein: The Alternative Is Apocalyptic

Wed, 24 Jul 2024

The modern conservative movement has a built-in ratcheting-up mechanism, so that even when Republica...

Sam Stein and Ron Brownstein: Now We're Talking

Tue, 23 Jul 2024

We may have been conditioned to just accept candidates who share their meandering thoughts or end se...

James Carville: Kamala-Gras

Mon, 22 Jul 2024

It's now the Kamala Harris parade, and James Carville has grabbed his whistle and baton for the marc...

Bill Kristol: Biden Drops Out of Race

Sun, 21 Jul 2024

After banging the drum for quite a while, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller got their wish, and the politi...

S.E. Cupp: Grieving the Insanity

Fri, 19 Jul 2024

Republicans wanted a 'do no harm' convention, but it was too corporate and lacked any joie de vivre....

Adam Kinzinger: Everything Is on the Line

Thu, 18 Jul 2024

Republicans are tamping down the crazy and the weird at the convention—like no election fraud, no ...

Jeff Sharlet and Joe Perticone: The Confidence of a Bully

Wed, 17 Jul 2024

Trump's shark/electrocution anecdote was not a sign of deterioration. Trump is actually getting bett...

Alyssa Farah Griffin: National Unity Is Not Where the GOP Is

Tue, 16 Jul 2024

J.D. Vance is an incredibly polarizing figure, and his addition to the ticket signals a complete rea...

Bill Kristol: Not Resigned to a Trump Presidency

Mon, 15 Jul 2024

We begin with a rejection of the fatalist rhetoric from the left. It may be an uphill battle, but th...

Sam Stein: Violence Is Not the Answer

Sun, 14 Jul 2024

In this bonus episode following the assassination attempt on Trump, The Bulwark's managing editor Sa...

Amanda Carpenter: A Life or Death Bet

Fri, 12 Jul 2024

Not having dementia is not enough to change the dynamic. Biden needs a proactive message against Tru...

David French: Trump Tries To Run Away from the Christian Nationalists

Thu, 11 Jul 2024

Inviting "populist slut hero" Amber Rose to speak at the Republican convention and adjusting the pla...

Ezra Klein: A Path to Defeat

Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Top Democrats say they don't see a way for Biden to win, and some are resigning themselves to being ...

Bakari Sellers and Elaina Plott Calabro: The Case for Riding with Biden

Tue, 09 Jul 2024

This is not a moment for a politician's origin story or soaring oratory. Some think that means danci...

Bill Kristol: The Joe Biden Survival Plan

Mon, 08 Jul 2024

It would have been nice if Biden had gone on Morning Joe the day after the debate instead of waiting...

Annie Lowrey: The Worst Best Economy

Fri, 05 Jul 2024

Housing prices, the cost of insurance, and sticker shock at the supermarket are still stressing Amer...

Clint Smith: A Reckoning with History

Thu, 04 Jul 2024

Author, poet, and native New Orleanian Clint Smith grew up in the city that was the heart of the dom...

Jon Lovett: Unprecedented Times

Wed, 03 Jul 2024

The quiet coming from the White House sure suggests that the people around the president don't think...

Ben Wittes and Steven Shepard: He Is Still a Criminal

Tue, 02 Jul 2024

No matter how much the Supreme Court pretends that the words 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are not ...

Tom Nichols: Political Malpractice

Mon, 01 Jul 2024

All Americans who love this country and hate Donald Trump deserve answers about Thursday's abysmal p...

Sarah Longwell, Jonathan V. Last, and Jonathan Martin: A Disaster

Fri, 28 Jun 2024

The Secret Pod makes an emergency appearance to work through last night's terrible performance by Bi...

Kate Bedingfield and Marc Caputo: Debate Day

Thu, 27 Jun 2024

Former White House comms director Kate Bedingfield serves up some keen insights into Poppa Joe—he ...

Stuart Stevens: I think Joe Biden Has Been A Great President

Wed, 26 Jun 2024

So many of the people who worked around POTUS 44 think no one will ever be as good as Obama, but Stu...

Symone Sanders-Townsend: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You

Tue, 25 Jun 2024

Project 2025 sounds mundane, but it would institutionalize Trumpism, eliminate the Department of Edu...

Jared Polis and Bill Kristol: Live from Denver

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

Gov. Jared Polis says Biden should focus on what he'll do for the American people in his campaign, r...

Jane Coaston: He's So Not a Badass

Fri, 21 Jun 2024

Trump is not drawing support from black voters because of his criminality—that's just MAGA's bigot...

Adam Kinzinger: Bat**** Crazy

Thu, 20 Jun 2024

Felon 45 didn't even really like being president and no one is taking his ludicrous tariff plan seri...

George Packer: Phoenix, the Most American City

Wed, 19 Jun 2024

Phoenix is a microcosm of the big issues in the election and the country generally, including politi...

Lauren Windsor and Ben Wittes: A Deep Rot

Tue, 18 Jun 2024

Justice Alito and his wife seem to have some pretty deep and dark feelings about the people they dis...

Will Saletan: Nonstop Shamelessness

Mon, 17 Jun 2024

Trump visited an African American church in Detroit and the pews were filled with white people; Repu...

Jonathan V. Last and Ben Raderstorf: Retribution Agenda

Thu, 13 Jun 2024

Republicans had a tête-à-tête with Trump to remind him how, if he wins, he should extend the tax ...

Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer: The Inside Story of the Fall of Roe

Wed, 12 Jun 2024

A coalition of Christian lawyers, activists, and politicians methodically and secretly took down Roe...

Jennifer Senior: Secrets and Lies

Tue, 11 Jun 2024

Pulitzer-Prize winning Jen Senior joins Tim Miller for a free-form conversation about jail-bound, fa...

Bill Kristol: Tuberville's Policy Is the Same as Trump's

Mon, 10 Jun 2024

Tommy Tuberville's know-nothing appeasement of Putin lines up exactly with where the ex-POTUS is—B...

Mike Madrid: The Latino Century

Fri, 07 Jun 2024

Young Latinos are a giant emerging voter bloc with populist leanings—who also favor tougher border...

Adam Kinzinger: The New Axis Power Alliance

Thu, 06 Jun 2024

This D-Day is a good reminder that the growing nationalist movement across the globe aims to undermi...

Will Saletan and McKay Coppins: Fear and Loathing

Wed, 05 Jun 2024

Trump and MAGA, with all their banana republic claims, are not being America First—they're being a...

Ritchie Torres and Ben Smith: Pride and Priors

Tue, 04 Jun 2024

Rep. Ritchie Torres joins Tim Miller to discuss how to win working-class voters, his Dickensian upbr...

Bill Kristol: Rally Around the Flag

Mon, 03 Jun 2024

This is a good moment for Biden to proudly raise the flag right-side up, and share his love of Ameri...

Ben Wittes and Ron Filipkowski: Guilty!

Fri, 31 May 2024

Donald Trump collaborated with a slimy crew to break the law, and it may have swung the 2016 electio...

Derek Thompson: Negativity Bias

Thu, 30 May 2024

America is currently stuck in a negativity vibe, and it's shaping the media we consume, impacting ho...

David Frum: Complete Chaos

Wed, 29 May 2024

If Trump were to win, his plans to sabotage the Justice Department and consolidate power would plung...

John Heilemann: Piss and Vinegar

Tue, 28 May 2024

If persuadable voters are going to back an octogenarian, they are going to need to see less caution—...

Sarah Longwell and A.B. Stoddard: Won't Get Fooled Again

Fri, 24 May 2024

First off, Nikki, you're canceled. And while Trump's out on bail flaunting his partnership with Puti...

Jasmine Crockett: Nikki Haley and B6

Thu, 23 May 2024

Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins Tim Miller to talk about the origins of "bleach blond bad built butch bo...

James Comey and Ben Wittes: A Demagogue Our Founders Feared

Wed, 22 May 2024

Former FBI Director James Comey joins Tim Miller to discuss the choices he made in 2016, the DOJ's s...

Rick Wilson: The Reich Stuff

Tue, 21 May 2024

The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court pu...

Tom Nichols: The Cult Around the Sad Boy from Queens

Mon, 20 May 2024

Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a modera...

Anne Applebaum: A New Propaganda War

Fri, 17 May 2024

Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy e...

Joe Walsh: Red Lines

Thu, 16 May 2024

This election is about being a grownup and making a choice. One candidate is clearly preferable, and...

Ben Wittes and Brody Mullins: Code Red

Wed, 15 May 2024

Michael Cohen substantiated 99% of what's needed to prove Trump's hush money reimbursement scheme—...

