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The Bulwark

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

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Tim Miller: People Will Be ASHAMED for Being Involved...

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2025/10/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House to discuss the alarming National Guard escalation in Chicago, DHS using Zach Bryan’s music as propaganda, and his interview with Kevin Clancy from Barstool Sports.Watch Deadline: White House on MSNBCAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t

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14:55

Jake Tapper: Trump Is Making the Country Less Safe

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2025/10/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comA new kind of McCarthyism has settled in at the Justice Department, where career prosecutors—including those handling tough national security cases—are getting canned for voicing any opposition to politically-motivated demands from top DOJ officials. And those who survive the ongoing purge are literally working in fear that they are being surveilled by the FBI. Meanwhile, MTG may play a role in resolving the shutdown

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23:35

LIVE Reaction: AG Pam Bondi Faces the Senate in...

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2025/10/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Andrew Egger are live, reacting to the extremely contentious Pam Bondi Senate hearing. Attorney General Pam Bondi is under fire before the Senate Judiciary Committee after the shocking indictment of former FBI Director James Comey—part of Donald Trump’s widening campaign to punish his political enemies.

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54:55

Dwayne Johnson's 'Smashing Machine'

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2025/10/07

Before we get to the episode, a quick note: we are spinning off Across the Movie Aisle into its own separate thing; it will no longer be part of the Bulwark network of shows, but it will still exist on Substack at movieaisle.substack.com. If you listen via Apple, nothing much will change for the moment; if you listen via Substack there may be a few changes for you. But we’ll cover that next week in our first episode at the new spot. —SBOn this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa look at the

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4:26

Is Trump Considering Pardons for Sex Offenders?

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2025/10/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTrump’s old friend Ghislaine Maxwell is back in the headlines and once again, he’s pretending he barely knows her. From his creepy sympathy for Epstein’s circle to his casual cruelty toward migrants and veterans, the hypocrisy couldn’t be clearer.Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at https://TheBulwark.com/events.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is

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4:30

Stephen Miller Calls Sam Stein ‘Repugnant’

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2025/10/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller and Sam Stein discuss the explosive online feud between Sam and Stephen Miller over the weekend, with Sam calling out Miller for saying a Trump-appointed judge is “terrorist,” and Miller’s response claiming Sam is “repugnant.”Check out Sam’s Twitter interaction with Stephen Miller: https://x.com/samstein/status/1974668611081126351As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short

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7:13

Community Scares Off ICE Goons & A.I. “Friend” SPIES...

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2025/10/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim and Cam unpack a viral video out of Chicago where a neighborhood stood up to masked ICE agents, and what it says about America’s growing resistance to faceless state power. Then they take a hard turn into something even creepier: Friend.com, a new AI “wearable” that listens to your life, remembers everything you say, and calls itself your best friend.Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Follow FYPod on TikTok

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17:54

Bill Kristol and Jane Fonda: The New 'Fierce Urgency...

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2025/10/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com ICE is intentionally provoking violence in the nation’s cities and then glorifying it with their crack video team. Meanwhile, the rhetoric coming from Trump true believers about their desire for a ‘benevolent’ authoritarian strongman is truly alarming. But governors and members of the judiciary are behaving like we still have a republic —and that the insurrectionist president can’t just deploy Guard troops in whatever

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3:41

Don’t Apologize, AOC—You Were Right!

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2025/10/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller takes on AOC and Ruben Gallego’s takedowns of MAGA’s macho posturing, explaining why ridicule can hit harder than outrage.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice,

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32:10

How Bad Is It and How Can We Recover?

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2025/10/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comDamon Linker on just how crazy awful things are, but with some optimism for climbing out of the abyss.The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. Add the show to your player of choice, here.Ad-free editions of The Mona Charen Show are exclusively available for Bulwark+

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34:07

How “You Can’t Handle the Truth” Became America’s...

