Bulwark Takes
by The Bulwark
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Kalshi CEO Defended Hiring Don Jr. Just Days Before Everything Changed
Kalshi CEO Defended Hiring Don Jr. Just Days Before Everything Changed
About this podcast
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.
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- Kalshi CEO Defended Hiring Don Jr. Just Days Before Everything Changed · 59 min · Episode 1295Just days before Kalshi parted ways with Donald Trump Jr., Catherine Rampell sat down with CEO Tarek Mansour for a wide-ranging conversation about the booming prediction market…
- Young Republicans Are Openly Revolting Against Trump · 21 min · Episode 1294MAGA’s next generation is turning against Trump, and the fight over the Republican Party’s future is getting ugly. Andrew Egger and Will Sommer examine the revolt among young…
- BREAKING: NVIDIA CEO Out, Trump Nixes Iran Negotiations | Morning Shots · 57 min · Episode 1293NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is out following revelations about his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and the fallout could reach all the way to Donald Trump’s White House…
- Even Trump Admits His Immigration Crackdown Went Too Far. Why Is It Still Happening? · 15 min · Episode 1292Trump says his immigration crackdown went too far, but the horrors continue. Tim Miller shares two disturbing stories: a seven-year-old girl locked in an ICE detention center…
- Former DOJ Official Tears Apart Trump Admin’s Threat to Congress (w/ Elliot Williams) · 25 min · Episode 1291The White House is threatening criminal charges against Democrats for investigating the Trump administration. But does it have any legal basis? Catherine Rampell and former Obama…
- Neo-Nazi Accidentally Livestreams Himself Performing Sex Act | MAGA Wednesdays · 41 min · Episode 1290Sam Stein and Will Sommer return for a special Wednesday edition of MAGA Mondays, and the stories are somehow even more embarrassing than usual. A neo-Nazi leader accidentally…
- Dropkick Murphys Frontman Says MAGA Fans Are Finally Turning on Trump (w/ Ken Casey) · 21 min · Episode 1289Sarah Longwell sits down with Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey to talk about the election, the working-class voters turning away from Trump, and why Democrats can’t afford to…
- Listen to the Moment a Math Teacher’s Former Students Realize He Won (w/ Jake Johnson) · 18 min · Episode 1287Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅ : https://zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes #sponsored A high school math teacher just pulled off one of the most…
- Trump Was Warned About the Spy in Nvidia CEO’s Bed · 37 min · Episode 1288Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅ : https://zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes #sponsored Michael Weiss and Marc Polymeropoulos examine the…
- Desperate Hegseth Lashes Out Amid Impeachment Efforts | Command Post · 37 min · Episode 1286Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅ : https://zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes #sponsored Pete Hegseth is facing impeachment, and his response is to…
- BREAKING: Trump Hosts Ridiculous Press Conference with UFC CEO Dana White · 18 min · Episode 1285Sam Stein and Tim Miller went live to watch Trump unravel at an impromptu press conference, where he dodges questions about a Chinese spy allegedly tied to Nvidia’s CEO, walks…
- Trump Stabs His Most Loyal Republicans in the Back · 13 min · Episode 1283Will Saletan breaks down Donald Trump’s response to the Republican Party’s midterm wipeout, as the president scrambles to blame everyone but himself. Trump claims the Alaska…
- Trump’s Interview Sends MAGA Into a Full-Blown Meltdown | MAGA Mondays · 57 min · Episode 1284Will Sommer and Sam Stein look at the growing cracks in Trump’s MAGA coalition after the midterm losses. Trump is floating a possible immigration deal with Democrats, sending…
- Todd Blanche’s CNN Interview Could Come Back to Bite Him · 22 min · Episode 1283Todd Blanche went on CNN to defend Trump’s threats to imprison Democrats, dismiss allegations against Susie Wiles, and promise to protect Stephen Miller from congressional…
- Mike Murphy Asks: Will The GOP Finally Cut Trump Loose? | Bulwark on Sunday · 43 min · Episode 1282After Trump’s crushing midterm defeat, could Republicans finally decide they’re better off without him? Bill Kristol and veteran Republican strategist Mike Murphy examine the…
- Picking the Biggest 2026 GOP Loser Is Harder Than You Think · 39 min · Episode 1281There were so many spectacular Republican failures in 2026 that Tim Miller and Sam Stein decided to turn them into a fantasy draft. From Vivek Ramaswamy and Ken Paxton to the…
