
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

Feb 6, 2025 • 13min
Elon-Trump Split?! Cracks Form In DOGE-MAGA Coup, Musk Popularity Plummets
Sam Stein and JVL talk about Elon Musk and his DOGE team losing favor with the electorate. Does MAGA like Elon or not? Is DOGE overstepping and will Elon become the scapegoat of the Trump administration?

Feb 6, 2025 • 11min
MAGA’s Plans To Gloss Up Mass Deportations
Adrian Carrasquillo deep dives into MAGA world's plans to create narratives around mass deportations with a gilded frame to control the public perception of Donald Trump's extreme executive order.
Read more in Adrian's newsletter Huddled Masses, Inside Trump World’s Plans To Gloss Up Mass Deportations

Feb 5, 2025 • 16min
Trump Makes Shocking Proposal for Gaza
Sam Stein and Tim Miller discuss Donald Trump's press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu where he said he wants the US to take over Gaza Strip.

Feb 5, 2025 • 11min
Trump Spending Freeze is Still Causing Major Problems
Sam Stein and Huffington Post senior reporter Arthur Delaney discuss the funding freeze one week on and all the confusion.

Feb 4, 2025 • 14min
Trump and Elon Chaos Is Now Baked Into The Markets
Tim Miller and JVL recap on the stock markets not having the projected fall with Donald Trump's tariff plans, revealing the market stability saw through Trump's bluff.
Read JVL's The Triad:
Follow the Money: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the-money-trump-musk-market-reaction-tariffs-canada-mexico-nyse-dow-sp500-treasury
Vox Pecunia, Vox Dei: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/vox-pecunia-vox-dei

Feb 4, 2025 • 9min
Trump's Guantanamo Bay Threats Could Actually Happen (w/ Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling)
Retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling joins Ben Parker to discuss how Trump’s extreme plan to send migrants to Guantanamo Bay would be both immensely expensive and enormously inhumane.

Feb 4, 2025 • 14min
Sen. Cassidy Bends The Knee To Trump on RFK Jr.
Sam Stein, Mona Charen, and Joe Perticone talk RFK Jr.'s approval vote in the senate committee making him one step closer to becoming HHS Secretary, and the dangers that Sen. Cassidy, who ultimately voted yes, laid out with RFK's continued misinformation on public health.

Feb 4, 2025 • 20min
Elon Musk's Crusade Against the Government Threatens to Dismantle USAID
Sam Stein is joined by Alex Ward, National Security Reporter for the Wall Street Journal, to discuss what happened today at USAID, how Elon Musk and his team took over, and with Marco Rubio appointed acting administrator, what happens from here.

Feb 3, 2025 • 13min
The Government Is Coming Undone, Scared Federal Employees Give Us the Inside Scoop
We received tons of emails from federal workers and many who are affected by the mass confusion created by Elon Musk's initiatives at government agencies. Sam Stein shares insights from viewers and the importance of transparency as government workers continue to sift through chaos.
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