Eddie Glaude Jr.: Biden Needs to Thread the Needle

Tue, 14 May 2024

Joe has to tell campus protesters it's OK to disagree with him—and that they can hold him to accou...

Will Saletan: Trolls and Liars

Mon, 13 May 2024

Today's GOP is not a governing party—it's a grievance and trolling party, and Trump has the nihili...

Mark Leibovich: The Oracle of Washington

Fri, 10 May 2024

Mike Johnson may have seen the light in the SCIF, but is he scheming with Trump for Jan 6, 2025? Plu...

Ben Wittes and Ro Khanna: Stormy Rafah

Thu, 09 May 2024

In New York, we are getting the trial we deserve: It's not about high principles and democracy, but ...

Adam Kinzinger: A Small Man

Wed, 08 May 2024

The ex-POTUS who claims he was taken down by the deep state is looking even smaller in court, gettin...

Elizabeth Neumann and Geoff Duncan: Republican Voters Against Trump

Tue, 07 May 2024

Two conservatives describe their break with Trump. Former DHS official Elizabeth Neumann saw both th...

Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger: Lying Is the Price of Admission

Mon, 06 May 2024

Any apprentice who wants to join Trump's ticket has to prove they won't accept the election results ...

Live from Philly

Fri, 03 May 2024

Will Saletan and (Hubert Humphrey alum) Bill Kristol join Tim Miller before a live audience in Phila...

Gov. Josh Shapiro: We Can Do Big Things

Thu, 02 May 2024

The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, sits down with Tim Miller in Philly to talk about the ki...

Ben Wittes and Eric Cortellessa: Trump's Autocratic Agenda

Wed, 01 May 2024

Trump went on the record, explaining how in a second term, his staff would only be (election denying...

Bakari Sellers: We Are in a Dark Moment

Tue, 30 Apr 2024

In the very hot summer of George, Breonna, and Ahmaud, we seemed to be on the brink of a third Recon...

Christians and Political Power

Mon, 29 Apr 2024

Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glar...

Simon Rosenberg: I Think We're Going to Kick His Ass

Fri, 26 Apr 2024

The polling isn't there yet, but Biden is delivering on the job, MAGA is extreme and dangerous, the ...

Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel: A Bad Day for Jack Smith

Thu, 25 Apr 2024

To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to st...

Olivia Nuzzi and Dana Mattioli: A Deflated Trump

Wed, 24 Apr 2024

The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what h...

Frank Bruni: The Age of Grievance

Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grie...

Tom Mauser and Bill Kristol: Columbine, 25 Years On

Mon, 22 Apr 2024

Tom Mauser lost his son, Daniel, in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. He joins Tim Miller ...

Amanda Carpenter: Welcome to Coalition Government

Fri, 19 Apr 2024

Hey, look: Republicans and Democrats are working together! Meanwhile, Trump is still trying to destr...

Ali Vitali and Will Saletan: An Epiphany on Ukraine?

Thu, 18 Apr 2024

Mike Johnson shows hints of Reaganism with his new push for a foreign aid bill that includes support...

David Sanger: New Cold Wars

Wed, 17 Apr 2024

For 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States lived in a delusion that Russia an...

Ross Douthat: Elite Outrage Is Not Enough

Tue, 16 Apr 2024

Trump wins voters who don't read The New York Times or listen to The Bulwark Podcast, and elite oppo...

Bill Kristol and Ben Wittes: The Split-Screen Reality

Mon, 15 Apr 2024

While Biden spent the weekend helping fend off Iran's missile and drone attack, supposedly pro-Israe...

Jonathan Chait: Trump Broke the Scales

Fri, 12 Apr 2024

Pound for pound, the media treats Trump better than any Democrat. Plus, talking about abortion in a ...

Isaac Arnsdorf and Joe Perticone: Trying to Finish What They Started

Thu, 11 Apr 2024

Steve Bannon fueled the rise of MAGA by offering true believers a sense of community and purpose. A ...

Olivia Nuzzi: Kari Lake Is No Meryl Streep

Wed, 10 Apr 2024

Kari Lake can deliver a good performance, but she's not really a true believer, as her flip on the A...

Adam Kinzinger: Yes, Russian Propaganda Is Infecting the GOP

Tue, 09 Apr 2024

Two powerful Republican congressmen say some of their colleagues are advancing Russian propaganda, b...

Bill Kristol: Pure Oligarchic Greed

Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Trump's billionaire donors had it so bad under Obama, Clinton, and RINO presidents that they just ha...

Ron Brownstein: A Republican Realignment?

Fri, 05 Apr 2024

While Trump's calling card is stoking white grievance, he's making unprecedented inroads with Black ...

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: There Is No Alternative

Thu, 04 Apr 2024

Republicans can't get off the Trump highway to hell, but business and media elites are also cozying ...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Marc Caputo: The Least Productive Congress

Wed, 03 Apr 2024

The 118th Congress has made history: by removing a speaker, expelling a member, and holding sham imp...

Stephen Richer and Will Saletan: Kari Lake Lied

Tue, 02 Apr 2024

Kari Lake said she'd fight to the bitter end to prove the AZ governor's race was stolen from her, bu...

Bill Kristol: Easter Egg (T)roll

Mon, 01 Apr 2024

MAGA spent the holiday weekend arguing that Trump is more faithful than Biden, and also managed to s...

A.B. Stoddard: Liz Cheney Groupie

Fri, 29 Mar 2024

Cheney makes clear where she comes down on the POTUS rematch and is showing ex-Trumpworld figures ho...

David Frum: American North Korea

Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Republicans have entrapped themselves with the promise of a massive surveillance state for American ...

Justin Kanew and Justin Fenton: Tennessee, Laboratory of Theocracy

Wed, 27 Mar 2024

As local news is hollowed out, rightwing news fills in the gaps. In Tennessee—ground zero for the ...

Don Lemon: Elon Is a Troll

Tue, 26 Mar 2024

Elon Musk, for all his keyboard courage, couldn't handle Don Lemon's Q and A, but then sicced his Tw...

Bill Kristol and Joe Perticone: The Quitters

Mon, 25 Mar 2024

Mike Gallagher is following Ken Buck out the House door, as they both abandon their jobs, their vote...

Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman: White Rural Rage

Fri, 22 Mar 2024

Rural white voters wield outsized power in our democracy, yet they are also more likely to support v...

Jake Tapper: American Scandal

Thu, 21 Mar 2024

It used to be that politicians who had affairs, took bribes, and paid people off lost their office o...

Stephen Hayes: Grading Biden

Wed, 20 Mar 2024

A recent editorial in The Dispatch rejected both Trump and Biden as acceptable choices in 2024. Tim ...

Susan Glasser: An Edifice of Lies

Tue, 19 Mar 2024

Trump's 2024 lies are not just the familiar ones about a 'rigged election' and 'Sleepy Joe.' He's al...

Bill Kristol and Ben Wittes: A Subversive Enterprise

Mon, 18 Mar 2024

Trump stands and salutes the  insurrectionists during the national anthem, and may rehire the treas...

Amanda Carpenter: Is Trump Depressed?

Fri, 15 Mar 2024

He lost, he's low on campaign cash, and he's juggling criminal court dates. Are the bad things he sa...

Josh Barro: Dear Fed, Please Lower Interest Rates

Thu, 14 Mar 2024

One of the biggest reasons voters are not happier about the economy is because interest rates are mu...

Sasha Issenberg: Politics, Disinformation, and 2024

Wed, 13 Mar 2024

In 2016, the Trump campaign used microtargeting to suppress the Clinton vote. Since then, digital ma...

Evan Osnos: Biden Brims with Confidence

Tue, 12 Mar 2024

Biden has the air of a man with no doubt about his campaign strategy—which is not exactly soothing...

Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell: Is the Wishcasting Over?

Mon, 11 Mar 2024

Old guy Biden got Ezra Klein to back down—and Kristol a little bit as well. Plus, Orbán at Mar-a-...

Ben LaBolt and Will Saletan: The Stakes of the Moment

Fri, 08 Mar 2024

The White House explains why Biden led his State of the Union speech with the threats to democracy a...

Tom Nichols: The GOP Needs a Fake Joe Biden

Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Republicans keep painting Biden as an antifa-loving, Iran-coddling communist as they try to create a...

Errin Haines: A Not So Super Tuesday

Wed, 06 Mar 2024

The Biden campaign is facing a buyer's market among voters and will really have to up its persuasion...

Catherine Rampell: Trump Would Be Bad News for the Economy

Tue, 05 Mar 2024

Trump's plans to add tariffs and shrink the labor force— via an immigration crackdown— would lik...

Bill Kristol and Ben Wittes: We Still Have to Do the Work

Mon, 04 Mar 2024

The courts aren’t taking care of Trump and we can’t live in denial about the state of play. Mean...