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2025/10/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah, JVL and Sonny Bunch take on A Few Good Men — Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom classic about loyalty, law, and the dangerous allure of obedience. They discuss whether Colonel Jessup was ever right, how “Code Red” culture echoes in today’s politics, and why Demi Moore’s character still divides audiences decades later.Click for previous installments of Bulwark Movie ClubAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+

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5:49

Republicans Broke Rural Healthcare—Then Blamed Democrats

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2025/10/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s Meet the Press appearance where he repeatedly lied about the shutdown being over undocumented immigrants receiving free healthcare, struggled to answer Trump’s call to use the military against citizens, and said the unprecedented federal firings during the shutdown are completely up to Russ Vought.Read Jonathan Cohn’s related newsletter:

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27:09

Alliances With Dictators Never Last (w/ Tim Bouverie)

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2025/10/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comEric welcomes historian Tim Bouverie, author of Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World, to Shield of the Republic. They discuss Tim’s fascinating account of the interplay among personalities and larger forces during the Second World War. They touch on Anglo-French relations and the role of Charles de Gaulle, Britain’s failed efforts to bring Turkey into the war as an ally,

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24:31

America’s Lawless Wars—From Chicago to Caracas (w/...

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2025/10/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comBill Kristol is joined by law professor Ryan Goodman to discuss the Trump Administration’s expanding use of “national security” at home and abroad, NSPM-7, National Guard deployments, Chicago raids, and lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Plus the legal pushback, Posse Comitatus, district court rulings, and the looming War Powers in Congress.

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14:12

Are We Really Headed for a Second Civil War?

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2025/10/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comAre we really close to a second civil war? John Avlon talks with Barbara F. Walter, author of “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them,” about the dangerous warning signs in America today. From democratic decline to political violence and Trump’s authoritarian playbook. But it’s not just doom: Walter lays out real solutions, from regulating social media algorithms to empowering citizens through peaceful resistance and

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13:40

Liberals Are Losing the Clip War, How Can We Fight...

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2025/10/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comAdam Mockler joins FYPod to break down what it really takes to debate MAGA talking points in 2025, from hitting Trump rallies as a teenager to going toe-to-toe with Scott Jennings on CNN. The conversation dives deep into the effectiveness of debating in today’s fractured media landscape. Adam breaks down his “pipeline to volume” theory, explaining how the right-wing media machine dominates online and why it’s crucial to

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12:54

I’d Do Anything To Win (But I Won’t Do That) (with...

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2025/10/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comWe haven’t caught up with Democratic voters since the summer. So, who do they see in the Democratic Party who is distinguishing themselves? And, do Democratic voters really want to shut down the government? It turns out some of them are really wrestling with how to wield power. Dan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America and author of the Substack newsletter The Message Box joins Sarah to download on how the base of the

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16:36

Trump & Hegseth Preach Insanity to The General Officers

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2025/10/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comOn a special edition of Shield of the Republic, Eric and Eliot break down Secretary of Defense Hegseth and President Donald Trump’s speeches to the General Officer Corps at Quantico this week. They discuss the administration’s ongoing damage to civil-military relations and the implications for the future of our armed forces.Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at

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21:17

Tom Nichols: All The Circuit Breakers Are Gone

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2025/10/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comPresident Trump’s loyalty purges continue. Prosecutors are fired from the U.S. attorney’s office in Eastern Virginia, including people who had nothing to do with the Comey case. And Kash Patel pushes out an FBI agent in training for displaying a rainbow flag in his workspace. Meanwhile, reports surface that Marco Rubio is leading a push among Trump’s top aides to topple Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The Atlantic’s Tom

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47:37

How an MTV Prank Helps Explain the Internet

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2025/10/03

Hey, before you listen to this week’s episode, do me a favor and watch the short film we’re going to be discussing. It’s only 17 minutes long, and if you’re between the age of 31 and 45 or so, I think it’ll trip a lot of your nostalgia circuits. (It’s fun for all ages, but Yourgo said this was the age range that best responded to the movie.)Fun right? OK, now you can listen to this episode with Yourgo Artsitas. It’s a good chat about the nature of online trolling and a simpler time when we believed

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