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Bulwark Takes

Bulwark Takes

By: The Bulwark
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 The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, including Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol, and more.
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Episodes
  • Pam Bondi’s Revenge Tour Is a Total Bust

    Pam Bondi’s Revenge Tour Is a Total Bust
    Mar 5 2026

    Tim Miller gives his take on The New York Times reporting that the Trump Justice Department’s failed to build a criminal case over President Biden's use of an “autopen." Biden and his aides are just the latest in a growing list of revenge investigations that have fizzled under Pam Bondi’s DOJ. From Biden to Obama to Mark Kelly and Jim Comey, the indictments never seem to materialize.
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    8 mins
  • RFK Jr. Picks a Fight With Dunkin’—And New England Isn’t Having It

    RFK Jr. Picks a Fight With Dunkin’—And New England Isn’t Having It
    Mar 5 2026

    Sam Stein, JVL, and Catherine Rampell give their takes on why HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is demanding “safety data” from Dunkin' over its sugar-loaded iced coffees and why that fight could hit differently in Massachusetts. From 115 grams of sugar to 48-ounce coffee buckets, the crew taste-tests a truly unholy Dunkin order and debates whether this is public health policy or just another front for the MAHA movement in the culture wars.
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    20 mins
  • LIVE REACTION: Hegseth Press Event, Iran War Updates (w/ Tom Nichols)

    LIVE REACTION: Hegseth Press Event, Iran War Updates (w/ Tom Nichols)
    Mar 4 2026
    Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.), Tom Nichols, and Ben Parker are LIVE to discuss the war with Iran—especially the bigger strategic question: what comes after the airstrikes. They react to Pete Hegseth’s press conference, and answer audience questions about escalation, the point of no return, and how the U.S. and Israel actually coordinate in wartime.
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    50 mins
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