The Bulwark Daily

Florida's Democratic nominee for the Senate says average Americans right now are living in the dreams of oligarchs and the super-rich, and it's time for regular people to live their own dreams. The progressive maverick promises to fight to help all Floridians—regardless of party—to be healthy, prosperous, and safe. And while Republicans like to point out Nixon's DSA affiliation, the Trump administration itself is acting socialist, while also sending immigrants back to countries like Cuba and Venezuela. Plus: Nixon weighs in on Vance's racist dog whistle, and Tim praises Troy Jackson's debate performance against Susan Collins—who seemed out of touch and was forced to play defense over Trump, the war, and the stupid tariffs.
Angie Nixon joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

Angie’s campaign site

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE shows, including Atlanta on Oct. 20

Closing Song: The War on Drugs - “Suffering”

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to www.joindeleteme.com/BULWARK and
use promo code BULWARK at checkout

For their buy 1 get 1 50% off deal, head to 3DayBlinds.com/THEBULWARK

Destroying trust in the government is one of Trump's key sources of power, but Michael reports from the front lines of the deep state that there still are good employees serving the public interest. In his new book, Michael celebrates some of the heroes who either managed to survive DOGE—or were stupidly pushed out despite the vital roles they filled. And the absolute failures of DOGE raise serious questions about how Elon could be trusted to run any enterprise. Plus: Trump sure sounded like he was inviting Iran to bomb two big blue cities, and Republicans are rushing money to South Carolina and a very GOP district in Kentucky. Seems like Tim and Bill were onto something with their long-shot midterms picks on Monday.
Michael Lewis joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

Michael's new book, "Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State"

Tim's 'Take' on how Trump's corporate enablers should be worried about 2027

Michael's post-Katrina piece, "Wading Toward Home"

"The Fifth Risk," Michael's book on Trump 1.0

Michael on Sam Bankman-Fried, "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon"

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE shows, including Atlanta on Oct. 20

Closing Song: MJ Lenderman - She’s Leaving You

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Like all good demagogues, Trump's appeal works when he's got someone to blame. But it's on his watch that we've got a war-related global food crisis brewing and mass layoffs in Ohio—where Trump just happened to hold a rally over the weekend. So, POTUS is focused on getting his family more money through a new bribery scheme while Republicans struggle to demonize Dems and throw away resources on Paxton. Plus: Bill and Tim share their new long shot picks (in South Carolina, Florida, and Kentucky), Thom Tillis is a coward and a weakling, online trolls claiming The Bulwark is trying to get Dems more hawkish on the war really ought to catch one of our podcasts, and Russia's got a worrisome plague outbreak.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

Andrew in “Morning Shots” on the Pierre Damas Bel funeral vs. Trump’s rally

Andrew joins Bill for “Bulwark on Sunday”

Follow “Bulwark Takes” for breaking and developing news

Washington Sun on Trump meme coin/bribery scheme

The WSJ on the brewing global food crisis

Tim’s new candidate list

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE shows, including Atlanta on Oct. 20

Closing Song: The War on Drugs - “Suffering”

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Get 20% off when you go to trustandwill.com/BULWARK

What is going on with Trump's legs? He appears to be wearing a brace and a recent video shows him standing in a most unnatural way—as though he is mid-exorcism. But his apparent health issues don't seem to be stopping the administration from re-escalating against Iran with an additional 10,000 troops on their way to the region. Meanwhile, Trump's son-in-law, Jared (AKA the point person on the Gaza peace deal) turns out to be a war profiteer heavily invested in Israeli bomb-making companies. Plus: Some of the recent polls have been too rosy for the Dems, Islamophobia may be at play in the Michigan Senate race, Tim makes the case for regime change in Eritrea, and the cabal of guys at the All-In podcast—who bought their access to Trump—are some of the loudest voices pushing for his all gas, no breaks approach to AI. 
Tommy Vietor joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes:

Tommy’s “Pod Save the World”

Recent video of Trump standing

Closing Song: Orville Peck - “It’s the End of the World”

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Finally, some accountability in Washington: Sen. Eric Schmitt’s general counsel and poster-holder is in career limbo after the infamous basketball mix-up in the Jack Smith hearing. And Americans seem to be holding Trump responsible for their economic frustrations—he’s below the Bush Line. Josh Barro explains: We’re not in a recession, but people feel stuck because borrowing costs are higher. Big budget deficits are inflationary, the president’s war of choice is making things worse, and our leaders don’t have a plan to deal with any of it. Plus, JVL explains why the markets are finally pricing in the risk of Trump’s war, and he and Tim discuss the weirdos running our government, Hegseth’s obsession with masculinity, and the importance of shame in a liberal democracy.
Josh Barro and Jonathan V. Last join Tim Miller.
show notes:

Part one and part two of Tim’s list of Democrats who can win Red America

TIME’s interview of Trump

Subscribe to JVL’s Triad

JVL on oil risk premiums

Jodi Kantor for The New York Times on the public shaming of John Roberts

Closing Song: The War on Drugs - Suffering

Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to www.joindeleteme.com/BULWARK and use promo code BULWARK at checkout.