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S2 Ep1013: Mallory McMorrow and Tracy Alloway: A Self-Inflicted Crisis
3 april 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
The market plunge is just pure Trump chaos, and perfectly matches his record as a businessman. From his numerous bankruptcies and many failures—including his airline, his casinos, his university, his water, and his steaks—he's been running one long con. And the supposedly smart people who should have known better put him back in power, somehow thinking he would never do something like destroy global trade. Meanwhile, in Michigan, where there have already been job losses directly caused by Trump's tariff war, State Senator Mallory McMorrow announced she's running for the U.S. Senate—saying she's had enough of the leadership and the bullshit in DC. Lees meer
Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway and Mallory McMorrow join Tim Miller.
show notesTracy's Bloomberg podcast, "Odd Lots"
Mallory McMorrow's Instagram
Mallory's new book, “HATE WON’T WIN: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than We Found It.”
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S2 Ep1012: Sam Stein: Elon Is Toxic
2 april 2025 · 55 min
Musk was so high on his own supply that he thought he and his money were magic—but Wisconsin voters turned out in droves to prove to him just how toxic his brand and DOGE are. Meanwhile, the Dem base is looking highly engaged as they keep showing up for special elections in numbers Republicans used to deliver in off-cycle races.
Plus, Cory Booker's epic filibuster, Mike Johnson gets owned by moms, and China will fill all the vacuums Trump is creating in science, foreign aid, and trade. Sam Stein joins Tim Miller. Lees meer -
S2 Ep1011: Susan Rice: This Is Bloody Serious
1 april 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
The administration admits it mistakenly sent a Maryland father with protected status to the Salvadoran penal colony—but at the same time, it says the federal courts have no jurisdiction over him because he is now in a foreign country. If some of us have no due process, that opens the door to none of us having due process. Meanwhile, Trump's administration seems hellbent on destroying the U.S.-led world order, Marco Rubio is acting very un-American, and we actually do have long-standing protocols for how a president's national security team should discuss a military strike. Plus, Mother Jones reporters show the absurdity of ICE's assertions about migrant gang membership. Lees meer
Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, along with Noah Lanard and Isabela Dias, join Tim Miller.
show notesAtlantic piece on the Maryland father sent to El Salvador
Tim's Bulwark Take on ICE's 'mistaken' deportation
Mother Jones on the shoddy tattoo evidence being used to disappear migrants
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S2 Ep1010: Bill Kristol: Stiffen Your Spines, Democrats
31 maart 2025 · 47 min
If Joe Rogan is the voice in the wilderness on the disappearing of migrants to El Salvador, then the Democratic leadership really needs to rethink its cautiousness. Meanwhile, the Bluffer-in-Chief is musing about a third term and Elon seems to be skirting the law in Wisconsin over an election he claims will determine the fate of civilization. Plus, the tariffs threats are rattling the markets, Trump's gullibility with Putin is coming through loud and clear, and why does JD hate Europe so much? Lees meer
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notesThe Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial on Boston Common
Official trailer for the film, Glory
Texas Democrat Veronica Escobar on the deportations to El Salvador
Elon in a cheesehead
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S2 Ep1009: Amanda Carpenter: Daddy? No, Manny Trump
28 maart 2025 · 59 min
Trump is siccing the thought police on the Smithsonian, he's got an FBI task force set up to protect Elon's car company, and he's turning random tattoos into gang insignia—unless they're on Pete Hegseth. Meanwhile, Greenlanders did not come to play, Elise Stefanik gets benched, the DOJ won't do its real job, and next week's elections are making Republicans nervous. Plus, courage is contagious—make them come after everybody. Amanda Carpenter joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod. Lees meer
Amanda Carpenter joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes"Hands Off" demonstrations on April 5
Protect Democracy's "If You Can Keep It" newsletter
Tim and JVL on JD and Usha Vance's Greenland trip
MTG lashing out at a British reporter
Tim's playlist
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S2 Ep1008: Jon Lovett: A Worst Case Scenario Comes Into View
27 maart 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Trump so far is not delivering on his promised spike in deportations, but he is creating a permission structure where we lock up people without due process in a foreign gulag—and where masked, plainclothes officers in unmarked cars can grab an international student off the street because of her speech. Meanwhile, a Rolex-wearing Kristi Noem is shooting videos in front of people we've turned into hostages, the mainstream media is struggling to respond to the moment, we can't count on judges siding with the Constitution, Republicans refuse to be honest, and far too much of the public is not paying attention. Lees meer
Jon Lovett joins Tim Miller.
show notesFDR's "Rendevous with Destiny" speech
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S2 Ep1008: Michael Weiss, Ben Smith, and Annie Karni: Radioactively Stupid
26 maart 2025 · 59 min
No matter how hard Republicans try to spin the sharing of top secret military attack plans on an insecure app, the colossal f***up of an administration that claimed it was rooting out incompetence is plain on its face. And while Jeffrey Goldberg told Tim Tuesday that he was mulling over releasing the Signal messages, he went ahead and did so after the administration accused him of lying and sneaking into the Signal group chat. Plus, Russia pretends to agree to a cease-fire, Breitbart kind of grows up, and a new book examines Capitol Hill's craziness—including Trump's control of the House GOP, Nancy Mace's delusions of grandeur, and Schumer's infinite faith in the Republican Party of old. Lees meer
Michael Weiss, Ben Smith, and Annie Karni join Tim Miller.