- Stephen Miller May Now Be the De Facto President · 28 min · Episode 1281Trump’s response to a crushing midterm defeat? Putting Stephen Miller in charge of the White House. Bill Kristol and former Trump aide Sarah Matthews discuss why Miller could…
- Democrat Who Flipped a Red Seat Reveals the Shocking Question Voters Kept Asking (w/ Zack Mullock) · 18 min · Episode 1280Almost nobody thought Jeff Van Drew’s seat was in play. But Zack Mullock pulled off one of the election’s biggest upsets, defeating the Trump loyalist in a supposedly safe…
- Democrat Pulls Off Incredible Upset With Just $56,000 (w/ LaKesha Womack) · 23 min · Episode 1279She spent just $56,000 to defeat one of North Carolina’s most powerful Republicans—and the man who helped gerrymander his own congressional district. Tim Miller talks with…
- BREAKING: Trump Picks Stephen Miller to Replace Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff · 40 min · Episode 1278After a crushing midterm defeat, Donald Trump is firing Susie Wiles as chief of staff and replacing her with Stephen Miller. Sam Stein, Andrew Egger, and JVL react to the…
- The Trio Meets the Most Revolting Man in MAGA’s Universe · 40 min · Episode 1277Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer are back together to celebrate the midterm results and take a victory lap over MAGA’s spectacular election night failures. They break down…
- Ohio Democrat Pulls Off Stunning 20-Point Swing in Trump Country (w/ Don Leonard) · 23 min · Episode 1277Don Leonard just pulled off a stunning upset in Ohio, defeating a Republican incumbent in a district Trump won by 10 points. The congressman-elect joins Tim Miller to discuss how…
- Trump’s Crushing Defeat Just Changed How the World Sees America · 35 min · Episode 1275Trump’s midterm shellacking has changed the political equation at home and abroad. Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos and journalist Michael Weiss discuss the celebrations…
- JB Pritzker Has NEVER Seen an Election Like This in His Life · 29 min · Episode 1276After a historic Democratic midterm victory, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joins Sam Stein to explain why Democrats can’t afford to waste their newfound power. He lays out his…
- Abdul El-Sayed Has Some Choice Words for Mike Rogers · 18 min · Episode 1275Trump and Vance threw everything they had at Abdul El-Sayed, but Michigan voters elected him to the U.S. Senate by seven points. In an exclusive interview with Jonathan Cohn…
- MAGA is Losing Their Effing Minds · 40 min · Episode 1274Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down Donald Trump’s bizarre response to Republicans’ crushing midterm defeat. While Republicans are scrambling to explain what went wrong, Trump…
- Trump Sends 1,000 Federal Monitors Across America on Election Day · 23 min · Episode 1273Andrew Egger and Will Sommer discuss Trump DOJ’s sweeping Election Day deployment of federal monitors, the questions surrounding where they’re being sent, and the growing…
- Trump Makes Multiple Wild Claims During Pre-Election Fox Interview | Morning Shots · 45 min · Episode 1272It’s Election Day, and Donald Trump is making some surprising last-minute moves, including an announcement that he’s cutting off military aid to Israel. Andrew Egger and Bill…
- We React to Trump’s Baffling Final Speech · 17 min · Episode 1271Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅: https://zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes #sponsored Sam Stein and Andrew Egger give their takes on Trump’s…
- Tucker Carlson Says Trump is Considering a Nuclear Attack on Iran | Command Post · 40 min · Episode 1270Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅: https://zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes #sponsored Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down…
- GOP Operative Roger Stone Panics Over Midterms, Calls in JD Vance | MAGA Mondays · 57 min · Episode 1269Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅: https://zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes #sponsored With Election Day looming, Republicans are showing signs of…
- Haley Stevens Just Torched Her Political Career · 20 min · Episode 1268In a stunning last-minute reversal, Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens has endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely contested Senate race, just days after saying she’d…
- Three Days Left. How Bad Could It Get for Republicans? (w/ Sarah Longwell) | Bulwark on Sunday · 54 min · Episode 1267With Election Day just days away, Sarah Longwell and Bill Kristol explain why they believe Republicans could be headed for a historic defeat. Sarah shares what she’s hearing from…
