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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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14:24

Measles Outbreaks Loom as Florida Scraps Vaccine...

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2025/09/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comFlorida could become the first state to scrap vaccine mandates, and experts warn the fallout would be calamitous. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn examine the health risks and the politics driving this crisis.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

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67:02

GOP’s Epstein Freakout! Mace in Tears! MTG Joins the...

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2025/09/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah, JVL and Tim are back! Trump disappears for a weekend and sets off health rumors, Epstein victims speak out on Capitol Hill, and Congress releases “new” files that turn out to be mostly recycled documents. Meanwhile, Trump tries to change the subject with National Guard deployments, a tariff scheme runs into the courts, and GOP leaders flirt with blood-and-soil politics.Watch, listen, and leave a comment. This

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11:44

Epstein Victims Hold Presser; Trump Shrugs It Off as...

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2025/09/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Joe Perticone talk the battle over releasing the Epstein files, as survivors demand full disclosure and a bipartisan push seeks a vote. Marjorie Taylor Greene turns the Trump Administration's words against them, the Republicans try to stall through the Oversight Committee, and Trump continues to call it a hoax.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos,

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41:02

Lina Khan: The Impunity of the Elites

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2025/09/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comThe economic populists at the Nat Con conference may be talking a lot about elites screwing over the little guy, but the Trump administration itself has been catastrophic for working people—its policies are all about doing special favors for elite interests. And while many loud voices in Silicon Valley cursed the Biden administration for blocking some deals, other start-ups appreciated the efforts to try to level the

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12:59

Trump’s Deadline for Putin Was a Joke (w. Caolan...

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2025/09/03

Tim Miller is joined by Caolan Robertson to give us an update from Ukraine. Putin just blew past Trump’s “50-day deadline” and nothing changed. While Russia escalates strikes on EU and NATO-linked targets, Ukrainian kids are starting the school year in bunkers under drone fire. In Moscow, classrooms hand out rifles instead of flowers. On the frontlines, Ukraine is fighting back by targeting Russian oil refineries starving Putin’s war machine of cash. Caolan Roberston YouTubeAs always: Watch, listen,

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12:29

Holy Smokes! This Is How You Do an Ad.

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2025/09/03

Tim Miller throws a lot of praise to Paige Gebhardt Cognetti on her new campaign ad, throwing some serious punches to Rob Bresnahan.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, here.Honest news. Smart analysis. Good faith. The Bulwark is reader-supported. To

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11:05

BREAKING: White House Using Threats to Bury Epstein...

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2025/09/03

Tim Miller and Joe Perticone break down new twists in the Epstein files cover-up. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) are leading a bipartisan push to force a vote to release the Epstein files, but the White House is allegedly pressuring Republicans to block it, calling support for transparency a “hostile act.” With accusers set to appear at a press conference, this episode exposes the political chess match behind one of America’s darkest scandals.As always: Watch, listen, and leave

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33:16

We Want Them to Touch the Hot Stove

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2025/09/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comAndrew Egger talks with Mona about the latest court rulings and the wreckage of HHS.Just Between Us is a podcast exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featuring Mona Charen and her Bulwark colleagues unburdening themselves each Tuesday evening. To listen to this episode become a Bulwark+ member today.

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51:22

Stuart Stevens: Say They're Not Patriots

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2025/09/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comDemocrats need to learn to fight like Republicans. So when senators with serious foreign policy chops vote to confirm a middling weekend talk show host as secretary of defense, Dems need to call them out for being unpatriotic. And when they allow an ex-junkie to sabotage vaccines that have saved millions of American lives, say they're destroying the legacy of what the Greatest Generation built. The party of Putin-philes

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17:27

Tim & Sam Try To Make Sense of Bizarre Trump Interview

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2025/09/02

Tim Miller and Sam Stein take on another weird interview with Donald Trump. From talk of “stage nine cancer”, to a Rose Garden portrait tour, to ending with a rant about AI robots and “so much electric,” the Daily Caller interview is deeply strange. 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+

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48:19

Disney's Economic Inequality

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2025/09/02

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Alyssa, and Peter discuss the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots at Disney World, as chronicled in this New York Times piece. Then they review Caught Stealing, the new Darren Aronofsky film that’s being marketed like a Guy Ritchie caper but is something else entirely. Some spoilers over the last 15 minutes or so of this pod, so just keep an ear out if you’re worried about that sort of thing. Swing by the Bulwark on Thursday for a bonus episode on High and

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10:36

Tim Miller: GOP Lawmakers Deserve to be Torched at...

