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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 TakesMAGA 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…
Bulwark TakesWatch 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…
Bulwark TakesThis 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…
Bulwark TakesAmerica’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…
Bulwark TakesGOP 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…
Bulwark TakesThe 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…
Bulwark TakesCommand 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…
Bulwark TakesReceipts 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…
Bulwark TakesStephen 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…
Bulwark TakesTim 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…
Bulwark TakesTrump 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…
Bulwark TakesMAGA 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…
Bulwark TakesLive 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…
Bulwark TakesSteve 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…
Bulwark TakesCommand 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…
Bulwark TakesTrump’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…
Bulwark TakesMorning 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…
Bulwark TakesKash 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…
Bulwark TakesReporter 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…
Bulwark TakesSarah 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…
Bulwark TakesFox 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…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump Says 18 Deaths Are “Small Potatoes” | Command Post
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mark Hertling and Ben Parker react live to Trump dismissing the mounting costs…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump Misreads Jobs Report, Threatens To Cut Off Trade | Receipts Live
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL break down Donald Trump’s latest economic claims—and…
Bulwark TakesTrump Is BEGGING Ken Paxton to Fix His Look
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump wants Ken Paxton in the Senate, but he really wishes Paxton would…
Bulwark TakesEven Fox News Won’t Hide the Truth About Trump’s Grotesque Oil Deal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan takes on Trump’s Venezuela oil deal, as the president openly…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Election Crackdown Has a Problem: Voters Are Fighting Back
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss why the Republican Party can see…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Pollster Thinks Texas, Ohio and Even KANSAS Could Turn Blue (w/ Rich Baris)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com MAGA pollster Rich Baris joins Tim Miller to explain why Republicans may be…
Bulwark TakesEx-CIA Officer: Scott Bessent Just Gave Putin One Hell of a Talking Point (w/ Marc Polymeropoulos)
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…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: Hegseth’s Generals Gave Him a Dire Warning About the Iran War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The USS Abraham Lincoln finally returns to port after nearly 300 days at…
Bulwark TakesWhat We Did to This 20-Year-Old Is Unforgivable
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A 20-year-old Haitian college student, Pierre Damas Bel, came to America to…
Bulwark TakesThis Story Has Democratic Insiders Going NUTS
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 behind-the-scenes scramble…
Bulwark TakesMorning Shots Live: Army Secretary Resigns After Warning Trump About Hegseth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger has uncovered one of the strangest congressional candidate…
Bulwark TakesJD Vance’s Latest Speech Sends Tim Miller Over the Edge
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and a secret guest take on JD Vance’s disastrous trip to Michigan…
Bulwark TakesThe President Is Posting Fake Bombings and Threatening Allies
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump is posting AI-generated war footage, threatening Canada…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Mondays: MAGA Influencers Secretly Working for the Pentagon
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 the Pentagon’s secret army of…
Bulwark TakesTrump Wants the FCC to “Punish” Kristen Welker for Telling the Truth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Ben Parker unpack a brutal 24 hours for press freedom: Trump…
Bulwark TakesPoliticians Loved Data Centers. Now They’re Running Away From Them. (w/ Nathaniel Rich)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller talks with author and Tulane professor Nathaniel Rich about climate…
Bulwark TakesThe Trump Admin Found a Way to Make Mass Deportation Even Crueler
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol talks with Jim Swift, reporting from Springfield, Ohio on ICE's…
Bulwark TakesYou Won’t Believe What Marjorie Taylor Greene Did | The Trio
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Will Sommer give their takes on Milo Yiannopoulos…
Bulwark TakesTrump Said He’d Target Illegal Immigration. That Was a Lie. (w/ Doug Rand)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump’s immigration crackdown isn’t just targeting people who entered the…
Bulwark TakesKaroline Leavitt Is Getting Out. Why Would Anyone Want Her Job? (w/ George Conway)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House and George Conway has a few…
Bulwark TakesReceipts Live: Trump Has Absolutely No Idea How Trade with Canada Works
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Catherine Rampell give their takes on Trump’s escalating trade…
Bulwark TakesWhy Did Trump Pick This Loser to Run a Swing State?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Joe Perticone give their takes on Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania’s…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump Orders Lake Ontario Renamed to "Lake America"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Andrew Egger went live to cover Trump order to rename Lake…
Bulwark TakesTalarico’s Texas Surge Should Terrify Republicans
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller joins Katy Tur on MS NOW for his take on Trump’s growing disconnect…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Immigration Policy Is Sending People to Their Deaths
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on the intentional cruelty and escalating human cost…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: Pete Hegseth Is Hollowing Out the U.S. Military
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 Trump’s…
Bulwark TakesWall Street Legend Calls Out Scott Bessent
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Stanley Druckenmiller just delivered a brutal public rebuke of his former…
Bulwark TakesWhat Is Trump’s CIA Director Doing in Moscow?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s surprise trip to Moscow has raised major…
Bulwark TakesMorning Shots Live: Trump Is Coming for Lake Ontario
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live to cover Trump's dumbest idea yet…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: SCOTUS Lets Trump Move Ahead With Mail Voting Crackdown (w/ Richard Hasen & Steve Vladeck)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein is joined by UCLA School of Law's Richard Hasen and Georgetown…
Bulwark TakesRepublicans Don’t Want Trump Anywhere Near the Midterms
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Katy Tur hosts Sam Stein, Mona Charen, and others for a wide-ranging…
Bulwark TakesTim Miller Loses It Over MAGA’s Sick Attack on a Political Prisoner
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller breaks down the ugly smears fueling Michigan’s Senate race, why…
Bulwark TakesCanada’s Message to Trump: Kiss My Ass
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Catherine Rampell give their takes on the latest escalation…
Bulwark TakesRep. Jared Huffman: Pete Hegseth Is Preparing for a Religious War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Congressman Jared Huffman joins Joe Perticone for his take on the rise of…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Mondays: Trump Can’t Wave a Flag, MAGA Goes to War With the WNBA
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sam Stein went live to cover the IndyCar race in DC, the…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s War Has Left America Weaker (w/ Michael Wood) | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Michael Wood joins Bill Kristol to assess the failed Iran war, the damage to…
Bulwark TakesTim Miller Digs Into Andy Biggs’ Record—and Finds Something Disturbing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller runs through the disturbing record of Arizona gubernatorial…
Bulwark TakesThe Green Party Nominated a Guy Who Never Turned On His Camera
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Green Party is supposed to be a left-wing alternative to Democrats. So why…
Bulwark TakesReceipts Live: Markets Turn on Trump, Bessent Flails, and Stephen Moore Drools on Live TV
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL went live to cover Scott Bessent flailing as he…