About this podcast
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.
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Episodes
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- Ezra Klein: MAGA Is Over · 1 h 3 minDonald Trump is still dangerous, but voters clearly signaled that they had had enough of the moral collapse he ushered in. The electorate yearned for candidates who spoke about…
- Nick Wright & Anderson Clayton: Did the Fever Break? · 1 h 21 minToo many voters in 2024 wanted to be with the bully party. But a lot of them saw how much cruelty that entailed—particularly with ICE and the attempted theft of voting rights…
- Susan Glasser: POTUS’s Desperate Fight to Regain Leverage · 52 minTrump’s loyalist foot soldiers in Congress are still sticking by him but the power of the presidency is ebbing away from him.
- Bill Kristol: This Is the Trump Flailing Phase · 56 minNearly a week after the midterms, Trump made a feeble rigged election claim. He also made a phony offer to work with Democrats on an immigration deal, hoping somehow to distract…
- Michael Steele: A Total and Complete Schlonging · 1 h 1 minThe MAGA coalition is falling apart, Fox News is flummoxed, and Trump is having to grapple with being rejected by huge swaths of America. Steele only has double birds for…
- Adam Hamilton: Knock Holes in the Darkness · 1 h 9 minKansas Senator-elect Hamilton was not recruited out of the Democratic Party pipeline. The Methodist pastor chose to challenge Roger Marshall because he didn't like what was…
- Sarah Longwell and JVL: LIVE on the Landslide · 1 h 28 minRepublicans are already starting to plan for a post-Trump future after last night's wipeout. Sarah, JVL, and Tim savor the victories, including Talarico's and Hamilton's, which…
- Jamie Raskin and Ryan Holiday: Expose All the Corruption All the Way Down · 60 minIf the repudiation of our corrupt president comes through tonight, Democrats are promising to hold everyone to account who helped him turn our government into a playground for…
- Bill Kristol and JVL: Trump Could Be More Dangerous Post-Election · 1 h 18 minThe Iran war and its impacts at home are major issues in the midterms, but POTUS is not finished with his misadventure in the Middle East. One key Democratic senator who's been…
- Jane Coaston: JD Thinks Trump Voters Are Stupid · 1 h 5 minOur vice president made up a confusing story about a trip to an emergency room because almost everything he does is a performative act to play to voters he thinks are dumb. Over…
- David French: Kansas Hopium · 1 h 14 minIs it possible Adam Hamilton could be the first Democratic senator elected from Kansas in 94 years? A major new poll is raising hopes there—and in other key Senate races as well…
- Harry Enten and Julian Borger: Voting with Fear and Loathing · 50 minTrump's (surprisingly) current favorite pollster shares what he's seeing in the numbers less than one week before Election Day. The first sign of what kind of night the Dems are…
- Sarah Matthews and Pablo Torre: The Pedophile Protection Party · 1 h 11 minDemocrats offered a glimpse of the accountability that's likely coming over the Epstein cover-up: new allegations of rape against Trump and evidence that strongly suggests…
- Bill Kristol: Beating Back the Authoritarians · 54 minThere was good news over the weekend on the anti-authoritarian front in Brazil and Serbia, while our wannabe autocrat is ominously threatening to not accept midterm election…
- Jamelle Bouie: The World's Most Influential Racist Is Bankrolling Republicans · 51 minElon Musk is the largest single donor in American political history. He's also the world's most prominent booster of white supremacy. While Democrat after Democrat gets asked…
- Adam Kinzinger: Who Should Be Forced to Testify First? · 59 minDemocrats on the House Oversight Committee are already divvying up how to investigate Musk, the one-time shadow president who's still making foreign policy decisions about the…
- Mike Murphy and Mark Hertling: Vivek Is a Despicable Creep · 1 h 7 minCould there be a bigger sign of Ramaswamy's depravity and desperation than using a mother from hell to sell your message? His campaign for governor of Ohio against Amy Acton has…
- Michael McFaul: Trump Is Just 'Fine' with Mass Murder · 53 minThough they deny any involvement, the Trump administration and Elon Musk are apparently helping Putin escalate his campaign of terror against Ukraine. Civilian casualties across…
- Bill Kristol: You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes, JD · 54 minThe vice president had the gall to suggest he didn't know anything about what millions of Americans know: that Trump is using his office to enrich himself and that the…
- Alan Cumming and Robert Garcia: The Traitors Running Our Government · 1 h 6 minFor 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…
- George Conway: Subpoenas Are Coming · 59 minMike 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…
- Roy Cooper and Noam Scheiber: We Gotta Rein Trump In · 1 h 21 minElon 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…
- Susan Rice: Vote Like Your Life Depends on It · 1 h 1 minAmericans 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…
- Bill Kristol: The Paxton Nightmare Is Costing Republicans Big Time · 53 minNot 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…
- Derek Thompson and Adam Carlson: The Republicans' Strength Is Now Their Weakness · 1 h 23 minWhile 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…
- Susan Glasser: Trump Has a Man Problem · 53 minThe 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…
- Angie Nixon: People Power · 50 minFlorida'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…
- Michael Lewis: Don't Bet Against the Country · 47 minDestroying 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…
- Bill Kristol: Throw the Bums Out · 54 minLike 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…
- Tommy Vietor: The Marionette in the White House · 1 h 2 minWhat 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…
- Josh Barro and Jonathan V. Last: The Patriotic Cowboys Wrecking Our Economy · 1 h 0 minFinally, 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…
- Maria Comella and The Trio: Holy Schmitt, That Was Bad · 1 h 5 minThe 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…
- Amanda Carpenter and Evan Gershkovich: Trump's and Putin's Authoritarian Projects · 1 h 7 minVigilance 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…
- Bill Kristol: They're F*cking Thieves · 56 minThe 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…
- Alex Wagner: An Unlawful Administration · 51 minTrump 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…
- Sam Stein and Mary Peltola: Cozying Up to Commies and Corporate Elites · 1 h 13 minFirst, 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…
- Sarah Matthews and Jason Horowitz: Trump Propaganda and Italian Fascism · 1 h 7 minThe 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…
- Stuart Stevens: Republicans Are Desperate · 49 minThe 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…
- Andrew Egger: Donald, You’re Rattled · 1 h 1 minAs 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…
- Anne Applebaum: Globalized MAGA Kleptocracy · 51 minIn 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…
- Wright Thompson and Jesse Lehrich: Hopium and Hate · 1 h 20 minRepublicans 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…
- Catherine Rampell and Stephen Witt: Can We Avert Economic Disaster and the Robot Apocalypse? · 1 h 8 minThe 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…
- Jonathan Swan: We Only Know 5% · 54 minThe 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…
- Bill Kristol: It Always Comes Back to Trump/Russia · 50 minA 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…
- Mehdi Hasan: 9/11's Fallout 25 Years Later · 1 h 1 minRudy 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…
- Sarah Longwell and Pedro Gonzalez: Meet the Young MAGA Edgelords—and the One Who Got Away · 1 h 29 minAs 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…
- Jessica Tarlov: POTUS Needs Some Moral Support · 1 h 12 minWith 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…
- Adam Jentleson and Pablo Torre: This Country Is Being Scammed · 1 h 10 minFrom 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…
- Bill Kristol: A Blue Wave vs. the Toxic Red Tide · 60 minWith 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…
- David French: MAGA Is Making America Less Free · 55 minMarco Rubio is using dubious powers to create a new class of immigrant political prisoners. Meanwhile, DHS officials are bragging about how they're brutally shackling and…
