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Mar 25, 2025 • 11min

The Right Wing Is Tearing Itself Apart Over... Soda?

Will Sommer and Sonny Bunch talk the drama with MAGA influencers accused of being paid off by Big Soda to counter MAHA's push for soda and candy to no longer be covered by SNAP and EBT.
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Mar 25, 2025 • 18min

How El Salvador's Strongman Bukele Inspired Trump

Former George W. Bush official Rosario Marin exposes Trump’s disturbing admiration for El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele. Are Bukele’s brutal tactics Trump’s playbook for America?
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Mar 25, 2025 • 14min

“New Level of Brutality”: Gay Makeup Artist Asylum Seeker Sent to Hellish Prison

Tim Miller is joined by Zach Stafford of the Vibe Check podcast to discuss Andrys, the gay makeup artist wrongly detained by ICE and sent to prison in El Salvador.  See Tim Miller on Vibe Check
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Mar 24, 2025 • 22min

Signal Chat Disaster: Trump Admin Hypocrites Crushed by Their Own Past Words

In the wake of the Signal text disaster leaking war plans, we took a look back at what Trump officials said about previous leaks. It’s not pretty. JVL and Sarah Longwell break it all down.
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Mar 24, 2025 • 13min

Jon Ossoff Taps Into Something People Want

Sen. Jon Ossoff tapped into something this weekend. Something that the people have been craving. Is that going to be a winning strategy? Tim Miller and Sam Stein discuss.
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Mar 24, 2025 • 9min

This Painting Broke Donald Trump. Let’s Take A Look.

Tim Miller and Sam Stein take a closer look at Donald Trump's portrait in Colorado's capitol, first displayed in 2019, that Trump has bleated he wants removed because he is incredibly unhappy with how he is portrayed in the painting. UPDATE: The Donald Trump portrait will be taken down at Colorado Capitol due to the president’s bleat.
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Mar 24, 2025 • 24min

The Text Chain That Should END Trump’s Presidency

This is bad — Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat, openly discussing sensitive war plans against Yemen—including operational details. Sarah Longwell and JVL take on this shocking security breach, calling out the incompetence, recklessness, and sheer absurdity of the Trump administration’s inner circle.
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Mar 24, 2025 • 10min

Breaking: Trump Taps Parking Garage Lawyer & Influencer As US Attorney

Sam Stein and Tim Miller talk Donald Trump's announcement that his former attorney and councilor Alina Habba will be appointed US Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
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Mar 23, 2025 • 31min

Bulwark on Sunday: You Can’t Make A Deal With Darth Vader

How To Fix It Host John Avlon sits in for Bill this weekend on Bulwark on Sunday with Reporter Joe Perticone. They break down the news of the week including the continued folding to Trump, Dems who are fighting back and much more.
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Mar 22, 2025 • 17min

Bernie and AOC Meet Enormous Crowds While Barnstorming America

Tim Miller and Sam Stein discuss Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders drawing massive crowds during their "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" in Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.

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