I've never felt more ashamed to be American. To live in a country without any sense of right & wrong is unsustainable.
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I don't care what the felon and his cronies say, most Americans want Harris and Walz. If we had an election today, without Elon and others' interference and cheating, the felon would lose by a landslide.
Don't let these people wane on who you are. I'm proud to be an american, I'm sorry there are horrible people that live here, but that's their demon to carry , not yours. Light and love. Hold your head up because we are the united states of America, not those pieces of shit.
Absolutely. I was very annoyed that Tim made fun of Pence's wife in a previous video, saying that she turned around and pretended to be distracted so she wouldn't have to acknowledge Trump BUT I watched it too and I saw her sitting bravely looking ahead while her piss weak husband jumped up smiling to shake Trump's hand. I don't know why Tim did that - I think he was with Sam Stein - they become jeering giggly adolescents when together
With all the talk about “only men can be leaders” there are a whole lot of cheap suits that are folding, the women are the ones taking the principled, leadership stand.
Sarah's point on normalizing bad behavior is salient. Someone needs to stand up and Michelle is perfectly placed to protest. Especially because of her history!
By choosing to anchor in love everyday in everything we say do and think✨🫂🫶 We Get To Choose The Energy Of Our Homes and Lives Everyday and We Need To Choose To Fill The World With Loving Light Filled Homes and Hearts✨💪🤘 Shine Through The Dark🤗
Same! Australian with an interest (perhaps slightly more than passing - after all, I am watching Bulwark) in US politics. I heard the whole phone call multiple times without trying. Hard to believe that someone who was on Trump's team doesn't know about it. It was too obviously a lie.
@@rosalinelowe972 I bowed out very early. The more I see these candidates the more I feel very comfortable that this administration will spend most of their time in trouble because of the level of incompetence paired with trumps ignorance. The Faux GOP, after all, holds power in executive and both houses of Congress. Everything that goes wrong goes straight to the Presidents desk. That somehow brings me a measure of comfort. These four years are all on them! They have no clue how to govern; never have, never will.
Your 7 News did a great five-part series covering all four years of Trump's first term, and it has more information than Americans get. Murdoch is American now and decides what is allowed. America is 56th on the Press Freedom Index for a reason, and Canada is 13th. Aussies have 26 million people and lost 10,000+ to Covid. Florida has 22,000,000 and FL's Gov.DeSantis killed 87,000 Covid patients. CDC told red states and Murdoch that 80% of the Covid deaths were 65 and over after the 1st wave. That means they were FICA pensioners and entitlement moochers sucking on the Government's tits. Eugenics of pensioners is normal in pro-life America. Iowa has 3,200,000 and killed 10,000, same as Australia or an 800% higher kill rate to reduce "Entitlement Outlays".
I don't think any democrats should attend the inauguration. Biden shouldn't attend; neither should any former president attend. I think handing our country over to a dictator is appalling and it should not be celebrated! I certainly will not be watching!
So proud of Michelle! I’m with her. Boycott the inauguration! Pam was disgusting because she kept saying “I have never heard that” when you know she had.
I would like to know why the media is making a big deal about Michelle Obama skipping Trumps Inauguration when they remained fairly silent on both Donald and Melania Trump skipping out on Biden?
They’re hypocrites. Also it’s a double standard. Trump basically can do anything but a Democrat does the same thing - especially a person of color, and, you know… It won’t surprise me if the Obama’s were to move abroad at some point if things get really bad here.
She represents the dems. He was a republican (and, well trump so no one was surprisedat shit he does) They are shocked, SHOCKED, I say, that a mature polite (not actually elected) woman would choose to have a public display of disapproval. Also a dem, and we ALL KNOW that dems respect the ceremony. I'm just glad that she's not putting up with his shit anymore. She has made her position clear, but the media is still playing by the old rules and dont know how to take it. And they have nothing else to talk about. Nothing that isn't important and substantive.
He'll lie about his ratings anyway. Who cares? I won't watch trumpy's inauguration. I hate him. But, the attention he'll get from his lies thrill him just as much as getting a high attendance at his inauguration.
Can someone please explain to me why Bondi wasn't asked a single time about her role in dismissing the lawsuit against Trump University after he donated $25k to her reelection fund? Pretty please?
The days of accountability are gone. John McCain, Jim Brady and Bob Dole are turning in their graves with the spectacle that is occuring on the Hill. For shame
I was so offended at all the testimony. They try to make anyone with any intelligence, suddenly feel you’re supremely stupid. I got so angry I started slamming doors in my house. It’s unbelievable.
This is where I come for my sanity. You are not crazy… you guys are all of us! Thank you! I also enjoyed the pig joke and return to junior high with the jinx bit Tim. Had to come to comment on TikTok. You guys can’t ridicule something you haven’t used. The app teaches you new things, but things you wouldn’t even know to look up. I’m interested in infectious diseases, music, financial tips, politics, starting your own business, tax tips, staying safe from scams, Medicare and retirement, cat care, interesting animals, sewing and crafts, cooking, painting and artwork, trans people, autistic traits and viewpoints because I have kids on the spectrum. It’s incredibly useful to hear the viewpoints of others, and I’m a better person for it. And like I said, some of the information and viewpoints I wouldn’t have thought to look up. So, yes, sorry guys, it’s pretty sophisticated, and it’s way more than teens dancing. TikTok is like meeting a bunch of people at a party, but instead of small talk that’s meaningless, each person takes you back to their house to tell or show you their biggest passions.
