The Bulwark Podcast

The regime in Tehran is not as fractured as is commonly portrayed, and it is also pragmatic enough to see the economic opportunities that would follow from a deal with an eager-to-please-the-markets Donald Trump. But the contours of a potential agreement look like a win for Iran—not for the U.S., which has spent billions a day, lost military personnel and assets, and handed Iran new-found leverage over the global economy. Also, in this season of commencement, Jodi has advice for new college grads on how to navigate the tough employment market and a digitized hiring process. Plus, the Supreme Court's embrace of the shadow docket and John Roberts' pivotal role in the shift, what it's like to listen to Harvey Weinstein mansplain, moneyed Iranians apocalypsemaxxing, and examining Zionism through the prism of the nationalism movement at the time of Israel's founding.
The Times’s Jodi Kantor and The Atlantic’s Arash Azizi join Tim Miller. 
show notes

Arash on Iran mostly wanting a deal

Jodi's new book, "How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work"

Arash's book, "What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom"

Arash on Zionism and the nationalism movement

Jodi and Adam Liptak on the birth of the shadow docket at SCOTUS

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Our Constitution is about limited government and restraining the power of the state, but we've got a president asserting powers he lawfully doesn't have, a Supreme Court that largely helps him do so, and a Republican Congress that's just dozing through it all. Americans need a refresher on how our government is supposed to work under the Constitution. Plus, the mifepristone case has brought abortion politics roaring back in time for the midterms, Trump is creating his own libel rules and circumventing press freedoms, and no, SCOTUS, the 14th and 15th Amendments were not designed to be colorblind on the matter of voting rights. 
Melissa Murray joins Tim Miller.
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Melissa's new annotated guide to the Constitution 

Melissa's "Strict Scrutiny" podcast 

The NYT on the Supreme Court's shadow docket 

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Acting AG Tood Blanche announced over the weekend that basically everybody in America can use the expression "86 47" without fear of prosecution—except James Comey, who Trump yearns to see behind bars.  Also, POTUS is still so steamed that NATO is not helping him with the Iran war that he's ordered thousands of U.S. troops withdrawn from Germany—even though the bases there are key to the war effort. Plus, the ceasefire looks to be in trouble, the Dems need to cool it on the 'burn the witch' culture, and Trump's vanity public projects are becoming increasingly grotesque.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
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Monday's "Morning Shots"

Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday" with David Baer

Tim's 'Bulwark Take' with Marc Elias on the SCOTUS VRA ruling

JVL on the risks of Fetterman flipping parties

Lauren on how some Dems want Chair Ken Martin to go

Mark Hertling on Trump pulling troops out of Germany

Eric Edelman on the troop drawdown

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Fox News wouldn't shut up about Hunter and Burisma, but its viewers aren't likely to hear any criticism of Eric and Don Jr. raking it in through government contracts approved by the Trump administration. Unlike in Hunter's case, the U.S. government is paying millions of dollars to the president's sons. Plus, Trump is losing the information war on Iran, Bibi is oddly chummy with Putin—given his alliance with Israel's enemy Iran, the nation's debt is larger than our GDP, the governor of Louisiana is outright assaulting democracy, and Kinzinger explains why we need to celebrate heroes. Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes

Preorder Kinzinger's new children’s book, “That's What Heroes Do"

Kinzinger's Substack

FT story on the Trump sons/Kazakhistan company deal

WSJ story on Trump sons/drone company deal

Tim's playlist

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The bombshell voting rights ruling from the Supreme Court may have been years in the making, but Ossoff sees a tie-in to Trump's sore-loserdom and his inability to accept that black voters in Georgia were responsible for his 2020 defeat. And the senator expects a full-court press to get Alito and Thomas to retire so Trump can nominate MAGA fanatics to the court—and impose his most durable legacy on the country. Ossoff also discussed potential limits on aid to Israel, the geopolitical malpractice of the Iran war, and the brazen corruption of the Trump family’s overseas business deals. Plus, Luke Thomas explains the links between MMA and Trump world, the UFC’s key role in rehabilitating Trump after Jan 6, and the sportswashing behind the upcoming fights at the White House. Extra bonus: Tim weighs in on the Maine Senate race.
Sen. Jon Ossoff and Morning Kombat host Luke Thomas join Tim Miller.
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Ossoff's campaign website

Ossoff in 2024, explaining his vote for a resolution that would've blocked arms sales to Israel

Luke's "Morning Kombat"

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