Massive "No Kings" Protests Happening Across America
The Bulwark is live as Americans rally under the banner “No Kings” — a nationwide protest against authoritarianism and Trump’s bid to crown himself above the law. Join our hosts for real-time coverage, reaction, and analysis.
1hr 4m Oct 18, 2025
1hr 4m
Sarah Longwell: Trump’s DOJ Goes After Bolton—For Doing What Trump Did
Sarah Longwell joins Nicolle Wallace on ‘Deadline: Whitehouse’ to take on John Bolton’s indictment, Trump’s continued efforts to target political foes, and what the Young Republicans’ obscene group chat reflects about the current Republican Party. Watch Deadline: White House on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house
17m Oct 18, 2025
17m
Why So Many Military Leaders Are Leaving Early (w/ Mark Hertling)
Bill Kristol and General Mark Hertling discuss the sudden early retirement of Admiral Alvin Holsey raising concerns about U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean. Also, the legality and ethics of the attacks, the lack of oversight, and what Hosley’s departure reveals about deepening civil-military tensions within the administration.
20m Oct 17, 2025
20m
Trump: "I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven"
JVL and Will Saletan take on Donald Trump’s strange, childlike theology — a worldview where heaven is a reward for “winning” and faith is just another transaction.
19m Oct 17, 2025
19m
Robby Roadsteamer Sang Rod Stewart—Then ICE Opened Fire
Tim Miller is joined by Robby Roadsteamer to discuss his recent arrest at the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, after a face off with officers turned from singing a rendition of 'Do You Think I'm Sexy' by Rod Stewart to a bombardment of pepper-spray projectiles and being pulled into the ICE facility for detainment.
15m Oct 17, 2025
15m
Breaking: Trump’s Former National Security Adviser John Bolton Indicted
Sam Stein and Tim Miller take on the indictment of former National Security Adviser John Bolton by a federal grand jury in Maryland. Bolton is accused of sharing classified information with his wife and daughter over email — a move that raises questions about selective justice and the politicization of law enforcement.
12m Oct 16, 2025
12m
Hegseth Demanded They Sign a Pledge or Get Out. She Left. (w/ Mallory Shelbourne)
Joe Perticone talks with Pentagon reporter Mallory Shelbourne about the Defense Department’s new “pledge” that forced dozens of journalists to turn in their badges. They break down how Pete Hegseth’s team clamped down on press access, why even conservative outlets refused to sign, and what this means for freedom of the press in America.
16m Oct 16, 2025
16m
Scott Bessent Is LOSING IT!
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on Charlie Kirk’s show and said the quiet part way too loud: calling Kirk’s assassination a “domestic 9/11” and promising to “compile lists” of left-wing groups to investigate. Tim Miller breaks down how this rhetoric crosses every line and why this “war on terror 2.0” mentality is straight-up un-American.
14m Oct 16, 2025
14m
MTG's Revenge Tour?
Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s Katy Tur Reports to talk about Trump’s lawless power plays and why neither side is backing down. They also discuss Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attacks on her own party—torching GOP leadership, blaming “weak men,” and accidentally(?) helping Democrats in the shutdown fight. Watch Katy Tur Reports on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur-reports
8m Oct 15, 2025
8m
Leaked Texts Show GOP Operatives Using Slurs and Praising Hitler
Tim, Sam and Will reunite to take on the disturbing reporting from Politico exposing leaked messages among Young Republicans joking about gas chambers, racial slurs, slavery, sexual assault, and many other problematic topics.
16m Oct 15, 2025
16m
Snowflake Pete Hegseth’s War on Dad Bods
JVL and Andrew Egger take on Pete Hegseth’s strange, insecure reign over the Department of Defense.
18m Oct 14, 2025
18m
Tim Miller: Cracks May Be Appearing in Trumpworld
Tim Miller joins MSNBC to talk about the immigration fallout, the absurd smear of the “No Kings” protests, and cracks forming in the MAGA world as Trump’s tactics backfire.
8m Oct 14, 2025
8m
There’s a Ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza War. But Is This Really the End? (w/ Dan Shapiro)
Sam Stein talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro about how the Israel-Hamas war finally ended — and why it took two years to get here. Shapiro explains why Donald Trump had the leverage to force a ceasefire when Joe Biden didn’t, how Netanyahu’s political survival instincts prolonged the conflict, and what “phase two” of the ceasefire will really mean for Israel, Gaza, and the ...
