The Next Level
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Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, and Jonathan V. Last bring their signature political insight and banter to the masses in The Next Level podcast. Tune in to hear them discuss the news of the week, break down campaigns and elections, and wade into pop culture feuds. www.thebulwark.com
Episódios 411
1135: Secret: So Much Winning
Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark on YouTube, Substack and Apple Podcasts.Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L6efft3OFNcFull episode on …
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Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark on YouTube, Substack and Apple Podcasts.
Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L6efft3OFNc
Full episode on Substack: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/so-much-winning
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Sarah and JVL talk about:
- Scott Colom’s inspiring victory.
- Did the polling miss hurt, or help, Democrats?
- An anti-DEI law in Florida targets the wrong people.
- Chuck Schumer vs. Chris Van Hollen
- JD Vance has Iran taken away from him.
- Is Nutlick licked?Plus, JVL has a very special announcement . . .
1134: Republicans Lost So Badly They’re Now Fighting Over Who to Blame
This full episode of The Next Level is available to paid subscribers of The Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Substack. There's literally never been a better time to come and ride with us.The election is …
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This full episode of The Next Level is available to paid subscribers of The Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Substack. There's literally never been a better time to come and ride with us.
The election is over, but the reveling is not. Tim, Sarah, and JVL are back together to discuss the fallout from the election, including the ascension of Stephen Miller and Jim Jordan to White House Chief of Staff and House Minority Leader. Then: Axios is saying that the system held, so we shouldn’t have been so worried about Donald Trump meddling with the election. And JVL's quite mad. Plus: what really drove the Democratic wave?Then: Josh Hawley is fasting for America…for only one hour. Then, they discuss a very strange Will Sommer newsletter about a Neo-Nazi streamer in a compromising position.
Then, behind the paywall: Tim has a rant about how we all need to be a little happier. Then, the gang takes listener questions: It’s career advice, life advice, Tim and Sarah’s favorite gay media, and why none of the gang are going to run for office.
1133: Secret Podcast: The Day After Deliverance
Full episodes of the Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Substack. But trust us—it's worth it.----Sarah and JVL are still coming to grips with …
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Full episodes of the Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Substack. But trust us—it's worth it.
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Sarah and JVL are still coming to grips with the enormity of this week.
Feelings!
These Democrats are good, actually.
Ways the Democratic Congress will be able to make the world better even with Trump still in office.
Is Hegseth cooked?
How long will Rubio wait?
Can JD outfight Trump?
Is MAGA trying to force Alito to resign?
All that and we take time to make Susan Collins wear the clown suit she made for herself.
And then, at the end? Well, don’t leave early. This is a top 2 percent episode. Instant classic.
1132: The Bulwark's Gigantic Election Night Episode
Election night delivers a stunning rebuke of Donald Trump as Democrats seize control of Congress and score extraordinary victories in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, Maine, Ohio and beyond. Tim Miller, Sarah …
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Election night delivers a stunning rebuke of Donald Trump as Democrats seize control of Congress and score extraordinary victories in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, Maine, Ohio and beyond. Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, JVL, and the Bulwark team react to the results in real time, joined by Pete Buttigieg, Ro Khanna, Lis Smith and others to break down the races, MAGA’s meltdown, and what comes next for Trump.
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1131: Secret: Final Senate Polls Are So Good, Sarah Can Barely Believe Them
Full episodes of the Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark. Join on Apple Podcasts, Substack or YouTube.Sarah and JVL are ready for midterms. - Early voting numbers and the …
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Full episodes of the Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark. Join on Apple Podcasts, Substack or YouTube.
Sarah and JVL are ready for midterms.
- Early voting numbers and the possibility of a Republican turnout collapse.
- Why gas prices might be Trump’s biggest problem.
- JD Vance getting the “pugnacious” treatment from the New York Times.
- Peggy Noonan’s MAGA redemption fantasy.
- Haley Stevens’ jaw-dropping weekend.It’s the last Secret Podcast before Election Day. The hopium is flowing.