Kara Swisher: A Tech 'Tough Love' Story

Fri, 01 Mar 2024

Tech has allowed some very bad people to do some very bad things—including in the democracy arena....

Jamie Weinstein: The Cowardice of Mitch McConnell

Thu, 29 Feb 2024

McConnell wouldn't put the stake in the heart of Trump—will that overshadow his legacy? Plus, Dan ...

John Avlon: Winning Back the House from the MAGA Minions

Wed, 28 Feb 2024

The MAGA crew in the House is against majoritarian democracy and thinks bipartisanship is bad—Demo...

Matt Yglesias and Brian Beutler: The Left Hits Biden Harder than Trump

Tue, 27 Feb 2024

In our first crossover pod, Tim queries Yglesias and Beutler about Biden's Gaza response, and why De...

Bill Kristol: A Shot of Hopium

Mon, 26 Feb 2024

Voters who backed Haley in South Carolina are not buying the American carnage message, and may repre...

Bonus Episode: South Carolina Circus Special

Sat, 24 Feb 2024

Tim is joined by John Heilemann, Jennifer Palmieri, and Mark McKinnon, his former colleagues from "T...

Rob Reiner and Dan Partland: God & Country

Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Christian nationalism is not only a threat to democracy, but also to Christianity itself. Prominent ...

Glenn Thrush and Tim Mak: Russia's Plots Against the West

Thu, 22 Feb 2024

A rundown on double agent Alexander Smirnov, and Republicans' eagerness to amplify information sourc...

Katie Couric: Not A Libtard

Wed, 21 Feb 2024

Couric revisits the impact of her Sarah Palin interview, and shares her views with Tim on the evolut...

Jane Coaston: The Culture War of Absurdity

Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Charlie Kirk hates Taylor, pro sports, Disney—and anything normal. Plus, the Alabama ruling on fro...

Bill Kristol: A Tacky, Low-Life Con Man

Mon, 19 Feb 2024

The vulgar carnival barker used the holiday weekend to hawk crummy, over-priced sneakers, and compar...

Ben Wittes: Putin's Cheerleaders

Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Alexei Navalny heroically stood up to Putin, but Tucker and MAGA's worst actors can't get enough of ...

Robert Draper: The Talented Mr. Meadows

Thu, 15 Feb 2024

The immunity order Mark Meadows has in the election subversion case could be a big problem for Trump...

Rep. Dean Phillips: The Pitch

Wed, 14 Feb 2024

The congressman states his case for why he's challenging Biden, and Tim Miller grills him.

James Carville: Mock Him

Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Much of MAGA thinks Trump was sent by God, but King Cyrus probably didn't wear a diaper. Don't skimp...

Bill Kristol and A.B. Stoddard : Soak Up the Schadenfreude

Mon, 12 Feb 2024

A Super Bowl W for Dark Brandon & the Deep State brings MAGA tears. Plus, Mike Gallagher steps a...

David French and Bill Kristol: The Age Thing

Fri, 09 Feb 2024

The special counsel's report on Biden's docs—and a gaffe about Mexico—have placed Joe's age and ...

He's Staying on the Ballot

Thu, 08 Feb 2024

The Supreme Court sounded ready to reject a Colorado ruling that barred Trump from the state ballot....

Tom Nichols: Citizen Trump

Wed, 07 Feb 2024

The Supreme Court's legitimacy would really be on the line if it took up Trump's completely lunatic ...

Jonathan Taplin: The End of Reality

Tue, 06 Feb 2024

Four billionaires—Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, and Andreessen—are part of an antidemocratic turn in ...

The Fifth Avenue Rapist

Mon, 05 Feb 2024

J.D. Vance has extended Trump's Fifth Avenue immunity claim to sexual assault, espionage, RICO, and ...

Michael Steele: Let it Rip, Joe

Fri, 02 Feb 2024

Surprise, surprise, Biden drops F-bombs when he talks about the former insurrectionist president. Pl...

We're Talking Real Money

Thu, 01 Feb 2024

Trump hasn't re-defamed E. Jean Carroll, so it basically takes about $83 million to get him to shut ...

Joe Klein & John Ellis: A Torrent of Stupid

Wed, 31 Jan 2024

MAGA has put Taylor at the top of its enemies list, Greg Abbott is inviting another Jan 6 at the bor...

Brian Klaas: Why Everything We Do Matters

Tue, 30 Jan 2024

The world feels like it's falling apart, and black swan events are on the rise. Is this the result o...

Will Saletan: The New Nikki

Mon, 29 Jan 2024

Haley has taken a hard turn against Trump, and is calling on him to 'man-up' and explain why he grew...

Edward Luce: Why Big Business Is Caving to Trump

Fri, 26 Jan 2024

Tax cuts and a gutted regulatory state are a big draw for Wall Street. But under a Trump 2.0, it wou...

Just What Putin Wanted

Thu, 25 Jan 2024

Moscow Mitch capitulated to Trump's electoral interests, Justice Scalia speaks from beyond, Lindsey ...

Benjy Sarlin: Wake up to Reality

Wed, 24 Jan 2024

As we pivot from primary season to the general election, Biden is telling Democrats to accept that T...

Michael Kruse: Trump's Grand Finale

Tue, 23 Jan 2024

As a longtime legal combatant, probably no one else on earth is more prepared to leverage four prose...

Will Saletan: A Rogue Presidency

Mon, 22 Jan 2024

Trump wants to put his knee on the neck of America with a violent, illegal presidency. Plus, the sel...

Amanda Carpenter: The Authoritarian Playbook

Fri, 19 Jan 2024

Donald Trump has been making extreme promises on the campaign trail. And unlike in 2016, this time h...

Complete and Total Immunity

Thu, 18 Jan 2024

No, American presidents don't need to be able to commit crimes to do their job. Plus, Trump is beggi...

Tina Nguyen: The MAGA Diaries

Wed, 17 Jan 2024

The young people who show up at CPAC and Turning Point events are there because of a deeply entrench...

A.B. Stoddard: Dead Ends after Iowa

Tue, 16 Jan 2024

Almost half of Iowa's caucus-goers voted for someone besides Trump—evidence that a criminal defend...

Will Saletan: The GOP Surrenders before First Vote

Mon, 15 Jan 2024

Republicans are racing to bend the knee before the Iowa caucuses even start, while also looking like...

Karen Tumulty: The World's Biggest Victim

Fri, 12 Jan 2024

As Trump prepares to clean up in the Iowa caucuses, his campaign narrative has gone full 'Trump: The...

The MAGA Pathology

Thu, 11 Jan 2024

Chris Christie dropping out shows that one party is at war with the idea of democratic self-governme...

Mark Hertling: Defending American Values

Wed, 10 Jan 2024

While North Korea has jumped in to arm Russia, Republicans in Congress are dallying over supporting ...

Tim O'Brien: The Most Corrupt President. Ever.

Tue, 09 Jan 2024

Trump is hoping for a market crash on Biden's watch, vowing revenge prosecutions, and plotting on ho...

Will Saletan: Erasing History

Mon, 08 Jan 2024

Jan 6 insurrectionists are innocent, and the Art of the Deal guy could've taught Lincoln how to nego...

Tom Nichols: Claudine Gay Had to Go

Fri, 05 Jan 2024

Harvard was justified in protecting its academic standards and the institution itself. But people ar...

What Will the Supreme Court Do?

Thu, 04 Jan 2024

SCOTUS will have to take up up the insurrectionist clause, after Colorado and Maine took steps to re...

Susan Glasser: The Fever Won't Break

Wed, 03 Jan 2024

The Trump experience can't just be undone—we are a different country now, and we're not going back...

Will Saletan: The Guts to Tell the Truth

Tue, 02 Jan 2024

Chris Christie makes clear he's not dropping out, because Nikki Haley is not the one we've been wait...

The Day After: The Night My Father Scared America

Fri, 22 Dec 2023

ABC's The Day After, the 1983 drama about a nuclear strike on America, was the most-watched movie i...

Sam Wasson: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

Thu, 21 Dec 2023

Coppola is like a Method actor behind the camera—living the movie to make the movie. For The Godfa...

Yair Rosenberg: Israel Is Not a White Colonial Project

Wed, 20 Dec 2023

The left is lazily applying American ideas about racial identity and intersectionality to the Israel...

Anne Applebaum: The Irreparable Damage of a Second Term

Tue, 19 Dec 2023

Anne Applebaum discusses a ray of hope in Europe with the defeat of Poland's authoritarian governmen...

Will Saletan: Trump Is Anti-America

Mon, 18 Dec 2023

On the stump in New Hampshire, Trump parroted Putin condemning the American political system. Plus, ...

