The Bulwark Podcast
Smart, Conservative, Never Tribal
We found 10 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast with the tag “trump”.
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Adam Kinzinger: What Comes Next?
November 4th, 2021 | 39 mins 35 secs
blue states, culture war, democracy, democrats, house of representatives, illinois, midterms, red states, redistricting, republicans, trump, trumpism, weekend at bernie's
The fight for the soul of the GOP may be over, but Rep. Adam Kinzinger sees a political future — maybe even a challenge against TFG. "I'm willing to lose to get the message out." The retiring congressman joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Peter Wehner: Faith Has Become a Hood Ornament
November 2nd, 2021 | 46 mins 4 secs
catechism, christianity, christians, david platt, evangelical church, evangelical movement, faithful, gospel, grievance, hatred, idolatry, jesus, male dominance, masculinity, mclean bible church, ministry, pastor, politics, religion, the bible, trump
With many evangelicals spending hours a day watching Fox News and OANN, but just 25 minutes a week listening to a sermon, political culture has overwhelmed the culture of the church. Peter Wehner 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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Jack Goldsmith & Bob Bauer: Restoring the Presidency
October 27th, 2021 | 44 mins 47 secs
biden, bipartisan, clinton, constitutional, democrats, house, inspectors general, jan 6, metaxas, presidential pardons, presidential power, republicans, riot, senate, separation of powers, subpoena power, trump
Presidents of both parties have been exploiting loopholes for years. Trump showed just how urgent the problem of presidential overreach is. Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith join Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Charlie Warzel: I Should Have Warned You
October 20th, 2021 | 51 mins 10 secs
careers, contempt, far right, jan. 6, jobs, journalism, liz cheney, media, millennials, pandemic, press, steve bannon, trump, work from home, work life
Can our media rise to meet the dangerous moment we are in? Journalist Charlie Warzel 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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Ben Schreckinger: The Bidens and the Media's Credibility
October 18th, 2021 | 42 mins 9 secs
art, art gallery, burisma, colin powell, delaware, fox news, hunter biden, hunter's laptop, jim biden, joe biden, painting, the bidens, the big guy, the delaware way, the mainstream media, tony bobulinski, trump, tucker carlson, ukraine
While there has been no shortage of exposés about Trump, his administration, and his family, a new book about the Bidens is getting relatively limited attention. Is the mainstream media applying a double standard? Ben Schreckinger 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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Emma Green: Is the Claremont Institute saying the silent part out loud?
October 13th, 2021 | 47 mins 38 secs
2020 election, civil war, claremont institute, criminal justice, federalist society, flight 93 essay, jan. 6, john eastman, jon gruden, judge luttig, michael luttig, national conservatism, prisons, systemic racism, the atlantic, trump
The Claremont Institute is the intellectual home of America's Trumpist right — as well as election theft mastermind John Eastman. The Atlantic's Emma Green joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Is the conservative think tank just giving words and ideas to the ball of energy that elected Trump, or further inflaming our already inflamed politics?
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David Priess: Getting the Truth on January 6
October 12th, 2021 | 45 mins 28 secs
ashli babbitt, bannon, biden, china, cia, claremont, fake furs, insurrection, jan 6, jon gruden, nfl, pompeo, republicans, saudis, subpoenas, trump, veep, white house
Not only is Trump doubling down in support of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, he's turning Ashli Babbitt into a martyr. Plus, when will Biden build back better bumper sticker-style messaging from the White House? Lawfare's David Priess joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.