show notes
Annie's new book, "Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress"
Ben's pod, "Mixed Signals"
More on Tulsi's Vatican trip paid by a Belgian businessman with ties to the Kremlin
Ben's interview with Megyn Kelly at Semafor Events
Phillips O'Brien's Substack piece on the “Black Sea Ceasefire”
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S2 Ep1007: Jeffrey Goldberg and Peter Wehner: What's Going on with Our National Security?
25 maart 2025 · 59 min
Senior members of Trump's Cabinet got caught sharing attack plans—down to details of who they were planning to kill, and with what kind of weapons, while also wishing Godspeed to our soldiers—and now they'll say anything to get out of the jam they put themselves in. Also, JD Vance openly questioned the judgement of the president in front of those very senior Cabinet members. Meanwhile, vengeance has long been a defining feature of Trump, but the habits of his heart have also infected his supporters. And they've become a moral freak show cheering on deportations of families and starving Africans. Jeff Goldberg and Pete Wehner join Tim Miller. Lees meer
show notes
Jeff's original scoop on getting texted war plans (gifted)
Pete's piece on Trump's insatiable appetite for revenge
Trump's 1992 interview with Charlie Rose
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S2 Ep1006: Live from Phoenix
24 maart 2025 · 40 min
Bill Kristol joined Tim Saturday in Arizona to rip the atrocious behavior of our government—depriving even lawful Venezuelan migrants of due process, and shipping them off to a mega-prison in San Salvador where they may be being tortured. Any Democratic politician failing to speak out on this is wrong politically, morally, and ethically. Meanwhile, the DOJ is gearing up to charge Tesla vandals with domestic terrorism and Trump sent a Putin fanboy and very useful idiot, Steve Witkoff, to negotiate over Ukraine. Plus, AOC, Bernie, and Bill 2003 vs. Bill 2025. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller. Lees meer
show notes
Time magazine piece on the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador
Sam talking with Lindsay Toczylowski, who represents Andrys, the gay barber and Salvadoran prisoner
Photos of Andrys as a barber/makeup artist
Call your Democratic senator: 202-224-3121.
Immigrant Defenders Law Center
The immigrants' rights division of the ACLU
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S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones
21 maart 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Trump loves to complain about the deep state while Elon claims he's rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse with all his mass firings. But DOGE should be looking higher up the food chain to target the graft: for example, the South African immigrant whose car company would not have gotten off the ground without the taxpayer money he still collects. In contrast, government workers are mainly mission-driven and they're not in it for the money. Michael's new collection of essays takes a look at some of the characters who populate our federal workforce, including people performing small miracles without fame and glory. Plus, the risk of Trump politicizing economic data and his plan to destroy whatever trust people still have in the government. Lees meer
Michael Lewis—and Sarah Vowell, who profiled a record keeper at the National Archives for the new book—join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notesThe new book, "Who Is Government: The Untold Story of Public Service"
Tim's "Bulwark Takes" on some of the men taken taken to the El Salvador prison camp
Adrian's "Huddled Masses" newsletter on ICE deportations based on tattoos
George Conway emergency pod on the Paul Weiss law firm caving to Trump
Michael's book, "Losers: The Road to Everyplace but the White House"
Tim's playlist
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S2 Ep1004: Wes Moore: The System Doesn't Work for a Lot of People
20 maart 2025 · 49 min
Trump is a vessel for frustration over the status quo, but he is not a vehicle for a solution—since he has no idea about how to make things better for anyone besides himself. He's made clear that his personal interests come before the country's, and he's willing to trade away the superpowers that made America the globe's Dream Team. The Democrats need to seize the moment to argue for a smarter, more humane way to do efficiency. Plus, the Maryland governor shares his disgust over DOGE's disrespect of veterans and discusses his commitment to elevating boys and men. Lees meer
Gov. Wes Moore joins Tim Miller.
show notesRichard Reeves on Moore's commitment to help boys and men
New York magazine on David Shor's 2024 election data
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S2 Ep1003: Ben Wittes: Putin Makes A Fool of Trump, Again
19 maart 2025 · 56 min
The Art of the Deal guy gave a master class on how to get worked over by Putin: First, wait around for an hour like an obedient puppy only to have your ceasefire proposal summarily rejected. Then, watch the Kremlin issue a statement that flatly contradicts your claims of what transpired during the phone call on Ukraine. Will there ever be a point when Putin embarrasses Trump so much that he has to defend his manhood? Plus, the possible interpretations of John Roberts's rebuke of Trump, and the administration's sacrifice of even more U.S. power—by silencing the Voice of America. Lees meer
Ben Wittes joins Tim Miller.
