Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Philip Bump: The Self-Disappearing Informant
12 Jul 2023
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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
11 Jul 2023
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The masculinity contest in the Republican presidential primary ramps up, Chris Christie keeps droppi...
Ep. 2: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
10 Jul 2023
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Within days of the 2016 election, Lindsey Graham began transforming into Trump's chief apologist—i...
Tommy Vietor: David Plouffe Would Have Murdered Us
07 Jul 2023
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How Obamaworld views the weird attempt by Team DeSantis to mimic Ted Cruz's failed 2016 campaign. Pl...
Trump Is Going Down
06 Jul 2023
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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
05 Jul 2023
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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
03 Jul 2023
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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?
30 Jun 2023
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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
30 Jun 2023
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Will Saletan has a story to tell: It’s about what’s happened to the United States since Donald T...
Trump’s Bravado Defense
29 Jun 2023
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Charging Trump for Jan 6 just got meaningfully harder after a Supreme Court ruling that has nothing ...
Seth Masket: Trending Trump
28 Jun 2023
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Grassroots Republican leaders increasingly favor Trump, and he's getting significantly more coverage...
Ben Terris: It's Not Going Back to Normal
27 Jun 2023
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Why is DC so weird? The Washington Post's Ben Terris describes his hitchhiker's guide through the ba...
Will Saletan: A Wannabe Coup
26 Jun 2023
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After this weekend's mutiny in Russia, the world is suddenly seeing Putin in a new light. Meanwhile,...
Tim O'Brien: A Clown Rodeo
23 Jun 2023
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The celebrification of running for president continues to grow, Boebert and MTG are a couple of igno...
Trump’s TV Strategy
22 Jun 2023
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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
21 Jun 2023
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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
20 Jun 2023
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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
19 Jun 2023
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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
16 Jun 2023
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has found the sweet spot in the horseshoe— between QAnon-ers waiting for JF...
Jack Smith's Steely-Eyed Gaze
15 Jun 2023
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The special prosecutor had his eyes on Trump during the arraignment, but Trump—who seemed tired an...
Adam Kinzinger: The Freak Prom
14 Jun 2023
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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
13 Jun 2023
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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
12 Jun 2023
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Republicans spent the weekend defending Trump by pointing to Biden, Pence, other ex-presidents, and ...
Listen to the Indictment
10 Jun 2023
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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
09 Jun 2023
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Fox calls Trump's prosecution an insurrection. The GOP shrug off his hoarding, hiding, and sharing o...
Wait, Is This Guy a Freakin' Criminal?
08 Jun 2023
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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
07 Jun 2023
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Chris Christie launched his presidential campaign by calling out Trump—and hit him on the kleptocr...
Astead Herndon: Our Broken Politics
06 Jun 2023
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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
05 Jun 2023
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Steve Bannon and company are helping give anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy a boost in the polls, Trump ...
Tim Miller: Normal v Crazy
02 Jun 2023
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It wasn't like the boring 90s, but politics this week felt almost normal. Meanwhile, Trump's bleats ...
Lordy, There Are Tapes
01 Jun 2023
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Trump's own recorded words appear to undercut his already weak defense that he had declassified the ...
Michael Steele: We're Way Past Kumbaya
31 May 2023
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The media thinks the GOP base could still want 'Morning in America,' Citizens United is keeping no-h...
Tom Nichols: Knuckleheads with Flamethrowers
30 May 2023
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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
26 May 2023
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In the summer of 2016, on the eve of the Republican and Democratic conventions, Luke Russert—an NB...
Indictment Time?
25 May 2023
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Jack Smith is wrapping up his investigation into the Mar-a-Lago classified document collection, and ...
David Frum: Losing the Dominance Primary
24 May 2023
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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
23 May 2023
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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?
22 May 2023
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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
19 May 2023
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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
18 May 2023
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Justice Alito frequently complains that critics of the court are trying to delegitimize it. But it's...