23m Oct 14, 2025
23m
Fingering Trio Presents: Three FBI Agents Walk Into Glenn Beck’s Living Room...
Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Will Sommer take on Glenn Beck’s bizarre claim that FBI agents showed up at his house to “investigate Antifa,” and the right-wing fantasy world that takes him seriously.
17m Oct 14, 2025
17m
They Stopped Fighting. Now Trump Thinks He's Untouchable.
Sam Stein and Sarah Longwell take on how Trump has broken every source of resistance that once held him back — from corporate America to Congress — and why cowardice, fear, and fatigue have left him acting untouchable. They discuss the Wall Street Journal story about Trump’s growing power, the CEOs too scared to cross him, and the moment he was even too extreme for RFK Jr.
19m Oct 14, 2025
19m
JD Vance Can’t Handle Reality—So He Rewrites It
Will Saletan and Mona Charen take on JD Vance’s reality-bending interviews—where every inconvenient fact becomes “left-wing” and every lie gets a new excuse. From calling governors criminals to dismissing real corruption as “media reports,” Will and Mona expose how MAGA’s gaslighting has replaced truth with loyalty.
19m Oct 13, 2025
19m
Stephanopoulos Kicks JD Vance Off the Air
Jack Cocchiarella takes on JD Vance’s excruciating Sunday-show performance—from dodging questions about the $50,000 bribe to getting booted off the air by George Stephanopoulos.
13m Oct 12, 2025
13m
SNL Just Made Kristi Noem’s Week Even Worse
Trump wants you to think he’s inevitable. He’s not. Jack Cocchiarella takes on how Trump and Kristi Noem are turning ICE into a private army — recruiting extremists, spreading propaganda, and selling power through fear.
12m Oct 12, 2025
12m
The Trump Administration's Plan to Crush Dissent (w/ Tom Joscelyn)
Bill Kristol and Tom Joscelyn take on the Trump administration's plan to crush dissent.
35m Oct 12, 2025
35m
BREAKING: CDC, Education, and Health Departments Hit by Mass Firings
Sam Stein takes on the shocking Friday night purge inside the federal government—with mass firings at the CDC, Education Department, and more—explaining what really happened, why it breaks every precedent, and why insiders need to speak up now. - Secure Tip Line: https://thebulwark.com/tips - Sam Stein’s Signal Handle: asteinindc.09
10m Oct 11, 2025
10m
Is Fox News Bringing on FAKE Guests? (w/ Jack Cocchiarella)
Jack Cocchiarella and Tim Miller take on Jesse Watters, Fox’s extremely suspicious "guests," and the right-wing propaganda turning cruelty into entertainment.
14m Oct 11, 2025
14m
Mike Johnson: Twerpy Liar Who Wants Americans To Hate Each Other
Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell go off on House Speaker Mike Johnson — the “Eddie Haskell of MAGA.” They call out his fake piety, his loyalty to Trump over the country, and his awful attempt to brand peaceful protesters as “anti-American.”
9m Oct 11, 2025
9m
Veteran Gassed, Stripped, and Thrown in a Cell (w. George Retes)
Tim Miller is joined by George Retes, a U.S. Army veteran and American citizen who was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work. George shares his harrowing story of being surrounded by agents, pepper-sprayed, dragged from his car, locked in a detention center, and even placed on suicide watch—missing his young daughter’s birthday in the process. Read more a...
30m Oct 10, 2025
30m
Sen. Brian Schatz: When You PUSH BACK, Trump Folds!
Sam Stein is joined by Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii to discuss the ongoing government shutdown amid Russ Vought's government control, and the situation in Chicago with the Texas National Guard and Trump calling for the mayor and governor’s arrest. Plus, Schatz’s surprising recent retweets of Marjorie Taylor Greene.
21m Oct 10, 2025
21m
Joe Rogan CALLS OUT Trump’s Cruel Immigration Crackdown
Tim Miller breaks down Joe Rogan’s rare moment of moral clarity on immigration, where Rogan slams the idea of deporting longtime residents and families. Tim explains why this clip could shift the conversation, and why even some conservatives don’t want to be the “bad guys” in America’s immigration fight.
9m Oct 10, 2025
9m
RFK’s Deep Thoughts on...Circumcision?
Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down one of RFK Jr.’s strangest moments yet: suggesting during a Trump cabinet meeting that circumcision might cause autism. The pair unpack the pseudoscience behind RFK’s claim, the misuse of disputed Danish studies, and the way his comments echo the administration’s earlier Tylenol panic.
