Episodes
The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what he's permitted to say.
Published 04/24/24
Published 04/24/24
Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grievance culture has run amok.
Published 04/23/24
Tom Mauser lost his son, Daniel, in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.
Published 04/22/24
Hey, look: Republicans and Democrats are working together!
Published 04/19/24
Mike Johnson shows hints of Reaganism with his new push for a foreign aid bill that includes support for Ukraine.
Published 04/18/24
For 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States lived in a delusion that Russia and China could not touch us.
Published 04/17/24
Trump wins voters who don't read The New York Times or listen to The Bulwark Podcast, and elite opposition may not be enough to defeat him.
Published 04/16/24
While Biden spent the weekend helping fend off Iran's missile and drone attack, supposedly pro-Israel Trump embraced the anti-Israel chant, "Genocide Joe," at his rally.
Published 04/15/24
Pound for pound, the mainstream media treats Trump better than any Democrat.
Published 04/12/24
Steve Bannon fueled the rise of MAGA by offering true believers a sense of community and purpose.
Published 04/11/24
Kari Lake can deliver a good performance, but she's not a true believer, as her flip on the Arizona abortion law shows.
Published 04/10/24
Two GOP congressmen say some colleagues are advancing Russian propaganda, but they still let Moscow Marjorie run the show.
Published 04/09/24
Trump's billionaire donors had it so bad under Obama, Clinton, and RINO presidents that they just have to go with the authoritarian.
Published 04/08/24
While Trump's calling card is stoking white grievance, he's making inroads with nonwhite voters. At the same time, Biden is holding steady with white voters.
Published 04/05/24
Republicans can't get off the Trump highway to hell, but business and media elites are also cozying up to him in case he returns to power.
Published 04/04/24
The 118th Congress made history by removing a speaker, expelling a member, and holding sham impeachment hearings.
Published 04/03/24
Kari Lake said she'd fight to the bitter end to prove the AZ governor's race was stolen from her, but in court she essentially conceded that it was all a lie.
Published 04/02/24
MAGA spent the holiday weekend arguing that Trump is more faithful than Biden, and also managed to slip in a possible dog whistle to evangelicals about Catholics.
Published 04/01/24
Cheney makes clear where she comes down on the POTUS rematch and is showing ex-Trumpworld figures how it's done.
Published 03/29/24
Republicans have entrapped themselves with the promise of a massive surveillance state for American women.
Published 03/28/24
As local news is hollowed out, rightwing news fills in the gaps.
Published 03/27/24
Elon Musk, for all his keyboard courage, couldn't handle Don Lemon's Q and A, but then sicced his Twitter minions on the ex-CNN host after their interview.
Published 03/26/24
Mike Gallagher is following Ken Buck out the House door, as they both abandon their jobs, their voters, and any sense of public service.
Published 03/25/24
Rural whites have outsized political power in our democracy, but more likely hold antidemocratic views.
Published 03/22/24