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The Bulwark
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The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith. www.thebulwark.com
Episodes
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Let the Oscar Race Begin!
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Katey Rich and Christopher Rosen, the Prestige Junkies over at The Ankler, to talk about the early days of the Oscar campaign. It’s finally heating up now that we’re hitting awards season and the prestige pictures are making their debuts; you can find our...
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Democrats Aren’t Winning Because They’re Brilliant. It’s Trump.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Democratic strategist Lis Smith join a live audience at Dartmouth for a spirited debate about Trump’s collapsing political fortunes, the GOP’s future under JD Vance, the Democrats’ struggle...
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JD Vance Humiliates Himself Trying to Define "Socialism"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on JD Vance’s fumbling attempt to define socialism and the hypocrisy at the heart of MAGA’s attacks on Democrats. Asked why socialist candidates are gaining ground across the country, Vance...
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Andrew Weissmann Sees BIG Trouble for Trump in Deportation Showdown
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Let’s be clear about what we’re doing here. The Bulwark exists to fight authoritarianism and defend American democracy. We do that with reporting, analysis, accountability, and by building a community of people who...
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Susan Glasser: Trump Has a Man Problem
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The king of the birther conspiracy knows he needs to round up the white male vote, so he's serving up one of his old faves—straight-up anti-Muslim bigotry. And he's added a new one: Making Americans pay for another...
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We Spoke to the Guy Who Snitched on Kimberly Guilfoyle (w/ Eric Deters)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com This is what makes The Bulwark different: going straight to the people involved, asking the uncomfortable questions, and getting answers you won’t hear anywhere else. If you value that work, please consider…
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BOMBSHELL: Leaked Kimberly Guilfoyle Texts Reveal Brazen Corruption
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Marc Polymeropoulos, and Michael Weiss went live to take on the bombshell Wall Street Journal report that reveals Kimberly Guilfoyle’s extraordinary private messages with a Trump donor, including a…
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Susan Collins Couldn't Answer One Simple Question About Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan breaks down the Maine Senate debate between Republican incumbent Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, and why Collins is struggling to separate herself from Donald Trump in a state where...
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Angie Nixon: People Power
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Florida's Democratic nominee for the Senate says average Americans right now are living in the dreams of oligarchs and the super-rich, and it's time for regular people to live their own dreams. The progressive…
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Republicans Are Panicking Over the Kansas Senate Race
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: This is exactly why we want Bulwark reporters out in the field: not just watching the Senate map change from Washington, but talking to the candidates and voters who are changing it. If you value that...
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Hegseth’s Grand Plan for the Military Raises Major Red Flags
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker discuss the U.S. decision to pull B-1 bombers out of the United Kingdom over concerns about Iranian drone attacks, and what the move reveals about the changing nature of...
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Tim Miller Has a Blunt Message for People Who’ve Given Up
A quick note: We thought Tim’s message was too important to put behind a paywall, so we’re making it free for everyone. If it speaks to you, please send it to someone who needs to hear it—especially someone feeling paralyzed by despair. One more thing: Your support is what allows us to make work...
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Ex-CIA Officer Reacts to Insane Spy Scandal Rocking the Intelligence World
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Reporter Michael Weiss and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos break down a staggering spy scandal involving the former head of German intelligence, an alleged Iranian plot targeting U.S. bombers in Britain, and…
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Michael Lewis: Don't Bet Against the Country
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Destroying trust in the government is one of Trump's key sources of power, but Michael reports from the front lines of the deep state that there still are good employees serving the public interest. In his new book,...
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Scott Bessent’s Interview Got Weirder by the Minute
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Sam Stein discuss Scott Bessent’s strange interview, from his “I am the house” bravado and boasts about Melania’s friends to his temper and possible political ambitions. They also react to…
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Morning Shots Live: Lindsey Graham’s Sister Was Supposed to be a Lock. Now the GOP Is Scrambling
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Bill Kristol discuss Donald Trump’s increasingly frantic attacks as Republicans face a surprisingly competitive Senate race in South Carolina, including Trump’s use of an anti-trans slur against...
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Trump’s Corporate Enablers Should Be VERY Worried About 2027
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on the Democrats who are already arguing against investigating Donald Trump’s corporate allies, warning that accountability cannot be sacrificed in the name of avoiding political...
