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Elon Musk Has Some Thoughts About The Bulwark. They’re Not Nice.

#ad Go to https://zbiotics.com/bulwarktakes and use code BULWARKTAKES at checkout for 15% off your first order of ZBiotics probiotics. Tim Miller responds to Elon Musk’s

Sarah Matthews Reveals What Trump’s DOJ Tried to Erase

Sarah Matthews joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss the Trump DOJ’s removal of thousands of January 6 records, the effort to preserve the evidence, and what it could mean for

Trump’s Threat to Hurricane Victims Could Cost Republicans BIG (Anderson Clayton & Nikema Williams)

The battle for Congress is heating up ahead of the midterms. Tim Miller talks with North Carolina Democratic Party chair Anderson Clayton about key House races, rural vot

GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins Has Some Explaining to Do | The Trio

Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the latest chaos from the MAGA universe. Top Trump allies Chris LaCivita and James Blair had to hand over their

Fake Polls and Hateful Ads Are Poisoning American Politics (w/ Mallory McMorrow)

Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow joins Sam Stein for her take on how a fabricated poll had real consequences for her Senate campaign, drying up donations, rattling

Vivek’s Hideous Ad Has Republicans at Each Other’s Throats

Vivek Ramaswamy has dragged Amy Acton’s estranged mother into the Ohio governor’s race to smear her daughter — even though the mother’s husband was charged with raping Ac

Command Post: Hegseth Takes Secret Meeting with Netanyahu

Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) give their takes on Pete Hegseth’s surprise visit to Israel days before Benjamin Netanyahu’s election and amid the possibilit

MAGA Debaters Got WRECKED by a 20-Year-Old (w/ David Mauricio)

Tim Miller sits down with David Mauricio, the newly minted Jubilee Surrounded star, to break down his viral clashes with MAGA debaters. Mauricio explains why he came out

BREAKING: JD Vance Makes Jaw-Dropping Defense of Putin

Ben Parker and Michael Weiss dissect Steve Witkoff’s praise of Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” and JD Vance’s defense of the Trump envoy, exposing the weakness and inc

Dana Bash Sees a Political Earthquake Coming in Texas and Maine

How do democracies fall apart, and why do the people who could stop it so often look the other way? CNN’s Dana Bash joins Sarah Longwell to examine the elections that cha

Abdul El-Sayed Wants to Pick Up Where Obama Left Off

Jonathan Cohn sits down with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to discuss his admiration for Barack Obama, the shortcomings of the Obama presidency, and the lesson

Michael Weiss Goes Nuclear After Trump Says Russia Has Been “Fine” in Ukraine

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Sam Stein and Will Sommer React to the Most Disgusting Ad of 2026

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Mike Johnson Gets Grilled on Fox News as GOP Disaster Looms

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Trump Goes on Shocking Racist Tirade at Rally | Morning Shots

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Trump Is Running His Administration Like a Male Beauty Pageant

Donald Trump can’t seem to stop talking about other men’s bodies, from Republican candidates’ jawlines to their backsides, even as his presidency faces mounting crises. S

Andy Kim Reveals the Terrifying Family Crisis That Drove Him Into Politics

Sen. Andy Kim joins The Bulwark’s Jonathan Cohn to discuss the terrifying family health crisis that inspired his political career, Republicans’ attacks on healthcare, and

MAGA Mondays: Alina Habba’s New Husband is a Very Strange Guy

Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the foreign money scandal involving Alina Habba’s new husband, Ric Grenell, and the Kennedy Center. They also examine the protests ro

Did Putin Have a Secret Campaign to Cripple American Spies? (w/ Michael Rey)

For years, American spies and diplomats have suffered mysterious, debilitating injuries. Was Russia secretly targeting them, and did the CIA cover it up? Former CIA offic

Trump’s Own Energy Secretary Just Contradicted His Russia Story

Trump is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, his own energy secretary is contradicting his explanation, and Republicans are scrambling to defend the indefensible. Sam St