The Bulwark Podcast
Smart, Conservative, Never Tribal
We found 10 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast with the tag “gop”.
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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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January 6 Was Built on Years of Lies and Propaganda
January 6th, 2022 | 36 mins 42 secs
biden, conspiracies, conspiracy, democracy, gop, impeachment, insurrection, jan 6, newt gingrich, obama, republican party, richard nixon, trump, us capitol, watergate
Conspiracy theories are at the core of Donald Trump, and the Republican Party still took him in. The surprise is that we are surprised. The New Yorker's Susan Glasser and Princeton's Julian Zelizer join Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Olivia Nuzzi: The Ambition of Dr. Oz
January 5th, 2022 | 51 mins 14 secs
abortion, david mccormick, daytime tv, democrats, diet pills, dina powell, dr. oz, four seasons landscaping, fox news, giuliani, gop, hannity, mehmet oz, oprah, pennsylvania, quackery, republicans, senate, the 1980s, trump
GOP operatives are none too pleased that Dr. Oz wants to be the next Republican senator from Pennsylvania. Democrats — who remember when the guy from The Apprentice was underestimated — are worried. Olivia Nuzzi joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: New Year, New Chance for Democrats to Lead
January 3rd, 2022 | 45 mins 35 secs
biden, buttigieg, cdc, centrists, child tax credit, democrats, electoral count act, elites, experts, fda, gop, jan. 6, janet yellin, liz cheney, meijar, polling, republicans
Democrats say they're the party of government. Why not make it run more effectively — so the FDA isn't so ham-fisted and the CDC isn't so slow? Also, one year after Jan.6, how have our electoral guardrails still not been fixed? Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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When the Main Point of Politics Is Vengeance
December 28th, 2021 | 41 mins 35 secs
ahmaud arbery, american conservative, bannon, biden, coup d'état, derek chauvin, gop, jared schmeck, jill biden, jury verdicts, kim potter, liz cheney, peter navarro, republican party, trump, vaccines, yiddish
The Republican Party is now about knife fights and justifying just about anything -- like Peter Navarro laying out a clear description of the attempted Trump coup. Still, there are 2021 bright spots. Peter Wehner joins guest host Mona Charen on today's episode.
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Dana Milbank: McCarthy is All-in
November 10th, 2021 | 43 mins 42 secs
blake masters, chris sununu, democrats, gop, jan. 6, kevin mccarthy, liz cheney, mcconnell, new hampshire, partisanship, republican party, senate, tommy tuberville
When the Republican Party is only about enabling the Big Lie and fomenting outrage to get on Fox News, Kevin McCarthy doesn't get a pass for averting his gaze. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank 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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Will Saletan: The Vaccination Culture War
October 19th, 2021 | 52 mins 20 secs
bill cassidy, charlie sykes, dennis prager, gop, january 6, slate magazine, trump, tucker carlson, unvaccinated, will saletan
After its embrace of the unvaccinated and the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, the GOP can no longer claim it's the party of law and order. Do the Democrats have it in them to take on that role? Will Saletan joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Ian Bassin: Putting Democracy First
October 14th, 2021 | 44 mins 12 secs
charlie sykes, congress, democracy in crisis, gop, ian bassin, school board meetings, trump
Our democracy is in a crisis, but there's also a growing movement across the country to join forces to fight for it. Protect Democracy's Ian Bassin joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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James Carville and Tim Miller: Some Tough Love For the Dems
October 8th, 2021 | 52 mins 42 secs
democratic party, democrats, garland, gop, james carville, lsu tigers, mcauliffe, republicans, senate, trump, virginia, youngkin
Democrats on Twitter don't win votes and won't save our democracy from the madman who's back to playing his golden escalator greatest hits. James Carville and Tim Miller join Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. When will the Democrats see that constructive criticism is really an act of love?