10m Oct 10, 2025
10m
Trump’s SURREAL Antifa Summit
Andrew Egger and Will Sommer take on of the most surreal events of the Trump era: a White House “roundtable” where Trump met with right-wing influencers to discuss Antifa as if it were an organized terror group. Egger and Sommer expose the theater behind the event, the made-up claims of an “Antifa hierarchy,” and the absurd partnership between DHS and online agitators. It’s part authoritarian p...
17m Oct 09, 2025
17m
The REAL Consequences of Shutdown Politics (w/ Mayor Quinton Lucas)
Lauren Egan sits down with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to look beyond D.C. and see what the government shutdown really means for Americans far from Capitol Hill. Mayor Lucas explains how tens of thousands of federal workers in the Midwest are going unpaid while still expected to work, and how that strain ripples through food pantries, healthcare, and housing programs. He calls out the moral...
17m Oct 09, 2025
17m
The Completely Bizarre Fight That’s Eating the Right
Candace Owens and Dinesh D’Souza are in the weirdest feud on the internet, and somehow it involves farm animals. Then Candace brings up a dream she had where she was visited by a ghost. JVL, Sarah, and Will try to make sense of MAGA’s new reality show.
20m Oct 08, 2025
20m
Trump is Turning ICE and the National Guard Into His Militia
JVL and Andrew Egger take on Donald Trump’s latest threats to jail his political opponents—including governors and protesters—as he sends National Guard troops into Chicago.
20m Oct 08, 2025
20m
Leaked Charlie Kirk Messages Spark Rift Inside Turning Point USA
Sam Stein and Will Sommer take on Candace Owens leaking Charlie Kirk’s texts, the “New Charlie Kirk” Brilyn Hollyhand’s failed debut, and MAGA turning on Trump’s own lawyer. Read Will Sommer's newsletter — False Flag: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/false-flag Get 30% off your first order from Soul at https://GetSoul.com (https://getsoul.com/) with promo code BULWARKTAKES.
11m Oct 08, 2025
11m
Tim Miller: People Will Be ASHAMED for Being Involved in This
Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House to discuss the alarming National Guard escalation in Chicago, DHS using Zach Bryan’s music as propaganda, and his interview with Kevin Clancy from Barstool Sports. Watch Deadline: White House on MSNBC – https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house Get 30% off your first order from Soul at https://GetSoul.com with promo code BULWA...
17m Oct 08, 2025
17m
AG Pam Bondi Faces the Senate in Chaotic Hearing
Sam Stein and Andrew Egger are live, reacting to the extremely contentious Pam Bondi Senate hearing. Attorney General Pam Bondi is under fire before the Senate Judiciary Committee after the shocking indictment of former FBI Director James Comey—part of Donald Trump’s widening campaign to punish his political enemies. Get 30% off your first order from Soul at https://GetSoul.com (https://getsou...
46m Oct 07, 2025
46m
Is Trump Considering PARDONS for Sex Offenders?
Tim Miller and Sam Stein take on Donald Trump’s bizarre response when asked about Ghislaine Maxwell—pretending not to know her, name-dropping Puff Daddy, and dodging questions about pardoning a convicted sex trafficker. Get 30% off your first order from Soul at https://GetSoul.com with promo code BULWARKTAKES.
15m Oct 07, 2025
15m
Stephen Miller Calls Sam Stein ‘Repugnant’!
Tim Miller and Sam Stein discuss the explosive online feud between Sam and Stephen Miller over the weekend, with Sam calling out Miller for saying a Trump-appointed judge is “terrorist,” and Miller’s response claiming Sam is “repugnant.”
13m Oct 07, 2025
13m
Don’t Apologize, AOC—You Were Right!
Tim Miller takes on AOC and Ruben Gallego’s takedowns of MAGA’s macho posturing, explaining why ridicule can hit harder than outrage.
9m Oct 06, 2025
9m
A Few Good Men: How “You Can’t Handle the Truth” Became America’s Favorite Lie
Sarah, JVL and Sonny Bunch take on A Few Good Men — Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom classic about loyalty, law, and the dangerous allure of obedience. They discuss whether Colonel Jessup was ever right, how “Code Red” culture echoes in today’s politics, and why Demi Moore’s character still divides audiences decades later.
