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  • Jake Sullivan: Trump Is Making China Great Again

    Jake Sullivan: Trump Is Making China Great Again
    Aug 27 2025
    A year ago, China was globally isolated and its economy was struggling. But once Trump was back in office pursuing his own personal and political gain, the U.S. brand got tossed in the toilet and the view from Beijing got pretty sweet. Trump has allowed China to buy American microchips that could be used against our own national security interests, he caved on his own trade war with the country, and the divisions he's creating with allies in the West have made China's propaganda job a whole easier. Plus, the tragedy in Gaza, the evolving U.S.-Israel relationship, the one powerful way to squeeze Putin's war machine, and re-examining Biden's original plan to run for re-election. Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joins Tim Miller.

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    • Sullivan's piece on Gaza for the Israeli news site, Ynet
    • Article about Sullivan's comments at The Atlantic Festival in Sept. 2023
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    59 m
  • Susan Glasser: An Exercise in National Humiliation

    Susan Glasser: An Exercise in National Humiliation
    Aug 26 2025
    Some rando far-right social media suck-up, who Trump rewarded with an appointment to his administration, is pushing mortgage fraud investigations of Adam Schiff, Tish James, and now Fed governor Lisa Cook. Trump claims he's fired Cook based on a tweet—but will any institution stand up to these McCarthy-like campaigns against his political foes? Meanwhile, Bolton is being investigated because he went on TV and called out Trump's lies about his embarrassing Alaska summit. Plus, the administration is abusing official resources by having Guard troops just stand around in D.C., Putin wants to devour Ukraine by any means necessary, and we are finding out what it's like to have a live-streaming presidency. Susan Glasser joins Tim Miller.

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    • Susan's most recent column
    • Pam Bondi profile by Ruth Marcus
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    51 m
  • Bill Kristol: March to Dictatorship

    Bill Kristol: March to Dictatorship
    Aug 25 2025
    Trump and his people have used the summer months to up the despot game—sending armed troops into the streets, taking over the police in D.C., and promising to export the same tactics to even more blue cities. And the attempted deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda shows the lengths the administration will go for not submitting to its coercion. At the same time, Vance sounds downright Orwellian on the John Bolton matter, while the White House eyes other major corporations to extort. Plus, Wes Moore punches back, the injustice of the trans military ban, and the emerging signs of a broad Democratic coalition. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

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    • Kinzinger on how Trump is undermining the Second Amendment
    • Bill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' with Col. Bree Fram
    • Mark Hertling on the purging of military and intel leaders
    • Just one of Gov. Moore's recent punchy tweets
    • The book Tim mentioned, "Diary of a Man in Despair"
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    51 m
  • Tommy Vietor: Trump's Security State

    Tommy Vietor: Trump's Security State
    Aug 22 2025
    The fears of jack-booted thugs and the military in the streets that filled the fever dreams of numerous people on the right since the 90s have come to pass. Not to mention that these are boom times for private prisons, deportation camps, and huge data centers driving up electricity bills. (We're building things, Marc Andreessen!) Meanwhile, The Bulwark was live on the scene for the FBI raid at John Bolton's house—just the latest installment from Team Trump's pursuit of his enemies. Plus, Alex Jones is worried about Trump's cankles, and Gavin is proving to be a good fighter, but other Dems need to get in the game. Also, Gaza, Israel, and the exaggerated power of AIPAC.

    Tommy Vietor joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

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    • Bulwark LIVE for FBI raid at Bolton's home (Substack) or YouTube
    • Byron Donalds's Cracker Barrel tweet
    • Third Way's blacklisted words
    • Joe Rogan takedown
    • Peter Thiel's antichrist lecture series
    • Tim's playlist
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    1 h y 11 m
  • Garry Kasparov and Jerusalem Demsas: Democracy Can't Defend Itself

    Garry Kasparov and Jerusalem Demsas: Democracy Can't Defend Itself
    Aug 21 2025
    While Trump keeps working hard on his own monetization and glorification—and delivers a Watergate practically every hour—the pro-democracy coalition must stay focused on winning next year's midterm elections. Trump is at the point of no return, Congress is becoming the only institution that can stop him, and holding onto that lever of power is his top priority. Meanwhile, not only did Trump look weak in Alaska, he also looked unpresidential. Plus, a new publication focused on the threats from the post-liberal right and left.

    Jerusalem Demsas and Garry Kasparov join Tim Miller.

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    • Garry's Substack, "The Next Move"

    • Jerusalem's "The Argument"

    • Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen slamming the table after losing in June

    • Trump comparing himself to Nixon

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    1 h y 13 m
  • Adam Kinzinger: Don't Feed the Dictator

    Adam Kinzinger: Don't Feed the Dictator
    Aug 20 2025
    Russia is losing the war in Ukraine. More than 1 million Russian troops have been killed or injured, and it's been estimated that it would take another four years and 2 million more soldiers for Putin to conquer the Donbas region. So no, Ben Shapiro, getting Ukraine to sacrifice the region in return for some kind of security guarantee would not be a "masterstroke" for Trump. Meanwhile, red state governors sending National Guard troops to D.C. are disrupting the lives and families of those troops at back-to-school time—just to please Daddy Trump. Plus, the MAGA socialism around Intel, Dems should advise foreign countries to think twice about doing corrupt deals with Trump, and Hegseth's pull-ups don't cut it in the alpha male world he thinks he's making.

    Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller.
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    • Tim on the Louisiana governor sending the National Guard to D.C.

    • Kinzinger's interview with Jason Riddle

    • Jonathan Martin on Trump giving Putin more time to stall

    • FT on Europeans comparing eastern Ukraine to Florida
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    59 m
  • David Kirkpatrick: Trump's Self-Enrichment

    David Kirkpatrick: Trump's Self-Enrichment
    Aug 19 2025
    Back in the day, Trump used to puff up his wealth to get on the Forbes list. Lately though, he doesn't talk about how much money he has, especially now that he and his family have pocketed an estimated $3.4 billion off his time in the White House. The bulk of those billions comes from various crypto-related ventures—and money from foreign nationals and some adjustments at the S.E.C. have helped grease the wheel. At the same time, the Trump Org is making development deals directly with dictators in the Middle East. Meanwhile, his supporters may think they're helping MAGA by buying hats and beer koozies, but their money is all going to Trump. Plus, the European leaders had their flattery game down in the Oval Office on Monday.

    The New Yorker's David Kirkpatrick joins Tim Miller.
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    • David's piece, "The Number: How Much Is Trump Pocketing off the Presidency?”
    • White House photo of the European's flattery game in action

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    51 m
  • Bill Kristol: Authoritarian Takeover

    Bill Kristol: Authoritarian Takeover
    Aug 18 2025
    Militarizing the nation's capital is not a distraction, and Democrats really need to stop using that term. Trump is trying to seize power, intimidate the public, and foment violence in the streets. And it's a purposeful MAGA marketing campaign—the masked federal thugs often have a camera person with them as they tase and tackle people. This is a fight that is central to the pro-democracy coalition, and it must become a political loser for Trump. Meanwhile, European leaders are now the ones defending liberty, and Trump may be laying the groundwork for an attempted federal takeover of our elections.

    Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

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    • Philip Bump's mapping of crime rates in states sending Guard troops to DC
    • Masked agents NOT patrolling in DC neighborhoods most impacted by crime
    • Bill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' conversation with Eric
    • Video of a Russian tank with an American flag
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    45 m