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.

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Alan Cumming and Robert Garcia: The Traitors Running Our Government
Oct 16, 2026
For more than 10 years, Trump has been showing us how skilled he is at sowing division and riling people up. Alan sees the kind of tribal mentality that Trump has fostered on his own reality show…
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George Conway: Subpoenas Are Coming
Oct 15, 2026
Mike Johnson sure sounds afraid of what might come out when the House—under Democratic control—actually does its job and investigates the corruption of this administration. Democrats should start…
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Roy Cooper and Noam Scheiber: We Gotta Rein Trump In
Oct 14, 2026
Elon is now pitching in to help POTUS sabotage Ukraine while Trump makes a payout to Putin and works on his next self-enrichment scheme. A Cooper victory in North Carolina would be key to a potential…
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Susan Rice: Vote Like Your Life Depends on It
Oct 13, 2026
Americans are living in a more dangerous world now because of Donald Trump. Not only because of his now-expanding war in the Middle East, but also through his reckless advocacy of AI. And in his…
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Bill Kristol: The Paxton Nightmare Is Costing Republicans Big Time
Oct 12, 2026
Not only did the lamest of October surprises blow up in the faces of Ken Paxton and the rightwing loons desperate to get Talarico on something, Greg Abbott is now in a tight race with his Democratic…
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Derek Thompson and Adam Carlson: The Republicans' Strength Is Now Their Weakness
Oct 09, 2026
While the cult of Trump is dragging Republicans' popularity down, the Democrats have good, ideologically diverse candidates running all over the place. And voters aren't stupid: They know Trump's war…
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Susan Glasser: Trump Has a Man Problem
Oct 08, 2026
The king of the birther conspiracy knows he needs to round up the white male vote, so he's serving up one of his old faves—straight-up anti-Muslim bigotry. And he's added a new one: Making Americans…
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Angie Nixon: People Power
Oct 07, 2026
Florida's Democratic nominee for the Senate says average Americans right now are living in the dreams of oligarchs and the super-rich, and it's time for regular people to live their own dreams. The…
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Michael Lewis: Don't Bet Against the Country
Oct 06, 2026
Destroying trust in the government is one of Trump's key sources of power, but Michael reports from the front lines of the deep state that there still are good employees serving the public interest…
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Bill Kristol: Throw the Bums Out
Oct 05, 2026
Like all good demagogues, Trump's appeal works when he's got someone to blame. But it's on his watch that we've got a war-related global food crisis brewing and mass layoffs in Ohio—where Trump just…
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Tommy Vietor: The Marionette in the White House
Oct 02, 2026
What is going on with Trump's legs? He appears to be wearing a brace and a recent video shows him standing in a most unnatural way—as though he is mid-exorcism. But his apparent health issues don't…
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Josh Barro and Jonathan V. Last: The Patriotic Cowboys Wrecking Our Economy
Oct 01, 2026
Finally, some accountability in Washington: Sen. Eric Schmitt’s general counsel and poster-holder is in career limbo after the infamous basketball mix-up in the Jack Smith hearing. And Americans seem…
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Maria Comella and The Trio: Holy Schmitt, That Was Bad
Sep 30, 2026
The Trio comes together on the daily pod for the first time to give a little taste of the MAGA-land news Sam, Will, and Tim are covering for The Bulwark. The latest developments include speculation…
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Amanda Carpenter and Evan Gershkovich: Trump's and Putin's Authoritarian Projects
Sep 29, 2026
Vigilance is still in order, but Trump’s efforts to rig the midterms have so far flopped. And that includes Trump’s self-sabotaging of his own plan to blame China for hacking our voting machines. But…
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Bill Kristol: They're F*cking Thieves
Sep 28, 2026
The Trump administration stole our tax dollars to run a campaign ad during NFL games on Sunday. They're also breaking the law on congressional funding appropriations—and enjoying rubbing the public's…
