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The Bulwark Podcast

S2 Ep999: Sam Stein: How Do You Negotiate with Nihilists?

13 Mar 2025

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Democrats are stuck with two terrible options: Either facilitating a government shutdown or allowing Republicans to pass a spending bill that would defund D.C.'s police and schools. Meanwhile, CEOs are getting rattled by Trump's tariff and trade-war chaos, a 'Hispanic Hibernation' is leading to job loss, and Marco Rubio is turning Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil into a martyr—as the campus free speech warriors go missing. Plus, California congressman Jimmy Gomez joins Tim to discuss how Dems need to finesse their 'relatable' skills, and man up against the billionaire establishment.  Sam Stein and Rep. Jimmy Gomez joins Tim Miller. show notes Morning Shots on Puma cutting jobs because of a 'Hispanic Hibernation' The Bulwark's tip line Mona on the Mahmoud Khalil case

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0.049 - 20.141 Advertisement Narrator

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20.561 - 34.863 Advertisement Narrator

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35.985 - 60.434 Advertisement Narrator

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60.914 - 68.563 Advertisement Narrator

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78.271 - 86.674 Tim Miller

Hello and welcome to the Bullard Podcast. We're coming at you from Washington, D.C. So I'm here in the studio between two ferns with managing editor Sam Stein.

86.694 - 88.675 Sam Stein

We are actually between two ferns.

88.715 - 90.136 Tim Miller

We are. It's nice. I like it.

90.276 - 91.056 Sam Stein

It's very quaint.

91.096 - 115.425 Tim Miller

It's very good. We're going to start a little wonky. We're going to do some Capitol Hill machinations talk. And so I promise for the listeners out there in real America, outside the Beltway, who don't care about reconciliation and cloture votes... that I have candy for them coming at the end. But we have to do this. Before we get to the budget, we got Congressman Jimmy Gomez up in segment two.

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