The Bulwark Podcast

Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glaring example is the damage Trump has done to the credibility of the white evangelical world.

The polling isn't there yet, but Biden is delivering, MAGA is extreme, the GOP is a dumpster fire, and Trump is the ugliest political figure in our lifetimes.

To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to steal the election—but the DOJ's effort to hold him accountable.

The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what he's permitted to say.

Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grievance culture has run amok.

Tom Mauser lost his son, Daniel, in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.

Hey, look: Republicans and Democrats are working together!

Mike Johnson shows hints of Reaganism with his new push for a foreign aid bill that includes support for Ukraine.

For 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States lived in a delusion that Russia and China could not touch us.

Trump wins voters who don't read The New York Times or listen to The Bulwark Podcast, and elite opposition may not be enough to defeat him.

While Biden spent the weekend helping fend off Iran's missile and drone attack, supposedly pro-Israel Trump embraced the anti-Israel chant, "Genocide Joe," at his rally.

Pound for pound, the mainstream media treats Trump better than any Democrat.

Steve Bannon fueled the rise of MAGA by offering true believers a sense of community and purpose.

Kari Lake can deliver a good performance, but she's not a true believer, as her flip on the Arizona abortion law shows.

Two GOP congressmen say some colleagues are advancing Russian propaganda, but they still let Moscow Marjorie run the show.

Trump's billionaire donors had it so bad under Obama, Clinton, and RINO presidents that they just have to go with the authoritarian.

While Trump's calling card is stoking white grievance, he's making inroads with nonwhite voters. At the same time, Biden is holding steady with white voters.

Republicans can't get off the Trump highway to hell, but business and media elites are also cozying up to him in case he returns to power.

The 118th Congress made history by removing a speaker, expelling a member, and holding sham impeachment hearings.

Kari Lake said she'd fight to the bitter end to prove the AZ governor's race was stolen from her, but in court she essentially conceded that it was all a lie.

MAGA spent the holiday weekend arguing that Trump is more faithful than Biden, and also managed to slip in a possible dog whistle to evangelicals about Catholics.

Cheney makes clear where she comes down on the POTUS rematch and is showing ex-Trumpworld figures how it's done.

Republicans have entrapped themselves with the promise of a massive surveillance state for American women.

As local news is hollowed out, rightwing news fills in the gaps.

Elon Musk, for all his keyboard courage, couldn't handle Don Lemon's Q and A, but then sicced his Twitter minions on the ex-CNN host after their interview.

Mike Gallagher is following Ken Buck out the House door, as they both abandon their jobs, their voters, and any sense of public service.

Rural whites have outsized political power in our democracy, but more likely hold antidemocratic views.

It used to be that politicians who had affairs, took bribes, and paid people off lost their office or lost their base.

A recent editorial in The Dispatch rejected both Trump and Biden as acceptable choices in 2024.

Trump's 2024 lies are not just the familiar ones about a 'rigged election.' He's also unleashing a flood of flamboyant untruths about Biden and his record.

Trump salutes the insurrectionists during the national anthem, and plans to rehire treasonous Paul Manafort to help out in '24.

He lost, he's low on campaign cash, and juggling court dates. When he says America is failing, is he projecting how he feels about himself?

One of the biggest reason voters are not happier: interest rates are much higher than they were few years ago.

Trump's campaign suppressed the Clinton vote with microtargeting. Now, digital malfeasance is the dominant subplot in our politics.

Biden has the air of a man with no doubt about his campaign strategy—which is not exactly soothing to some Democrats and Never Trumpers.

Old guy Biden got Ezra Klein to back down—and Kristol a little bit as well.

The White House explains why Biden led his SOTU with the threats to democracy at home and abroad.

Republicans keep painting Biden as an antifa-loving, Iran-coddling communist as they try to create a moral equivalence with Trump.

The Biden campaign is facing a buyer's market among voters and will really have to up its persuasion game, particularly with voters of color.

Trump's plans to add tariffs and shrink the labor force— via an immigration crackdown— would reignite inflation.

The courts aren’t taking care of Trump and we can’t live in denial about the state of play. Meanwhile, words keep failing him.

Swisher joins Tim for the weekend pod to share her burns of Elon, Trump and the vampires of Silicon Valley.

McConnell wouldn't put the stake in the heart of Trump—will that overshadow his legacy?

Avlon explains his moment of moral clarity in deciding to run for Congress.

Tim queries Yglesias and Beutler about Biden's Gaza response, and why Dems don't go on the attack more.