1130: Secret: BURN MAGA TO THE GROUND
Full episodes of the Secret Podcast are available exclusively for paid members of The Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Substack. ----This is it: The last Friday Secret before the elections. JVL has …
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Full episodes of the Secret Podcast are available exclusively for paid members of The Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Substack.
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This is it: The last Friday Secret before the elections.
- JVL has complaints!
- Sarah has solutions!
- Are the polls right or wrong?
- Will Sarah ever read the Triad?
1129: JVL’s Wild 57-Seat Senate Scenario Has Tim Doing the Math
Tim, Sarah, and JVL are back together for their last Next Level before Election Day. They discuss Marco Rubio helping Flavio Bolsonaro take refuge in the United States after losing Brazil's presidential …
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Tim, Sarah, and JVL are back together for their last Next Level before Election Day. They discuss Marco Rubio helping Flavio Bolsonaro take refuge in the United States after losing Brazil's presidential election, RFK Jr's wildly racist comments about Arabs in Michigan, and the continued fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy's ghoulish ad against Amy Acton.
Then: a Kansas City Star report finds Roger Marshall’s own hometown turning on him, and Susan Collins is running a snobby ad against Troy Jackson. The gang runs through the whole Senate map and how big the Democratic wave could get, then they react to reports that Pete Hegseth has his eye on Marsha Blackburn’s Senate seat. And finally, after seeing the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, Tim is soft-on-crime. Again.
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1128: Secret: The Worst Person in the World
The Secret Podcast is exclusively for paid members of The Bulwark. Join on Apple Podcasts, YouTube or Substack.Sarah and JVL talk:Elon dropping another $76m on the electionFake pollstersTrump grifters getting …
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The Secret Podcast is exclusively for paid members of The Bulwark. Join on Apple Podcasts, YouTube or Substack.
Sarah and JVL talk:
Elon dropping another $76m on the election
Fake pollsters
Trump grifters getting cut loose by Big Orange
But the big story is Vivek Ramaswamy working with a woman who aided and abetted a pedophile-rapist. You know the ad we’re talking about. Sarah did a focus group with Ohio Trump voters. They all knew about the ad. And what they told Sarah is . . . not great for Vivek.
If you have questions for Tim, Sarah and JVL, send them to [email protected] and they may answer them on an upcoming episode of TNL.
1127: Elon Musk Could Face a MOUNTAIN of Subpoenas in 2027
This week’s Next Level starts out as a Secret Podcast episode, before Tim and Sam crash the stage. They discuss Sarah’s interview with Pete Buttigieg, why Jon Ossoff might be history’s choice for 2028 whether …
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This week’s Next Level starts out as a Secret Podcast episode, before Tim and Sam crash the stage. They discuss Sarah’s interview with Pete Buttigieg, why Jon Ossoff might be history’s choice for 2028 whether he likes it or not. Plus: some hopium on some key races across the South. Then the crew turns to Vivek Ramaswamy’s despicable ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother, and whether JD Vance might be (shudder) underrated in 2028. who they most want to see hauled before Democratic committees in 2027, with Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Todd Blanche, and Jared Kushner all making the list.
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1126: Secret Podcast: So Many Bad Things
Sarah and JVL talk about: The Media obsessing over the wrong problem with Katie Zacharias. The Alina Habba - Ric Grenell cage match. Kimberly Guilfoyle’s stylist Ruby Rhod Fancy James. Another big inflation …
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Sarah and JVL talk about:
The Media obsessing over the wrong problem with Katie Zacharias.
The Alina Habba - Ric Grenell cage match.
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s stylist Ruby Rhod Fancy James.
- Another big inflation jump.
And that’s before they get into Senate polling numbers looking really bad for Republicans. You want schadenfreude with a side of hopeium? The best friends have you covered.
Show notes:
- If you have questions for Tim, Sarah and JVL, send them to [email protected] and they may answer them on an upcoming episode of TNL.
1125: Trump Insiders Are Already Trashing the New Press Secretary
Note: We're doing something a little different today. Paid members of the Bulwark get exclusive access to a extra, super, jumbo-sized TNL with a play-by-play breakdown of Katie Zacharia's disastrous press …
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Note: We're doing something a little different today. Paid members of the Bulwark get exclusive access to a extra, super, jumbo-sized TNL with a play-by-play breakdown of Katie Zacharia's disastrous press conference. It's a lot of fun, and you should definitely join to see it. You can join on Apple Podcast, Substack and YouTube.
