The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, including Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol, and more.
1077 episodes transcribedJack Cocchiarella takes on the aftermath of Donald Trump's international trip amid the government shutdown and SNAP benefits halting, returning with n...
Sam Stein takes on the jarring contrast between Trump’s over-the-top Mar-a-Lago Halloween party and a violent ICE arrest in Chicago—two scenes that ca...
Bill Kristol talks with legal scholar Ryan Goodman about how the Trump administration has rejected all congressional oversight over planned military s...
Tim Miller takes on how Fox News ran with a totally fake story—racist AI videos pretending to be real “Black women”—and then quietly changed the headl...
Tim Miller and Sam Stein recap the week’s news, from Trump’s remodeling of the Lincoln Bathroom, an extremely troubling DOJ decision, Tim’s annual rag...
Arthur Delaney joins Sam Stein to break down what changed, why it matters, and what happens to 22 million households who rely on SNAP every month. In...
Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s Deadline: White House to break down the Trump administration’s shocking decision to block emergency SNAP funds — a move that...
JVL and Andrew Egger discuss Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller and “MAGA mom” podcaster, after her tense on-air exchange with Cenk Uygur on Piers M...
Tucker Carlson’s gone full mask-off, giving airtime to white nationalist Nick Fuentes while the Heritage Foundation rushes to defend him. Sam Stein an...
Bill Kristol and General Mark Hertling discuss the wave of senior military officers forced out under Trump, the redeployment of forces toward Venezuel...
This one’s for Tim Miller, and he’s on fire. Jeff Landry getting involved with LSU football, sucking up to Trump and so much more! Enjoy this good old...
Sam Stein talks with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi about ICE agents going rogue in Illinois, racism stoked by far-right lawmakers, and how Trump’s s...
Nancy Mace used to wave the pride flag and support gay marriage, and now she’s tweeting “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” Tim Miller breaks down how...
House 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 D...
Tim Miller and Bill Kristol take on the Trump administration’s bizarre new Department of Labor ad campaign — a “white nationalist” throwback full of 1...
Sarah, JVL and Sonny take on Rounders—the ’90s cult poker movie that turned Matt Damon, Ed Norton, and John Malkovich into gambling legends. They deba...
Sen. 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 wi...
JVL and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s bizarre Japan visit — the wandering, the salutes, the confusion — and what it says about a president who no longe...
Tim 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 J...
Tim 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...