show notesBen's Lawfare piece on Trump destroying the Voice of America
Tim's and Sam's interview with Tim Mak on the Trump-Putin phone call
NYT story on the possibly deleted data on kidnapped Ukrainian children (gifted)
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S2 Ep1002: Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov: The Cheap Whore at the White House
18 maart 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
The fastest growing demographic class in America is billionaires—we've gone from 500 to 2,500 in the past 10 years. And they know the cheapest, easiest way to get richer: Give a million bucks to Mr. Pay-to-Play in the Oval Office. Meanwhile, maybe just maybe POTUS's confidant in Moscow deposited some cash in his Swiss bank account AKA TrumpCoin, and that's why he is working so hard to get Ukraine to surrender. Also, Dems really need to focus on one or two issues to counter Trump's flood the zone strategy: like the threat to Social Security or questioning why Elon is not applying DOGE to his own Tesla subsidies. Plus, young men are the most anxious, depressed, and obese generation in history and we've really got to help them. Lees meer
Jessie Tarlov and Scott Galloway join Tim Miller.
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S2 Ep1001: Bill Kristol: Give Back the Statue of Liberty
17 maart 2025 · 52 min
Trump is taking liberties with our country's role in the world as a land of hope and opportunity by summarily locking up and deporting law-abiding immigrants—including people with legitimate asylum claims, people here on proper visas, and people with minor errors in their paperwork. And it's all being done with intentional cruelty to convey the message: Don't even think of coming to Fortress America. Meanwhile, his tone-deaf billionaire treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is mocking Americans for wanting cheap TVs. Plus, Schumer postpones his book tour as Democrats look elsewhere for a fighter, and Trump throws a late-night tantrum about Biden's pardons. Lees meer
show notes:
White House sizzle reel of immigrants being sent to penal colony in El Salvador
Bill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' conversation with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick -
S2 Ep1000: David French: Trump Admits He's Violating the Constitution
14 maart 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Trump & company aren't even attempting to create a pretext for why they're punishing the free speech of political opponents. They are basically confessing in writing to violating the First Amendment. At the same time, the administration claims it's throwing a Hamas supporter out of the country in the name of fighting antisemitism—while giving jobs to the 'right kind' of antisemites. Plus, MAGA turns on Amy Coney Barrett, Trump sees Canada as 'our Ukraine,' and we're looking at a party that is governing like it will never give up power. Lees meer
David French joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes
David's column on Trump's attack on the First Amendment (gifted)
Post that David referenced that was retweeted by Jessica Riedl
Tim's playlist
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S2 Ep999: Sam Stein: How Do You Negotiate with Nihilists?
13 maart 2025 · 1 uur 9 min
Democrats are stuck with two terrible options: Either facilitating a government shutdown or allowing Republicans to pass a spending bill that would defund D.C.'s police and schools. Meanwhile, CEOs are getting rattled by Trump's tariff and trade-war chaos, a 'Hispanic Hibernation' is leading to job loss, and Marco Rubio is turning Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil into a martyr—as the campus free speech warriors go missing. Plus, California congressman Jimmy Gomez joins Tim to discuss how Dems need to finesse their 'relatable' skills, and man up against the billionaire establishment. Lees meer
Sam Stein and Rep. Jimmy Gomez joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Morning Shots on Puma cutting jobs because of a 'Hispanic Hibernation'
The Bulwark's tip line
Mona on the Mahmoud Khalil case
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Mark Hertling: Aiding and Abetting a War Criminal
12 maart 2025 · 51 min
Putin has been named a war criminal because of the Russian way of war in Ukraine—bombing Kyiv and other cities, attacking civilians and first aid workers, and destroying infrastructure. The administration's pause on aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine made the US complicit in those crimes. Meanwhile, Trump does not have any leverage to force Russia to comply with the proposed cease-fire. Plus, the escalating trade war with the EU harms our national security, our allies' hesitancy to share intelligence because of Tulsi, and the South African DOGE bro's laughably absurd attack on Mark Kelly. Lees meer
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Hertling's Bulwark piece on the damage of Trump's pause on aid and intel sharing with Ukraine
Hertling's Bulwark piece on a frozen conflict in Ukraine
Andrew's interview with Sen. Mark Kelly
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Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse
11 maart 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
To find out what's really going on in Trumpistan, the AP is out and random lifestyle Instagrammers and MAGA conspiracy posters are in. Meanwhile, hothead Dan Bongino couldn't join the FBI until he fulfills his commitments to his podcast advertisers, Seb Gorka—the new counterterrorism chief—is a prank caller, and RFK Jr. resurfaced to ordain beef tallow fries a healthy food choice. Plus, did Elon go to Trump with tears in his eyes, and ask, "Sir, will you buy one of my cars?" Lees meer
The Bulwark's new Senior Reporter Will Sommer joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Ben Dreyfuss tribute to Kevin Drum
Tim's 2024 interview with Julie K. Brown about Jeffrey Epstein
Bloomberg story on Don Jr's plans to monetize MAGA (gifted)
New International Version of Proverbs 1:33
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S.E. Cupp: The Outrage Is the Point
10 maart 2025 · 55 min
