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The Real Reason Hasan Piker Is Gaining Power
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The Real Reason Hasan Piker Is Gaining Power

Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell debate whether Democrats should engage with or condemn far-left streamer Hasan Piker, whose controversial views are gaining traction amidst shifting public sentiment on US foreign policy and Israel.

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The Easy Part of the Iran War Is Over | The Bulwark Podcast
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The Easy Part of the Iran War Is Over | The Bulwark Podcast

The escalating US-Iran conflict has exposed critical vulnerabilities in American homeland security, strained key alliances, and revealed a profound lack of strategic planning for its long-term geopolitical and economic fallout.

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Trump May Be Trapped by His Own War (w/ Bill Kristol) | The Bulwark Podcast
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Trump May Be Trapped by His Own War (w/ Bill Kristol) | The Bulwark Podcast

The US's unilateral war in Iran has severely damaged global alliances, triggered significant economic disruption, and exposed deep rifts within the MAGA movement, leaving the Trump administration in a precarious political and strategic position.

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Candace Owens Is Tearing MAGA Apart (w/ Will Sommer) | Mona Charen Show
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Candace Owens Is Tearing MAGA Apart (w/ Will Sommer) | Mona Charen Show

Explore the alarming rise and unchecked influence of far-right MAGA influencers like Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Steve Bannon, and how their extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories are reshaping the conservative movement.

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Predator Sting Takes Down a MAGA Star
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Predator Sting Takes Down a MAGA Star

A prominent MAGA hatemonger is exposed in a 'To Catch a Predator' style sting, while a major feud erupts between right-wing media personalities Megan Kelly and Ben Shapiro, revealing ideological fault lines within the conservative movement.

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Tim, JVL, and Katie Couric: Trump, Iran and Manosphere Drama
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Tim, JVL, and Katie Couric: Trump, Iran and Manosphere Drama

Katie Couric joins Tim Miller and JVL to dissect the Trump administration's chaotic Iran strategy, its domestic political fallout, and the 'manosphere's' surprising reaction to the conflict.

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Iran War Causes Huge MAGA vs. MAGA Fight | MAGA Mondays
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Iran War Causes Huge MAGA vs. MAGA Fight | MAGA Mondays

The Iran war exposes deep rifts within the MAGA movement, revealing internal 'civil wars' among right-wing media figures and raising questions about Trump's leadership and the Republican Party's embrace of controversial figures.

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Candace Owens’s Erika Kirk Docuseries Is NUTS
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Candace Owens’s Erika Kirk Docuseries Is NUTS

The Bulwark Takes hosts dissect Candace Owens' docuseries on Erika Kirk, exposing its absurd 'evidence' and overt anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

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Tim Miller: Yes, the GOP Has a Nazi Problem.
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Tim Miller: Yes, the GOP Has a Nazi Problem.

Tim Miller argues that the Republican Party actively tolerates and even integrates white nationalist and Nazi ideologies into its base and policy, while also critiquing Marjorie Taylor Green's call for political civility as disingenuous.

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Making Sense of MAGA’s Freak Show: Carrie Prejean, Candace Owens, Clavicular
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Making Sense of MAGA’s Freak Show: Carrie Prejean, Candace Owens, Clavicular

This episode exposes how extreme conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism, and fringe figures have infiltrated and gained mainstream credibility within the modern Republican party, largely due to a lack of internal resistance and the normalizing influence of Donald Trump.

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I Thought Republicans Were Against Censorship (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)
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I Thought Republicans Were Against Censorship (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)

Campus speech policing has shifted from 'peak woke' social pressure to government-mandated censorship, with the American right repurposing the left's tactics, creating an even more stifling environment.

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Trump Freed a Cop-Beating, Hitler-Admiring Scumbag
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Trump Freed a Cop-Beating, Hitler-Admiring Scumbag

Tim Miller exposes the actions of Jacob Lang, a January 6th pardonee, highlighting his subsequent extremist activities and questioning the political implications of his freedom.

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