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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are already divvying up how to investigate Musk, the one-time shadow president who's still making foreign policy decisions about the war in Ukraine. Also on tap for hearings is the impeachable Hegseth, who ironically broke the iconic globe used by Eisenhower—a man who actually knew how to fight a war. And of course there's self-enriching Jared Kushner, who pretends to do diplomacy with his Putin-worshipping sidekick, Steve Witkoff. Plus: Vance's support of Vivek's ad suggests that he has deep psychological problems, Marco keeps flailing on the Starlink debacle, the crypto industry is spending $55 million to buy Ohio Senator Jon Husted, Mike Rogers's wife has won some very large government contracts, and Kinzinger feels a real energy behind Talarico in Texas.
Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

Kinzinger's YouTube

Kinzinger on Substack

Andrew in “Morning Shots” on the Texas trans mailers

Drop Site News on Mike Rogers’s wife’s government contracts

Jon Stewart on Mike Rogers

Chris Christie dragging Vivek

The NYT on Alina Habba’s $50 million deal

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

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

Could there be a bigger sign of Ramaswamy's depravity and desperation than using a mother from hell to sell your message? His campaign for governor of Ohio against Amy Acton has been a nightmare from the beginning. Meanwhile, Murphy senses kryptonite in the water around Trump as well, particularly with the farm belt in revolt over tariffs and the price of diesel. But in Michigan, El-Sayed has got to cool it on the cocky bro stuff in the final days of his campaign. Plus: From our live show in Atlanta Tuesday evening, Gen. Hertling joined Tim to discuss the continuing blame game between Musk and the administration over the crippling of Ukraine's military communications, the lack of leadership at the Pentagon, and the failure to protect our troops.
Mike Murphy and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling join Tim Miller.
show notes:

Hertling's recent piece, "Siding With Russia Is a Double Betrayal"

Murphy’s “Hacks On Tap” pod

Amy Acton’s campaign site

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

The Bulwark store

Closing Song: MJ Lenderman - “She’s Leaving You”

Though they deny any involvement, the Trump administration and Elon Musk are apparently helping Putin escalate his campaign of terror against Ukraine. Civilian casualties across Ukraine are rising—including women and children—but Trump said Monday that Russia "has been fine on Ukraine." At the same time, Team Trump looks to be lining up business deals with Russian energy companies. And Marco's whitewashing of it all is sickening. Plus: Zelensky is tired of Trump's games, China is playing a curious role on both sides of the war, and JD has another whopper to add to his stack of lies. 
Former Amb. Michael McFaul joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

McFaul’s book, “Autocrats vs Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder”

Tim’s ‘Take’ with Caolan Robertson in Ukraine

The NYT on potential Kushner/Witkoff deal with Russian company Lukoil

Bulwark LIVE show in Atlanta TONIGHT

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

The Bulwark store

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

The vice president had the gall to suggest he didn't know anything about what millions of Americans know: that Trump is using his office to enrich himself and that the administration made major mistakes in executing the war in Iran. But the polls strongly suggest a rebuke of Putin's biggest fan is coming because of the conflict in the Middle East. Plus: The obsession at Fox over Abdul El-Sayed is getting embarrassing, Mike Rogers is a POS, Tim and Bill share their new round of long shots (in North Carolina and Mississippi), and the tech oligarchs will be among the last to break with Trump.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

The Bulwark LIVE in Charlotte Sunday evening

Monday’s “Morning Shots”

CBS’s town hall with Vance

Mississippi’s Scott Colom’s campaign site

Paul Barringer’s congressional campaign site for NC-13

Kimberly Hardy’s congressional campaign site for NC-7

Judd Legum on Zuckerberg

Abdul El-Sayed confronting a Republican plant at one of his campaign events

Bulwark LIVE in Atlanta on Oct. 20

Closing Song: The War on Drugs - “Suffering”

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For more than 10 years, Trump has been showing us how skilled he is at sowing division and riling people up. Alan sees the kind of tribal mentality that Trump has fostered on his own reality show, "The Traitors," where contestants make incredibly stupid decisions because they don't want to deviate from the pack. The actor takes the opportunity to urge people to vote, protest, and stay vigilant in the face of the Republicans' campaigns of hate against immigrants and trans people. (And that includes Vance's dumb, dated gay jokes.) Plus: Rep. Garcia of the House Oversight Committee is preparing to get the gavel in January. He's already teed up new Epstein legislation, and he's planning to end the cover-up of 3 million Epstein documents, many of which have to do with Donald Trump. Also on the target list: the Trump family's business deals and the donors to the ballroom.
Alan Cumming and Rep. Robert Garcia join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes:

"The Traitors" on NBC

Alan's show, "Tip Toe," on Starz

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE show in Atlanta on Oct. 20

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

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