Ready for 2024?

Fri, 15 Dec 2023

It was a year of heroes and zeros, highs and lows, and shocks and fizzles. Mona Charen, A.B. Stoddar...

Jack Smith Calls Trump's Bluff

Thu, 14 Dec 2023

The special counsel is short-circuiting Trump's foot-dragging strategy and mining his phone data to ...

Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

Wed, 13 Dec 2023

Democrats used to be the party of the common man and woman, but they have taken a back seat to Holly...

David Frum: A Dark Path

Tue, 12 Dec 2023

If Trump wins, the first crime of his second term will be committing perjury—when he swears to def...

Will Saletan: Political Delusion

Mon, 11 Dec 2023

Kevin swears that Trump will stop with the retribution talk. Meanwhile, the aspiring dictator says i...

Tim Alberta: American Idolatry

Fri, 08 Dec 2023

Is the Almighty, who made heaven and earth, also biting his nails over next year's election? Tim Alb...

A.B. Stoddard: No One Feared Kevin

Thu, 07 Dec 2023

And now no one is afraid of Mike Johnson—so he won't be able to lead either. Plus, a Christie-Hale...

Liz Cheney: A Clear and Present Danger

Wed, 06 Dec 2023

Donald Trump will never be the lesser of two evils. We must unite, look beyond partisanship, and vot...

Philip Bump: The GOP Stumbles Towards Impeachment

Tue, 05 Dec 2023

The smoking gun turns out to be a dud, but James Comer and the Republicans move ahead on their evide...

Will Saletan: The #MeToo Fail

Mon, 04 Dec 2023

The progressives both-sidesing the sexual violence against Israeli women and girls has only added to...

Adam Kinzinger: Why Trump 2.0 Will Be Worse

Fri, 01 Dec 2023

Trump wants to weaponize the office of the presidency, and who would stop him? We have a built-in we...

The Banality of Crazy

Thu, 30 Nov 2023

From Elon to Trump to Kanye, public decompensation is a part of our culture now. Plus, Georgia's ina...

Michael Steele: The GOP's Humiliation Kink

Wed, 29 Nov 2023

This is the era of political humiliation: From Kevin nursing Trump back to health after Jan 6, to do...

David French: It's a Cult

Tue, 28 Nov 2023

Don't underestimate the power of the belief that Trump is part of a prophecy for many evangelicals. ...

Will Saletan: Trump’s Pee-wee Herman Moment

Mon, 27 Nov 2023

Trump wants you to know that he remembers who the president is. Plus, the asymmetry in the hostage-p...

Amir Tibon: Terrible Choices for Israel

Fri, 24 Nov 2023

Hamas triggered the Gaza war—and signed the death warrants of thousands of Palestinians—when it ...

We Are Living in a Post-Rational World

Wed, 22 Nov 2023

A disconnect from reality has descended on the US: Republicans practice fantasy politics day and nig...

Karen Tumulty: The Sununu Effect in New Hampshire

Tue, 21 Nov 2023

New Hampshire voters are famously contrarian, and the non-MAGA set is showing up for Haley and Chris...

Will Saletan: The Annihilation of Truth

Mon, 20 Nov 2023

We are in an age where internet randos are beating out reality. Plus, Haley's abortion dance, the co...

The Bulwark Live, with Brian Stelter

Fri, 17 Nov 2023

Fox launched the Big Lie based on a random email from a woman in Minnesota who heard voices in the s...

Too Crazy for Rudy

Thu, 16 Nov 2023

One person we can be certain will not be called as a witness in Georgia: nutty Sidney Powell. Plus, ...

Peter Wehner: A Polite Zealot

Wed, 15 Nov 2023

We may have averted a government shutdown for the moment, but the new speaker of the House believes ...

George Conway: Trump Knows He's a Criminal

Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Deep down, Trump knows the truth, and is running again to stay out jail—just like authoritarian le...

Will Saletan: Punish the Vermin

Mon, 13 Nov 2023

Very powerful and strong Donald Trump is promising his supporters the freedom to go after the people...

Flooding the Zone

Fri, 10 Nov 2023

Jack Smith's office filed an epic motion this week laying out the central role of Trump's lies in th...

A.B. Stoddard: Insane and Surreal

Thu, 09 Nov 2023

Trump wants to melt the constitutional order, but NBC didn't bother to ask the also-rans about that ...

Greg Lukianoff: The Canceling of the American Mind

Wed, 08 Nov 2023

When Gen Z began attending college and demanding protection from speech, the left argued that cancel...

Cassidy Hutchinson: Why I Testified

Tue, 07 Nov 2023

Next year's election is not a vote for a Democrat or a Republican: It's a vote for the survival of o...

Will Saletan: Don't Panic

Mon, 06 Nov 2023

Recent polls have some Democrats reverting to bed-wetting, Christie calls out the deplorables, and S...

Tim Miller: Trump Keeps Telling Us

Fri, 03 Nov 2023

Trump is glorifying insurrectionist prisoners, Bannon-world is using Confederate code words, and Rep...

McKay Coppins: The Last Temptation of Mitt Romney

Thu, 02 Nov 2023

Romney's journey from the party's standard-bearer to its pariah is also a story of the dramatic tran...

Insurrection and Its Consequences

Wed, 01 Nov 2023

A Colorado case will determine whether Trump should be kept off the ballot there because of that ann...

Adam Kinzinger: Renegade

Tue, 31 Oct 2023

The former congressman says he wasn't always fighting the good fight, and that he feels some respons...

Our Exhausted Politics

Mon, 30 Oct 2023

Trump talked about a new Muslim ban and the media barely covered it. Meanwhile, the House only could...

Josh Kraushaar: The Pro-Hamas Left

Fri, 27 Oct 2023

The vast majority of Democrats support Israel, but a very loud, younger segment on the left is lendi...

The Bulwark: Live from New Orleans

Thu, 26 Oct 2023

Sarah, Mona, and Sonny join Tim in The Big Easy to talk about new Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden, Israe...

Flipping Is in the Air

Wed, 25 Oct 2023

Jenna Ellis will not be the last flip in Georgia, former Trump water carrier Michael Cohen testifies...

Jonathan Martin: The Antibodies Resisting the Virus

Tue, 24 Oct 2023

Remnants of the pre-Trump party are hanging on and putting the brakes on MAGA in the House, B-lister...

The GOP Is a Failed State

Mon, 23 Oct 2023

House Republicans don't have a platform, and in the absence of Trump, they can't pull together. Plus...

John Avlon: Is the Center Finding Its Spine?

Fri, 20 Oct 2023

Republican threats and bullying have finally gone too far when it comes to Jim Jordan. But what abou...

A Bad Day for the Kraken

Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Sidney Powell pleaded guilty and agreed to testify for the state in Georgia—Trump's legal woes jus...

Ryan Reilly: The Sleuths Who Helped Nab Jan 6 Rioters

Wed, 18 Oct 2023

Ordinary Americans pored through reams of digital evidence to ID hundreds of people who stormed the ...

Kara Swisher: Jim Jordan, Legislative Terrorist

Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Jim Jordan spent the weekend bullying moderates, but threatening shame on social media and Fox may n...

Will Saletan: Don't Forget Who Jim Jordan Is

Mon, 16 Oct 2023

Jordan was not just another Republican who voted against the election—he was behind the scenes in ...

Tom Nichols: Testing the System 'Til It Breaks

Fri, 13 Oct 2023

The Republicans elevated fringe players who have no interest in governing, and now they don't have e...

An Undue Risk of Conviction

Thu, 12 Oct 2023

Jack Smith signaled he will be able to prove why Trump held onto the classified documents. Plus, Tru...

Susan Glasser: A Superpower in Crisis

Wed, 11 Oct 2023

The U.S. is knee-deep in the war in Ukraine, and now another potentially enormous war in the Mideast...

Steve Inskeep: Kevin Is No Lincoln

Tue, 10 Oct 2023

Lincoln's political skills were a key part of his legacy, but the politics he practiced were not lik...

Will Saletan: Israel's 9/11

Mon, 09 Oct 2023

The attack by Hamas on Israel was barbaric, but the incursion—by land, sea, and air—was also sop...

The GOP’s Rubik’s Cube for Morons

Fri, 06 Oct 2023

The Republicans have been on a trajectory to get a Jim Jordan-style speaker for 11 years, and the De...

The Crazed Slavering Jackal Caucus

Thu, 05 Oct 2023

The Crazed Slavering Jackal Caucus is running the GOP. Plus, Giuliani's drinking may undermine Trump...

Tim O'Brien: The Hollow Men

Wed, 04 Oct 2023

Kevin McCarthy aspired to the speakership for his resume, not because of legislative talents. In the...

