Mehdi Hasan: Memory-Holing the Worst President
The Bulwark Podcast1 Marras 2024

Mehdi Hasan: Memory-Holing the Worst President

The WSJ wants readers to think that Trump is too stupid to coup—despite Jack Smith's indictment showing a very clear plan. And for those on the left and right arguing that we survived once before, there are hundreds of thousands of people who would still be alive today if Trump had managed Covid better. Plus, the laughable GOP civility police, Kamala's potential trouble in Michigan, the MAGA ads that are simultaneously antisemitic, Islamaphobic, and misogynist, and the Green parties in Europe want Jill Stein to step aside.

Mehdi Hasan joins Tim Miller.
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John Heilemann: Did Trump Make an Ominous Shift on Iran?

John Heilemann: Did Trump Make an Ominous Shift on Iran?

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Carol Leonnig and Will Sommer: The Loons and the Loyalists Running the DOJ

Carol Leonnig and Will Sommer: The Loons and the Loyalists Running the DOJ

Acting AG Todd Blanche, who watched Pam Bondi get fired, knows exactly what his assignment is: Go after every political enemy Trump wants targeted, and charge them—even without evidence of a crime. At...

28 Huhti 51min

Bill Kristol: Words Are Not Violence

Bill Kristol: Words Are Not Violence

Trump is a terrible president and he deserves to be criticized, even in personal terms. Our pro-democracy movement has shown time and time again that we can oppose him— and oppose any attempt at viole...

27 Huhti 48min

Nicholas Kristof: What a Mess Trump Created

Nicholas Kristof: What a Mess Trump Created

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24 Huhti 52min

Ben McKenzie and Sarah Matthews: We Are Drowning in Scam Artists

Ben McKenzie and Sarah Matthews: We Are Drowning in Scam Artists

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23 Huhti 1h 18min

Sam Stein: Can Trump Avoid Humiliation in Iran?

Sam Stein: Can Trump Avoid Humiliation in Iran?

Trump's madman antics got him into a game of chicken with Iran, but he's up against people who are even crazier than he is. And he is not likely to get a deal with Tehran that is any better than Obama...

22 Huhti 1h 6min

Tracy Alloway and Jordan Ritter Conn: The Global Economic Shock from a Stupid War

Tracy Alloway and Jordan Ritter Conn: The Global Economic Shock from a Stupid War

Trump keeps jawboning the markets to try to manage the fallout from the war on Iran, but we have yet to see the full economic impact of his foreign policy misadventure. Oil and gas facilities in the G...

21 Huhti 1h

Bill Kristol: The Tough Guy Really, Really Means It This Time

Bill Kristol: The Tough Guy Really, Really Means It This Time

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20 Huhti 50min

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