Sarah Longwell

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Tim Miller |Jonathan V. Last |Sarah Longwell

Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss Trump continuing to TACO causing increasingly slipping support, more Democrats getting arrested over immigration policies, the mixed feedback from Tim’s interview with NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on FYPod, and Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz’s heated conversation. Show NotesArrest of NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad LanderZohran Mamdani: FYPod CrossoverTulsi’s Bizarre and Creepy Nuclear War PSAWatch, listen, and leave a comment.

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan V. Last |Sarah Longwell

JVL and Sarah Longwell talk Matt Yglesias’s recent piece about the real stakes for Democrats in the Senate, how to build a winning coalition for 2026, and whether vibes actually beat policy. The Secret Podcast with JVL and Sarah is exclusively for members of Bulwark+. To watch or listen to future episodes and join the Secret community in the comments become a Bulwark+ member today.

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Sarah Longwell |Jonathan V. Last |Andrew Egger |Will Sommer

JVL, Sarah Longwell, Will Sommer, and Andrew Egger talk Trump’s sad, sparsely attended military/birthday parade in Washington DC while ‘No Kings’ protests across the country draw unprecedentedly massive crowds. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Sarah Longwell |Jonathan Cohn

Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is moving through Congress, and you may be surprised by some former Trump voters' reactions. Bulwark in-house policy wonk Jonathan Cohn joins Sarah to talk about the bill's negative consequences and why healthcare has been such a political albatross for the Republican Party. We also learn that plenty of voters are irritated by Congress only seeming to pass 'big' bills these days. Watch, listen, and leave a comment.

2 weeks ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan V. Last |Sarah Longwell

Sarah and JVL go deep on the manhandling of Sen. Alex Padilla. Did he “lunge” at Kristi Noem? No.Is it plausible that the Secretary of Homeland Security did not know how Padilla was? No.Is there some sacred—or even written—rule of conduct for press conferences that Padilla was “disrupting”? Hell no. But the big question is: Should Democrats do more of this? Should they bring their own security staffs and provoke the Trump administration and dare them to take the authoritarian mask all the way off?