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How Badly Has Trump Botched the Iran War?
Eric Edelman dissects the many ways things have gone south with Iran. Also, a word about communism versus socialism.
9 hrs ago • Mona Charen
1:02:19
Senators Never Asked Blanche the Most Obvious Epstein Question (w/ Andrew Weissmann)
Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss on a week that tested both of them: Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, and Trump's prime-time speech on…
12 hrs ago • Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann
56:04
Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and a Changed Senate
Plus: What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark
22 hrs ago • Jim Swift
David French: Character Counts For Less
American politics and politicians are decidedly lower-character than they used to be.
24 hrs ago • Sarah Longwell
53:26
The Silver Lining of Trump’s Reheated Election Denialism
Take Trump seriously. Take him literally. But also see his speech for what it is: He knows he’s losing.
Jul 17 • Brian Tyler Cohen
Trump Voters Say JD Vance Gives Them the Willies
Sarah Longwell and Sam Stein (filling in for JVL) discuss Trump’s tedious (and still scary!) election speech, the documents that undercut his election…
Jul 17 • Sarah Longwell and Sam Stein
54:45
Why the Paramount-WB Merger Will Be Terrible for Theaters
Plus: It’s ‘Odyssey’ Week! Get your Nolan on.
Jul 17 • Sonny Bunch
Nicolle Wallace: The Sore Loser Is Trying to Ruin Our Elections
The one presidential election Trump lost was when he was in power and in charge of election integrity.
Jul 17 • Tim Miller
1:01:01
Shoot First, Smear Later
Killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo wasn’t enough—now comes the Trump administration’s campaign to assassinate his character.
Jul 17 • Adrian Carrasquillo
The Real Threat to Our Elections Is Donald Trump
And it has been for years.
Jul 17 • William Kristol, Sam Stein, and Benjamin Parker
Can Subsidies Bring Film Production Back to the USA?
Chris Fenton on his new film ‘Bad Counselors’ and the effort to make movies in America.
Jul 17 • Sonny Bunch
59:42
In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, There Is Only Culture War
How a forty-year-old satire of fascism became a meme for Trump, a flashpoint over women in sci-fi, and—for some fans—an actual political ideal.
Jul 17 • Christian Ruth
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