Dana Milbank: The Chair Was Already Vacant

Tue, 03 Oct 2023

Kevin McCarthy hasn't been doing much of anything all year as speaker, except lurching from crisis t...

Will Saletan: Everybody Hates Matt Gaetz

Mon, 02 Oct 2023

The bipartisan loathing of Gaetz is almost a kumbaya moment. Meanwhile, Trump likes to say the US is...

David Frum: The Kraken Is Never Coming

Fri, 29 Sep 2023

The first impeachment hearing was panned on both sides, while House Republicans keep promising a new...

A.B. Stoddard: A Completely Pointless Debate

Thu, 28 Sep 2023

The kids' table debate was a cacophony of speed talking, interruptions, and yelling. Plus, Milley re...

Trump’s Empire of Fraud

Wed, 27 Sep 2023

The ex-POTUS has been put out of business in New York, after his fraud was found so overwhelming tha...

Will Saletan: The Politics of Atonement

Tue, 26 Sep 2023

Cassidy Hutchinson atones. Bob Menendez refuses. Plus: the government shutdown about nothing. And MA...

Trump Ever After: Live from TribFest

Mon, 25 Sep 2023

Olivia Nuzzi, Bret Stephens, and Ben Terris joined Charlie Sykes on stage in Austin over the weekend...

Yascha Mounk: The Identity Trap

Fri, 22 Sep 2023

Our democratic order is facing a two-front war. While the immediate crisis may be from the right, th...

A Raging Bull Elephant

Thu, 21 Sep 2023

Trump is trying to intimidate witnesses and jurors in the election case, and Chutkan's only remedy m...

Manu Raju: The Hostage Crisis on Capitol Hill

Wed, 20 Sep 2023

House Republicans are bickering and calling each other names, while the Matt Gaetz caucus threatens ...

Ruy Teixeira: Biden’s Working Class Blues

Tue, 19 Sep 2023

The system feels rigged for the millionaires and the billionaires, and the populist red lights are f...

Will Saletan: In Defense of Kristen Welker

Mon, 18 Sep 2023

Trump threw the pro-life movement under the bus in his NBC interview, and essentially pleaded the Fi...

Anne Applebaum: Musk Buys Russia’s Lies

Fri, 15 Sep 2023

The billionaire was duped by Russian nuclear propaganda, but he's not the only one in the West who w...

Did the FBI Get a Pass on Jan 6?

Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Romney's text message to Mitch McConnell renews questions about what law enforcement knew ahead of t...

A.B. Stoddard: McCarthy's Month from Hell

Wed, 13 Sep 2023

The speaker is trying to sate the MAGA wing with a sham impeachment, and maybe a government shutdown...

James Hohmann: Kevin in a Vise

Tue, 12 Sep 2023

McCarthy has caved on an impeachment inquiry so he can hold onto his gavel. Meanwhile, Congress shou...

Will Saletan: Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier

Mon, 11 Sep 2023

Biden giving a press conference while jet-lagged may not quell rising concerns about his age. Plus, ...

Tim Miller: Down to Clown

Fri, 08 Sep 2023

Tucker is in some corner of Elon's basement testing to see what he can get away with, while Elon is ...

Trump Keeps Admitting His Crimes

Thu, 07 Sep 2023

Trump did himself no favors talking to Hugh Hewitt, the Proud Boys could've spared themselves a lot ...

Adam Kinzinger: Trump Ignited the Proud Boys

Wed, 06 Sep 2023

Never forget it was Donald Trump telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" which ultimatel...

Will Saletan: The Hammer Philosophy of Governing

Tue, 05 Sep 2023

Republican leaders in Wisconsin sound like they're planning an end-run around democracy, Musk is run...

Tim Miller: Heroes and Zeroes of the GOP

Fri, 01 Sep 2023

How different would things be if other Republicans had stood up to MAGA like the way Kemp did for Fa...

Justice for Ruby and Shaye

Thu, 31 Aug 2023

Giuliani is going to pay $$$$ for defaming Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss—and Trump may too, for his ...

Mike Murphy: The Psychopath vs The Cynic

Wed, 30 Aug 2023

Does cynical Nikki Haley have the guts to run an edgier campaign? Plus, Vivek's Hermain Cain moment,...

2024 Will Be a Train Wreck

Tue, 29 Aug 2023

From Trump's court calendar to concerns about Biden's age, we may be underestimating how bad next ye...

Charlie and Will Monday: Vivek’s BS

Mon, 28 Aug 2023

The new hotness, Ramaswamy, is serving up a load of bull. Plus, the risks of our political gerontocr...

Tim Miller: We Told You So

Fri, 25 Aug 2023

We were always going to get this first-of-its-kind presidential portrait. What else would you expect...

A.B. Stoddard: A Pointless Exercise?

Thu, 24 Aug 2023

At Wednesday's debate, Ramaswamy touched all the MAGA erogenous zones, Haley had a great night while...

When the Hammer Comes Down

Wed, 23 Aug 2023

Almost nothing concentrates the mind more than an indictment, so expect other minor players in Trump...

Tom Nichols: Our Surreal Moment

Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Trump's co-defendants don't even dispute what they're accused of doing—they just claim it wasn't i...

Joe Perticone and Mona Charen: Trusting the Chronic Liar over the Pastor

Mon, 21 Aug 2023

The base gives Trump higher marks for speaking truth than they give to religious leaders, Vivek will...

DeSantis’s WTF Memo

Fri, 18 Aug 2023

The governor of Florida is being treated like a low-IQ child. Meanwhile, Trump hasn't been treated l...

Thumbprints on a Conspiracy?

Thu, 17 Aug 2023

Could Trump have been dumb enough to use Twitter DMs for his plot? Plus, the dangers of not fearing ...

Christopher Miller: The War Came to Us

Wed, 16 Aug 2023

A one-time Peace Corps volunteer, Chris Miller was posted to Ukraine, fell in love with it, and deci...

A.B. Stoddard: All the Ex-President's Conspirators

Tue, 15 Aug 2023

Donald Trump has been a low-rent mobster for his entire career, and now he's getting the indictment ...

Ep.7: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 14 Aug 2023

Even with Trump out of the White House, Lindsey Graham says that Trump is the organizing principle o...

Tim Miller: They're Still Humoring Him

Fri, 11 Aug 2023

Remember one of the worst quotes in history about just 'humoring' Trump after he lost in '20? Well, ...

Trump Baits the Judge

Thu, 10 Aug 2023

The ex-POTUS's ugly threats and intimidation against Jack Smith, Fani Willis, and Judge Chutkan will...

Will Hurd: Don't Kiss Your Opponent's Butt

Wed, 09 Aug 2023

The former Texas congressman says he's running for president because America deserves a sane conserv...

Jake Tapper: "All the Demons Are Here"

Tue, 08 Aug 2023

The CNN anchor and author re-visits the 70s with a new thriller, featuring a Murdoch-esque character...

Ep. 6: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 07 Aug 2023

After the 2020 election, Lindsey Graham had a chance to be free—of Donald Trump, and all the ratio...

Adam Kinzinger: The Rhetoric Is Getting More Dangerous

Fri, 04 Aug 2023

Lindsey Graham says the federal courts in DC are illegitimate, the FBI is being called the Gestapo, ...

Trump’s Bogus Defenses

Thu, 03 Aug 2023

Trump defenders are arguing that the charges in the latest indictment infringe on his free speech ri...

Susan Glasser: An Offense against Democracy Itself

Wed, 02 Aug 2023

Jack Smith has filed a case for the ages. It's not only an indictment of the Big Lie itself, but als...

Bonus Episode: Listen to the Third Indictment

Wed, 02 Aug 2023

A federal grand jury indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday with a series of crimes related to his efforts...

David French: Building a Legal Wall around Trump

Tue, 01 Aug 2023

Trump's high floor of support—the voters who think God sent him to save the country—combined wit...

Ep. 5: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 31 Jul 2023

By the time of the Ukraine scandal and impeachment, Lindsey Graham and other Republicans had grown t...

Bonus Episode: Listen to the Superseding Indictment

Fri, 28 Jul 2023

Federal prosecutors have added new charges against Trump in the classified documents case, including...

Russell Moore: "Losing Our Religion"

Fri, 28 Jul 2023

We are living in a time when an evangelical pastor can literally quote Jesus Christ and a theo-bro w...

The Power of Whataboutism

Thu, 27 Jul 2023

Republicans are going to launch an impeachment inquiry against Biden to divert attention from the cr...

Asa Hutchinson: Why I’m Doing This

Wed, 26 Jul 2023

The presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor wants to take the Republican Party in the di...

