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The Bulwark
The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell 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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The BulwarkEvery MAGA Grifter in America is Lined Up for a Piece of Trump’s Slush Fund
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Will Sommer take on the chaos erupting inside the January 6th…
The BulwarkTrump’s Old and Shrinking Republican Party | Morning Shots LIVE
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live to discuss the terms of Trump’s $1.776…
The BulwarkA Congressman Called His Penis a Pine Cone. We Have Questions.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Tim Miller, and Will Sommer are finally doing it live—and before…
The BulwarkSeriously, Show This to Your Fox-Watching MAGA Friends
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on Trump's last-minute decision to stand down from a planned…
The BulwarkYes, Trump’s Disgraceful IRS Settlement is Real
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Joe Perticone give their takes on Trump’s shocking new $1.776…
The BulwarkBill Kristol: Voters Are Realizing Trump Doesn’t Care About Them
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sadly, it’s taken some time, but voters seem to be figuring out that Trump…
The BulwarkTrump Stumbles in Bible Reading + Possible IRS Settlement NEWS! | MAGA Mondays LIVE
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer went live to cover Trump withdrawing his $10B…
The BulwarkWhat Would Jesus Do? Apparently, Build a Billion-Dollar Ballroom
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Cameron Kasky join together in New Orleans for a weekend…
The BulwarkEnding the War Will Require Force
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Eric and Eliot survey a wide range of jackassery, highlighting Trump’s bizarre…
The BulwarkCassidy’s Loss Sends a Warning to Trump-Critical Republicans
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Cassidy tried to survive Trump’s wrath after voting for his impeachment…
The BulwarkThe Real Reason Kamala Harris Lost (w/ Rob Flaherty)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Rob Flaherty, deputy campaign manager of Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential…
The BulwarkFrom Bunker Hill to Normandy, JD Vance Is Wrong About America (w/ Rep. Auchincloss)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Congressman Jake Auchincloss joins John Avlon to lay out a new “patriotic…
The BulwarkTrump Built a System That Pays People to Break the Law (w/ Ben Wittes)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell and Ben Wittes discuss the Supreme Court mifepristone fight and…
The BulwarkWhat Can 'A Man for All Seasons' Tell Us About Today?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A Man for All Seasons is one of cinema's great moral arguments—six Oscars, a…
The BulwarkTrump Blew Up the Economy—and Bragged About It
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan takes on Donald Trump’s own words on the Iran war, gas prices…
The BulwarkGreg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Georgia’s primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate have LOTS of things for…
The BulwarkRepublicans Are Running A Fake Democratic Campaign In Texas (w/ Johnny Garcia)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller is joined by Johnny Garcia, a Democrat running in Texas’s 35th…
The BulwarkTrump Goes to China, Gets Nothing, Comes Back to Iran Crisis
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller talked to Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW to give his take on Trump’s…
The BulwarkAndrew Weissmann: Is Trump Going To Raid Fort Knox Next?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com If the IRS goes ahead and gives in to Donald Trump's demands for a MAGA slush…
The BulwarkReceipts: Trump Planning Taxpayer-Funded $1.7 Billion Slush Fund for Political Allies
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL went LIVE to give their takes on Trump's reported…
The BulwarkTrump's $1.7b Friends and Family Fund
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Last night news broke that President Trump would drop his $10b lawsuit against…
The BulwarkThe Top Ten War Movies
Hey everyone, so: This posted in the Takes feed over the weekend. (You can watch the video on Substack here or YouTube here.) I Just wanted to make sure this…
The Bulwark"Make-a-Wish" Kash Patel Turned the FBI Into a Bachelor Party
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on reports that Kash Patel is snorkeling at Pearl Harbor…
The BulwarkRepublicans Just Handed Black Voter Organizers Their Best Message Ever (w/ Joshua Doss)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Joshua Doss joins Sam Stein to discuss why Black voters are abandoning the…
The BulwarkCatherine Rampell and Robert Garcia: China Is Starting to Eclipse the U.S.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Chinese have long envied America's power, influence, and market share. But…
The BulwarkTim Can’t Stop Laughing at Rand Paul’s Son’s Twitter Name
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and JVL are doing a bonus not-quite-TNL to take on…
The BulwarkRand Paul’s Son Berates GOP Congressman in Drunken Antisemitic Outburst
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 the report from NOTUS that…
The BulwarkKash Patel Gets Grilled on His Drinking Habits in Senate Hearing
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 the explosive Senate hearing…
The BulwarkTom Nichols: There’s Something Wrong with the President
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump’s recent insomnia-induced, Obama-obsessed posting spree showed a level…
