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Bulwark Takes
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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.
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Mel Brooks Did Literally Everything
Yesterday00:21:28Summary readySonny Bunch and Catherine Rampell take on Mel Brooks' 100th birthday and AFI's new ranking of Blazing Saddles as the funniest movie ever made. They dig into his EGOT-winning career, his fearless mockery of Hitler, why his comedy still holds up — plus the upcoming Spaceballs sequel and Catherine's middle-school Spaceballs obsession.
SummaryMAGA Influencer Accused of Doing the Unthinkable at Trump’s State Fair
Yesterday00:15:54Summary readyTim Miller and Will Sommer to give their takes on one of the strangest weeks in MAGA world. They unpack the arrest of a pro-Trump streamer accused of committing lewd acts at Trump's Great American State Fair, the latest legal troubles facing Students for Trump founder Ryan Fournier, and the new report raising questions about Rep. Abe Hamadeh's live-in senior staffer.Read more from Sources Say News: https://sourcessay.news/p/looksmaxxing-gilded-offices-and-a-live-in-staffer-insider-allegations-of-abe-hamadeh-s-capitol-hill
SummaryBREAKING: Trump’s Ceasefire May Already Be Dead
Yesterday00:13:07Summary readyTim Miller takes on the collapsing Iran ceasefire—Iranian drones hitting ships in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. counterstrikes, Iran retaliating against U.S. targets in Bahrain, and JD Vance's tough-guy statement that's landing nowhere. Plus: Trump's new self-portrait passport, and whether he understands what a passport is.
SummarySomeone Did an Awful Thing to Pete Buttigieg's Family
2d ago00:14:44Summary readyTim Miller went on MS Now to talk to Nicolle Wallace to give his take on one of the most disturbing political stories of the year after Pete Buttigieg revealed that a false report led child protective services to investigate his family. Tim explains why weaponizing the government against political opponents should alarm every American. Plus, Tim reacts to Megyn Kelly's comments about Haitian immigrants and fact-checks JD Vance's take on Watergate.Read more from Pete: https://petebuttigieg.substack.com/p/a-terrible-thing-happened-to-my-family
SummaryReceipts Live: Trump Melts Down Over His Own Gas Price Mess
2d ago00:55:21Summary readyJoin Catherine Rampell and JVL as they cover the week's financial and economics stories.Read more from Catherine's newsletter: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americans-trump-would-rather
SummaryTrump Isn’t Policing the World—He’s Looting It
3d ago00:14:34Summary readyWill Saletan takes on Donald Trump’s vision of American power, arguing that military force is increasingly being used as a tool for profit—through oil, minerals, trade concessions, and economic leverage rather than the defense of allies or democratic values.Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/bulwarktakes to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.
SummaryTrump Lied About His Crowd Size—Again!
3d ago00:15:37Summary readyJVL and Will Sommer give their takes on Trump’s kickoff event for the America 250 celebration and the president’s immediate lie that 45,000 people packed the National Mall and “nobody left” early. They dig into the crowd-size lies, the campaign-style speech at an official government event, Trump’s promises about the White House ballroom, and why the America 250 rollout already feels more focused on Trump’s image than America’s birthday.Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/bulwarktakes to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.
SummaryBREAKING: SCOTUS Allows Trump to Deport Hundreds of Thousands of Haitian and Syrian Refugees
3d ago00:31:35Summary readySam Stein and Jonathan Cohn discuss the major SCOTUS decision that would allow the White House to deport more than 350,000 refugees. Read more from Jonathan Cohn: https://www.thebulwark.com/trumps-deportation-agenda-awaits-supreme-court-grandma-haitians-temporary-protected-status-heath-aidesReady to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/bulwarktakes to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.
SummaryLive Coverage of Trump's Freedom 250 Rally
4d ago00:49:40Summary readyJoin Sam Stein, Will Sommer, Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol as they cover Trump's "Freedom 250" rally in Washington, DC.Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to https://Zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes to find and instantly book a doctor you love today.
SummaryBREAKING: Trump Suddenly Cancels Plans to Sign Bipartisan Housing Bill
4d ago00:28:06Summary readyAndrew Egger, Catherine Rampell and Joe Perticone are going live to cover Trump's sudden decision not to sign the bipartisan housing bill.Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to https://Zocdoc.com/bulwarktakes to find and instantly book a doctor you love today.
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