- Whoops! This MAGA Blowhard Made a $1 Million Bet on Oil Prices Going Down · 17 min · Episode 1266MAGA podcaster Clay Travis bet $1 million that oil prices would fall before the midterms. With his deadline looming and prices nowhere near his prediction, Tim Miller brings the…
- Tim Miller Has Had Enough of MAGA Phonies, Grifters and Frauds · 27 min · Episode 1265Tim Miller takes on the GOP’s most outrageous midterm candidates, from a MAGA operative facing election fraud allegations to a yacht-owning Republican hiding his wealth, a…
- Trump Explodes at Reporter Over One Simple Question · 15 min · Episode 1264Sam Stein joins Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW to give his take on Trump’s bizarre distractions, from defending his decorating skills and feuding with Bill Maher to obsessing over a…
- Trump DOJ Official Accused of Threatening to CHOKE His Intern · 28 min · Episode 1263Sam Stein and Will Sommer unpack a jaw-dropping Harvard Crimson investigation into Leo Terrell, Trump’s antisemitism czar, and the spectacular dysfunction inside his Justice…
- Trump Officials May Start Fleeing After the Midterms · 24 min · Episode 1262What happens to Trump if Democrats take back Congress? Reporter Michael Weiss and former CIA officer Mark Polymeropoulos examine the investigations that could expose the…
- Tim Miller Tells MAGA the Truth on The Charlie Kirk Show · 32 min · Episode 1262Tim Miller takes a trip into the lion’s den, joining Blake Neff and Andrew Kolvet on The Charlie Kirk Show for a spirited debate about Trump’s record. Tim pushes back on the idea…
- The Trio: We Can’t Believe Dave Rubin Actually Posted This Sick Video · 54 min · Episode 1261Sam Stein, Will Sommer, and Tim Miller unpack another week of MAGA absurdity, from James O’Keefe facing felony charges over an alleged voter fraud stunt to right-wing influencers…
- Trump Tried to Crush No Kings. Then Something Changed. (w/ Ezra Levin) · 33 min · Episode 1260Bill Kristol talks with Ezra Levin, co-director of Indivisible and a leading organizer of No Kings, about why Trump’s attacks on the movement have failed, Meta’s suspicious…
- Command Post: The Next Phase of the Iran War Could Be Far Worse · 45 min · Episode 1259Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the growing risks of Trump’s Iran war, including the possibility of renewed strikes after the midterms, the danger of…
- Trump Made an Extraordinary Threat Against Jon Ossoff · 19 min · Episode 1258Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger break down Donald Trump’s latest campaign strategy: promising taxpayer-funded benefits to voters and threatening to withhold money from states…
- An Alabama Shrimper Has a Message for Trump About Gas Prices (w/ Maynard Dubuisson) · 15 min · Episode 1257Will Sommer speaks with Alabama shrimper Maynard Dubuisson, a longtime Donald Trump supporter who says soaring diesel prices are pushing fishermen and small businesses to the…
- Morning Shots: James Talarico Takes Direct Aim at Elon Musk · 43 min · Episode 1256With one week until Election Day, Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger break down the Senate races that could deliver Democrats a historic midterm wave. From James Talarico’s fight…
- Trump’s Own Words Expose the Madness of the Iran War · 18 min · Episode 1255Will Saletan uses Trump's own words to expose the contradictions behind the Iran war. Trump says he obliterated Iran's nuclear program, claims the threat is under control, and…
- MAGA Influencer Says GOP Early Vote Numbers Are Too Depressing to Share | MAGA Mondays · 55 min · Episode 1254Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down Donald Trump’s 1,300-word meltdown over Bill Maher. Plus, MAGA data guru Data Republican is so worried about the GOP’s early voting numbers…
- Mike Rogers’s Interview Goes From Laughable to Repulsive · 27 min · Episode 1253Mike Rogers’s disastrous Meet the Press interview was a masterclass in political desperation. Catherine Rampell and Jonathan Cohn break down his increasingly absurd attempts to…
- South Carolina? Florida? Mississippi?! Democrats Test the Limits of a Blue Wave | Bulwark on Sunday · 36 min · Episode 1252Could Democrats really flip Senate seats in deep-red states like Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida? Bill Kristol and Lauren Egan examine the expanding Senate map…
- Texas GOP Insider Reveals How Bad Things Are Getting for Republicans (w/ Garrett Fulce) · 26 min · Episode 1251Texas Republicans are facing a nightmare scenario: Ken Paxton could lose, rural turnout is lagging, and the GOP may have to spend $400 million defending a state it once took for…