Tim, Sarah, and JVL are back together for a super-sized, off-the-rails show. They wish Kimberly Guilfoyle well after she was forced out of the Trump administration, dig into the background of our new White House Press Secretary, discuss the DHS raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home, discuss the right-wing meltdown over James Talarico's absence from the campaign trail, and gloat about the GOP pulling resources out of some key House races.
Then, they go behind they paywall, and it REALLY gets fun: They watch Katie Zacharia's entire White House press briefing (all 15 minutes), and give their minute-by-minute commentary. Then: Sarah and JVL ask Tim whether he's reconsidered his stance on a take that got MANY Bulwark listeners mad a few months ago.
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1124: Secret Podcast: Elon Musk Came Crawling Back to Trump. JVL Explains Why.
The Secret Podcast is available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, Substack and YouTube.Elon Musk threatened to destroy Trump’s Republican allies. Now he’s spending hundreds of …
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The Secret Podcast is available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, Substack and YouTube.
Elon Musk threatened to destroy Trump’s Republican allies. Now he’s spending hundreds of millions to keep them in power. Sarah Longwell and JVL discuss Musk’s humiliating surrender, the billionaires lining up behind Trump, the MAGA smear campaign against James Talarico, and why Trump’s desperate deal with Putin represents a stunning display of American weakness.
Plus, Sarah has some ideas about holding Trump’s wealthy enablers accountable, and JVL has some big news.
1123: Secret Podcast: Is He the One We’ve Been Waiting For?
Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark. You can join on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and at https://thebulwark.com. If you want to join, you're in luck: We’re …
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Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark. You can join on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and at https://thebulwark.com. If you want to join, you're in luck: We’re running a 30% off October Surprise sale, so it’s a great time to get the full Secret Podcast and all of our members-only reporting.
Sarah and JVL break down Jon Ossoff’s Terminator-style destruction of Mike Collins. Seriously: It was so brutal that someone should have stopped the debate.
Then it’s off to:- The Eric Deters interview that broke our brains.
- Pete Hegseth tugging it at the prospect of a livestreamed execution.
- The Pro-Life movement is practicing its strategic silence.
- Potato discourse.
- And The Golden Girls!
Definitely a top quartile show.
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1122: MAGA’s Racism is Blowing Up Its Own Coalition
Will Sommer joins Sarah and JVL for a wild, wild show. They congratulate Kash Patel on his engagement, discuss JVL's Triad on the White House reporter-turned-press staffer from Real America's Voice. Then: Megyn …
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Will Sommer joins Sarah and JVL for a wild, wild show. They congratulate Kash Patel on his engagement, discuss JVL's Triad on the White House reporter-turned-press staffer from Real America's Voice. Then: Megyn Kelly's ghoulish rant against Cornell's Jane Doe, and whether we're happy to see John Roberts experiencing public shame. Finally: Two VERY weird campaign ads, one filled with weird innuendo, and the other featuring Angela Paxton announcing her vote for her cheating ex-husband. They wrap up by discussing a long New Yorker article about the Heritage Foundation's groypery turn.
show links:
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1121: Secret Podcast: Tale of Two Interviews
Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark. Join on Substack, YouTube or Apple Podcast. Sarah and JVL are back apart, as God intended. And there’s lots …
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Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark. Join on Substack, YouTube or Apple Podcast.
Sarah and JVL are back apart, as God intended. And there’s lots happening:
- The new jobs report is bad!
- Should Democrats try to impeach Pete Hegseth?
- Trump is sending a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
- And then there are the two interviews. JD Vance seems to be living in one world while mush-brain Donald Trump is living in another reality.
Plus: Trump’s DoJ wants to go after the real villains of Watergate: The prosecutors who investigated poor, innocent Richard Nixon.
Also: JVL needs help picking a so-bad-it’s-awesome family movie.