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Trump’s $500 Checks Come With a Nasty Catch
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Jonathan Cohn give their takes on Donald Trump’s latest checks to Americans, including $500 payments to some ACA marketplace enrollees and $90 payments to certain Medicare recipients. They…
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Bill Kristol: Throw the Bums Out
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Like all good demagogues, Trump's appeal works when he's got someone to blame. But it's on his watch that we've got a war-related global food crisis brewing and mass layoffs in Ohio—where Trump just happened to hold…
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LEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton Says D.C. Is Running His Campaign | MAGA Mondays
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on Kash Patel’s engagement, Benny Johnson facing a lawsuit from two anti-ICE protesters, and The Daily Wire’s new pro-ICE movie being filmed in Livingston, Montana. The film...
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Jack Smith Reveals the Words That Could Have Buried Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan lays out the case against Donald Trump that Jack Smith never got to present at trial. Drawing from Smith’s testimony before Congress, Will looks at the evidence that Trump was repeatedly told the truth...
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Andrew Egger Saw an Older, Slower Trump on the Rally Stage | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger joins Bill Kristol after an extraordinary 24 hours in Ohio: attending the funeral of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Bel, then heading straight to a Trump rally, where he found surprising cracks…
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Ken Paxton Gets a Painfully Awkward “Endorsement” From Estranged Wife
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A bombshell New York Times/Siena poll shows Democrats running surprisingly strong across traditionally red states, including Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas. Catherine Rampell and Bill Kristol explain what the...
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Political Shifts are Teaching The GOP a Brutal Lesson (w/ Will Saletan)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen and Will Saletan discuss the GOP’s disastrous attempt to ambush Jack Smith, the political warning signs pushing Republicans away from Trump, and what Democrats should actually do if they win Congress.…
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Trump Picked a Fight With His Own Ally at the Dumbest Possible Time
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump posted Tom Cotton’s private phone number because the Arkansas senator is blocking his push for permanent daylight saving time. Will Saletan and Joe Perticone take on the strange fight, the golf-industry...
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These Trump Voters Are Considering the Unthinkable: Voting for a Democrat (Amy Walter)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com It’s October, and the political environment is really, really, REALLY bad for the Republican Party. Cook Political Report editor in chief Amy Walter explains how Cook is approaching its race ratings this year, and…
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Sarah Longwell AMA
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell went live with her cohost Ben Parker for an AMA about her new book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time.
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Okay, What Is Going On With Trump’s Legs? (w/ Tommy Vietor)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com What is going on with Trump's legs? He appears to be wearing a brace and a recent video shows him standing in a most unnatural way—as though he is mid-exorcism. But his apparent health issues don't seem to be…
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Paramount’s Done Deal, Federal Tax Credits, and More
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Sean McNulty of The Ankler’s excellent morning newsletter, The Wakeup, to discuss some of the big stories in the news. We start with the Paramount-Skydance/Warner Bros. deal going through its final phases before approval, before heading into some discussion...
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The Daily Wire is Making the Most MAGA Movie Imaginable
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the leaked script for the Daily Wire’s upcoming fictional movie Pawn Shop, a pro-ICE thriller set amid an imagined Antifa siege of a Minneapolis pawn shop. They discuss the film’s...
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Trump Crashes Out: You Haven't Asked "One F**king Positive Question"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger break down Donald Trump’s bizarre new interview with Time Magazine, from his claims about having the “highest” IQ to his ever-changing story about how long the war in Iran was...
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Josh Barro and Jonathan V. Last: The Patriotic Cowboys Wrecking Our Economy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Finally, some accountability in Washington: Sen. Eric Schmitt’s general counsel and poster-holder is in career limbo after the infamous basketball mix-up in the Jack Smith hearing. And Americans seem to be holding...
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Andrew Weissmann Spots the Biggest Tell in the Jack Smith Hearing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Let’s be clear about what we’re doing here. The Bulwark exists to fight authoritarianism and defend American democracy. We do that with reporting, analysis, accountability, and by building a community of people who...