The Drama and Reality of 'Oppenheimer'

Tue, 25 Jul 2023

The film captures the race against the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb, and Oppenheimer's gen...

Ep. 4: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 24 Jul 2023

After the 2018 midterms, Lindsey Graham moved to a new stage of collaboration with Trump. Graham was...

Will Saletan: All for the Fan Service

Fri, 21 Jul 2023

The dick pics, RFK, jr,'s testimony, and McCarthy's promise to expunge impeachment records are all f...

Indictment Day

Thu, 20 Jul 2023

Jack Smith will move very quickly on a new indictment, numerous court appearances and trials can be ...

Miles Taylor: Imagining a Trump 2.0

Wed, 19 Jul 2023

Plans are already being drawn up for Trump's revenge plans in a second term, including special couns...

Tom Nichols: Jack Smith Is Not Screwing Around

Tue, 18 Jul 2023

Going after a former president for an attempted coup had seemed like 'mission impossible,' but the s...

Ep. 3: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 17 Jul 2023

After Trump's first year in office, the power shifted in Washington. Republicans went from humoring ...

Why Are People Still Sticking With Trump After All This?

Fri, 14 Jul 2023

Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews had gumption, while the grown-ass men who were their bosses di...

Indictments for All the President's Men?

Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Prosecuting Trump for Jan 6 presents novel issues, but that's not the case when it comes to Giuliani...

Philip Bump: The Self-Disappearing Informant

Wed, 12 Jul 2023

House Republicans keep stepping on rakes when it comes to Hunter Biden: Turns out their 'missing inf...

Jay Nordlinger: The Poisonous Nature of Strength Worship

Tue, 11 Jul 2023

The masculinity contest in the Republican presidential primary ramps up, Chris Christie keeps droppi...

Ep. 2: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 10 Jul 2023

Within days of the 2016 election, Lindsey Graham began transforming into Trump's chief apologist—i...

Tommy Vietor: David Plouffe Would Have Murdered Us

Fri, 07 Jul 2023

How Obamaworld views the weird attempt by Team DeSantis to mimic Ted Cruz's failed 2016 campaign. Pl...

Trump Is Going Down

Thu, 06 Jul 2023

The docs case against Trump is bigger than Snowden's, the people of South Florida should be cut more...

A.B. Stoddard: Governing Is for Wimps

Wed, 05 Jul 2023

House Republicans are racing to the crazy again as they try to nail down who they're going to impeac...

Ep. 1: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Mon, 03 Jul 2023

Lindsey Graham was once one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics—before becoming one of his most imp...

Mark Hertling: How Dangerous Were the Trump Docs?

Fri, 30 Jun 2023

If Trump wanted to impress a memoir writer with classified documents, wouldn't he also want to do th...

TRAILER The Bulwark Podcast Presents: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

Fri, 30 Jun 2023

Will Saletan has a story to tell: It’s about what’s happened to the United States since Donald T...

Trump’s Bravado Defense

Thu, 29 Jun 2023

Charging Trump for Jan 6 just got meaningfully harder after a Supreme Court ruling that has nothing ...

Seth Masket: Trending Trump

Wed, 28 Jun 2023

Grassroots Republican leaders increasingly favor Trump, and he's getting significantly more coverage...

Ben Terris: It's Not Going Back to Normal

Tue, 27 Jun 2023

Why is DC so weird? The Washington Post's Ben Terris describes his hitchhiker's guide through the ba...

Will Saletan: A Wannabe Coup

Mon, 26 Jun 2023

After this weekend's mutiny in Russia, the world is suddenly seeing Putin in a new light. Meanwhile,...

Tim O'Brien: A Clown Rodeo

Fri, 23 Jun 2023

The celebrification of running for president continues to grow, Boebert and MTG are a couple of igno...

Trump’s TV Strategy

Thu, 22 Jun 2023

Trump keeps undermining his own defense, but he's not wrong that if he wins, he can make the cases a...

Andrew Weissmann: Jack Smith Cometh

Wed, 21 Jun 2023

Special Counsel Jack Smith is racing the clock, Justices Alito and Thomas seem to be taking cues fro...

Chris Christie: Why I Want to Beat Trump

Tue, 20 Jun 2023

Gov. Christie joins Charlie Sykes to explain campaign strategy, his error in judgment in 2016, and h...

Will Saletan: Welcome to the Resistance, Bill Barr

Mon, 19 Jun 2023

Former AG Barr protected Trump while he obstructed justice, but he's now staked out a spot in the an...

Tim Miller: A Season of Grifters and Crackpots

Fri, 16 Jun 2023

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has found the sweet spot in the horseshoe— between QAnon-ers waiting for JF...

Jack Smith's Steely-Eyed Gaze

Thu, 15 Jun 2023

The special prosecutor had his eyes on Trump during the arraignment, but Trump—who seemed tired an...

Adam Kinzinger: The Freak Prom

Wed, 14 Jun 2023

Trump likes to convey that he is invincible and has a massive army of people behind him. But he's sc...

Michael Weiss: Perp Walks and Counteroffensives

Tue, 13 Jun 2023

Even after winning the White House, Trump is still the consummate grifter who's got no time for poli...

Will Saletan: A World Series of Whataboutism

Mon, 12 Jun 2023

Republicans spent the weekend defending Trump by pointing to Biden, Pence, other ex-presidents, and ...

Listen to the Indictment

Sat, 10 Jun 2023

This is a reading of the classified documents indictment against former President Trump that was uns...

Tim Miller and Bill Kristol: Rally Around the Felon

Fri, 09 Jun 2023

Fox calls Trump's prosecution an insurrection. The GOP shrug off his hoarding, hiding, and sharing o...

Wait, Is This Guy a Freakin' Criminal?

Thu, 08 Jun 2023

Jack Smith will need a barn burner of a case, rich in facts, and one that holds up under the scrutin...

A.B. Stoddard: Christie Brought the Hot Sauce

Wed, 07 Jun 2023

Chris Christie launched his presidential campaign by calling out Trump—and hit him on the kleptocr...

Astead Herndon: Our Broken Politics

Tue, 06 Jun 2023

Too many of today's politicians don't care that they are undermining their own parties with messages...

Will Saletan: The Dem’s RFK, Jr. Problem

Mon, 05 Jun 2023

Steve Bannon and company are helping give anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy a boost in the polls, Trump ...

Tim Miller: Normal v Crazy

Fri, 02 Jun 2023

It wasn't like the boring 90s, but politics this week felt almost normal. Meanwhile, Trump's bleats ...

Lordy, There Are Tapes

Thu, 01 Jun 2023

Trump's own recorded words appear to undercut his already weak defense that he had declassified the ...

Michael Steele: We're Way Past Kumbaya

Wed, 31 May 2023

The media thinks the GOP base could still want 'Morning in America,' Citizens United is keeping no-h...

Tom Nichols: Knuckleheads with Flamethrowers

Tue, 30 May 2023

McCarthy cut a normal deal with Biden when the GOP caucus couldn't agree on what to demand—beyond ...

Luke Russert: Look for Me There

Fri, 26 May 2023

In the summer of 2016, on the eve of the Republican and Democratic conventions, Luke Russert—an NB...

Indictment Time?

Thu, 25 May 2023

Jack Smith is wrapping up his investigation into the Mar-a-Lago classified document collection, and ...

David Frum: Losing the Dominance Primary

Wed, 24 May 2023

DeSantis claims he doesn't back down, but most of the time, he is flinching and cowering—and now h...

Philip Bump: Running Against Reality

Tue, 23 May 2023

Reality is Kari Lake's biggest opponent, Tim Scott is warmly welcomed into a growing candidate field...

Will Saletan: Is Tim Scott Running a Potemkin Campaign?

Mon, 22 May 2023

Are Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, and Mike Pence really running for the VP slot—or a chance to increase ...

The Bulwark: Live from New York

Fri, 19 May 2023

Charlie Sykes and Tim Miller held court on the Upper West Side Thursday night, weighing in on Rudy's...

Steve Vladeck: The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket

Thu, 18 May 2023

Justice Alito frequently complains that critics of the court are trying to delegitimize it. But it's...

Durham's Fizzle

Wed, 17 May 2023

John Durham didn't report anything new, and he took longer to produce less useful material than Muel...

Anne Applebaum: The Case for a Complete Ukrainian Victory

Tue, 16 May 2023

Ukraine's freedom is on the line, but America's role in the world is also at stake. And if a democra...

Will Saletan: We Are Not the Crazy Ones

Mon, 15 May 2023

DeSantis tries to pretend he's normal, James Comer can't find his Biden informants, Republicans are ...

Richard Reeves: The Trouble with Boys

Fri, 12 May 2023

Girls are blowing past boys in school, and while most men are poorer than they were 50 years ago, wo...

