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Bulwark Takes
Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team. This is the home to ad-free video shorts, Bulwark+ member-only livestreams, and live event archives. The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither do we.
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Episodes
Bulwark TakesRepublicans Are Panicking Over the Kansas Senate Race
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: This is exactly why we want Bulwark reporters out in the field…
Bulwark TakesHegseth’s Grand Plan for the Military Raises Major Red Flags
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker discuss the U.S. decision to pull…
Bulwark TakesTim Miller Has a Blunt Message for People Who’ve Given Up
A quick note: We thought Tim’s message was too important to put behind a paywall, so we’re making it free for everyone. If it speaks to you, please send it to…
Bulwark TakesEx-CIA Officer Reacts to Insane Spy Scandal Rocking the Intelligence World
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Reporter Michael Weiss and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos break down a…
Bulwark TakesMorning Shots Live: Lindsey Graham’s Sister Was Supposed to be a Lock. Now the GOP Is Scrambling
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Bill Kristol discuss Donald Trump’s increasingly frantic…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Corporate Enablers Should Be VERY Worried About 2027
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on the Democrats who are already arguing against…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s $500 Checks Come With a Nasty Catch
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Jonathan Cohn give their takes on Donald Trump’s latest…
Bulwark TakesLEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton Says D.C. Is Running His Campaign | MAGA Mondays
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 Kash Patel’s engagement, Benny…
Bulwark TakesJack Smith Reveals the Words That Could Have Buried Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan lays out the case against Donald Trump that Jack Smith never got…
Bulwark TakesAndrew Egger Saw an Older, Slower Trump on the Rally Stage | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger joins Bill Kristol after an extraordinary 24 hours in Ohio…
Bulwark TakesKen Paxton Gets a Painfully Awkward “Endorsement” From Estranged Wife
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A bombshell New York Times/Siena poll shows Democrats running surprisingly…
Bulwark TakesTrump Picked a Fight With His Own Ally at the Dumbest Possible Time
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump posted Tom Cotton’s private phone number because the Arkansas…
Bulwark TakesSarah Longwell AMA
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell went live with her cohost Ben Parker for an AMA about her new…
Bulwark TakesThe Daily Wire is Making the Most MAGA Movie Imaginable
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the leaked script for the Daily Wire’s…
Bulwark TakesTrump Crashes Out: You Haven't Asked "One F**king Positive Question"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger break down Donald Trump’s bizarre new…
Bulwark TakesElissa Slotkin Spots a Big Warning Sign for Trump’s GOP | Command Post
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joins Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker…
Bulwark TakesA Suspected Terror Plot Just Took a Much More Alarming Turn
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos and national security reporter Michael…
Bulwark TakesPete Hegseth's Speech Was a Hyper-Macho Freak Show
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com If sitting through 16 minutes of Hegseth talking about “fatties,”…
Bulwark TakesPaxton’s Leaked Trump Comments Are a SPECTACULAR Own Goal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ken Paxton is caught on tape blaming Donald Trump for hurting his Senate…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: Hegseth Takes an Axe to Generals, Admirals and Military Education
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 Pete…
Bulwark TakesGOP Senator’s Jack Smith Ambush Ends in Spectacular Humiliation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Andrew Egger give their takes on Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt’s…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Jack Smith Comes Out Swinging in Hearing | Morning Shots
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol give their takes on Jack Smith’s testimony…
Bulwark TakesThis Kash Patel Photo Raises Some VERY Awkward Questions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Michael Weiss and Marc Polymeropoulos are back to give their takes on the…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Mondays: Trump Admin Party Video Sparks MAGA Backlash
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the latest drama on the online right…
Bulwark TakesTrump Said It Out Loud. His Cabinet Says It Never Happened.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump says he’s banning news organizations over negative coverage. Then his…
Bulwark TakesJust How Crazy is the White House Right Now? (w/ Sarah Matthews) | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump’s White House is racking up losses, picking fights with the press, and…
Bulwark TakesSomething Very Strange Is Going On With Kimberly Guilfoyle in Europe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Will Sommer take on Trump’s escalating war on the White…
Bulwark TakesInside the Strange CIA Briefing That Sent Europe Into a Panic
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Marc Polymeropoulos and Michael Weiss examine the growing Russian threat in…
Bulwark TakesOssoff is Utterly CRUSHING His Opponent. There's Just One Catch...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jon Ossoff is running so far ahead in Georgia that his strength is starting to…
Bulwark TakesPanicked Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite Their Iran Record
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on the Republican candidates who are suddenly…
Bulwark TakesThe Bulwark’s Cruelest Assignment Yet: 6 Hours of Trump TV
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: Your Bulwark membership makes journalism like this possible—and…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s AI Push Could Boost His Own Investments (w/ Gov. Wes Moore)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger is joined by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore to give his take on…
Bulwark TakesEven This Former Trump Supporter HATES the War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller steps outside the bubble for a conversation with Brandon Weichert…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Ballroom May Be Illegal. So Why Can’t Anyone Stop It? (w/ Ben Wittes)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes take on the strange legal fight over Trump’s…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: Trump Admits To War Crimes During UN Speech
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 President Trump’s…
Bulwark TakesEven Putin Is Getting Sick of Witkoff and Kushner (w/ Rep. Jim Himes)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, joins Marc…
Bulwark TakesLIVE REACTION: Trump Delivers Speech To UN Amid War In Iran
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live to react to Trump’s address to the…
Bulwark TakesTrump Just Hit His Worst Approval Number EVER (w/ David Pakman)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and David Pakman take on Trump’s plummeting poll numbers, the White…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s War on the Press Just Backfired in the Funniest Possible Way
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The White House is trying to defend Donald Trump’s decision to ban major news…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Mondays: MAGA Turns on Itself in a Spectacular Weekend Meltdown
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sonny Bunch (filling in for Sam) take on Trump’s escalating…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s New Defense Of The Arch Is INCREDIBLY Stupid
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Saletan take a look at Donald Trump’s latest architectural…
Bulwark TakesThe World Is on Fire. Here’s What You Need to Know.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos give their takes on the…
Bulwark TakesTim Miller Goes Off on the GOP's Trainwreck NC Senate Candidate
Tim Miller is back with another installment in his continuing series on the Republican candidates running in key races across the country. This time it’s…
Bulwark TakesRobert Kagan’s Chilling Warning About Trump’s Next Two Years | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol talks with Robert Kagan about how Trump’s Iran war is…
Bulwark TakesTrump 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…
Bulwark TakesThe 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…
Bulwark TakesGeorge 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…
Bulwark TakesTrump’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…
Bulwark TakesBen 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…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: 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…
Bulwark TakesKash 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…
Bulwark TakesTrump’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…
Bulwark TakesCommand 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…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: 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…
Bulwark TakesEven 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…
Bulwark TakesMorning 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…
Bulwark TakesRepublicans’ “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…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: 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…
Bulwark TakesKennedy 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…
Bulwark TakesBOMBSHELL: 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…