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The Last Time We Reduced Troops in Europe, a War Broke Out

I still carry the burden of that strategic failure.

52 mins ago • Mark Hertling

Withdrawing Troops from Germany Is an Own Goal

American forces in Europe are there to defend American interests.

12 hrs ago • Eric S. Edelman and Franklin C. Miller

Are YOU Prepared for the Fetterman Contingency?

Taking the Senate is even harder than you think.

21 hrs ago • Jonathan V. Last

Tit-for-Tatting Democracy to Death

We should try for more than Gerrymandering Total War.

24 hrs ago • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift

The Germany Drawdown is Weakening Our Own Hand

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2 hrs ago • Jim Swift

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He Voted for Trump Twice. Now He’s Running for Senate as a Democrat. (w/ Kyle Sweetser)

Sarah Longwell is joined by Kyle Sweetser, a former Trump voter and lifelong Republican who is now running for Senate in Alabama as a Democrat.

12 hrs ago • Sarah Longwell

51:20

Receipts Live: Catherine Rampell & JVL on Oil Price Spikes, Awful Inflation, Record Debt

Receipts Live

19 hrs ago • Jonathan V. Last and Catherine Rampell

21:35

After 75 Days of Shutdown, They End It Like This? (w/ Jake Sherman)

Sam Stein talks with Jake Sherman about a week of House chaos that somehow ended in a string of wins—key bills passed, a shutdown quietly ended, and…

May 1 • Sam Stein

19:41

This Democrat Smells Blood in Deep Red Florida (w/ Bale Dalton)

Tim Miller talks with Navy veteran and former NASA Chief of Staff Bale Dalton, who’s running for Congress in a deep red Florida district Democrats…

Apr 30 • Tim Miller

48:02

America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)

Usually, an assassination attempt outside a dinner with the president would be a HUGE news event.

3 hrs ago • Sarah Longwell and David Frum

1:01:16

Adam Kinzinger: The First Family's Corruption Is Mind-Blowing

Watch now | Fox News wouldn't shut up about Hunter and Burisma, but its viewers aren't likely to hear any criticism of Eric and Don Jr.

17 hrs ago • Tim Miller and Adam Kinzinger

Paramount’s Potential China Problem

Plus: A ‘Devil’-ish assignment!

18 hrs ago • Sonny Bunch

1:02:08

JVL Wants Every Trump Voter to Know: THIS IS YOUR FAULT!

JVL and Sarah Longwell discuss the signs that voters are starting to regret their Trump vote—and why that doesn’t mean politics is getting any simpler.

18 hrs ago • Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwell

Will ICE Show Up at the World Cup?

When immovable idiotic policy meets the unstoppable economic force of FIFA’s World Cup, it turns out we all lose.

23 hrs ago • Adrian Carrasquillo

How Democrats Can Have a Better Conversation About Israel

It starts with asking better questions.

May 1 • Daniel B. Shapiro

51:19

The Fan-Driven Distribution Company

Legion M cofounder Jeff Annison on getting movie lovers in on the financial action.

May 1 • Sonny Bunch

‘Madman Theory’ Confronts a Real Madman

Pretend irrationality has long been a part of U.S. foreign policy. Now we have the real thing.

May 1 • Brian Stewart

The Free Speech Warriors Who Now Love Cancel Culture

As Trump once again calls for Jimmy Kimmel’s firing, many purported defenders of the First Amendment have betrayed their signature cause.

May 1 • Cathy Young

43:29

SCOTUS Profoundly Changed Elections—Mid-Vote! (w/ Kate Shaw)

Kate Shaw—ABC News contributor and co-host of the podcast 'Strict Scrutiny'—joins Sarah Longwell to explain a major Supreme Court ruling that reshapes…

Apr 30 • Sarah Longwell

Welcome to the Golden Age of Dumb, Bespoke Tax Policy

Trump perfected it. And now Democrats are getting in on the act.

Apr 30 • Catherine Rampell

1:15:49

Jon Ossoff: Trump Is a Lifelong Racist

The bombshell voting rights ruling from the Supreme Court may have been years in the making, but Ossoff sees a tie-in to Trump's sore-loserdom and his…

Apr 30 • Tim Miller and Luke Thomas

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Adam Kinzinger: The First Family's Corruption Is Mind-Blowing

The Secret Podcast

JVL Wants Every Trump Voter to Know: THIS IS YOUR FAULT!

The Next Level

Trump Indicts Comey—AGAIN

Bulwark+ Takes

He Voted for Trump Twice. Now He’s Running for Senate as a Democrat. (w/ Kyle Sweetser)

The Illegal News

SCOTUS Profoundly Changed Elections—Mid-Vote! (w/ Kate Shaw)

The Focus Group

America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)

The Mona Charen Show

Orbán Rigged the Game—and Still Lost

How to Fix It with John Avlon

AI Is About to Eat Your Job (w/ Alanna McCargo)

Bulwark Goes to Hollywood

Paramount’s Potential China Problem

Shield of the Republic

Can Iran Take More Pain Than Us?

Just Between Us

Demolition Donald

FYPod

Cam’s Gone & Things Are Getting Weirder (w/ Tahra Hoops)

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Home of the Brave

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Three things to read, from JVL.

Morning Shots

Politics and news, every morning with Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger.

Receipts

Sharp insights and fresh reporting on our nation’s economy, delivered to your inbox by the inimitable Catherine Rampell.

Overtime

Start your Saturdays with a roundup of what's happening in the news and around The Bulwark.

Press Pass

In-depth reporting on Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works from Joe Perticone.

The Opposition

Charting the Democrats as they try to emerge from the political wilderness. A twice-weekly newsletter from Lauren Egan.

Huddled Masses

A newsletter by Adrian Carrasquillo chronicling immigration in America.

False Flag

Unparalleled reporting and insights into the online culture and communities that now run our country. A twice-weekly newsletter from Will Sommer.

The Breakdown

A newsletter from Jonathan Cohn that will tell you what the hell is actually happening to our government.

Bulwark Goes to Hollywood

Sonny Bunch on movies, technology, and understanding the next Hollywood

Bulwark Offers

Welcome to The Bulwark!

The GOP’s Gerrymandering Gyrations

The politics of ‘proportionality for thee, power for me.’

Apr 30 • Will Saletan

45:23

Are Democrats Blowing an Easy Way to Win? (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)

Enjoy a bonus episode of The Focus Group Podcast—Rachel Janfaza talks with Rotimi Adeoye about why Gen Z feels locked out of the economy.

Apr 30 • Rachel Janfaza and Rotimi Adeoye

MAGA Has a Eugenics Gene

Trump’s movement is repulsed by people who are different.

Apr 30 • Jonathan V. Last

Triad Video Mailbag for May 8

Ask JVL.

Apr 30 • Jonathan V. Last and Jasmine M. Green

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