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1120: Things Are Going So Badly for Trump, Even JVL Has Hope
Tim, Sarah, and JVL are all together in-studio. It turns out things are so bad for the GOP, even JVL is hopeful. They discuss Marjorie Taylor Greene calling BS on the GOP's 'caravan' tactic, whether Pete …
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Tim, Sarah, and JVL are all together in-studio. It turns out things are so bad for the GOP, even JVL is hopeful. They discuss Marjorie Taylor Greene calling BS on the GOP's 'caravan' tactic, whether Pete Hegseth could be the administration's fall guy for the Iran war, and a new Marist poll showing Democrats with an almost-too-good-to-be-true lead on the generic congressional ballot.
Later: Did Scott Jennings REALLY talk to Mitch McConnell for 30 minutes? Can Democrats get to 56 Senate seats? The gang has thoughts on how Democrats should handle oversight investigations in 2027. Plus: Bo French is racist AND wants mass executions, and finally: the gang discusses some interesting rumors about Candace Owens.
Read JVL’s Triad.
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1119: Suddenly, Democrats Have a Path to a HUGE Senate Majority
Live from benefit supporting the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and JVL dig into the quieter tactics behind Trump’s deportation crackdown, what Sarah’s Ohio focus groups are …
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Live from benefit supporting the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and JVL dig into the quieter tactics behind Trump’s deportation crackdown, what Sarah’s Ohio focus groups are saying about Vivek Ramaswamy, Sherrod Brown, John Husted, and Amy Acton, and just how big the 2026 Senate map could get. Plus, as conservative media struggles to defend Trump, the trio holds a contest to see who can do a better Scott Jennings impression.
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1118: Secret Podcast: Ten Lesbians Walk Into a Bar...
Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, Substack and YouTube.JVL is already in Ohio. Sarah is about to run to the airport. It’s a …
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Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available exclusively to paid members of the Bulwark on Apple Podcasts, Substack and YouTube.
JVL is already in Ohio. Sarah is about to run to the airport. It’s a wheels-off kind of show. This week:
- The government seems to have lied to a court again.
- JD Vance was the leaker who threatened national security.
- Mary Peltola gets caught in context collapse.
- Trump had compromat on Susan Collins.
- JVL feels guilty about cutting a promo.
And then there’s the big one: The story of the Massachusetts lesbian bar that wasn’t woke enough. It’s a solid B-/B episode!
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How to Eat an Elephant debuted at #2 on the NYT best seller list. We knocked Ted Effing Cruz out of the top spot! Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. Let’s keep the momentum going:
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1117: Furious Republicans are Finally Breaking with a Weakened Trump
Sarah's back from the book tour! The gang discusses Sarah's Focus Group Newsletter, George W. Bush's fundraiser for Republican Senate candidates (we thought he was staying out of politics?) Then they get into …
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Sarah's back from the book tour! The gang discusses Sarah's Focus Group Newsletter, George W. Bush's fundraiser for Republican Senate candidates (we thought he was staying out of politics?) Then they get into Trump's ban on CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO from the White House press pool, and whether we still care. Sarah also has some words about Zohran Mamdani sharing a podium with Donald Trump.
Then, the gang talks about a Wall Street Journal columnist who has "TDS" (maybe not the TDS you're thinking of). Also: The FBI was investigating Susan Collins for bribery, Tim is mad at Jared Golden, and JVL wants to discuss the Department of Defense's "Gender-Affirming Care."
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Show links:
Sarah's Focus Group Newsletter about Vivek Ramaswamy
Amy Acton’s ad
Gerard Baker has TDS
Propublica's investigation into Susan Collins and her Super PAC's donors1116: Secret Podcast: We’re Living in an Insane Asylum
Sarah and JVL are together again and JVL is raging. The president of the United States accused the Democratic party plotting to assassinate him and . . . everyone just pretends it didn’t happen. Diesel prices …
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Sarah and JVL are together again and JVL is raging.
- The president of the United States accused the Democratic party plotting to assassinate him and . . . everyone just pretends it didn’t happen.
- Diesel prices are going to the moon.
- Trump wants to demolish the Kennedy Center.
- Joe Manchin came back from the grave to endorse Susan Collins.
