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Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy. Bulwark+ members can get a totally ad-free version of the show delivered right to their favorite podcast player.
PodSkip has analyzed 34 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast, averaging 4.5 ads per episode (5% of runtime).
Justin Jones: The Assault On Multiracial Democracy in the South
May 20, 2026
Tennessee is on the front lines of the racialized politics that has resurfaced in the South since SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Its Jim Crow legislature stripped the people of Memphis of…
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Sarah Longwell, JVL, and Martha Raddatz: Trump Is Looting Us in Broad Daylight
May 19, 2026
Donald Trump—as a private citizen—sued our government, which he runs, and then "settled" the lawsuit with $1.8 billion that he stole from the U.S. Treasury. See, he needs a secret fund of taxpayer…
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Bill Kristol: Voters Are Realizing Trump Doesn’t Care About Them
May 18, 2026
Sadly, it’s taken some time, but voters seem to be figuring out that Trump only cares about himself, his ballroom, his blatant corruption, and his unquenchable desire for revenge. 2026, so far, has…
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Andrew Weissmann: Is Trump Going To Raid Fort Knox Next?
May 15, 2026
If the IRS goes ahead and gives in to Donald Trump's demands for a MAGA slush fund, it would be outright theft of the public's money and corruption on a scale that we've never even contemplated in…
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Catherine Rampell and Robert Garcia: China Is Starting to Eclipse the U.S.
May 14, 2026
The Chinese have long envied America's power, influence, and market share. But after Trump's failed trade war, his attacks on allies, and the embarrassment in Iran, the view from Beijing has shifted…
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Tom Nichols: There’s Something Wrong with the President
May 13, 2026
Trump’s recent insomnia-induced, Obama-obsessed posting spree showed a level of paranoia and delusion that should be raising real concerns about the mental health of our commander-in-chief. The new…
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James Comey: We Can't Trust the DOJ
May 12, 2026
Because Donald Trump has so thoroughly hijacked the Department of Justice, the public can no longer be confident that a criminal investigation or indictment is legitimate. The default assumption is…
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Bill Kristol: What a Bunch of Jackasses
May 11, 2026
Instead of doing the job Americans have been paying Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for—like trying to alleviate the high price of gas and air travel—he's been shirking his responsibilities on a…
Adam Serwer: Now, This Is Rigged
May 08, 2026
Tennessee just completely disenfranchised its black voters after the Supreme Court gave red states the green light to rig the midterms by redistricting black majority districts out of existence—as…
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office
May 07, 2026
Trump's corruption is so astonishing, extensive, and overwhelming that most people can't keep up with all the ways he's profiting off his presidency every single day. Isaac examined the reporting on…
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Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage
May 06, 2026
The regime in Tehran is not as fractured as is commonly portrayed, and it is also pragmatic enough to see the economic opportunities that would follow from a deal with an eager-to-please-the-markets…
Melissa Murray: Reclaim the Constitution
May 05, 2026
Our Constitution is about limited government and restraining the power of the state, but we've got a president asserting powers he lawfully doesn't have, a Supreme Court that largely helps him do so…
Bill Kristol: Trump's Revenge Tour Is Backfiring
May 04, 2026
Acting AG Tood Blanche announced over the weekend that basically everybody in America can use the expression "86 47" without fear of prosecution—except James Comey, who Trump yearns to see behind…
Adam Kinzinger: The First Family's Corruption Is Mind-Blowing
May 01, 2026
Fox News wouldn't shut up about Hunter and Burisma, but its viewers aren't likely to hear any criticism of Eric and Don Jr. raking it in through government contracts approved by the Trump…
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Jon Ossoff: Trump Is a Lifelong Racist
Apr 30, 2026
The bombshell voting rights ruling from the Supreme Court may have been years in the making, but Ossoff sees a tie-in to Trump's sore-loserdom and his inability to accept that black voters in Georgia…
John Heilemann: Did Trump Make an Ominous Shift on Iran?
