The Bulwark Podcast
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We found 8 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast with the tag “desantis”.
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Dana Milbank: The Right's Snowflakes
February 1st, 2022 | 43 mins 30 secs
age, biden, black history month, book bans, civil rights, david bossie, desantis, economy, education, fox news, gag laws, glenn youngkin, kendi, memory laws, national cathedral school, public schools, reconstruction, slavery, socratic method, st. albans, trumpism, virginia, white fragility
As Black History Month gets underway, teachers around the country are afraid to teach about civil rights or reconstruction. Meanwhile, Glenn Youngkin's kids are learning all about CRT at their tony private schools. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: The Dysfunction Is a Pre-Existing Condition
January 24th, 2022 | 43 mins 16 secs
anti-vax rally, bannon, barr, biden, border, democracy, desantis, draft findings, esper, gingrich, impeach, jan. 6, jeffrey clark, jr. anne frank, kash patel, midterms, partisanship, podcast, presidential, rfk, senate, the holocaust, trump, voting machines, weekly standard, youngkin
Newt Gingrich's recklessness with partisanship was a precursor of where we are today, and now Trump's followers, like Steve Bannon and Ron DeSantis, are trying to one-up Trump. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Josh Barro: Obsessing Over Democracy Won't Save It
January 17th, 2022 | 41 mins 41 secs
2024, autos, cars, colorado, consumer demand, covid, delta, desantis, economy, elizabeth warren, goods and services, inflation, jared polis, marriage, mask mandates, media, new york times, npr, omicron, pharmaceuticals, race-based preferential covid treatments, rapid tests, same-sex marriage, supply chain, tariffs, trump
For the Democrats to win, they need to focus on what normal people think about — which is NOT Jan. 6 and the potential end of democracy. They want Covid shut down and the economy opened. Josh Barro joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Tim Alberta: The Fringe Has Merged with the Mainstream
January 12th, 2022 | 40 mins 51 secs
2020, anti-vaxxers, biden, conspiracies, democracy, desantis, fauci, fringe, georgia, gop, oan, peter meijer, primary season, rand paul, trump, vaccines, voters, voting rights
With all the manic, hyperbolic nonsense about the election and vaccines, the fringe is no longer visible. The Atlantic's Tim Alberta joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Tim Miller: Cruz’s Grovel
January 7th, 2022 | 53 mins 56 secs
bannon, biden, black lives matter, cheney, democracy, desantis, fbi, informant, jan 6, kenosha, maga, manchin, portland, ted cruz, tucker carlson
Ted Cruz found out what happens when you don't use the language of the MAGA woke orthodoxy. Plus, liberals grousing about Dick Cheney: Do you want a pro- democracy coalition or don’t you? Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Jonathan V. Last: No, DeSantis is Not a Safer Choice
November 1st, 2021 | 47 mins 31 secs
biden, democratic party, desantis, facebook, gop, mcauliffe, mlb, polls, republican party, spending bill, trump, youngkin
The GOP cements its role as a lifestyle brand. Why the GOP may not be able to replicate Youngkin. And Facebook's role in the derangement of American politics. Jonathan V. Last joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right
October 15th, 2021 | 48 mins 40 secs
abbott, biden, classrooms, democrats, desantis, hb 3979, holocaust, independents, jan. 6, josh mandel, kevin mccarthy, maga, mask mandates, mcauliffe, pledge of allegiance, republicans, schools, southlake, texas, virginia governor's race, youngkin
When you can't align with the people who equate mask mandates to Nazi Germany — or with people who get triggered by the Federalist Society — where does the Rational Center belong? BIll Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Amanda Carpenter on Trump’s COVID Kiss
October 13th, 2020 | 43 mins 57 secs
2020, biden, desantis, elections, emails, fauci, gop, hillary, immune, kiss, mitch mcconnell, senate, seniors, trump
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Amanda Carpenter joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the President's super spreader rally and bizarre kiss promise, how Dr. Fauci is calling the Trump campaign's bluff, and whether Senate Republicans are going to find an off ramp from Trumpism, or is it too late?