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 transcribedTim Miller takes on AOC and Ruben Gallego’s takedowns of MAGA’s macho posturing, explaining why ridicule can hit harder than outrage.
Sarah, JVL and Sonny Bunch take on A Few Good Men — Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom classic about loyalty, law, and the dangerous allure of obedience. They d...
Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s ‘Meet the Press’ appearance where he repeatedly lied about the shutdown being over undocumented immi...
Bill Kristol is joined by law professor Ryan Goodman to discuss the Trump Administration’s expanding use of “national security” at home and abroad, NS...
Tim Miller invades Barstool HQ for a real talk with KFC about Trump, politics, and “free speech.”
Leaked Signal messages from Trump officials show them casually discussing deploying the 82nd Airborne into Portland—and JD Vance pushing prosecutions...
Sam Stein and Will Sommer take on the treasury announcement that Donald Trump is planning to be on the $1 coin in 2026 to commemorate the 250th annive...
Tim Miller joins Michael Steele, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Alicia Menendez to discuss the military crackdown and national guard going into new citie...
JVL and Andrew Egger argue that Democrats are bungling the shutdown fight by focusing on healthcare policy instead of wielding raw political power. Fr...
Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: Whitehouse to discuss the chaos around the Epstein files as Howard Lutnick contradicts Kash Pate...
On day two of Donald Trump’s shutdown, Jonathan V. Last and Andrew Egger dig into the White House’s real strategy: using the crisis to punish blue sta...
Andrew Egger and Will Sommer talk about the latest "foot in mouth" moment from Howard Lutnick: going against the Trump story on Epstein and revealing...
The Bulwark crew took the stage in Toronto for a SECOND sold-out live show! This is special preview version of the full show, which is available exclu...
Sam Stein and JVL take on Judge Young’s scathing opinion against Trump officials who tried to deport pro-Palestinian students for their speech. Ticke...
Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney take on the latest government shutdown, why Democrats dug in over health care subsidies, and how Republicans are playing...
Republicans are pushing a false talking point during the government shutdown: that Democrats want to fund “free healthcare for illegal immigrants.” Jo...
Sarah Longwell and JVL take on Trump’s harsh deportation push—from newlyweds caught in a green card sting to families torn apart by surprise raids. Th...
Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel — and viewers responded by canceling Disney+ and Hulu in droves. Sonny Bunch and Julia Alexander take on what the data s...
The Bulwark Movie Club watches "All the President’s Men"—the film that turned Watergate into America’s founding journalistic myth. JVL, Jonathan Cohn,...
JVL and Bill react to President Trump and Sec. Pete Hegseth’s speeches to the American generals that gathered today (9/30) at Quantico.