And there’s a 90 percent chance that AI doesn’t kill everyone alive.
It’s a short show, but a great show.
Also: Sarah talks about the book tour and what it’s like to feel the love you guys have shown her. Be careful; it gets a little dusty.
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1115: JVL Has an Idea for How Democrats Can Make MAGA’s Life Hell
JVL's on the west coast for Sarah's book event, and he, Tim, and Andrew Egger discuss Mitch McConnell's triumphant (?) return to the Senate, Donald Trump casually floating conspiracy theories over the Butler …
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JVL's on the west coast for Sarah's book event, and he, Tim, and Andrew Egger discuss Mitch McConnell's triumphant (?) return to the Senate, Donald Trump casually floating conspiracy theories over the Butler, PA assassination attempt, and Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. Then, they turn their attention to a New York Times poll with some GREAT news for Democrats in the midterms (with the exception of one issue: AI). They discuss the developments from the world of AI in the last week and how our political leaders should respond. Then: Is Gavin Newsom really thinking about NOT running for president? There's a really, really, REALLY racist Republican running for Texas Railroad Commission, and Tim debriefs on a rather contentious interview he did on The Bulwark Daily.
Show links:
Read JVL’s Monday and Tuesday Triads on the AI race, and how our political leaders can respond.
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1114: Secret Podcast: Trump's 2026 Message: Everything's Fine!
The Secret Podcast is a special bonus just for paid members of The Bulwark. If you like this preview, become a member at thebulwark.com, on YouTube, or through Apple Podcasts.JVL and Bill Kristol look at the …
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The Secret Podcast is a special bonus just for paid members of The Bulwark. If you like this preview, become a member at thebulwark.com, on YouTube, or through Apple Podcasts.
JVL and Bill Kristol look at the increasingly messy fight to succeed Trump, from JD Vance and Don Jr. to Tucker Carlson, as Trump keeps the possibility of a third term hanging over the party. Plus, the war with Iran is getting worse, Pete Hegseth’s damage to the military is becoming harder to ignore, and 25 years after 9/11, they consider the unsettling question of what terrorism can set in motion long after an attack is over.
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1113: Trump’s Imaginary Presidency Is Going Just Great
Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss Trump's Labor Day Weekend with his favorite person, Corey Lewandowski's possible ‘light extortion,’ and whether Trumpworld will circle the wagons around him. Plus: why the GOP's …
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Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss Trump's Labor Day Weekend with his favorite person, Corey Lewandowski's possible ‘light extortion,’ and whether Trumpworld will circle the wagons around him. Plus: why the GOP's midterm convention shows Trump losing his fastball, ABC News's bizarre framing of Rudy Giuliani's Islamophobic comments about Zohran Mamdani, and John Fetterman's total lack of interest in doing the job of a U.S. senator.
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Today Sarah and JVL try to figure out who’s worse: John Fetterman or Susan Collins. (Give us your answer in the comments.) Also, the Big Orange Arch is coming. And we chew over Doug Sosnik’s recommendations for …
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Today Sarah and JVL try to figure out who’s worse: John Fetterman or Susan Collins. (Give us your answer in the comments.) Also, the Big Orange Arch is coming. And we chew over Doug Sosnik’s recommendations for the Democratic party. It’s a big show.
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Plus: it’s almost Book Week!
Don’t let Teddy Cancun and High Life Clarence win. Order a copy of Sarah’s book now. (If you haven’t already, I mean.)
How to Eat an Elephant drops on Tuesday and the Best Friends really want to get it to #1 on the NYT best seller list. To do that, we have to unseat... a biography of Clarence Thomas by Ted Effing Cruz.