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Elissa Slotkin Spots a Big Warning Sign for Trump’s GOP | Command Post
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joins Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker to share her takes on what she learned from her recent trips to Hungary and Poland and what those lessons could mean for America after the...
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A Suspected Terror Plot Just Took a Much More Alarming Turn
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos and national security reporter Michael Weiss take on the attempted hijacking of a flight bound for Tel Aviv, a suspected plot targeting an air base in Britain, and the troubling...
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Pete Hegseth's Speech Was a Hyper-Macho Freak Show
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com If sitting through 16 minutes of Hegseth talking about “fatties,” testosterone, and the wisdom of Newt Gingrich sounds like a lot, become a Bulwark member. We watch this stuff so you don’t have to! Sam Stein and Ben...
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Maria Comella and The Trio: Holy Schmitt, That Was Bad
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Trio comes together on the daily pod for the first time to give a little taste of the MAGA-land news Sam, Will, and Tim are covering for The Bulwark. The latest developments include speculation that Candace Owens...
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Paxton’s Leaked Trump Comments Are a SPECTACULAR Own Goal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ken Paxton is caught on tape blaming Donald Trump for hurting his Senate campaign, telling a small group of donors that Trump’s Texas convention actually hurt his numbers. The New York Times first reported on the...
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Command Post: Hegseth Takes an Axe to Generals, Admirals and Military Education
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) give their takes on Pete Hegseth’s reported plan to cut twenty percent of the military’s general and flag officers, and what that could mean for military leadership,...
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Trump's Midterm Plans Keep Hitting Roadblocks (Amanda Carpenter and Evan Gershkovich)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Vigilance is still in order, but Trump’s efforts to rig the midterms have so far flopped. And that includes Trump’s self-sabotaging of his own plan to blame China for hacking our voting machines. But should the Dems...
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith Ambush Ends in Spectacular Humiliation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Andrew Egger give their takes on Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt’s disastrous attempt to catch former special counsel Jack Smith in a perjury trap during a Senate Judiciary hearing. Schmitt thought he had…
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BREAKING: Jack Smith Comes Out Swinging in Hearing | Morning Shots
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol give their takes on Jack Smith’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Smith defended his decision to prosecute Donald Trump and said he would make the same decision...
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Trump’s War With Canada Has Officially Lost the Plot (w/ Sam Stein)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Why are we in a trade war with Canada, exactly? What was Canada’s alleged transgression? In the latest episode of Receipts, Sam and I discussed how Trump has lost the plot on the whole Canada tariffs thing, which…
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This Kash Patel Photo Raises Some VERY Awkward Questions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Michael Weiss and Marc Polymeropoulos are back to give their takes on the latest allegations of corruption and counterintelligence concerns surrounding the Trump administration, including Alina Habba’s star-studded...
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Bill Kristol: They're F*cking Thieves
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Trump administration stole our tax dollars to run a campaign ad during NFL games on Sunday. They're also breaking the law on congressional funding appropriations—and enjoying rubbing the public's face in all the...
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MAGA Mondays: Trump Admin Party Video Sparks MAGA Backlash
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the latest drama on the online right, from a bizarre AI video posted by Trump aide Dan Scavino to the growing influence of QAnon conspiracy theories inside Trump world. Will...
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Trump Said It Out Loud. His Cabinet Says It Never Happened.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump says he’s banning news organizations over negative coverage. Then his own officials go on TV and insist that’s not what’s happening. Will Saletan meticulously breaks down Todd Blanche’s defense of Trump’s press...
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Just How Crazy is the White House Right Now? (w/ Sarah Matthews) | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump’s White House is racking up losses, picking fights with the press, and increasingly operating without anyone willing to tell the president no. Bill Kristol talks with former Trump White House deputy press...
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Parents Are Being Deported Without Their American Children (w/ Casey Revkin)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen talks with Casey Revkin of Each Step Home about what happens to children and families caught inside the immigration detention system, including U.S.-citizen kids separated from their parents, postpartum...
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Something Very Strange Is Going On With Kimberly Guilfoyle in Europe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Will Sommer take on Trump’s escalating war on the White House press, the amateur-hour MAGA media operation stepping in to replace the traditional White House pool, and Byron Donalds’ awkward...
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The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith.
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