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May 15, 2026Political CorruptionJudicial IntegrityVoting Rights

Trump is the Revenge of the Mediocre | The Bulwark Podcast

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissman and host Tim Miller expose alarming instances of political corruption, judicial overreach, and the weaponization of lies in American politics, from a potential $1.7 billion taxpayer slush fund for Trump allies to the gutting of voting rights.

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May 8, 2026Voting Rights ActRacial DiscriminationGerrymandering

Polls Say Trump Is Tanking. Adam Serwer Doesn’t Believe Them. | Bulwark Podcast

Adam Serwer argues that the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act, fueled by a 'reactionary colorblindness' and Trump's normalization of overt racism, is dismantling decades of civil rights progress and creating a dangerous vulnerability for minority communities, mirroring post-Reconstruction disenfranchisement.

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