Durham's Fizzle
17 May 2023
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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
16 May 2023
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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
15 May 2023
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DeSantis tries to pretend he's normal, James Comer can't find his Biden informants, Republicans are ...
Richard Reeves: The Trouble with Boys
12 May 2023
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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
11 May 2023
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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
10 May 2023
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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
09 May 2023
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Globalism is dead, the remote work revolution is here to stay, and more people are pursuing their bi...
Will Saletan: A New American Exceptionalism?
08 May 2023
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Greg Abbott says gun violence is due to a mental health crisis, not guns. So, America is exceptional...
Tim Miller: The Thomas Family Grift
05 May 2023
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Clarence and Ginni are enjoying the grift that keeps on giving, Fox's PR moves are not helping, sedi...
The Proud Boys: GUILTY
04 May 2023
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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
03 May 2023
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The pioneers of the digital media age thought they were building a progressive answer to Drudge—th...
A.B. Stoddard: Normalizing Trump Again
02 May 2023
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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
01 May 2023
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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
28 Apr 2023
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Republicans are so weak and craven: DeSantis has three bad weeks, and they've thrown in the towel—...
The Trump Trials
27 Apr 2023
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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
26 Apr 2023
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Conservatives surrendered on gay marriage, but kept their fear about societal change bottled up. And...
Brian Stelter: Tucker Thought He Was Invincible
25 Apr 2023
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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?
24 Apr 2023
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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
21 Apr 2023
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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
20 Apr 2023
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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
19 Apr 2023
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The unsettling Dominion settlement, DeSantis is not fooling MAGA, and the "Taliban 20"—who demande...
Michael Steele: Confronting the Ugliness
18 Apr 2023
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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?
17 Apr 2023
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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?
14 Apr 2023
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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
13 Apr 2023
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The military runs on young soldiers, and sometimes, chatroom braggarts who want to share classified ...
John Harwood: Our Cartoonish Politics
12 Apr 2023
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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
11 Apr 2023
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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
10 Apr 2023
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Republicans have boxed themselves in on abortion, Elon continues his petulance, the knives are out i...
Tim Miller: Tennessee’s Idiocracy
07 Apr 2023
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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
06 Apr 2023
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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
05 Apr 2023
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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
04 Apr 2023
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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
03 Apr 2023
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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
31 Mar 2023
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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
30 Mar 2023
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"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
29 Mar 2023
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While Republicans frequently overdo it on cultural issues, Democrats still are vulnerable on race, g...
Judge Michael Luttig: A Betrayal of America
28 Mar 2023
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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
27 Mar 2023
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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
24 Mar 2023
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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
23 Mar 2023
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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
22 Mar 2023
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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
21 Mar 2023
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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
20 Mar 2023
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Trump's rhetoric is more apocalyptic and more confrontational, and the party still can't renounce it...
Tim Miller: Be Alarmed
17 Mar 2023
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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
16 Mar 2023
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America has long responded to the needs of Baby Boomers, and the generation reshaped the country as ...
Tom Nichols: Our Fatal Complacency
15 Mar 2023
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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
14 Mar 2023
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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
13 Mar 2023
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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
10 Mar 2023
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People not having kids because of climate change anxiety are not thinking about a future with Josh H...
Adrienne LaFrance: The New Anarchy
09 Mar 2023
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The largest threat of extremist violence right now is coming from the rightwing. But 100 years ago, ...
Matt Gertz: Tucker's Trump Derangement Syndrome
08 Mar 2023
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Tucker has been dining out on how much the media supposedly despises Donald Trump — when by his ow...
Tucker’s Latest Lies
07 Mar 2023
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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
06 Mar 2023
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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?
03 Mar 2023
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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
02 Mar 2023
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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?
01 Mar 2023
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People over 40 tend to see themselves as about 20% younger than their actual age. Is it because agin...
My Conversation With Paul Ryan
28 Feb 2023
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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
27 Feb 2023
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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
24 Feb 2023
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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
23 Feb 2023
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Fox isn't news, and it isn't propaganda. It's about getting the biggest audience it can, to make the...