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  • David Frum: Trump and Epstein Were Best Friends

    David Frum: Trump and Epstein Were Best Friends
    2025/12/19
    Of all the images of Trump, the only times he seemed to be authentically smiling in the presence of another person was when he was with Jeffrey Epstein. The two of them had the same interests, and other people in the 80s and 90s assumed they were best friends. Over in MAGA land, a proxy war has broken out among rightwing influencers—like Ben Shapiro, Tucker, and Candace—because the economy and the party are in trouble. Plus, SCOTUS rulings and cryptocurrency have created a public corruption free-for-all, the failed tariffs are masking the shortage of immigrant-built new housing, Trump has illegally added his name to the Kennedy Center, and despite the large military build-up off of Venezuela, the administration seems to be winging it.

    David Frum joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

    show notes

    • JVL's 'Triad' on Trump's Venezuela adventure
    • Catherine's "Receipts" on the impacts of the immigration crackdown on the construction industry
    • NYT on the friendship between Epstein and Trump
    • David's most recent podcast episode on crypto
    • Tim's playlist
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    52 分
  • Patrick Gaspard: A White House Screamathon

    Patrick Gaspard: A White House Screamathon
    2025/12/18
    Trump's power of persuasion is failing him on the affordability issue. He even broke MAGA creed on live TV by calling on Americans to trust the word of foreign leaders—who supposedly claim the U.S. economy is golden—over the pain they're feeling at the supermarket and at the pump. Meanwhile, NYC's mayor-elect seems to be understand the zeitgeist: We are not living in a right v. left political moment, but an insider v. outsider one. Plus, what Dems can learn from Mamdani, why the party needs to move on from its Obama and Bernie factions, and how aid programs like PEPFAR can be resurrected in a new administration.

    Former Obama and Mamdani advisor Patrick Gaspard joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • AOC's and Sen. Smith's NYT piece on social housing that Patrick referenced

    • Tim, Andrew, and Will Saletan on Trump's White House address

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    1 時間 7 分
  • Catherine Rampell and Michael Steinberger: Trump Wants to Cook the Books

    Catherine Rampell and Michael Steinberger: Trump Wants to Cook the Books
    2025/12/17
    POTUS is firing or censoring the statisticians who collect data on health and climate, as well as the kind of experts who could verify his lofty claims of an A++++ economy. And while Vance says that Trump is really turning things around, job losses are rising from his destructive tariff and immigration policies. Plus, the back story on Palantir and how it's helping to facilitate the administration's authoritarian ambitions.

    Author Mike Steinberger and Catherine Rampell join Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Tim's 'Bulwark Take' on current China policy
    • Catherine's newsletter, "Receipts"
    • Mike's new book, "The Philosopher in the Valley"
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    1 時間 5 分
  • Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

    Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party
    2025/12/16
    The people running the Republican grassroots are nativist populists, and it’s a space where opposition to Israel thrives, along with a heaping serving of antisemitism. Candace’s wild theories about the Charlie Kirk assassination has had a big impact among the young who get their news from TikTok and Instagram. And JD—who is the top-billed speaker at this year’s AmericaFest—is sending signals that he’s absorbing the nativist and anti-Zionist views among right-wing influencers like Tucker. Plus, Susie Wiles dishes on Trump and other top figures, and Stephen Miller’s wife is running a North Korea-style podcast with some of the biggest names in the administration—but with virtually no audience.

    Will Sommer joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Will's "False Flag" newsletter
    • The recent Atlantic piece that Tim referenced
    • Vanity Fair's interview with Susie Wiles
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    1 時間 4 分
  • Bill Kristol: A Weekend of Tragedy

    Bill Kristol: A Weekend of Tragedy
    2025/12/15
    From the shooting at Brown University, to the Oct. 7-style slaughter in Australia, and the shocking murder of Rob Reiner and his wife—it’s been one blow after another. But leave it to Trump to seize the moment to remind Americans what a disgusting human being he is. Meanwhile, social media algorithms keep pushing people to antisemitic content, and Kash is going to have quit with the live-tweeting during FBI investigations. Plus, the MAGA crackup continues, Trump sounds like he’s losing his fight fight fight spirit, DOGE cuts hit red America, Dems should invest in campaigns in Iowa and Kansas, and Tim reads from the mailbag.

    Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Sonny's tribute to Reiner's remarkable work as a director

    • Monday's "Morning Shots," including a contribution from Hannah in Providence

    • Trump defending his grotesque comment

    • Politico on the DOGE cuts in Trump country

    • Axios on how Kamala may run again

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    55 分
  • Alyssa Farah: Trump's Big L in Indiana

    Alyssa Farah: Trump's Big L in Indiana
    2025/12/12
    Despite death threats and harassment, Republicans in Indiana delivered the biggest political setback to Trump since officials in Georgia wouldn’t help him find 11,780 votes in 2020. Turns out, some conservatives at the state level still have enough principles to not gerrymander on demand. Meanwhile, antisemitism, white nationalism, and neo-Nazism are flourishing among the very online right, including among people who used to be showcased by Fox. And they’re chewing on and mainstreaming some of the deepest, darkest conspiracies out there. But now those voices are more influential than the cable channel—even our vice president, ever mindful of 2028, won’t distance himself from the crowd. Plus, MTG’s come to Jesus moment, and the PR instead of reporting that is happening in the press room at the Pentagon

    Alyssa Farah Griffin joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

    show notes

    • Tim's 'Bulwark Take' on Tucker and Candace

    • Friday's "Morning Shots"

    • Mother Jones on Posobiec's PR moves at the Pentagon

    • ABC's "The View"

    • Tim's playlist
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    54 分
  • David French: MAGA Is Bleeding Numbers

    David French: MAGA Is Bleeding Numbers
    2025/12/11
    Republican disunity is being obscured by affection for Trump, but just below the surface, MAGA is being pulled apart at the seams. At the same time, the administration is busy committing war crimes while conducting an illegal, nonsensical war, and the FBI is investing progressive groups for their views. The state of free speech protections may be worse than during the Red Scare. Meanwhile, SCOTUS keeps shaping the power of the presidency, Tucker and Candace’s conspiracies and Israel fear-mongering are way past an act, and the Andrew Tates of the manosphere are giving cover to men who just want to be a**holes.

    David French joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • David's recent piece on MAGA
    • Ken Klippenstein on the FBI investigating progressive groups
    • NYT on the Trump administration helping out Andrew Tate
    • David's podcast, "Advisory Opinions"
    • "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here," book referenced by Tim
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  • Neera Tanden: America's 'Daddy' Is in a Rut

    Neera Tanden: America's 'Daddy' Is in a Rut
    2025/12/10
    Big Boss Trump, who claims the power to run the whole government via executive order and pushes all our allies around, is a man suddenly with no agency when it comes to the economy. He says the high cost of living is a Democratic hoax, or in true Christmas spirit, he’s back to blaming parents for spoiling their daughters with too many dolls. And while his approval rating slips into the the 30s, voters keep rewarding Democrats at the ballot box. On the healthcare front, Republicans have been promising an alternative to Obamacare for 15 years with nothing to show for it. Plus, the corruption of Trump & Co is so pervasive, it’s hard for voters to get their minds around it, and Dems have to go all-in on recapturing the Senate next year—which means winning independents and non-MAGA republicans in red states.

    Neera Tanden, at the Center for American Progress, joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • The "Trump's Take" tracker at the Center for American Progress
    • Tim and Andrew's 'Bulwark Take' after Trump's rally Tuesday night
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    51 分