Buy it on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-eat-an-elephant-one-voter-at-a-time-sarah-longwell/6a0996cb43d2ef5b?ean=9781250464170&bkshp-astro=t
Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Eat-Elephant-Voter-Time/dp/125046417X
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Show notes:
See Bill Kristol and Doug Sosnik’s conversation: https://conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation/doug-sosnik-on-two-very-different-elections-2026-and-2028/
1111: Ken Paxton Is Running One of the Worst Campaigns in America
Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss the U.S. Supreme Court letting Trump’s ballroom go ahead (for now), why JVL thinks John Roberts is the Susan Collins of the Supreme Court, and whether Sarah is warming up to tearing …
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Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss the U.S. Supreme Court letting Trump’s ballroom go ahead (for now), why JVL thinks John Roberts is the Susan Collins of the Supreme Court, and whether Sarah is warming up to tearing down the ballroom in 2029. Plus: Trump says Kristen Welker should be punished for pointing out that his endorsed candidates are losing more often, and JVL wonders whether Republicans will have to be an anti-Canada party now. Later: The gang discusses Bari Weiss’s kinda racist headline about Abdul El-Sayed’s past tweets, why elected Republicans around the country (but especially Ken Paxton) are feeling depressed about their midterm prospects, and an absolutely wild story about a Florida congressional candidates in today’s Morning Shots.
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Show links:
Read JVL’s Triad (https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lake-america-and-the-dogma-of-trumpism)
Read Andrew Egger’s Morning Shots (https://www.thebulwark.com/p/we-found-her-the-most-absurd-general-election-candidate-te-brown-illinois-florida-congress-fraud-primary-election-putin-whale-orca-polar-bear-russia-ukraine)
1110: Secret Podcast: Mark Cuban Thinks He Could Run as a Republican. Tim Has Some Bad News.
Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are a special perk just for paid members of the Bulwark. We put almost every video out for free, because we don't think you can save the country from behind a paywall. This …
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Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are a special perk just for paid members of the Bulwark. We put almost every video out for free, because we don't think you can save the country from behind a paywall. This is one of the rare things we do reserve just for members. Come ride with us.
- Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/py-SBnizZ3U
- Full episode on Substack: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/mark-cuban-thinks-he-could-run-asJVL is out this week, so Tim and Sarah discuss Mark Cuban’s comments that he could run for president as a Republican (and why Tim isn’t buying it), and Sarah’s conversation with the New York Times discussing her book, and what Democratic voters REALLY want right now. They also discuss the race Rob Sand is running for governor in Iowa. Behind the paywall: Kamala Harris’s 2028 strategy, Hasan Piker discourse, and a fun mailbag segment.
Show notes:
Read Sarah's conversation with the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opinion/democrats-fighters-trump-republicans.htmlCome hang with the gang—Sarah, Tim, JVL, Sam and friends—during our Bulwark LIVE: Good Fight Tour this October. Tickets are on sale now at: https://thebulwark.com/Events
Let's be together.
1109: All MAGA Media Can Talk About Now is Trans Sports
Tim, Sarah, and JVL are back together for a JAM-PACKED show. They discuss:-Dolly Parton's passing and her legacy.-America's war (not the Iran war, our trade war with Canada), and why the rest of the world can't …
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Tim, Sarah, and JVL are back together for a JAM-PACKED show. They discuss:
-Dolly Parton's passing and her legacy.
-America's war (not the Iran war, our trade war with Canada), and why the rest of the world can't count on American anymore--even if Democrats win in 2028.
-Sarah's Focus Group Podcast episode from Georgia--which Tim found pleasant (for once).
-The South Carolina primary runoff, and whether having Donald Trump's endorsement is enough to put a political novice in the Senate.
-The first U.S. measles deaths of the year in Pennsylvania.
-Does the Trump administration want to demolish the Kennedy Center? Do WE want them to?
-Why MAGA media is talking about the WNBA and trans issues so much.
-Finally: They discuss JVL's Monday Triad about Trump's completely crazy relationship with Natalie Harp.Go to https://zbiotics.com/nextlevel and use NEXTLEVEL at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics.
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1108: Secret Podcast: Is Jon Ossoff the One We’ve Been Waiting For?
The Secret Podcast with JVL and Sarah is exclusively for paid members of the Bulwark on YouTube, Substack and Apple Podcasts.---Sarah and JVL did a BIG show today. Sample awesome:Sen. Darlene Graham says that …
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The Secret Podcast with JVL and Sarah is exclusively for paid members of the Bulwark on YouTube, Substack and Apple Podcasts.
