
Bulwark Takes
The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, including Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol, and more.
Latest episodes

Mar 21, 2025 • 12min
Trump Is Sending Innocent People to El Salvador For Soccer Tattoos
ICE is doing these deportations all wrong. They're deporting people with no gang affiliations, just because they have tattoos ICE is mis-identifying as gang tattoos, or do they even care they're wrong?
Trump’s Deportations Rely on Tattoos—It’s Bullsh*t. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-deportations-tattoos-bullshit-anuel-aa-dhs-ice
Administration: ‘Many’ Venezuelans sent to El Salvador prison had no U.S. criminal record https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302299534.html

Mar 21, 2025 • 7min
Wow! Trump Threatens to Send Tesla Vandals to El Salvador!
Andrew Egger breaks down the disturbing video linking Tesla vandals to terrorists and praising brutal El Salvador prisons. What starts as trolling reveals a deeper threat to civil liberties. Watch as we connect the dots on authoritarian rhetoric and the erosion of due process.

Mar 21, 2025 • 29min
The Most Disgraceful Action By A Law Firm Ever (w/ George Conway)
George Conway joins Tim Miller to discuss the law firm Paul Weiss bending to Donald Trump in order to have an executive order rescinded, with the exchange of pro bono lawyer support towards the administration.
Read More in Morning Shots, "Big Law’s Big Capitulation"

Mar 20, 2025 • 11min
Breaking: Trump Admin Sent Innocent People to El Salvador Prison
Tim Miller takes on shocking new revelations about Trump’s immigration policies: innocent Venezuelan refugees—including a pro soccer player—were secretly deported to a prison camp in El Salvador. Tim demands accountability, challenges both Republicans and Democrats to act, and exposes the cruelty at the heart of Trump’s ICE. Seriously, you don’t want to miss this one.
Watch Bulwark on Sunday, "Trump Said He Was Targeting Criminals In Migrant Sweeps. That’s Not What’s Happening." with Bill Kristol and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

Mar 20, 2025 • 13min
Daily Wire in Crisis as Boss Ousted Amid Chaos. Trump Win To Blame?
Sam Stein and Will Sommer talk Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing stepping down abruptly, as conservative media tries to find its footing amid the Trump administration.
Read Will Sommer's newsletter False Flag, "A Crack in Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire"

Mar 20, 2025 • 25min
NC Justice Allison Riggs Opponent Still Won't Concede — Four Months Later
Lauren Egan interviews North Carolina Justice Allison Riggs about her opponent Jefferson Griffin's attempts to overturn the results of her re-election and her ongoing battle in court.
Keep up with Justice Riggs here

Mar 20, 2025 • 10min
Texas Republican Proposes A Ban On Children Barking? What?
Tim Miller & Will Sommer break down the wild conspiracy that kids in schools are identifying as cats and using litter boxes. Spoiler: It’s NOT true. A new Texas bill banning “non-human behavior” in schools—because apparently, kids pretending to be animals is now a legislative issue.
A Crack in Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/mysterious-exit-daily-wire-ceo-jeremy-boreing-ben-shapiro
MAGA Brocasters Grow Suspicious of the Jews
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-brocasters-grow-suspicious-of-the-jews-joe-rogan-theo-von-antisemitism
Furrygate: A Litterbox of Lies
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/furrygate-a-litterbox-of-lies?utm_source=publication-search

Mar 20, 2025 • 34min
Why Jerry Springer & Pro Wrestling Explain Modern Politics
1999 wasn’t just the best movie year ever—it was the year low culture took over. From pro wrestling and Pokémon to Jerry Springer and reality TV, Ross Benes joins Sonny Bunch to break down how this bizarre era shaped today’s politics and pop culture. Don’t miss this deep dive into the moment that changed everything!

Mar 20, 2025 • 12min
This Might Be Their Most Brazen Ethics Violation Yet
Tim Miller and Sam Stein break down Fox News' latest defense of Elon Musk, the Tesla stock slump, and the administration’s odd fixation with promoting Musk's businesses. Ethics, politics, and PR spin—this one has it all!

Mar 19, 2025 • 9min
Recession Looms As Trump Crashes The Economy, Per Report
Tim Miller and Jonathan V. Last discuss UCLA Anderson Forecast announcing a recession watch as Donald Trump's policies, tariffs, government layoffs, mass deportations, and more are destabilizing the economy.