Apr 29, 2026
At home, POTUS shows how much he wants to be like an Arab despot, plastering his mug all over the place and deploying the Justice Department to fatuously claim that Comey’s use of seashell art can…
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Carol Leonnig and Will Sommer: The Loons and the Loyalists Running the DOJ
Apr 28, 2026
Acting AG Todd Blanche, who watched Pam Bondi get fired, knows exactly what his assignment is: Go after every political enemy Trump wants targeted, and charge them—even without evidence of a crime…
Bill Kristol: Words Are Not Violence
Apr 27, 2026
Trump is a terrible president and he deserves to be criticized, even in personal terms. Our pro-democracy movement has shown time and time again that we can oppose him— and oppose any attempt at…
Nicholas Kristof: What a Mess Trump Created
Apr 24, 2026
Not only is the new hardline regime in Tehran now more likely to go rogue as a nuclear power a la North Korea, ordinary Iranians—who Trump and Bibi initially claimed we were rescuing—are also living…
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Ben McKenzie and Sarah Matthews: We Are Drowning in Scam Artists
Apr 23, 2026
Trump has gone full “1984” with his claim that it’s a good thing that the Strait of Hormuz is closed. He also says that he saved some Iranian women from being executed, which the regime in Tehran…
Sam Stein: Can Trump Avoid Humiliation in Iran?
Apr 22, 2026
Trump's madman antics got him into a game of chicken with Iran, but he's up against people who are even crazier than he is. And he is not likely to get a deal with Tehran that is any better than…
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Tracy Alloway and Jordan Ritter Conn: The Global Economic Shock from a Stupid War
Apr 21, 2026
Trump keeps jawboning the markets to try to manage the fallout from the war on Iran, but we have yet to see the full economic impact of his foreign policy misadventure. Oil and gas facilities in the…
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Bill Kristol: The Tough Guy Really, Really Means It This Time
Apr 20, 2026
Just hang tight: Trump is super close to a deal with an enemy that he handed all the leverage to. Absolutely do not read his steady supply of hollow threats as him begging Iran for a face-saving…
Ben Rhodes: Trump Is Getting a Terrible Deal
Apr 17, 2026
The U.S. and Israel started dropping bombs on Iran because the regime, amid mass street protests, appeared to be in a weakened state. But the regime has now ended up with a much stronger hand: It's…
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Amanda Carpenter: The Worst President Ever
Apr 16, 2026
From Trump's sacrilegious use of Jesus, to his massively corrupt pardon scheme, and his desire to plaster his name on every federal building and institution, this country has never had such a bad…
Alastair Campbell: Trump Is a Wanker
Apr 15, 2026
The Irish are protesting in the streets over the price of fuel, Qatar's GDP is plummeting, and heating bills are skyrocketing in France. And today, every world leader and every CEO of every major…
Michael Weiss: Iran Is Not Likely to Forget about the War
Apr 14, 2026
The Iranian regime may be wounded, but they're likely to seek revenge for the war at some point, maybe even through sleeper cells in the United States. And with a second round of peace negotiations…
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Bill Kristol: Are the Winds Finally Shifting?
Apr 13, 2026
Orbán’s loss in Hungary was so overwhelming he couldn’t cheat his way out of it. But the decisive defeat for both Putin and authoritarianism may also suggest that the vibes they are a changin’. For…
Jane Coaston: We Have Some Questions, Melania
Apr 10, 2026
No one was really asking about Melania’s ties to Epstein. But after her surprise White House statement to the press on Thursday, the questions are flowing—particularly because a former Brazilian…
Anne Applebaum: Hungary's Surreal, Post-Reality Campaign
Apr 09, 2026
Putin puppet Viktor Orbán—whose nepotistic and corrupt government in Hungary has become the model for the far-right in America and Europe—is facing his first serious election challenge in 16 years…