ICE and other armed federal agents are doing their best to incite violence in blue cities so they can help Trump realize his unfulfilled dream from 2020 to impose a military crackdown. At the same time, Trump can only point to what happened in Portland five years ago during Black Lives Matter protests to try to bolster his case. Meanwhile, Comey has a pretty good shot to get his case dismissed—thanks in part to a Truth Social post that was supposed to be a DM to Bondi directing her to go after his enemies. Plus, doubts around the longterm sustainability of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, the butch-up cosplay behind the blowing up of boats off of Venezuela, and the real power of conservative media influencers like Candace and Tucker. Sam Stein joins Tim Miller.
Sam Stein joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Adrian on ICE's propaganda videos
Amit Segal's newsletter Tim referenced, "It's Noon in Israel"
Katie Porter's interview with local CBS reporter; starts around 13:45
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Casey Newton: Lawlessness and Danger in Tech's Brave New World
Trump's TikTok deal looks like classic crony capitalism as well as open theft. But China has bigger fish to fry with trade than its TikTok algorithm—which led Congress last year to ban the app in the U.S. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley thinks they're building a machine god with AI, but we really may be heading into catastrophe. Plus, the armed invasion of Chicago, Sam Altman seems disconnected from reality, and Tim Cook's pathetic bending over for backwards for Trump.
Casey Newton joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Casey's Platformer newsletter
Casey's "Hard Fork" podcast
JVL's emergency 'Triad' on Chicago
Tim's 'Bulwark Take' on DHS using Zach Bryan's music in a propaganda video
Tucker's interview with Sam Altman
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Jake Tapper: Trump Is Making the Country Less Safe
A new kind of McCarthyism has settled in at the Justice Department, where career prosecutors—including those handling tough national security cases—are getting canned for voicing any opposition to politically-motivated demands from top DOJ officials. And those who survive the ongoing purge are literally working in fear that they are being surveilled by the FBI. Meanwhile, MTG may play a role in resolving the shutdown. Plus, Tapper’s timely new book, his maybe/maybe not text interview with Trump, and the heat he’s still taking over his earlier Biden book.
Jake Tapper joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Jake's new book out Tuesday, "Race Against Terror"
Jake and Alex Thompson's book on Biden, "Original Sin"
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Bill Kristol and Jane Fonda: The New 'Fierce Urgency of Now'
ICE is intentionally provoking violence in the nation’s cities and then glorifying it with their crack video team. Meanwhile, the rhetoric coming from Trump true believers about their desire for a ‘benevolent’ authoritarian strongman is truly alarming. But governors and members of the judiciary are behaving like we still have a republic —and that the insurrectionist president can’t just deploy Guard troops in whatever state he wants. Plus, the Dems should consider broadening their aims with the shutdown, and Jane Fonda is reviving her father’s McCarthy-Era free expression group.
Jane Fonda and Bill Kristol join Tim Miller.
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Monday's "Morning Shots"
Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday" with Ryan Goodman
Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment
"Bulwark Takes" podcast
Lauren on Geoff Duncan's campaign for governor in Georgia
Tim at Barstool HQ with KFC
Pic of Kristi Noem working out
Where to watch the Fonda's 1971 film, "Klute"
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Tom Nichols: All The Circuit Breakers Are Gone
President Trump’s loyalty purges continue. Prosecutors are fired from the U.S. attorney’s office in Eastern Virginia, including people who had nothing to do with the Comey case. And Kash Patel pushes out an FBI agent in training for displaying a rainbow flag in his workspace. Meanwhile, reports surface that Marco Rubio is leading a push among Trump’s top aides to topple Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller to discuss.
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