This time around, Trump has dispensed with the ribbon-cutting side of being president—he's just not giving average Americans anything to feel good about. Instead, his administration is defunding the police, freeing criminals, and welcoming home the alleged sexual predator Tate brothers. Meanwhile, Trump is also shrugging off the economic news even as Maria Bartiromo is raising the threat of a recession. Plus, our allies and trading partners are infuriated, and we've officially become one of the bad guys in Ukraine. Lees meer
S.E. Cupp joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Tim joined Bill for the "Bulwark on Sunday"
"Bulwark Takes" on Apple Podcasts
The Noah Smith piece Tim referenced
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Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0
7 maart 2025 · 52 min
They end up sounding ridiculous whenever they try—like the treasury secretary saying that access to cheap goods is not part of the American dream. At the same time, Trump’s circle of plutocrats don't seem to mind that the stock market is tanking. And while the administration is cutting Ukraine off from US intelligence to serve up an unjust peace, the Pentagon is on a CTRL-F "gay" delete rampage. Plus, Dems need to skip the kooky TikToks, and the SpaceX rocket explosion was only one part of Elon's very bad day. Lees meer
Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notesTom's piece about Dems acting too normal (gifted)
Tim's interview with a reporter in Ukraine
Clip from French senator's speech calling out Trump and Elon
MAGA hat guy thinking he's gone into the lion's den at Disney World
Debris from the latest SpaceX rocket explosion reentering the atmosphere over the Bahamas
Tim's playlist
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Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives
6 maart 2025 · 57 min
Donald Trump is hurting the American people. The DOGE cuts are not only waging war on jobs, they're also harming the American public and undermining the safety, health, and economic well-being of everyday Americans. And by cowering to his favorite bully in Moscow, Trump is prepping the US to be a subservient partner of Russia. Plus, John Fetterman joins Tim to share his opposition to the campaigns against both transgender athletes and soldiers, and to chastise Dems for the way they received the POTUS in Congress. Lees meer
Sen. John Fetterman and Neera Tanden join Tim Miller.
show notes
Fetterman's tweet after the Senate blocked a ban on transgender athletes
Fetterman's video on Trump's trans military ban
Fetterman's tweet after Trump's address to Congress
Neera's Center for American Progress
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Jim Acosta: Trump Can't Take the Heat
5 maart 2025 · 55 min
Once upon a time, presidents used to take tough questions from the press, but the current White House occupant can't handle any scrutiny from cantankerous reporters. And on his sad and sulking days, he needs warm and fuzzy Newsmax in the press pool to envelop him with flattery. Meanwhile, the joint session of Congress address has become basically pointless, SCOTUS blocks Trump's usurpation of power by one single vote, and at Trump's behest, the CIA is punishing Zelensky because he won't cooperate with the administration's disinfo campaign. Lees meer
Plus, Democrats need to show voters they are genuinely furious. And if you've thought about running for office, now is the time to jump in—particularly in districts the Dems have tended to ignore.
Amanda Litman and Jim Acosta join Tim Miller.
show notes
The Jim Acosta Show
Amanda's 'Run for Something'
When reporters rallied around Fox after Obama White House tried to shut it out -
James Carville and Michael Weiss: The Whole Country Could Go Under
4 maart 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Trump is anti-American and seems to hate this country: How else can his behavior be explained? The tariffs, the austerity, the threat of a default, along with the corruption and grift— it feels like we're at the beginning stage of something that could go very, very bad. Meanwhile, Trump may not have the cards himself on Ukraine. Europe and the rest of the West have the economic might to continue to back Ukraine. And if that coalition maintains a united front, it would have the power to reject a 'peace' deal imposed by the US and Russia. Lees meer
James Carville and Michael Weiss join Tim Miller.
show notesCarville's NYT piece on his advice to the Dems (gifted)
Michael's piece on Europe backing Ukraine alone
A Cybertruck getting pelted at the Orpheus parade in NOLA Monday night
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Bill Kristol: Kleptocrats and Plutocrats
3 maart 2025 · 48 min
Trump is trying to chuck the post-WWII order and firmly pivot American foreign policy away from Europe and toward Putin—the poor guy who got dragged into totally-not-a-hoax Russia Russia Russia. And Lil' Marco and Lindsey rushed to defend Trump and JD against Zelensky, who dared to question in the Oval Office whether Putin could be trusted in any ceasefire deal. At the same time, DOGE is putting the lives of malnourished children and pregnant women at risk in the name of cost-cutting while Trump is planning to use taxpayer money to prop up crypto, so he and his cronies can personally profit off it even more. Lees meer
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes
Sam joins Bill for the most recent "Bulwark on Sunday"
More on the USAID memo laying out Rubio's failure to provide life-saving foreign aid
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BONUS EPISODE from Tim's New "FYPod"
2 maart 2025 · 1 uur 23 min
Tim has a new Gen Z podcast, co-hosted by Cameron Kasky. The most recent episode is called "Nazi Parties Aren't Ragers," and features guest Joshua Rush, a former Disney Channel star turned political operative. Lees meer
Covid-19 locked up Gen Z during their formative years, and the GOP offered them a party. Sure, there’s some Nazism mixed in with the drinks, but during a loneliness pandemic, you take what highs you can get. Tim and Cam discuss how Covid helped push Gen Z right. Plus, Joshua Rush defends the activist tactics of Gen Z and explains how— in the face of nonstop nihilism—he still has optimism for the future of America.
