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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 BulwarkTrump Says He’s Banning the ‘Free Press’ From His White House
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, and…
The BulwarkThe Pentagon Lost Track of Sensitive F-35 Stealth Technology | Command Post
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the latest…
The BulwarkFocus Groups Are Revealing a HUGE Weakness for Republicans
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Recorded on Monday, Sept. 14 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Sarah…
The BulwarkAlex Wagner NUKES Alito’s Defense of the Trump Election Power Grab
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL is joined by Alex Wagner to trace how four conservative power brokers…
The BulwarkGeorge Conway Goes Live From the Kennedy Center Protest
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join George Conway, Andrew Egger and Catherine Rampell as they cover the…
The BulwarkTrump’s Kennedy Center Fight Is Barreling Toward a Constitutional Showdown (w/ Nathaniel Zelinsky)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol talks with Nathaniel Zelinsky, the lead counsel challenging…
The BulwarkAnne Applebaum: Putin Played Jared Kushner “Like a Fiddle”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com In Greenland, the Trump administration has got tech bros and hedge fund guys…
The BulwarkWe’re Living in an Insane Asylum
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah and JVL are together again and JVL is raging. * The president of the…
The BulwarkBreaking Down ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ With Its Co-writer
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by the one and only Chris McKenna who, alongside writing partner Erik Sommers, co-wrote the highest-grossing film of all…
The BulwarkBen Shapiro’s Grotesque Anti-Muslim Movie
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes to The Daily Wire’s bizarre new…
The BulwarkWright Thompson and Jesse Lehrich: Hopium and Hate
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Republicans are reeling, the vibes are shifting, and the wave is building…
The BulwarkBREAKING: Trump Threatens Kennedy Center Demolition If His Name Isn’t On It
Trump is threatening the future of the Kennedy Center if he doesn’t get the recognition he wants. Andrew Egger and George Conway give their takes on Trump’s…
The BulwarkKash Patel’s Eyebrow Has Gone Rogue | The Trio
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: Bulwark+ members make shows like the Trio possible, including…
The BulwarkTrump’s Gas Price Problem Is About to Get Much, Much Worse (w/ GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Gas prices are surging and this time, the outlook is getting even uglier. Tim…
The BulwarkCatherine Rampell and Stephen Witt: Can We Avert Economic Disaster and the Robot Apocalypse?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Fed raised interest rates to curb inflation, as expected, but mortgage…
The BulwarkBulwark Book Club: ‘The Odyssey’—Did the movie live up to the hype? (w/ Mona Charen & Sonny Bunch)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen is joined by Sonny Bunch to talk about The Odyssey for the…
The BulwarkCommand Post: Iran Is Doing More Damage to the U.S. Military Than We Knew
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 the rapidly…
The BulwarkBREAKING: JD Vance Privately Advised Hillary Clinton's Campaign in 2016
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein is joined by Chris Whipple, who wrote in Vanity Fair about the…
The BulwarkThomas Massie Has a Nasty Surprise for Pete Hegseth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL's on the west coast for Sarah's book event, and he, Tim, and Andrew Egger…
The BulwarkEven George Conway Wasn’t Ready for Kash Patel’s Senate Hearing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump is raging at the Supreme Court after his own appointees helped block his…
The BulwarkJonathan Swan: We Only Know 5%
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The co-author of the signature book inside Trump 2.0 says the media only knows…
The BulwarkMorning Shots: New Poll Shows Major Democratic Lead Ahead of Midterms
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol and guest host Ben Parker break down the latest New York…
The BulwarkRepublicans’ “Anti-Communist” Obsession Backfires Spectacularly
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Republicans spent their midterm convention warning that communists are coming…
The BulwarkBREAKING: Supreme Court REJECTS Trump's Mail-In Ballot Restrictions
Sam Stein and Andrew Egger cover the breaking news that the Supreme Court has blocked Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots. This is a public episode. If…
The BulwarkKennedy Center’s Bizarre Documents Are Pure Trumpian Madness
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger take on the pure Trumpian madness engulfing…
The BulwarkBill Kristol: It Always Comes Back to Trump/Russia
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A Putin bestie who's involved with the kidnapping of Ukrainian children…
The BulwarkBOMBSHELL: Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Don Jr.’s Wedding
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Marc Polymeropoulos and Michael Weiss give their takes on the ProPublica…
The BulwarkMAGA Mondays: Trump’s Handpicked Prosecutor QUITS After Just Five Months
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer dig into the bombshell ProPublica report that a…
The BulwarkWatch Mike Johnson Squirm Over Trump’s $5,000 Bribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s defense of Republican…
The BulwarkThis 6-Second Debate Clip Could Haunt GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on two political moments from the weekend that caught his…