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Alex Wagner: An Unlawful Administration
Sep 25, 2026
Trump pulled out all the stops at the state dinner to regale the guy who is working with our enemy: Not only has China been helping Iran target and kill American soldiers, it's also been shipping…
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Sam Stein and Mary Peltola: Cozying Up to Commies and Corporate Elites
Sep 24, 2026
First, Sam Stein sits down with Tim to discuss the latest humiliation of our troops: Trump’s red carpet welcome for President Xi. Plus: the White House’s insane propaganda machine, a new Maine poll…
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Sarah Matthews and Jason Horowitz: Trump Propaganda and Italian Fascism
Sep 23, 2026
The cozy White House Correspondents' Dinner, where Trump joked around with reporters, was only in July. But now he's ripping away press credentials and setting up state-run media. Sarah scolds the…
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Stuart Stevens: Republicans Are Desperate
Sep 22, 2026
The party has been busy playing defense in Trump states, and now comes the news that Susan Collins is corrupt on top of being a loyal MAGA supplicant. More Democrats should walk with Ossoff's swagger…
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Andrew Egger: Donald, You’re Rattled
Sep 21, 2026
As Trump’s war of choice continues to expand in the Middle East, it’s clear that the president is desperate not to show how weak he really is. The administration is out of time and out of both…
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Anne Applebaum: Globalized MAGA Kleptocracy
Sep 18, 2026
In Greenland, the Trump administration has got tech bros and hedge fund guys running an influence operation there. The aim may be to fulfill Trump's territorial ambitions—or to create a sovereign…
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Wright Thompson and Jesse Lehrich: Hopium and Hate
Sep 17, 2026
Republicans are reeling, the vibes are shifting, and the wave is building. Jesse serves up a particularly optimistic view of the Democrats' chances in the midterms, with even stretch districts now in…
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Catherine Rampell and Stephen Witt: Can We Avert Economic Disaster and the Robot Apocalypse?
Sep 16, 2026
The Fed raised interest rates to curb inflation, as expected, but mortgage rates are surging and flailing Scott Bessent remains the treasury secretary. Meanwhile, the alarm raised in the AI community…
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Jonathan Swan: We Only Know 5%
Sep 15, 2026
The co-author of the signature book inside Trump 2.0 says the media only knows 5% of what is happening inside the administration—particularly when it comes to national security, the money-making, and…
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Bill Kristol: It Always Comes Back to Trump/Russia
Sep 14, 2026
A Putin bestie who's involved with the kidnapping of Ukrainian children bankrolled Don Jr.'s island wedding for some mysterious reason. Kushner is calling on Ukraine to give in to Putin's territorial…
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Mehdi Hasan: 9/11's Fallout 25 Years Later
Sep 11, 2026
Rudy Giuliani and others who purport to represent the families of 9/11 victims ginned up the idea that it would be wrong for the Muslim mayor of NYC to attend Friday's memorial at ground zero…
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Sarah Longwell and Pedro Gonzalez: Meet the Young MAGA Edgelords—and the One Who Got Away
Sep 10, 2026
As Sarah explains in her new book, Trump has been so successful teaching a new generation of Republicans about the political value of vice signaling that Nazi talk and racism has become the norm…
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Jessica Tarlov: POTUS Needs Some Moral Support
Sep 09, 2026
With Republicans in tight races stripping Trump’s name off their campaign websites, the president is in need of some love from Republicans he has summoned to Dallas to celebrate him. The fake…
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Adam Jentleson and Pablo Torre: This Country Is Being Scammed
Sep 08, 2026
From politics to sports, business, and tech, the rich are breaking the rules, looking out for their friends, and still getting rewarded in the end—maybe with the help of a little trip to the White…
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Bill Kristol: A Blue Wave vs. the Toxic Red Tide
Sep 07, 2026
With just under two months until Election Day, Tim and Bill revisit the run-up to the midterms in 2006 and 1994, two major wave election cycles where the bottom just fell out from under the party in…
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