The BulwarkTrump Pardoned Him. He Pulled a Gun on Someone at Church.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on the troubling pattern involving several January 6…
The BulwarkShould the Next Democrat Punish Red States? JVL Says... Maybe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL, Sarah Longwell, and Tim Miller discuss the Virginia redistricting ruling…
The BulwarkRep. Adam Smith: We Need An Investigation Into The U.S. Strike on The Iranian Girl’s School
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein is joined by Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed…
The BulwarkBREAKING: Trump's FDA Commissioner Resigns
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Cohn and Andrew Egger went live to cover the breaking news that FDA…
The BulwarkJames Comey: We Can't Trust the DOJ
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Because Donald Trump has so thoroughly hijacked the Department of Justice, the…
The BulwarkTrump Goes Insane Online As Inflation Spikes | Morning Shots Live
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live at 10am ET to discuss Trump's insane…
The BulwarkTrump Admits His Tariffs Are Raising Prices
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein joined Katy Tur on MS Now to break down the Trump administration’s…
The BulwarkBill Kristol: What a Bunch of Jackasses
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Instead of doing the job Americans have been paying Transportation Secretary…
The BulwarkMAGA Mondays: Pastor Insists Giant Gold Trump Statue Is NOT a “Golden Calf”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer went live to discuss the golden statue of Trump just…
The BulwarkTrump is Destroying Our Diplomatic Corps
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Eric and Eliot lament the firing of 200 Foreign Service officers and the…
The BulwarkThe Greatest War Movies Ever Made, According to a Retired General
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sonny Bunch and Lt. General Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the greatest war…
The BulwarkWe Have Six Months to Crush Trump. Here's the Playbook. | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com In a special pre-recorded edition of Bulwark on Sunday, Bill Kristol and Sarah…
The BulwarkSeth Moulton Torches the Democratic Establishment
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com John Avlon speaks with Rep. Seth Moulton about his insurgent Senate campaign…
The BulwarkTrump's Tariffs Trashed the Economy. Why Won't We Say That? (w/ Matt Bennett)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen spoke with Matt Bennett of Third Way for a diagnosis of where the…
The BulwarkTim Miller’s Rage Finally Boiled Over
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller reacts to the escalating fight over redistricting and voting rights…
The BulwarkLittle Marco’s Awkward Gift to Pope Leo (w/ Katie McGrady)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL is joined by SiriusXM's The Catholic Channel host Katie McGrady to break…
The BulwarkTim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com This week's show has a rare note of agreement with our MAGA focus group…
The BulwarkEven After Virginia, Democrats Aren’t Out of This Fight
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Sarah Longwell break down the shocking Virginia Supreme Court…
The BulwarkAdam Serwer: Now, This Is Rigged
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tennessee just completely disenfranchised its black voters after the Supreme…
The BulwarkThe Platner Variations
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah and JVL had a big show planned for you. Lots of different subjects…
The BulwarkCourts Keep Rejecting Trump’s Tariffs
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL discuss the week's economic and financial news. ON…
The BulwarkAsk JVL: What Can Americans Be Proud Of Today?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jasmine poses Triad readers’ questions to JVL: How close are we to organized…
The BulwarkSummer Movie Preview!
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Scott Mendelson of The Outside Scoop to preview the summer movie season and address some of the hottest questions in…
The BulwarkWhy is the CDC Silent About the Hantavirus Outbreak? (w/ Katelyn Jetelina)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Cohn is joined by epidemiologist and former CDC consultant Katelyn…
The BulwarkCould an 8-Year-Old Beat Up the President?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell and Catherine Rampell react to the absurd new YouGov poll…
The BulwarkBREAKING: U.S. and Iran Exchange Fire in Strait of Hormuz
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller breaks down the rapidly escalating confrontation between the U.S…
The BulwarkNew Graham Platner Ad Comes Out Swinging Against Collins
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Lauren Egan give their takes on the first ads from Maine Senate…
The BulwarkIsaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump's corruption is so astonishing, extensive, and overwhelming that most…
The BulwarkThese Trump Voters Are Turning on Him Over Iran and Gas Prices
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell takes on growing backlash from Trump’s own voters as rising gas…
The BulwarkJerome Powell is Fueled by Pure Righteous Anger—And We LOVE IT (w/ Andrew Weissmann)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss the Supreme Court’s voting rights…
The BulwarkTim Miller: Trump’s Treatment of Marco Rubio is Utterly Humiliating
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller joins Nicole Wallace on MSNBC with General Mark Hertling to discuss…