Trump vs Law and Order

Thu, 11 May 2023

From promising a general amnesty to Jan 6 rioters, to re-victimizing E. Jean Carroll on CNN's town h...

The Counteroffensive Against Trump—and Putin

Wed, 10 May 2023

Turns out that being a star doesn't allow you to get away with sexual assault after all. The GOP sti...

Felix Salmon: The New Not Normal Economy

Tue, 09 May 2023

Globalism is dead, the remote work revolution is here to stay, and more people are pursuing their bi...

Will Saletan: A New American Exceptionalism?

Mon, 08 May 2023

Greg Abbott says gun violence is due to a mental health crisis, not guns. So, America is exceptional...

Tim Miller: The Thomas Family Grift

Fri, 05 May 2023

Clarence and Ginni are enjoying the grift that keeps on giving, Fox's PR moves are not helping, sedi...

The Proud Boys: GUILTY

Thu, 04 May 2023

It was not an Ocean's 11-style conspiracy that convicted the Proud Boys in their sedition case. But ...

Ben Smith: The Rise and Fall of the Social Media News Age

Wed, 03 May 2023

The pioneers of the digital media age thought they were building a progressive answer to Drudge—th...

A.B. Stoddard: Normalizing Trump Again

Tue, 02 May 2023

For the first time since 2016, Trump will be back on CNN for a live event. It's a huge gift to Trump...

Will Saletan: The Crassness Is the Point

Mon, 01 May 2023

Greg Abbott chose to be breathtakingly inhumane, MAGA cancel culture is a runaway train, Biden gets ...

Tim Miller: Trump Has Already Ball-Gagged Them in the Basement

Fri, 28 Apr 2023

Republicans are so weak and craven: DeSantis has three bad weeks, and they've thrown in the towel—...

The Trump Trials

Thu, 27 Apr 2023

State and federal prosecutors may be closing in on Trump, so we've launched a new companion pod—in...

Benjy Sarlin: The Bud Light Freak-Out

Wed, 26 Apr 2023

Conservatives surrendered on gay marriage, but kept their fear about societal change bottled up. And...

Brian Stelter: Tucker Thought He Was Invincible

Tue, 25 Apr 2023

Tucker Carlson's firing shocked the media world and Tucker himself. He thought he could say and do a...

Will Saletan: How Many Coups Do You Have to Attempt?

Mon, 24 Apr 2023

Trump's negative poll numbers are not high enough, Alito couldn't get other justices to go off the c...

Tim Miller: Our WWE Politics

Fri, 21 Apr 2023

Marco Rubio thinks he's in office just to send tweets, No Labels couldn't have picked a worse time f...

Kara Swisher: Musk's Cry for a Giant Hug

Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Elon Musk says that running Twitter is very painful, but it's a pain he brought on himself with firi...

Tina Nguyen: The Cost of Fox’s Lies

Wed, 19 Apr 2023

The unsettling Dominion settlement, DeSantis is not fooling MAGA, and the "Taliban 20"—who demande...

Michael Steele: Confronting the Ugliness

Tue, 18 Apr 2023

Oklahoma sheriffs pining for lynching, Tennessee legislators trying to teach young Black men a lesso...

Will Saletan: What Are You Grooming These Kids to Be?

Mon, 17 Apr 2023

At the annual NRA meeting, Kristi Noem bragged about her 2-year-old granddaughter's rifle, while oth...

Dylan Byers: The Media Trial of the Century?

Fri, 14 Apr 2023

Dominion v. Fox is not only about defamation—it's also about the erosion of truth at the network a...

Mark Hertling: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Gamer

Thu, 13 Apr 2023

The military runs on young soldiers, and sometimes, chatroom braggarts who want to share classified ...

John Harwood: Our Cartoonish Politics

Wed, 12 Apr 2023

Trump may excel at firing up resentment in the base, but the party is squandering support from an en...

Peter Wehner: A Grotesque Leader of a Grotesque Party

Tue, 11 Apr 2023

Too many GOP leaders failed to grasp that going along with Trump would increase his hold on the part...

Will Saletan: The GOP’s Abortion Quagmire

Mon, 10 Apr 2023

Republicans have boxed themselves in on abortion, Elon continues his petulance, the knives are out i...

Tim Miller: Tennessee’s Idiocracy

Fri, 07 Apr 2023

The Tennessee GOP lives in such a bubble, they thought it was a good idea to expel two Black legisla...

Jeff Sharlet: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

Thu, 06 Apr 2023

In the parts of the country where Ashli Babbitt is a martyr, pastors glorify guns, and conspiracies ...

Ben Wittes: The Trump Indictment Is Not Trivial

Wed, 05 Apr 2023

Trump's indictment may be tied to his hush money payments, but it's also bound up with democracy con...

Tim Alberta: Trump Has an Evangelical Problem

Tue, 04 Apr 2023

Trump threw the anti-abortion movement under the bus after losses in the midterms — which prompted...

Will Saletan: Individual 1 Gets His Day in Court

Mon, 03 Apr 2023

Trump always calls for his enemies to get prosecuted and now he's getting a taste of his own medicin...

Special Indictment Podcast: Adam Kinzinger, Mona Charen, Will Saletan

Fri, 31 Mar 2023

Trump faces a 34-count indictment in New York and more charges may be on the way. But will it hurt h...

Tim Miller: DeSantis Whiffs on Disney

Thu, 30 Mar 2023

"Tiny D" thought he'd puff up his chest to go after Mickey Mouse — only to get outflanked. Plus, l...

Ruy Teixeira: More Tough Love for Democrats

Wed, 29 Mar 2023

While Republicans frequently overdo it on cultural issues, Democrats still are vulnerable on race, g...

Judge Michael Luttig: A Betrayal of America

Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Trump's incitement of Jan 6 and his call to terminate the constitution were treason-like. And the Re...

Will Saletan: The Purest Distillation of Trump

Mon, 27 Mar 2023

Down in Waco, Trump was on double duty: Blowing up the DeSantis' campaign on the launch pad, and cle...

Tim Miller: Ron DeSantis Is Scott Walker

Fri, 24 Mar 2023

DeSantis gets over his skis on Ukraine, 'Don't Say Gay' escalates, and it's not racist to criticize ...

Shelby Talcott: DeSantis Sticks His Toe in the Water

Thu, 23 Mar 2023

Ron DeSantis threw a couple of very small rocks at Trump this week, and he's angling to get to the r...

Michael Steele: Trump Punked Everybody

Wed, 22 Mar 2023

Using a page from his well-worn playbook, Trump framed the narrative about the Manhattan grand jury ...

Dana Milbank: It’s the Trump Show Again

Tue, 21 Mar 2023

The Republican Party had been showing signs it was beginning to move on from Trump, but now it's wra...

Susan Glasser: Trump 2024 Is Scarier than Trump 2020

Mon, 20 Mar 2023

Trump's rhetoric is more apocalyptic and more confrontational, and the party still can't renounce it...

Tim Miller: Be Alarmed

Fri, 17 Mar 2023

Trump is crystal clear that he wants retribution against the people who wouldn't let him remain in o...

Philip Bump: The Baby Boom Generation Is Winding Down

Thu, 16 Mar 2023

America has long responded to the needs of Baby Boomers, and the generation reshaped the country as ...

Tom Nichols: Our Fatal Complacency

Wed, 15 Mar 2023

Pence warned us about the threat to our democracy, and we shrugged. Plus, Bethany Mandel can't defin...

James Hohmann: DeSantis Joins the Surrender Caucus

Tue, 14 Mar 2023

Ron DeSantis chose to pander to Tucker Carlson on Ukraine and shows himself as unserious on one of t...

Will Saletan: Pence’s Profile in Half-Courage

Mon, 13 Mar 2023

Mike Pence is trying win over the DC press corps but still refuses to do his part to hold Trump acco...

Tim Miller: Be Happy, Make Babies

Fri, 10 Mar 2023

People not having kids because of climate change anxiety are not thinking about a future with Josh H...

Adrienne LaFrance: The New Anarchy

Thu, 09 Mar 2023

The largest threat of extremist violence right now is coming from the rightwing. But 100 years ago, ...

Matt Gertz: Tucker's Trump Derangement Syndrome

Wed, 08 Mar 2023

Tucker has been dining out on how much the media supposedly despises Donald Trump — when by his ow...

Tucker’s Latest Lies

Tue, 07 Mar 2023

Tucker's attempting to white-wash Jan 6, Trump and DeSantis have a thing against prosecutors, Kari s...

Amb. John Bolton: I Thought Trump Would Be Disciplined

Mon, 06 Mar 2023

John Bolton thought he could create a coherent foreign policy for Trump, but now sees he was naive. ...

