The Bulwark Podcast
Smart, Conservative, Never Tribal
We found 10 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast with the tag “trump”.
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David Frum: Big Macs, Russia, and Afghanistan
December 6th, 2021 | 46 mins 14 secs
afghanistan, anti-vax, biden administration, big mac, bob dole, chocolate shake, comey, corey lewandowski, corruption, covid, election, filet-o-fish, hacking, healthy eating, hospital, jeff sessions, mark levin, mark meadows, mcdonald's, michael flynn, michelle obama, obesity, penn & teller, republican party, russia, russian troops, sam nunberg, sanctions, sarah palin, south carolina, starvation, taliban, trump, trumpism, ukraine, wokeism
The build-up of Russian troops on the border is alarming. Afghanistan is facing mass starvation. Meanwhile, Trump country is not only anti-vax, it's pro-obesity. Get fat to own the libs. David Frum joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: It's Still the Economy, Stupid
December 3rd, 2021 | 44 mins 22 secs
abortion, build back better, dan quayle, economy, europe, governors, inflation, kamala harris, kevin mccarthy, marjorie taylor greene, midterms, nancy mace, rapid covd test, roe, ron klain, social spending bill, spending bill, symone sanders, tony evers, trump, vice president, white house chief of staff, wisconsin, working americans
It's not just The Bulwark saying the Democrats have a branding problem — Democrats are saying it too. So, cool it with the culture talk, control inflation, and as Bill Kristol has been telling the White House: Make Covid tests cheap and plentiful. Kristol joins Charlie Sykes today.
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Tom Nichols: Grow Up and Act like an Adult
December 2nd, 2021 | 55 mins 21 secs
abortion, biden, democrats, evangelicals, fox news, ilhan omar, illegal abortion, jan. 6, john adams, lauren boebert, liz cheney, name-calling, perjury, political violence, power, pro-democracy coalition, rhetoric, roe v wade, scotus, supreme court, the atlantic, travel restrictions, trump, voicemail
Republicans are blowing off the Jan. 6 investigation, and the Deplorable Squad is normalizing rhetoric that can lead to political violence. Can the pro-democracy coalition quit the name-calling and get down to business? Tom Nichols joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Amy Walter: Our Political Known Unknowns
December 1st, 2021 | 44 mins 44 secs
abortion, abortion rights, afghanistan, august, biden, congress, congressional districts, covid, democrats, governors, lockdown, mandates, midterms, poll numbers, pro-choice, pro-life, redistricting, republicans, roe v wade, school children, school kids, senate candidates, supreme court, travel bans, trump, vaccinated
Just as we thought we were turning the corner on Covid, a new variant is bringing travel restrictions and heightening anxiety about the future. Is Biden in a no-win situation? The Cook Political Report's Amy Walter joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Jonathan Karl: Trump Loved Jan. 6
November 30th, 2021 | 45 mins 21 secs
2024, biden, bill barr, brian stelter, constitutional crisis, debates, hearings, house select committee, inauguration, interviews, ivanka, jan. 6, jared, jay rosen, john adams, journalism, journalists, mar-a-lago, mccarthy, mcconnell, media, pence, press, rallies, reporters, shoot someone on 5th avenue, thomas jefferson, trump, tweet, twitter
Yes, there was a riot at the Capitol, but keep your eye on the ball: Trump tried to destroy American democracy. He literally tried to steal the election. Jonathan Karl joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Thanksgiving Special: The Bulwark Takes Time Out for Gratitude
November 25th, 2021 | 44 mins 9 secs
abigail spanberger, adam kinzinger, addams family values, biden, bread pudding, chariots of fire, democrats, glenn youngkin, kamala harris, liz cheney, manhood, masculinity, mitch landrieu, pete buttigieg, planes, potus, president, republicans, trains and automobiles, trump, turkey, vaccines, white house
Sarah Longwell, Charlie Sykes, Amanda Carpenter, and Mona Charen stop by to talk food, the dearth of Thanksgiving movies, and to highlight something in the political world they are most grateful for. Let's just say Liz Cheney got some love.
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Kristin Du Mez: Love Thy Neighbor Is for Wimps
November 24th, 2021 | 50 mins 33 secs
antiwar, big lie, braveheart, bullies, cawthorn, christianity, christians, civil rights movement, communism, counterculture, evangelical church, evangelicals, faith, family, femininity, feminism, gay rights, hawley, hippies, j.d.vance, john wayne, manhood, masculinity, patriarchy, protesters, protests, sore losers, testosterone, the left, trump, turn the other cheek, vietnam war, violence, william wallace
Militant hyper-masculinity is the ideal of Christian manhood in the white evangelical world, and it's part and parcel of Trumpism and today's Republican Party. Author Kristen Du Mez joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Adam Schiff: The GOP Has Created a Monster
November 18th, 2021 | 35 mins 54 secs
adam kinzinger, battleground states, big lie, bill barr, carter page, collusion, devin nunes, fisa, george papadopoulos, hillary clinton, impeachment, jim jordan, june 2016, kevin mccarthy, kremlin, liz cheney, maga, manafort, midterms, mueller, paul ryan, polling data, qanon, republican party, russians, steele dossier, stolen emails, tea party, trump, trump tower, ukraine, wikileaks
"If you persuade people that we cannot rely on our elections to decide who should govern, then what is left but violence?" Rep. Adam Schiff joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Brian Klaas: Why Are So Many Leaders Awful?
November 16th, 2021 | 44 mins 59 secs
authoritarians, bannon, boardrooms, central african republic, corruption, despots, dictators, job interviews, kids soccer teams, lauren boebert, leaders, leadership, marjorie taylor greene, middle management, narcissism, new zealand police, police officers, police recruitment, power, psychopaths, school boards, trump, university college london, youth soccer
Tyrants are good at obtaining power, but bad at wielding it. And no, Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time. Author and Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Tim Miller: Why Chris Christie Triggers Me
November 12th, 2021 | 45 mins 24 secs
1980s, 2016, aids, big bird, billionaires, catholicism, chris christie, college quarterback, dennis prager, hiv, jobs, john mcentee, mark esper, men in black, sesame street, taxes, transgender people, trump
It's The Bulwark's job to talk about Jan 6, Democrats need to talk about kitchen table issues, and Chris Christie: We remember what you did. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.