The BulwarkAmerica’s Most Powerful People Are Caving to Trump (w/ Richard North Patterson) | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol and Richard North Patterson trace how America went from a…
The BulwarkTrump Used to Fantasize About Killing Suspects. Now He’s Doing It.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona talks with Adam Isacson and John Walsh of the Washington Office on Latin…
The BulwarkGOP Senator Had His Patients ARRESTED Over Medical Bills
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes a closer look at Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, whose record as…
The BulwarkThe RNC Convention Was Basically a Trump Cult Meeting
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Sonny Bunch unpack Sonny’s experience covering the Republican…
The BulwarkSomething's Happening in Texas (with Chris Hooks)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Against all odds, Democrats still have a chance in the Texas Senate race. So…
The BulwarkCommand Post: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Pipeline Hit With Multiple Attacks
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the latest escalation…
The BulwarkMehdi Hasan: 9/11's Fallout 25 Years Later
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Rudy Giuliani and others who purport to represent the families of 9/11 victims…
The BulwarkIt’s Getting Worse
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol sat in for Sarah today and JVL wore a little treat for everyone…
The BulwarkReceipts Live: Diesel Prices Soar to $6 a Gallon, Inflation Outpaces Wages
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL break down the latest inflation numbers and why the…
The BulwarkStephen Miller’s Wife Has Some Explaining to Do
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Andrew Egger dig into Katie Miller’s previously undisclosed…
The BulwarkTim Miller and Co: Live Coverage of Vance's Midterm Convention Speech
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join Tim Miller, Sonny Bunch, Lauren Egan and Andrew Egger as they cover JD…
The BulwarkSarah Longwell and Pedro Gonzalez: Meet the Young MAGA Edgelords—and the One Who Got Away
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com As Sarah explains in her new book, Trump has been so successful teaching a new…
The BulwarkTrump Wants to Take the Guardrails Off AI. What Could Go Wrong?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger take on the increasingly hard-to-dismiss…
The BulwarkMAGA Thursdays: Laura Loomer Is Picking Fights at Trump’s MAGA Convention
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sam Stein went live for a special Thursday edition of MAGA…
The BulwarkSarah Longwell's Message for Everyone Who Thinks We’re Doomed (w/ Andrew Weissmann)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Weissmann turns the tables on Sarah Longwell for a conversation about…
The BulwarkLive Coverage of Trump's Midterm Convention Speech
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com This is a long one, folks! If you’re not strong enough to endure Trump’s…
The BulwarkSteve Witkoff’s Groveling to Putin Was Painful to Watch (w/ Michael Weiss)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Michael Weiss take on Steve Witkoff’s groveling meeting with…
The BulwarkJessica Tarlov: POTUS Needs Some Moral Support
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com With Republicans in tight races stripping Trump’s name off their campaign…
The BulwarkCommand Post: More Iran Attacks, Oil Problems Worsen, Tanker-for-Tanker Strategy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) look back at 9/11, Trump’s…
The BulwarkTrump’s Big Midterm Convention Is Already Looking Like a Flop
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer preview Trump’s strangely low-energy midterm…
The BulwarkTrump’s Imaginary Presidency Is Going Just Great
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss Trump's Labor Day Weekend with his favorite…
The BulwarkAdam Jentleson and Pablo Torre: This Country Is Being Scammed
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com From politics to sports, business, and tech, the rich are breaking the rules…
The BulwarkMorning Shots Live: Trump Spent the Weekend Posting Truly Unhinged Stuff
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol discuss Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic…
The BulwarkBill Kristol: Trump Is Turning a Bad Midterm Into a Republican Catastrophe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com With just under two months until Election Day, Tim and Bill revisit the run-up…
The BulwarkKash Patel’s Embarrassing Video Botches the Name of the FBI
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: Joe’s reporting from Capitol Hill adds something you won’t get…
The BulwarkReporter Spends 90 Minutes With Trump. It Gets WEIRD. (w/ Ben Terris)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller sits down with New York Magazine’s Ben Terris to discuss his…
The BulwarkSarah Longwell: Trump’s Failures Give Democrats a Once-in-a-Generation Opening | Bulwark on Sunday
Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell discuss Longwell’s new book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time, tracing the origins of The Bulwark and their efforts…
The BulwarkTrump Is Wrecking His Own Agenda—and for What?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen is joined by Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker for a…
The BulwarkFox News FIRES Maria Bartiromo After She Secretly Helped Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Sam Stein take on Fox firing Maria Bartiromo after she…
The BulwarkThe GOP is MIA in North Carolina (with Chris Cooper)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com North Carolina has been a difficult nut for Democrats to crack for nearly two…