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Sarah and JVL did a BIG show today. Sample awesome:
Sen. Darlene Graham says that voters in South Carolina don’t care about Taiwan—they care about boys playing girls sports.
Spoiler: There are exactly zero (0) boys in South Carolina playing girls sports.
Top CIA analyst Julia Curlee served Trump, Biden, and then Trump again honorably. Then she was fired because some MAGA influencers discovered she was trans.
What duty do civil servants owe the country which elected Trump for the second time?
Is Jon Ossoff the one we’ve been waiting for? Sarah has him in her Big Four. And you’ll never guess who the other three are.
People hate Data Centers. So where is the juice for Democrats?
JVL can’t stop/won’t stop beating on tankies and greens.
And the birth of a new feature: Pickleball talk!
We want to hear from you about any/all of this. Let’s ride.
Sarah, Tim, Sam and JVL are coming to South Carolina, North Carolina, and Atlanta in October for Bulwark LIVE. We’re bringing lots of friends.
Tickets are on sale now: https://thebulwark.com/events
Our shows have a habit of selling out. Don’t wait to grab your seats.1107: Melania May Be Behind MAGA’s Natalie Harp Freakout
Tim, JVL, and Andrew Egger discuss:-(Yet another) story of a former Trump voter seeing a loved one run into the immigration policies he voted for.-The faux outrage from MAGA-world at Sen. Jon Ossoff pointing …
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Tim, JVL, and Andrew Egger discuss:
-(Yet another) story of a former Trump voter seeing a loved one run into the immigration policies he voted for.
-The faux outrage from MAGA-world at Sen. Jon Ossoff pointing out that Donald Trump and Natalie Harp travel together a lot.
-Karoline Leavitt leaving the White House, and who might come next.
-The Florida primary, and how Trump's hand-picked candidate MIGHT fumble the state away this fall.
-Pete Hegseth traveling to Iowa. Is HE running?
-Andrew breaks down the latest weird trend on right wing twitter: Postpartum Depression truthers.
-Tim welcomes Nancy Mace to the YouTube content game.For Bulwark+ Subscribers: The pre-sale for this fall’s Good Fight tour is ON. We’re heading to Charlotte, Columbia, and Atlanta in October. Get your tickets HERE, or first, become a subscriber HERE.
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1106: Secret Podcast: American Stasi
Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available only to paid members of The Bulwark. You can join on Substack, YouTube or Apple Podcasts!Lots of stuff this week.(1) There are still balcony seats left for the …
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Full episodes of The Secret Podcast are available only to paid members of The Bulwark. You can join on Substack, YouTube or Apple Podcasts!
Lots of stuff this week.
(1) There are still balcony seats left for the Best Friends Show in NYC on September 8. Come sell out the 92nd Street Y with us! You can get tickets here.
If we sell this show out, JVL will do something nuts.(2) Sarah, Tim, Sam and I are coming to South Carolina, North Carolina, and Atlanta in October. We’re bringing friends. Tickets go on sale August 21, but Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive presale on August 18—so join!
(3) Then there’s the news:
- Trump is trying to put his name on the Kennedy Center again. Grandpa is so thirsty.
- Karoline Leavitt is taking her talent for baldfaced lying to the private sector. Who will be the lucky news organization to buy the privilege of having her lie to its audience? And what lucky liar will inherit her spot behind the podium?
- JVL loses his mind over the revelation that after DHS agents murdered Alex Pretti, the federal government launched far-reaching investigations against . . . liberal activist groups in Minnesota. This story will take your hate-fire to 11.
- Sarah was always right about the Wisconsin Democratic primary.
- Why don’t progressives say a little prayer of thanksgiving for winning a big race in Minnesota with Peggy Flanagan while not having to defend Francesca Hong? Take the W.
- Also: JVL has some nice things to say about Bernie while Sarah is totally getting there on AOC.
(4) And then there’s the feelings talk. JVL has a lot of them. About Flash and mortality and his gratitude to all of you guys.
(Also: (5) We have news about Rebecca taking us home.)
This isn’t an Instant Classic level show, but it’s a good one. Top quintile for sure.
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