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2025/09/02

Tim Miller joined Stephanie Ruhle to take on the anger at GOP town halls, Joni Ernst’s exit from the Senate race, and why Republicans still cling to Trump despite his sinking approval. He also warns about a possible “Stop the Steal 2.0” after the next election. Watch MSNBC's Deadline: White House - https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-houseAs 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

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67:58

What "The Death of Stalin" Says About Trump’s GOP

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2025/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah, JVL and Sonny take on Armando Iannucci’s 2017 movie, The Death of Stalin—a brutal, hilarious satire about paranoia, sycophancy, and the scramble for power in the aftermath of a dictator’s death.What movies should we cover next? Leave your suggestions in the comments. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+

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39:21

Jonathan V. Last: Burning Things Down

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2025/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comRed States are flexing their muscles and imposing their will on the other states through their coordinated redistricting efforts. And if they deploy their Guard troops to other blue cities beyond D.C., the only real precedent would be the era before the Civil War when the South tried to force more slave states on the union. Meanwhile, the infighting at the CDC over the Covid vaccine seems to be upsetting Trump, but what

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56:33

Can Democrats Stop Bleeding Voters?

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2025/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comThird Way's Matt Bennett and Sarah Longwell join Mona to talk about tanking Democratic voter registration numbers, words you should never say, the working class, the donors, and more.REFERENCES: Was It Something I Said? A memo to All Who Wish to Stop Donald Trump and MAGA from Third Way.The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays

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28:53

Wes Moore: “I Will Bow Down to No One!”

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2025/08/31

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comMaryland Governor Wes Moore joins John Avlon to talk about leadership, service, and solutions. From cutting Baltimore’s homicide rate by 40%, to pioneering a statewide service year for young people, to rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge in record time, Moore lays out how states can lead where Washington fails. He also opens up about clashes with Donald Trump, the challenges of navigating federal politics, and what

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13:27

Trump Disappears for Days, Returns With Deranged...

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2025/08/31

Tim Miller takes on the swirl of Trump health rumors and the bizarre Truth Social post about the Rose Garden patio. After days out of sight, Trump reemerged looking frail—and obsessing over limestone instead of policy. What does it say about his stamina, his priorities, and whether he’s even fit for the job? 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

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59:01

Lizard People Stole His Mayoral Election?! (w/ JREG)

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2025/08/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comCameron Kasky and Tim Miller sit down with Canadian satirist JREG (Greg Guevera), the master of “post-irony” and anti-centrism whose surreal comedy has captivated Gen Z. From his clown mayoral campaign (stolen by “lizard people”) to his bizarrely brilliant “political balls,” Jreg explains how satire blurs into sincerity in today’s politics. Go check out his channel hereFollow FYPod on TikTok @thefypodFYPod is available

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21:14

The One Trait That Predicts Trump Support (w/ Matthew...

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2025/08/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein is joined by Matthew MacWilliams to discuss his foreshadowing 2016 article in Politico Magazine linking support for Donald Trump to authoritarian tendencies. They discuss how fear activates authoritarian dispositions, the role of social media in amplifying Trump’s message, the dangers of America’s current drift toward authoritarianism, and if there’s anything that can be done to stop it. Read Matthew

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50:41

Tom Nichols: America's Problem Child

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2025/08/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTrump is like a dysfunctional 8-year-old whose parents are always in the principal's office arguing that their son is a good boy. The media, CEOs, and Wall Street keep giving him a pass for his behavior while his supporters and apologists explain why he just had to set the school on fire. At the same time, he's empowering ideologues behind the scenes wh…

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