Joshua Rush joins Tim Miller and Cameron Kasky.
show notes
FYPod page -
David Frum: Both Pro-Jesus and Pro-Sex Trafficking
28 februari 2025 · 47 min
Forget the Epstein files hullabaloo. Members of the Trump administration, perhaps at the urging of Barron Trump, seem to have directly intervened to get the travel ban lifted on the Tate brothers, who are charged with rape and sex trafficking in Europe. Meanwhile, a "Keep Christ in Christmas" extravaganza is being planned at the Kennedy Center, where Trump is now chair. Plus, the con behind crypto is going to run out of fools, CEOs are regretting their bet on Trump, Kash wants to run the FBI part-time from Vegas—and the Dems need to try on a little shamelessness and make Trump own the spiraling price of eggs. Lees meer
David Frum joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notesDavid's new piece on the Tate brothers (gifted)
David's "Cautionary Tale for Trump Appointees" (gifted)
Nevada Independent story on Kash and the Vegas timeshare megadonor
WSJ on Kash's whirlwind start at the FBI
Tim's playlist
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Mike Murphy: The Chinese Own Elon
27 februari 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
The not-so-shadow president's largest Tesla plant is in Shanghai, but the People's Republic of China has the pink slip and can take it back at any time. Meanwhile, China—the world's largest automaker—is working hard to eat into our car industry, and Trump, who fooled enough voters that he was a successful business tycoon, is happily talking about killing subsidies in the critical EV market—except for Tesla of course. Plus, bartender AOC is the best AOC, Bezos is one of the biggest corporate welfare profiteers, and Michael Fanone recounts how he dressed down larping Proud Boy trolls. Lees meer
Mike Murphy and Michael Fanone join Tim Miller.
show notesMike's EV Politics Project
Hacks on Tap podcast
Evan Perez story on Kash's very DOGE demand for a remodeled FBI office
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Ruben Gallego and Zerlina Maxwell: Make Them Own It
26 februari 2025 · 56 min
Republicans are aiming to gut Medicaid to pay for trillions in tax cuts for the richest of Americans, and they're trying to hide it. The Dems need to bring the DC conversation home—hold town halls everywhere, tell voters what would happen, especially in rural MAGA areas where hospitals and trauma centers will close. Meanwhile, Trump is turning chaos at the border into chaos in the streets by having ICE grab people who haven't even committed crimes to pump up his deportation numbers. Plus, Elon's insatiable and scandalous quest for more money, the Dems' evolving media strategy, and how to help maintain mental health during these stressful times. Lees meer
Sen. Ruben Gallego and Zerlina Maxwell join Tim Miller.
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Zerlina's show on SiriusXM Progress Channel 127
Zerlina's new Substack
Will Selber's piece that Tim referenced -
Ben Wittes: Who the F*** Are You?
25 februari 2025 · 1 uur 3 min
Trump administration lawyers don't know or won't tell a federal judge who is running DOGE because Elon doesn't formally exist as part of the government he is trying to dismantle. And the administration is likely to lose many of the wrongful termination cases involving forest rangers, researchers, and the like—it will end up paying back wages and not save any money in the process. Meanwhile, we are not exactly confident that the FBI under Kash and meathead Dan will thoroughly investigate the recent bomb threat against Never Trumpers and police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6. Ben Wittes breaks it all down. Plus, Lawfare has been crushing it, and it's now out with a new podcast about the history of US-Ukrainian relations, hosted by Nastya Lapatina and Tyler McBrien. Lees meer
Ben Wittes, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Tyler McBrien join Tim Miller.
show notesEpisode 1 of Lawfare's "Escalation"
Lawfare's home page
The second episode of the Gen Z FYPod is out!
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Bill Kristol and Jared Polis: Send In the Clown
24 februari 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
Trump keeps filling out his administration with the unqualified and the inexperienced, including the recent addition of borderline literate hack Dan Bongino at the FBI. Meanwhile, Trump's Friday night DOD purge was another step in embedding autocracy in our government. Plus, Elon's and Vance's efforts to influence the German elections seem to have backfired. And before the Proud Boy drama and the bomb threat at the annual Principles First conference, Tim spoke with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about the right way to cut government waste and build more houses—and how the Dems should polish their prosperity messaging. Lees meer
Gov. Jared Polis and Bill Kristol join Tim Miller.
show notesBill's "Bulwark on Sunday" interview with Bob Kagan
Principles First's "Declaration of Principles"
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Adam Kinzinger: It's Starting to Happen
21 februari 2025 · 50 min
Boos at a Republican town hall in Fulton County, and boos at the White House: We're beginning to see signs of people refusing to be ruled by unelected billionaires, oligarchs and CEOs. This may be the time for Democrats with some heterodox views to run for office. Meanwhile, the supposedly free speech president and his shadow are trying to intimidate people from criticizing them—including a member of Congress and one of Elon's baby mamas. Plus, Trump's advisers seem more worried about Zelensky saying mean things about him than the fact that he wants to hand the spoils to the losing side of the war. Lees meer
Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notesTim's interview with CA Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia
Sam's interview with FEMA chief who was fired and has now been rehired
Evidence of Elon shadow-banning Grimes
Kinzinger's substack
Tim's playlist
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David Graham and Pablo Torre: Is Lil Marco a Cuban Communist Agent?