Rick Wilson: Why Would MAGA Want Trump-Lite?

Fri, 03 Mar 2023

The base wants the sugar, the fat, and the salt — not someone afraid to say how they're different ...

Mehdi Hasan: How to Win Any Argument

Thu, 02 Mar 2023

Master interlocutor Mehdi Hasan says come to a debate prepared — bring receipts and know the other...

Jennifer Senior: How Old Are You in Your Head?

Wed, 01 Mar 2023

People over 40 tend to see themselves as about 20% younger than their actual age. Is it because agin...

My Conversation With Paul Ryan

Tue, 28 Feb 2023

The former Speaker of the House tells Charlie Sykes a Reagan 2.0 candidate would have a shot in '24....

Will Saletan: Dilbert, Free Speech, and Racism

Mon, 27 Feb 2023

Scott Adams has the right to carry on about white victimhood, and newspapers have the free speech ri...

Tim Miller: Here's Why You Need to Shut Up

Fri, 24 Feb 2023

The Georgia jury forewoman needs to stop talking, Norma Desmond took a break from Mar-a-Lago, Charli...

Brian Rosenwald: Fox Is Afraid of Its Audience

Thu, 23 Feb 2023

Fox isn't news, and it isn't propaganda. It's about getting the biggest audience it can, to make the...

Bill Lueders: Wisconsin's High Stakes Supreme Court Race

Wed, 22 Feb 2023

With abortion and election integrity on the line, Democrats got the opponent they wanted for the mos...

Will Sommer: The Power of QAnon

Tue, 21 Feb 2023

Conspiracy theories had been gaining ground in the GOP before Trump, but after he became conspiracy-...

Biden’s Kyiv Moment

Mon, 20 Feb 2023

Biden went to an active war zone, Lindsey Graham shows his old McCain-sidekick self, DeSantis weighs...

David Frum: The GOP’s Obnoxiousness Problem

Fri, 17 Feb 2023

The text messages in the Dominion case show that Fox was intentionally pushing lies about 2020 — l...

Ben Wittes: Jack Smith at Ramming Speed

Thu, 16 Feb 2023

Mike Pence is erasing his own profile in courage by trying to resist special counsel Jack Smith's su...

Michael Kranish: The Trump/Kushner/Saudi Vortex

Wed, 15 Feb 2023

In early 2021, both Kushner and Trump needed a game plan for making money. MBS — who both men had ...

Damon Linker: How Not to Fight Wokeness

Tue, 14 Feb 2023

Even people who aren't racist and aren't anti-trans can get rubbed the wrong way by the heavy-handed...

Will Saletan: The Weekend of the UFOs

Mon, 13 Feb 2023

What is flying above us? Is it more than sky garbage? Meanwhile, the House GOP radar is against what...

Tim Miller: It Was Dumber than You Might Have Imagined

Fri, 10 Feb 2023

The weaponization committee hearing was an embarrassing bust. Plus, James O'Keefe's love of musicals...

Tom Nichols: The Kook Bench

Thu, 09 Feb 2023

The drunken heckling caucus around Marjorie Taylor Greene is not out of control — it did exactly w...

A.B. Stoddard: Dark Brandon Rising

Wed, 08 Feb 2023

Biden's shrewd State of the Union address played rope-a-dope with Republicans, and he relished the s...

Mark Hertling: What My Oath Means

Tue, 07 Feb 2023

The balloon set off a performance theater among members of Congress that was unbecoming of their ran...

Will Saletan: Popping the Red Balloon

Mon, 06 Feb 2023

It wouldn't have mattered how Biden had handled the balloon — Republicans would have said he was w...

Tim Miller: Never Should Mean Never

Fri, 03 Feb 2023

Too many normies STILL won't say "Never Trump," but Paul Ryan may be coming around. Plus, Kari keeps...

Elie Honig: Is Trump Untouchable?

Thu, 02 Feb 2023

Merrick Garland likes to say that no one is above the law, but the DOJ's own guidelines make it clea...

Charlie Savage: The Real Witch Hunt?

Wed, 01 Feb 2023

Trump has longed complained about a deep state plot to smear him with the Russia investigation, but ...

Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse: History Is Under Assault

Tue, 31 Jan 2023

History became more politicized in the Trump era and the conservative media ecosystem has helped amp...

Will Saletan: Policing the Police

Mon, 30 Jan 2023

Training and diversity are not enough — cops who break the law must be prosecuted. Plus, the norma...

Tim Miller: Deep Inside Tucker Carlson's Navel

Fri, 27 Jan 2023

Republicans are so out of touch, their public brand is in trouble. Plus, MTG is Queen of the GOP, Sc...

Michael Weiss: A Watershed Moment for Ukraine

Thu, 26 Jan 2023

It took a lot of arm-twisting, but the West has finally committed to arming Ukraine with battle tank...

Jonathan Alter: How the Documents Hurt Biden

Wed, 25 Jan 2023

Biden has been seen as scandal-free, but his classified docs case may cost him a big political asset...

David Weigel: MAGA v MAGA

Tue, 24 Jan 2023

Republicans may have underperformed in the midterms, but the RNC chair fight is not about changing t...

Will Saletan: It's In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves

Mon, 23 Jan 2023

The pro-life movement, undaunted by the midterms, is pushing for more restrictions— and the politi...

Catherine Rampell: Psychotic Feral Cats with Machetes

Fri, 20 Jan 2023

Republicans are back to extortion and holding the debt ceiling hostage after adding $4.7 trillion to...

Michael Schmidt: "I Didn't Know They Made People Like That"

Thu, 19 Jan 2023

Before John Kelly became chief of staff, he thought the chaos at the White House was due to the peop...

Bill Kristol: Glimmers of Hope

Wed, 18 Jan 2023

The shift in attitudes about defense and foreign policy in Germany has been dramatic since the war i...

David French: Our Religious Freedoms Are Not Hanging by a Thread

Tue, 17 Jan 2023

New York Times-bound David French tells Charlie Sykes how he re-thought same-sex marriage, how he fe...

Will Saletan: Performative Garbage

Mon, 16 Jan 2023

RonAnon Johnson wanted to get beat up on "Meet the Press" — so he could weaponize it. Plus, the ac...

Michael Steele: Slapping Matt Schlapp

Fri, 13 Jan 2023

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele had a front-row seat for the start of the ugly transformation at CPA...

Adam Kinzinger: Detoxing from Congress

Thu, 12 Jan 2023

Watching from a distance, former Rep. Kinzinger tells Charlie Sykes that House moderates have a lot ...

Aaron Blake: Kevin McCarthy Is Keeping a Secret

Wed, 11 Jan 2023

Without his secret pact, Kevin McCarthy likely would not be Speaker. Now, the American public — an...

Olivia Nuzzi: Has Trump Become Norma Desmond?

Tue, 10 Jan 2023

Trump rarely leaves his 'weird' smelling, moldy mansion, he seems bored and tired, and D-List MAGA a...

Will Saletan: Expect More Hostage-Taking in the House

Mon, 09 Jan 2023

McCarthy paid the ransom, Bannon is openly supporting violence in Brazil, and even normie Republican...

A.B. Stoddard: A Desperate Man

Fri, 06 Jan 2023

The hijackers have the energy in the House, Biden is quietly succeeding, no-mentum Trump's biggest f...

Nick Confessore: The Theater of Elise Stefanik

Thu, 05 Jan 2023

Rep. Elise Stefanik was a star pupil and the future of the GOP — now she's joined the kids in the ...

John Avlon: The Bomb Throwers Just Don't Care

Wed, 04 Jan 2023

McCarthy thought he could appease the kamikaze caucus with cash and playing along with Stop the Stea...

Tom Nichols: Of Course They All Hate Each Other

Tue, 03 Jan 2023

The House Republican caucus is a jackal pack, with George Santos — the poster boy for our era of g...

Andrew Weissmann: The DOJ and Trump's Attempted Coup

Mon, 02 Jan 2023

The clock is ticking down on whether to bring charges against Trump for what was essentially a "simp...

Susan Glasser and Peter Baker: Trump's Hostile Takeover of the Government

Fri, 30 Dec 2022

During his four years in office, Trump kept testing the weaknesses in our Constitutional system — ...

Maggie Haberman: Trump Is Damaged and He Causes Damage to Others

Thu, 29 Dec 2022

Donald Trump is the product of an exacting and brutal father who undermined him in private, and his ...

Jennifer Senior: Steve Bannon Is an Asymmetric Threat

Wed, 28 Dec 2022

Steve Bannon is a card-carrying member of the coastal elite, but he's trying to light a bonfire unde...