The Bulwark Podcast

Mon, 12 Jun

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

Sat, 10 Jun

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

Fri, 09 Jun

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

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:52:07 +0000

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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...

Wed, 07 Jun

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

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:29:00 +0000

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

Mon, 05 Jun

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

Fri, 02 Jun

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

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:32:56 +0000

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

Wed, 31 May

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

Tue, 30 May 2023 19:33:09 +0000

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

Fri, 26 May

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

Thu, 25 May 2023 19:02:41 +0000

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

Wed, 24 May

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

Tue, 23 May 2023 18:58:10 +0000

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

Mon, 22 May

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

Fri, 19 May

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

Thu, 18 May 2023 18:30:00 +0000

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

Wed, 17 May

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

Tue, 16 May 2023 18:30:00 +0000

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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...

Mon, 15 May

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

Fri, 12 May

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

Thu, 11 May 2023 20:13:25 +0000

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

Wed, 10 May

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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...

Tue, 09 May 2023 19:19:00 +0000

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

Mon, 08 May

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

Fri, 05 May

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

Thu, 04 May 2023 19:36:47 +0000

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

Wed, 03 May

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

Tue, 02 May 2023 19:03:00 +0000

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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...

Mon, 01 May

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

Fri, 28 Apr

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

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:07:00 +0000

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

Wed, 26 Apr

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

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:50:45 +0000

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

Mon, 24 Apr

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

Fri, 21 Apr

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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...

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:55:04 +0000

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

Wed, 19 Apr

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

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:29:00 +0000

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

Mon, 17 Apr

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

Fri, 14 Apr

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

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:41:08 +0000

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

Wed, 12 Apr

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

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:58:00 +0000

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

Mon, 10 Apr

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

Fri, 07 Apr

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

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:30:00 +0000

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

Wed, 05 Apr

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

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:25:00 +0000

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

Mon, 03 Apr

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

Fri, 31 Mar

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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...

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:20:00 +0000

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

Wed, 29 Mar

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

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:16:49 +0000

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

Mon, 27 Mar

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

Fri, 24 Mar

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

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:42:32 +0000

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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...

Wed, 22 Mar

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

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:59:39 +0000

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

Mon, 20 Mar

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

Fri, 17 Mar

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

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:30:00 +0000

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

Wed, 15 Mar

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

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:31:10 +0000

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

Mon, 13 Mar

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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...

Fri, 10 Mar

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

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:41:00 +0000

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

Wed, 08 Mar

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

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:53:34 +0000

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

Mon, 06 Mar

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

Fri, 03 Mar

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

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:30:00 +0000

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

Wed, 01 Mar

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

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:26:36 +0000

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

Mon, 27 Feb

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

Fri, 24 Feb

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

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:07:59 +0000

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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...

Wed, 22 Feb

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

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:21:00 +0000

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

Mon, 20 Feb

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

Fri, 17 Feb

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

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:56:13 +0000

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

Wed, 15 Feb

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

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:31:05 +0000

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

Mon, 13 Feb

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

Fri, 10 Feb

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

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:53:00 +0000

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

Wed, 08 Feb

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

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 19:19:03 +0000

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

Mon, 06 Feb

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

Fri, 03 Feb

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

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:45:00 +0000

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

Wed, 01 Feb

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

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:38:47 +0000

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

Mon, 30 Jan

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

Fri, 27 Jan

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

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:41:15 +0000

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

Wed, 25 Jan

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

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:09:29 +0000

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