1hr 8m Oct 06, 2025
1hr 8m
Republicans Broke Rural Healthcare—Then Blamed Democrats
Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s ‘Meet the Press’ appearance where he repeatedly lied about the shutdown being over undocumented immigrants receiving free healthcare, struggled to answer on Trump’s call to use the military against citizens, and said the unprecedented federal firings during the shutdown are completely up to Russ Vought. Read Jonathan Cohn's article for The Bulw...
17m Oct 05, 2025
17m
America’s Lawless Wars—From Chicago to Caracas (w/ Ryan Goodman)
Bill Kristol is joined by law professor Ryan Goodman to discuss the Trump Administration’s expanding use of “national security” at home and abroad, NSPM-7, National Guard deployments, Chicago raids, and lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Plus the legal pushback, Posse Comitatus, district court rulings, and the looming War Powers in Congress.
48m Oct 05, 2025
48m
Tim Miller’s HISTORIC Summit with Barstool's KFC
Tim Miller invades Barstool HQ for a real talk with KFC about Trump, politics, and “free speech.”
55m Oct 04, 2025
55m
BOMBSHELL: Leaks Show Trump Officials Floated Sending the 82nd Airborne Into Portland
Leaked Signal messages from Trump officials show them casually discussing deploying the 82nd Airborne into Portland—and JD Vance pushing prosecutions against influencers. Sam Stein breaks takes on the chaos, the incompetence, and the absurd “douche canoe” moment inside Trump’s inner circle, thanks to stellar reporting from the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Andy Mannix. "Trump officials discussed ...
10m Oct 04, 2025
10m
We Can't Believe This Trump Coin is Actually REAL
Sam Stein and Will Sommer take on the treasury announcement that Donald Trump is planning to be on the $1 coin in 2026 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, possibly illegally. Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at https://TheBulwark.com/events.
11m Oct 03, 2025
11m
Tim Miller: GOP’s Strategy Is To Make You Miserable
Tim Miller joins Michael Steele, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Alicia Menendez to discuss the military crackdown and national guard going into new cities, and the White House admitting there will be suffering from the government shutdown. Watch The Weeknight on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/weeknight
9m Oct 03, 2025
9m
Democratic Leaders STILL Don’t Understand Raw Power
JVL and Andrew Egger argue that Democrats are bungling the shutdown fight by focusing on healthcare policy instead of wielding raw political power. From Russ Vought’s chaos plan to Biden’s failed “normal politics” strategy, they explain why the stakes are higher than Democrats seem to realize. Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at https://TheBulwark.co...
13m Oct 03, 2025
13m
Tim Miller: Trump’s Dumbest Cabinet Member Sank the Epstein Narrative
Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: Whitehouse to discuss the chaos around the Epstein files as Howard Lutnick contradicts Kash Patel’s testimony, how Democrats can handle the messaging around the government shutdown, and Trump’s continued attacks on ships in the Caribbean. Watch Deadline: White House on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house Become a Bulwark Yout...
19m Oct 03, 2025
19m
Trump Freezes Jobs—Even for His Supporters. Will They Care?
JVL and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s latest government shutdown — how Russ Vought is using it to punish blue states, why the plan hurts Trump’s own voters, and what it says about Trump’s lawless approach to power. Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at https://TheBulwark.com/events.
16m Oct 02, 2025
16m
WILD Interview! Lutnick Shatters Trump's Epstein Party Line
Andrew Egger and Will Sommer talk about the latest "foot in mouth" moment from Howard Lutnick: going against the Trump story on Epstein and revealing another link from the Trump inner circle to Epstein himself.
13m Oct 02, 2025
13m
Bulwark's Big Toronto Hangover Matinee!
The Bulwark crew took the stage in Toronto for a SECOND sold-out live show! This is special preview version of the full show, which is available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark.
39m Oct 02, 2025
39m
Federal Judge Shreds Rubio, Noem, and Trump in Scathing Ruling
Sam Stein and JVL take on Judge Young’s scathing opinion against Trump officials who tried to deport pro-Palestinian students for their speech. Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at https://TheBulwark.com/events.
16m Oct 02, 2025
16m
Trump Trolls, Dems Lecture—Guess Who Wins? (w/ Arthur Delaney)
Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney take on the latest government shutdown, why Democrats dug in over health care subsidies, and how Republicans are playing politics with rescissions and canceled projects. Tickets to Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at https://TheBulwark.com/events.
15m Oct 01, 2025
15m