20 februari 2025 · 1 uur
If Marco Rubio was NOT playing the long game masquerading as a patriotic neocon who gets placed in the State Department to then give Russia everything it wanted, what would he be doing differently? Meanwhile, a Democratic version of the Tea Party may be brewing, the tensions between Elon and Russ Vought are likely to pop out, and a psychoanalyst needs to explain Mitch McConnell. Plus, the Saudis are getting their claws in our sports with a LIV-PGA deal and Trump's astonishingly corrupt involvement. And also -- Trump doesn't know ball. Lees meer
Pablo Torre and David Graham join Tim Miller.
show notes
David's forthcoming book, "The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America"
David's newsletter on the Department of Education
Pablo's podcast, "Pablo Torre Finds Out"
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Jared Moskowitz and Zeke Faux: Scams Galore
19 februari 2025 · 57 min
Crypto should be one of the biggest stories out of the Trump administration, but the crypto guys are really good at making it seem more complicated than it is. Bloomberg's Zeke Faux joins Tim to run down the ins-and-outs, and the players—including the Chinese businessman facing SEC charges who swears the $56 million he gave Trump has absolutely nothing, zero, zilch to do with his case. Meanwhile, we're about to find out how much Republicans really care about the deficit with the coming budget, and the Democrats must not cave. Plus, Elon's crappy math, America would not get anything out of Trump's deal with Russia, and Tuesday's violence in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Lees meer
Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Zeke Faux join Tim Miller.
show notes
Zeke's book, "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall"
Zeke on Chris Hayes's podcast
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Susan Glasser: Giving Away the Store to Putin
18 februari 2025 · 53 min
Trump is A-OK with all the murder and mayhem Russia has unleashed on Ukraine, and he's making a mockery of all his enablers who claimed he'd do a Reagan-esque kind of deal. Instead, Ukraine wasn't even invited to the "peace" talks, while Trump tries to impose an extortion deal on the Ukrainian people for daring to fight back against the Russian invasion. Plus, the danger to our constitutional system if the main guy in the Oval Office defies a court order, the real live threat to the First Amendment from the White House's lockout of the Associated Press, and the origin story of Trump's obsession with Greenland. Lees meer
Susan Glasser joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Susan's latest New Yorker column
Tim's new Gen Z politics show, "FYPod"
The "Bulwark Takes" feed on Apple podcasts
The NYT story on the Panama hotel that Susan mentioned
Larry Diamond's piece in Persuasion
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Bill Kristol: Taking A Wrecking Ball to the Government
17 februari 2025 · 37 min
Firing air traffic controllers over a busy holiday travel weekend, cutting a veterans crisis hotline, axing and then rehiring people who maintain and keep our nuclear arsenal safe: Musk and his minions aren't trying to "fix" the government. They're trying to make it more susceptible to Trump's personalized leadership. And the MIA Dems need to get out there and throw some punches since the media loves fights. Meanwhile, the US is now more of a problem than a solution on Ukraine, Elon's massive corruption isn't drawing anywhere near the same attention as Hunter/Burisma—and Bill Cassidy could just vote against Kash or delay his confirmation if he's really worried about the FBI. Lees meer
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller
show notesBill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' conversation with Eric Edeleman
Don Moynihan's newsletter that Bill mentioned
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Andrew Weissmann and Michael Weiss: Valentine's Massacre
14 februari 2025 · 56 min
Unlike the cowardly Republican senators who are rolling over in the face of Kash Patel's bald-faced lies, the men and women of the Justice Department are taking their oaths of office seriously by refusing to comply with a blatantly political order to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Meanwhile, Trump is just over the moon with Vladimir Putin—even though his army is performing quite poorly on the battlefield against Ukraine. Plus, the makeup heir advising Trump on foreign policy, Emil Bove is this moment's cartoon villain, and Pizzagate's Jack Posobiec is somehow inside the administration's inner circle. Lees meer
Andrew Weissmann and Michael Weiss join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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Support "Orange Ribbons for Jamie" here, formed in honor of Parkland shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg
Details on Zelensky offering Trump a Ukrainian boxer's championship belt
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Alex Wagner: The Poster Child for Corruption and Grift
13 februari 2025 · 52 min
While Elon claims he's storming the government to cut waste, he's also getting himself a big fat check for $400 million from the State Department for Tesla armored vehicles—though administration officials are now trying to hide the grift because the Trump glow does not extend to the weird dude. Meanwhile, McConnell may have voted against confirming RFK Jr, but he's the one who drew up the blueprint for breaking the rules. Plus, the asymmetry in passion between MAGA and the resistance, and Alex's new podcast looks at how people are being affected by the policies and promises of Trumpism. Lees meer
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner join Tim.
