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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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11:40

Abby Phillip: Governing by Troll

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2025/10/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comFrom the jump, the administration has been all about the memes, owning the libs, and pissing people off. But Abby says she wants Trump’s supporters to have a chance to share their points of view on her show—and be challenged in real time. Meanwhile, during the weirdest shutdown ever, Republicans are at risk on SNAP and Obamacare subsidies. And policing the Caribbean and the Pacific to commit summary executions is not

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6:39

How Democrats Plan to Fight Trump’s New Maps (w/...

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2025/10/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comHouse Democrats are fighting back in what’s shaping up to be a national redistricting war. Joe Perticone talks with Rep. Suzan DelBene, chair of the DCCC, about how Donald Trump pushed Texas to redraw its congressional map and how states like California, Virginia, Indiana, and New York are now responding.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives

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8:10

Tim & Bill on the Creepiest Trump Propaganda Yet

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2025/10/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller and Bill Kristol take on the Trump administration’s bizarre new Department of Labor ad campaign — a “white nationalist” throwback full of 1950s imagery — and Tucker Carlson’s disturbing interview with Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust-denying/Stalin-admiring streamer.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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17:47

Demolition Donald

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2025/10/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJVL and Mona talk of Mar-A-White House, bad morals, and, sniff, the end of Just Between Us.

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32:10

Rounders Bombed—Then Became a Absolute Classic!

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2025/10/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah, JVL and Sonny take on Rounders—the ’90s cult poker movie that turned Matt Damon, Ed Norton, and John Malkovich into gambling legends. They debate whether Teddy KGB is secretly the hero, confess real-life Vegas stories, and unpack how online betting is turning America into a nation of addicts.Click for previous installments of Bulwark Movie ClubAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home

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9:05

Mark Kelly: 23 Million Americans Are About to Get...

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2025/10/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSen. Mark Kelly joins Sam Stein to warn that millions of Americans are about to get slammed with health-care hikes on November 1 — and predicts Trump will melt down once the outrage hits his own supporters. Kelly also talks about the administration’s secretive military strikes in the Caribbean and what Democrats need to fix before 2026.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos,

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80:46

Sam Stein and Francis Fukuyama: A Coming Deportation...

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2025/10/28

While the inhumane and aggressive tactics unfolding in Chicago are repelling many Americans, they are having the opposite effect among Trump’s top aides. The Kristi Noem clique wants more— much more— of the Border Patrol’s “Midway Blitz” around the country, and they’re busy purging local ICE leadership in a number of cities in an attempt to dramatically ramp up the pace of deportations. Meanwhile, Trump keeps talking like he’s all for regime change in Venezuela. Plus, how conspiracy and our phones

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6:05

Trump Has No Idea Where He Is

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2025/10/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJVL and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s unusual Japan visit—the wandering, the salutes, the confusion—and what it says about a president who no longer seems to know where he is, or what he’s doing.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

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6:34

Trump Turns the NBA Scandal Into a Delusional Rant

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2025/10/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller and JVL take on Donald Trump’s unhinged reaction to the NBA gambling scandal—and what it reveals about his plan to turn the Department of Justice into a weapon for revenge. 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

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8:33

Tim Miller Reviews Mamdani's Fox News Ad

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2025/10/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller takes on the contrast of Bernie, AOC, and Zoran Mamdani’s upbeat campaign messaging with Trump’s push to weaponize the DOJ over 2020 “fraud,” and explains why Mamdani’s economic focus matters for New Yorkers and could be inspiring for Democrats.Watch Chris Jansing Reports on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/chris-jansing-reportsAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos,

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9:36

Does Rob Sand Have What It Takes to Flip Iowa?

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2025/10/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comAndrew Egger is joined by Rob Sand to discuss his run for governor of Iowa, Iowa’s economic struggles, and his effort to unite Democrats and disillusioned Trump voters through accountability over partisanship.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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19:54

Trump Picked the Least Qualified Person He Could Find

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2025/10/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comGeorge Conway explains to Sarah another week of legal chaos, with prosecutor Lindsey Halligan’s bizarre texts, the illegal U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean, Trump’s $230 million claim against his own government, and the ACLU defending a man arrested for playing the Darth Vader theme. show notes:Tim’s conversation with Anna BowerWatch, listen and leave a comment. Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side

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10:20

Bill Kristol: Diaper Tantrum

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2025/10/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTrump was so embarrassed by Canada using Reagan’s warnings about tariffs that he had a little hissy fit and decided to punish Americans for buying Canadian goods. And by the way, stuffed shirt Scott Bessent: Real American soybean farmers are being hurt by tariffs while you bail out Argentina and pretend that your dainty hands are tilling the soil on the farmland you bought as an investment. Meanwhile, the White House

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16:53

We're Unraveling at Light Speed (w/ Edward Luce)

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2025/10/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comMona Charen and Financial Times columnist Ed Luce discuss how Trump’s second term has gone from chaos to control — from a fake war in Venezuela to a culture of fear in Washington. They talk about the money, the mobs, the East Wing demolition, and how power in America is now moving at “the speed of light.”

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8:00

GOP Senators Call Out Trump on the Shutdown

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2025/10/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Will Saletan take on the Republicans break amid Trump’s shutdown on Sunday shows as they call out his lack of participation in helping re-open the government, and Scott Bessent fumbles through defending the shutdown and condemning Canada for Ronald Reagan ad.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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31:51

Jackasses With Jackhammers

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2025/10/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comEric and Eliot discuss appeasement and the striking similarities between Putin’s recent demands and Hitler’s insistence that the Czechs surrender the heavily fortified Sudetenland. They then turn to the latest idiocy coming from the administration, including Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, the Pentagon’s new exclusively right-wing press corps, and the live-fire Marine exercise that sent ordnance onto I-5 in

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18:58

Bulwark on Sunday: The End of The Republic?

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2025/10/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comBill Kristol and Michael Wood take on the fears we could be at the end of the republic as we know it.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.

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11:39

The Little State That Could Save Democracy ( with...

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2025/10/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comHarvard law professor and democracy reformer Larry Lessig is taking on the big money machine. In Maine, he’s helping defend a ballot initiative that bans super PACs, backed by a stunning 75% of voters. If he wins, this case could crack Citizens United wide open and bring campaign finance reform to the entire country. This might just be the moment to end dark money’s grip on American politics.Watch, listen and leave a

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9:42

Trump’s Poop PROPAGANDA and The Gen Z Gooning Dilemma...

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2025/10/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comHarry Sisson returns to FYPod after Donald Trump’s AI video literally pooping on him went viral. Tim Miller and Cameron Kasky break down the madness: free speech, MAGA fragility, and “slop” culture. They also explore the world of gooning, a type of specifically-online porn addiction that is afflicting Gen Z.Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Follow FYPod on TikTok @thefypodFYPod is available wherever you get your

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7:42

New Jersey: The 'No Narc' State (with Jonathan V. Last)

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2025/10/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comThe New Jersey governor’s race is a little too close for comfort, after New Jersey had one of the largest swings toward Donald Trump of any state in the country, and the Democratic candidate, Mikie Sherrill is on track for a sub-optimal performance on Election Day against a sometimes-MAGA Republican, Jack Ciattarelli. Sarah doesn’t let JVL on The Focus Group very often, but made an exception because he’s one of The

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