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Bulwark+ Takes
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Bulwark+ Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team. This is the home to ad-free video shorts, Bulwark+ member-only livestreams, and live event archives. The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither do we.
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Did JD Vance Get Publicly Humiliated in Switzerland?
2d ago00:10:23Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Will Saletan take on the messy first day of U.S.-Iran talks—Trump's threat to seize the Strait of Hormuz and kill negotiators, JD Vance appearing to get publicly snubbed, and the Lebanon clause that may have handed Hezbollah a veto over the whole deal.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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Trump Is Hijacking America’s 250th Birthday (w/ Kevin Levin)
3d ago00:17:06Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comBill Kristol sits down with Civil War historian Kevin Levin to examine Trump’s effort to reshape America’s story ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.Read Civil War MemoryAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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Trump's Reflecting Pool Guy Looks like a Cartoon Mobster
4d ago00:09:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJVL and Sonny Bunch take on the bizarre saga of Washington’s algae-filled Reflecting Pool and John Cafaro the Trump-connected donor who landed the contract to fix it. Plus, an unexpected detour into wrestling history, Paul Bearer, and why this whole scandal feels more like a cartoon than real life.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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Receipts Live: Convicted Grifters from SBF to Elizabeth Holmes Are Betting on Trump
5d ago00:25:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJVL and Catherine Rampell take on the bizarre saga of Trump’s Reflecting Pool contractor, the strange new world where convicted fraudsters are lining up for MAGA pardons, and the MAHA crusade against blue M&M’s—all while Trump’s Iran ceasefire claims leave markets shrugging and investors wondering what, if anything, still matters.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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The Staggering Dishonesty of JD Vance's Iran Deal Spin
5d ago00:05:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comWill Saletan takes on JD Vance's TV blitz defending the Iran nuclear deal—and checks his claims against the actual text. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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Fake Badges. A Strip Club. Iran Airstrikes. Two MAGA Weirdos.
5d ago00:15:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein, Tim Miller and Will Sommer take on an insane MAGA scandal in DC—fake Secret Service badges, a strip club blowup, tearful confessions about an Iran airstrike that never happened, and an arrest that finally brought the whole charade crashing down. Plus: what exactly is going on with Kari Lake's face?Read Will Sommer's False Flag newsletter: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-shocking-arrest-of-a-maga-pit-bull-fake-secret-service-pal-ryan-fournier-jordan-daleyAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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LIVE VIDEO: Reflecting Pool Disaster—Peeling Paint & Green Water
6d ago00:10:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein, Brendan Hartnett and Sarah Matthews are going live to cover the mess at Trump's renovated Reflecting Pool.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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A Dramatic Reading of JD Vance’s Awful Book
6d ago00:20:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller and JVL attempt to read JD Vance’s new memoir 'Communion' and discover a book full of contradictions, self-owns, political rationalizations, and some very revealing clues about the vice president’s worldview.Buy Vance's new book (or don't!): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTQ68YZNAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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U.S. Intelligence is Winning the War in Ukraine (w/ Michael Weiss & Marc Polymeropoulos)
6d ago00:16:30Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJournalist Michael Weiss, editor of The Insider, and retired CIA veteran Marc Polymeropoulous take over The Bulwark for the kind of conversation they have with each other every day about the intelligence world, what the hell is happening in the United States and what it means around the globe. As they started recording, Trump was wrapping his bizarre Wednesday speech at the G7 Summit defending his deal with Iran. Marc and Michael go off about the news conference and turn to a riveting conversation about what is different about the war with Iran compared to the continuing show of strength in Ukraine and how that's happening thanks to years of groundwork by the CIA. It's an alliance that is actually winning despite Trump's posture towards Ukraine and the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky.Follow Marc on X here: https://x.com/Mpolymer...and Michael here: https://x.com/michaeldweissWatch Michael's latest conversation with Tim Miller: And you can read Michael's work on his Substack: https://macspaunday.substack.com/...and at The Insider: https://theins.press/en/authors/weissAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
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BREAKING: Exhausted Trump Rambles Through Parade of Grievances On G7 Stage
1w ago00:22:00Tap to summarizeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein, Andrew Egger, and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.), went live to cover Trump's appearance at the G7 conference. Plus, the gang reacts to the U.S. unveiling the text in their official MOU with Iran.
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