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Trumpland with Alex Wagner
Dave Weigel's piece that Tim referenced
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Carol Leonnig and Robert Putnam: Lies and Moral Obligations
12 februari 2025 · 1 uur 8 min
If Republican senators had any shred of dignity left, they'd demand that Kash Patel answer why he brazenly lied under oath to them about the purge of agents at the FBI. Credible sources have come forward to say he was directing the whole thing. Meanwhile, Trump has leveled the playing field so companies doing business overseas can do all the bribing they want. Plus, our modern "boy problem," our genetic wiring to not be loners, and finding a way out of our polarization by seeing we have an obligation to respect and care for other people. Lees meer
Carol Leonnig and Bob Putnam join Tim Miller
show notesBob's "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community"
The documentary about Bob, "Join or Die"
Bob's co-written book, "The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again"
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Tom Malinowski: Fight the Power, Dems
11 februari 2025 · 58 min
The Democratic Party was made for different times, when rules were followed. But to preserve the basic power of Congress, and to prove that the Constitution is worth the paper it's printed on, the troublemakers in the Dem caucus have to get busy fighting over tariffs and a looming budget deal. Besides, Trump's strongest hand is performative outbursts—making threats and pretending he got something in return. Plus, Elon is giving away America's greatness, the EU should call Trump's bluff, and the Democrats should quit chasing donations from the social media companies that broke our democracy. Lees meer
Former congressman Tom Malinowski joins Tim Miller.
show notes:Tom's Bulwark piece on how the Democrats should fight
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Bill Kristol: The Law Be Damned
10 februari 2025 · 48 min
The new administration has been routinely breaking the law, including on Friday when it announced it was cutting funding for universities doing medical research, specifically in violation of legislation passed by Congress last year. And over the weekend, Trump, Musk, and Vance signaled a willingness to ignore court orders—a federal judge on Monday declared that the White House was doing just that in response to his order lifting a freeze on grant spending. Meanwhile, Trump designated himself the Supreme Leader over the Kennedy Center, and canned the national archivist perhaps because the agency happened to notice he was hoarding classified documents. Plus, at a time when we could use some decent role models, Jalen Hurts showed what it's like to win without being petty and consumed by grievance. Lees meer
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notesJVL's Triad newsletter on how the Dems can win the USAID fight
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Ezra Klein: The Resistance, Back from the Dead
7 februari 2025 · 57 min
Partly because of the courts and partly because the White House keeps stepping on rakes or trying to break everything, the Dems who were too chill about Trump pre- and post-election have fully moved into 'threat to the Republic' mode. Meanwhile, angry bureaucrats, particularly at the FBI, are digging in. But don't be sanguine because the administration is still trying to take a wrecking ball to the civil service— anything that goes wrong that involves the government though (like that measles outbreak in Texas) they're going to own from here on out. Plus, Trump's dirty energy policy, the challenge of getting his tax cuts through Congress, and Kanye goes all in on Hitler. Lees meer
Ezra Klein joins Tim on the weekend pod.
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Ezra's forthcoming book with Derek Thompson, "Abundance"
Ezra's show on YouTube
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties
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Michael Steele: Gum Up the Works
6 februari 2025 · 50 min
After the dumbest member of the Senate, Tommy Tuberville, was able to block military promotions for months during the Biden administration, Dems should not back down from slowing the roll of Kash and the other remaining abominable nominees. Meanwhile, more federal workers are going to have to speak up—lawsuits don't make good visuals. The nation needs to see the faces of the men and women who are our public servants. Plus, Elon's poll numbers slip, Trump's Gaza gambit is BS, and who is the new DNC Chair, Ken Martin? Michael Steele joins Tim Miller. Lees meer
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Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life
5 februari 2025 · 1 uur 3 min
With Elon's 20-something operatives running the Treasury Department, it's hard not to feel that we've been severed from reality and a better Earth someplace else. Ben Stiller talks with Tim about metaphysics, avoiding politics in public, and advocating for the millions of people displaced around the world. Lees meer
Plus, the origin story of Severance, Adam Scott, John Turturro, and whether the show is a metaphor for life itself. Also, Tim gives a pop quiz, Ben shares his love for the Knicks, and both ponder why there aren't good comedies anymore.
Ben Stiller joins Tim Miller.
show notes:Watch Severance
The Albert Brooks film, 'Real Life.'
