Podbit · The Bulwark Podcast
Democrats need a broader ideological tent — the Republicans had one in 2024, welcoming pro- and anti-vaxxers, pro- and anti-Ukraine supporters alike. But a tent still needs poles. Anti-Semites, people who think Putin has good points, outright bigots — they don't belong, no matter how much they support universal healthcare.
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Miller offers a confession from the Republican side of the aisle: he was there in 2010 when the Republican establishment — himself included — responded to Tea Party anger about immigration, Iraq, and outsourced jobs by attacking the base and telling them to support moderate candidates. The base responded by ending John Boehner's career, ending Eric Cantor's career, and eventually choosing Donald Trump. [1] — Tim Miller "Tim Miller lived through the Tea Party insurgency and warns Democrats against making the same mistake Republicans made: attacking the base …" 55:10 The pattern Democrats are now walking into is identical. The base — young people, DSA-adjacent voters — is angry that the party didn't stop Trump, didn't prioritize domestic economic concerns, and didn't stand up against what they see as foreign policy excess. The center-left response of 'we have a handle on things, those crazy people over there are the problem' is exactly the wrong move. It doesn't deflate the insurgency — it supercharges it. The move that actually works is 'heard — you're right that the way we've been doing things got us two terms of Trump, here's what I'm going to do differently.' Put the emphasis on the right syllable.
Ten years ago, 90% of tech media coverage was relentlessly negative and Kalanick felt he couldn't speak freely. Today, the rise of independent podcasters and Elon Musk buying Twitter has fundamentally changed the game — and it's why he's finally willing to talk.
Kay Classman, 28, was arrested for repeatedly posing as a 16-year-old and enrolling in Bronx high schools across multiple districts. She wasn't a predator — just someone so sad and lonely she wanted her lost childhood back. That's somehow sadder.
Disney, Meta, and Paramount have collectively paid Trump roughly $60 million to settle what Galloway calls nuisance lawsuits — all routed to his presidential library. Newsrooms are folding. The White House is handpicking press pool participants. This is what the end of a free press looks like.
One cheap fake documentary made by a teenager in his mother's basement convinced 16% of Americans that 9/11 was an inside job. Social media didn't invent conspiracy — it just gave it a rocket engine.
A progressive organization with a stated mission to destroy Turning Point USA received millions from ActBlue and is now publicly pushing the narrative that TPUSA insiders and Israel murdered Charlie Kirk. Andrew Wilson traced the network of accounts all amplifying the same conspiracy in perfect unison.
The microphone-bomb theory fails on every physical front: no smoke, no ignition, mic on the wrong side of the wound. And the .30-06 rifle round used is extensively documented by the US Army — it does not always produce a through-and-through wound. Wilson argues this is a well-studied projectile with well-understood behavior.
Andrew Wilson publicly offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her theory that Israel and TPUSA murdered Charlie Kirk. She refused. He argues that flat-earthers will debate anyone, but Kirk conspiracy theorists won't defend their claims under scrutiny.
Erika Kirk became the CEO of TPUSA while grieving her husband's murder in public, and now faces tens of thousands accusing her of conspiring to kill him. Andrew Wilson calls it mind-boggling psychological torture. The sparklers at the memorial weren't suspicious — they were a grieving widow doing her best in an impossible situation.
Joe Rogan and Andrew Wilson watch a bystander video of the Corey Ruiz police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin live on air. The video is so blurry they initially think a female officer fired the fatal shots. They later learn a male officer did, after Ruiz allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed officers. Their conclusion: you cannot have a hot take on a story you don't understand yet.
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