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The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good faith.

Website ↗ Last published 2 November 2026 1,549 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on The Bulwark

“We have been living in a time of such deep polarization. It is so hardened that even in one of the worst political environments a party has had going into a midterm, a president at 38%, opinions of his handling of inflation underwater by 50 points, an unpopular war, gas and diesel prices spiking, all of these things in another era would have produced an absolute tidal wave.” — Amy Walter, The Bulwark
Amy Walter · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“But the basic concept has carried bipartisan support in the past, finding champions in lawmakers as far apart as Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).” — Catherine Rampell on Cory Booker, The Bulwark
Catherine Rampell · 9 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity publicly supported data centers in the summer of 2025. Then, according to audio obtained exclusively by The Bulwark, she voiced the same opinion at a December 2025 Greene County Republicans event, saying … they are a “nice opportunity for rural PA, where we have a lot of space where it wouldn’t be so intrusive.”” — Brendan Hartnett on Stacy Garrity, The Bulwark
Brendan Hartnett · 6 Oct 2026 Listen →
“If I am so fortunate to win, and this is not in the bag, I don't have any thoughts that I'm a shoe-in or anything like that. This really is a toss-up. This is a dead heat. And it's really going to take all of us to win this race.” — Mary Peltola, The Bulwark
Mary Peltola · 24 Sep 2026 Listen →
“I think everyone across Alaska is feeling the weight of the corruption in Washington, D.C. and the corporate greed that has been allowed to happen really unfettered. If you look at every single thing we're paying for, we are getting crushed by these runaway prices, whether it's diesel or gas, transportation costs, freight costs, health care costs, grocery costs.” — Mary Peltola, The Bulwark
Mary Peltola · 24 Sep 2026 Listen →
“62% of Alaskans are independent, nonpartisan, undeclared. Most of us don't see ourselves through a partisan lens. If I had to describe myself, I think a Democrat might be the hundredth way that I would even describe myself. So every issue is unique and every circumstance is unique. And I think you just need to keep an open mind and really listen to Alaskans.” — Mary Peltola, The Bulwark
Mary Peltola · 24 Sep 2026 Listen →
“In Alaska, I just really feel like all of the marquee issues for us fit into one or two of those categories. Take health care, families, childcare, families, food insecurity, fish, resource development, fish, our abundance issues, fish, corporate greed, fish, and many other things. And then freedom, of course.” — Mary Peltola, The Bulwark
Mary Peltola · 24 Sep 2026 Listen →
“The instincts of being a 60-year-old doctor and doing public health and preventive medicine—it’s always about going to ground. It’s always about the community as your patient. That was my instinct all along, and I started going around listening even before I filed my paperwork to make the decision to run.” — Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark
Dr. Amy Acton · 7 Aug 2026 Listen →
“Watching Acton, it seems to me that she doesn’t work a room so much as observe it, and in a way that reminds me of the moment a physician looks you over before starting the conversation during an exam. In response to questions, she sometimes pauses to take in the questioners for so long that it’s almost physically discomfiting. Call it retail bedside manner.” — Jim Swift on Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark
Jim Swift · 7 Aug 2026 Listen →
“I’m a doctor. I’m not much of a politician” — Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark
Dr. Amy Acton · 7 Aug 2026 Listen →
“When I was growing up in Youngstown, we didn’t know what party you were in” — Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark
Dr. Amy Acton · 7 Aug 2026 Listen →
“Everywhere we go, people are longing for public servants again, and they’re longing for this hate and chaos and vitriol and purposeful pitting against one another to end” — Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark
Dr. Amy Acton · 7 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Bulwark is hosted by Sam Stein , Bill Kristol , Ben Parker , Michael Weiss , Mark Polymeropoulos , Chris Jansing and John Heilemann .

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Guests

Andrew Weissmann (17 episodes), Amy Walter (5 episodes), David French (5 episodes), Nicolle Wallace (4 episodes), Jane Coaston (4 episodes), Robert Kagan (3 episodes), Adam Kinzinger (3 episodes), Susan Glasser (3 episodes), Pete Buttigieg (3 episodes), Tom Nichols (3 episodes), Alex Wagner (3 episodes), Mike Johnson (2 episodes), and 279 more.