Trailer for "Real Life'
Ben's New York Times interview
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Anne Applebaum: Outside the Rule of Law
4 februari 2025 · 57 min
If the Chinese hacked the U.S. government the way private citizen Elon has, it would be a major act of cyber warfare. And since Elon is a government contractor, he's now in a position to make policy calls that benefit his own companies and hurt his competitors—following the Russian oligarch model. We are in a completely lawless realm, and this is likely to continue until he is stopped. Meanwhile, government employees are being forced to choose between conforming or protecting the public. Plus, Elon is also sabotaging America's soft power and influence in Africa while he and the other tech overlords plot how to derail Europe's effort to regulate them. Lees meer
Anne Applebaum joins Tim Miller.
show notesWired article on the young, inexperienced engineers helping Elon
Anne's 2020 piece about complicity (gifted)
Josh Marshall's piece about Elon's operative *already* rewriting code at the Treasury Department
Book Anne mentioned, "The Captive Mind"
Anne's piece, "Europe's Elon Musk Problem" (gifted)
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Will Saletan and Scott Lincicome: A Crime Boss Has Taken Over
3 februari 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
The president of the United States is putting his Jan 6 accomplices in charge of the Justice Department and the FBI, and clearing out any officials who would be willing to investigate the administration. It's anti-democratic, it's a coup, and it's allowing Elon and his 20-something DOGE buddies to act with impunity as they illegally access classified information and the Treasury's payment system. Meanwhile, the White House can't even get its messaging straight on the tariffs as they sabotage our relationship with allies in the process. Plus, the ethnic scapegoating continues and the Dems at the DNC go all Portlandia when they need to be fighting the aspiring authoritarians. Lees meer
Will Saletan and Scott Lincicome join Tim Miller.
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Andrew Weissmann: A MAGAtocracy and a Babytocracy
31 januari 2025 · 54 min
While Republican senators worked to protect Kash Patel from answering some ver-wee hard questions at his confirmation hearing, not one of them had the audacity to suggest that he is the best person to lead the FBI. Meanwhile, the new administration is clearing out some of the most seasoned and effective veterans at the bureau who will be needed during a crisis. Plus, Elon is trying to get our private financial records at the Treasury Department, and Paramount is so worried that mean Mr. Trump would block a merger deal that it's ready to settle his frivolous, written-in-crayon lawsuit against "60 Minutes." Also, Tim makes an earnest plea to Sen. Bill Cassidy from the heart of New Orleans. Lees meer
Andrew Weissmann joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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Weissmann's and Mary McCord's podcast, "Main Justice"
Weissmann's Substack page
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Tommy Vietor: Deniability Is All That Matters
30 januari 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Republican senators don't care that Trump's nominees are lying—like Kash pretending he didn't know a Nazi-adjacent podcaster whose show he's been on eight times—because the confirmation process to them is all a game and truth is irrelevant. And nominees are also mad-flipping on their signatures issues: RFK, Jr. on vaccines, Tulsi on Edward Snowden, and Kash on the Jan 6 cop beaters. Meanwhile, RFK knows embarrassingly little about the programs he'd be administering, Democrats should try combat on for size, and the Fox hosts/reality show stars turned in quite a performance after the first plane crash in 16 years. Lees meer
Tommy Vietor joins Tim Miller.
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Mona Charen: A Moment of Truth
29 januari 2025 · 41 min
Trump is trying to seize powers he doesn't have—like unilaterally rewriting laws and deciding on his own how he wants to spend money Congress appropriated for a particular purpose. Will the Supreme Court stop him? And if it rules against him, will he obey the court's orders? Plus, the money angle behind RFK, Jr.'s conspiracies, and Elon's attempt at a mass buyout is not about making the government leaner and meaner. He's trying to replace good, smart people with lackeys and flunkies, like Tucker Carlson's son. Mona Charen joins Tim Miller. Lees meer
Mona Charen joins Tim Miller.
show notesMona's piece on RFK and his anti-vax damage in Samoa
Bulwark piece on Trump's high-speed power grab
Adrian Carrasquillo's newsletter on Trump turning schools into immigration battlegrounds
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Chris Hayes and Alex Kantrowitz: Trying To Break the Whole Thing
28 januari 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
The directives putting a pause on federal grants and the firing of career DOJ prosecutors is about trying to make the entirety of the federal government the tool of the man occupying the presidency. And it's all illegal and unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Trump is exactly the kind of broken sociopath who can dominate the war for attention—the defining resource of our time. Plus, a rundown on DeepSeek, the new Chinese AI model, and why Bitcoin fans aren't more angry about the worthless, scammy Trump and Melania coins. Lees meer
Chris Hayes and Alex Kantrowitz join Tim Miller.
show notesChris's new book, “The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource."
Undercover video of Russ Vought on Project 2025, from August 2024
Alex's "Big Technology" on Substack
Alex's "Big Technology" podcast
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Bill Kristol: Trump Loves Fraud
27 januari 2025 · 50 min
Gullible Republicans have really been proving what they're made of recently, including Susan Collins, who claims Trump wants to root out corruption, even though his whole life has been a fraud—the water, the university, and "The Apprentice," just for starters. Meanwhile, the presidents of Mexico and Colombia are showing that they're not going to bend over in service of Trump's vanity. Plus, JD's Johnny-come-lately Catholicism, and the tech titans's clash with DEI may be helping the US lose the lead in AI. Lees meer
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro's statement on Twitter (hit translate post)
Timothée Chalamet on SNL