Voters who backed Nikki in South Carolina are not buying American carnage, and may represent a kind of gettable voter in swing states.

Tim is joined by John Heilemann, Jennifer Palmieri, and Mark McKinnon, his former colleagues from "The Circus," for a South Carolina primary preview.

Christian nationalism is not only a threat to democracy, but also to Christianity itself.

Republicans amplify Russian disinfo, and Ukrainians feel betrayed on the 2nd anniversary of the invasion.

Couric revisits the impact of her Sarah Palin interview.

Charlie Kirk hates Taylor, pro sports, Disney—and anything normal.

The vulgar carnival barker used the holiday weekend to hawk crummy, over-priced sneakers, and compare himself to Navalny.

Navalny heroically stood up to Putin, but Tucker and MAGA's bad actors can't get enough of the Russian leader—and Russia itself.

Mark Meadows' immunity order could be a problem for Trump, but his habit of lying could be a problem for Jack Smith.

The congressman states his case for why he's challenging Biden, and Tim Miller grills him.

Much of MAGA thinks Trump was sent by God, but King Cyrus probably didn't wear a diaper.

A Super Bowl W for Dark Brandon & the Deep State. Tim Miller debuts as host.

Biden's docs report, and his Mexico mistake, have put age center stage.

The Supreme Court sounded ready to reject a Colorado ruling that barred Trump from the state ballot.

The Supreme Court's legitimacy would really be on the line if it took up Trump's completely lunatic immunity theory.

Four billionaires—Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, and Andreessen—are part of an antidemocratic turn in the tech world.

J.D. Vance has extended Trump's Fifth Avenue immunity claim to sexual assault, RICO, and espionage.

Surprise, surprise, Biden drops F-bombs when he talks about the former insurrectionist president.

Trump hasn't re-defamed E. Jean Carroll, so it basically takes about $83 million to get him to shut up.

MAGA makes Taylor Enemy No. 1, and Gov. Abbott invites another Jan 6.

The world feels like it's falling apart, and black swan events are on the rise.

Haley has taken a hard turn against Trump, and is calling on him to 'man-up' and explain why he grew the debt and why he praises President Xi.

Aspiring monopolists, not publicly-traded "corporatists," would be the winners under a Trump 2.0.

Moscow Mitch capitulated to Trump's electoral interests, and Scalia speaks from beyond.

We're now pretty decisively pivoting from primary season to the general election. There's no denying it's Biden v Trump.

Trump has made an art form of attacking the courts and the rule of law for 50 years.

Trump wants to put his knee on the neck of America with a violent, illegal presidency.

How Trump would follow through on his anti-democratic promises.

No, American presidents don't need to be able to commit crimes to do their job.

The inside story of the grassroots effort to recruit young soldiers for the conservative movement.

Can the criminal defendant preaching to the choir juice a wider electorate?

Republicans race to bend the knee while looking like they want border chaos.

While Trump preps to be a victor in Iowa, his campaign narrative goes full victim.

Chris Christie dropping out shows that one party is at war with the idea of democratic self-government.

While North Korea jumped in to arm Russia, the GOP dallies over supporting Ukraine.

Trump hopes for a market crash, vows revenge, and plots his next Oval Office grift.

Jan 6 rioters are innocent, and the Art of the Deal guy could've taught Lincoln how to negotiate an end to the Civil War.

Harvard was protecting its academic standards and the institution itself.

SCOTUS will have to take up the insurrectionist clause that's getting Trump removed from state ballots.

We're not going back to the status quo before Trump's presidency.

Christie is not dropping out because Nikki is not the one we've been waiting for.

A.B. Stoddard shares how her dad and a film helped change the course of history.

Coppola lives the film to make the film—like a Method actor behind the camera.

Applying American ideas about racial identity to Israel makes for lazy analysis.

America's role in the world if Trump is reelected.

On the stump in New Hampshire, Trump parroted Putin condemning the American political system.

It was a year of heroes and zeros, highs and lows, and shocks and fizzles.

The special counsel is short-circuiting Trump's foot-dragging strategy.

Democrats used to be the party of the common man and woman.

If Trump wins, the first crime of his second term will be perjury—when he swears to defend the Constitution.

Kevin swears that Trump will stop with the retribution talk.

Is the Almighty, who made heaven and earth, also biting his nails over next year's election?

And now no one is afraid of Mike Johnson—so he won't be able to lead either.

Donald Trump will never be the lesser of two evils.