Thank you for the reminder that we are not the crazy ones. I need to write it on my bathroom mirror with lipstick and leave it there for at least the next four years 💄 Om mmm
"Mr and Mrs Pence, you're sitting there." Mrs Pence, "No, we are not." "Mr and Mrs Gore, you're sitting there." Mr Gore, "No, that won't work." "Mr and Mrs Clinton, you'll sit there." Hillary, "HaHaHaHa, think again." "Mr and Mrs Bush, Will you sit there?" George Bush, "No way, dude." Obama took one for the team.
I don’t know which is more disqualifying - the fact that she straight face claims no knowledge of the Trump/Raffensperger call or whether she would acknowledge it and think it’s peachy.
It’s getting really scary, these people are unbelievable. They don’t answer anything…..they seem to believe we are idiots. Talk around everything with a total lack of truth.
I partly agree with JVL - Merrick Garland should immediately send Volume Two first to the ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees- then an hour later, he should send Volume Two to the Chairs of the respective Judiciary committees. Cannon had no jurisdiction over the report and the 11th Circuit has kind of washed their hands of all the reports. So there you go, Volume Two can never be buried by Pam B.
Friends, you are earning every cent of your paychecks having to watch these hearings. I couldn't do it. Thank you for your service. And thank you for keeping it real. Strap in, y'all. Get your rest, hydrate, eat your wheaties. This first year is gonna be rough.
Tim and Sarah please help me survive this. I'm an older woman with a PhD in Biochemistry who worked in a backwards mid-America red state as the only female in a department where male faculty got away with sexual harassment that was apalling every single day. The playing field for women has never been equal. Science has never been acceptable anongst the religious right. Its going to get even worse and the battles of the past 20-50 years are all like tears in rain. I don't know how we can come back from what Trump and the oligarchs are doing to this country. Trump is handing American exceptionalism in science and technology over to China, India, the Middle East and EU. Stem cell research, climate research that will help us survive, stop and reverse it will continue: just not in North America. Trump wants Canada to make us hopeless about a possible escape from MAGAland. The immigrants trying to get into US are "going the wrong way" to quote Game of Thrones about people who were headed toward the Wall. America will be the first failed nation and a wasteland from climate disasters, epidemics from disease we won't vaccinate people for, Cujo's unvaccinated killing people in cities like 28 days later, no medications for senior citizens because the drugs came from China, India and Europe and tariffs made them out of reach for the average American. Babies will be born to women who don't get medical care, midwifes are illegal, education is illegal, people won't survive in the US. It will be like the worst of video games and movies about the future. Trump may as well rename the US Dystopia. The survivors will be the oligarchs but they will live in underground compounds and will be able to count their money for entertainment because there will no longer be goods or services for them to purchase.
But if they go too far and there's a huge backlash from the public, they'll have too much consolidated power with all those billionaires around them for anything from the public to be effective? That's the worst part.
Except a J-6 style incursion; with phalanx's and trenches and maybe an all inclusive cadre of mystical shamans(and I know Q will dust off the ol' horns for one last dance?)
Bondi saying I have never heard that was her way of pleading the 5th to get out of answering the question, just like Hegseth when he said those are anonymous smears was his way of pleading the 5th to get out of answering the question. Good for Michelle Obama choosing not to go.
During the 🍊🤡's first inaugeration my son called me at school & asked if i was watching and I said "Hell no! I'm not watching that clown!!!" He had me on speaker. 😂😂😂
Oh that last point Sarah made is spot on….that this, right here, is the moral right. All our moral compasses are pointing in the correct direction. They’re pointing towards good. Yes. Stay with us guys, stay strong, you are loved 💙✌🏻🇨🇦
I so enjoy coming on here. You are correct in what you say and I always agree. But your sense of humor makes my day and I enjoy listening all of you three together. The upcoming inauguration and Trump sitting at the white house is just plum depressing and I will keep coming on here for the next 4 years so please don’t go away!
When I saw the funeral seating, I concluded that Obama was taking one for the team. The Gallery of Trump even attending, most likely incensed many friends of Jimmy Carter. Former president Obama is very socially skilled and Trump should have kept his trap shut and been appropriate.
They’re seating the presidents at all these events chronologically which up until now, puts the Obama’s between the Bush’s and Trump. They also seated them so every First Lady was seated to the left of her husband and to his successor, so Michele, not Barak, would have had to sit next to Trump had she gone unless she switched with him. Now whether or not that’s why she didn’t go, we don’t know. Also, she was in Hawaii. They now have a home there. And that’s a very long flight to take to DC - roughly 4800 miles, a 10-11 hour flight excluding waiting times at the airport to check-in, etc., and further than flying to London from DC. Just saying. I wish the Clintons would skip the inauguration, too, and Joe Bidon.
So true, Tim. I am so completely disappointed, disgusted with everyone that is going along with that man. I am not watching one second of the ceremony.
The failure is not in the kids fleeing to our geopolitical foe. The failure is in us grown-ups in not having the courage of conviction of actually doing the hard work of defeating these malign actors.
I will not watch another Trump state of the union or speech if I can help it. The hearings for the cabinet are making me spiral. There is no law and order that I can see.
I watched both confirmation hearings, and I was yelling at my phone! They were so frustrating listening to all the lies, and very few Democrats calling them out. Kudos 👏🏻 to those who DID call Hegseth and Bondi out on their non-answers and lies. Unfortunately it was too little too late.
Michelle is doing the right thing for all black ppl in America. Esp the women! Bondi will bury everything we deserve to know. Mourning in America right now
Hopefully they keep bickering and making unforced errors and can't get all their plans together. We can keep spotlights on them, keep calling out the bs.
you would hope that they are all so incompetent and that the military is going to play dumb and explain why an order can't be fulfilled. And if they put even more disqualified people in place it all falls apart. it will be a feast for Americas enemies though
But Tim, the central fallacy is that America is _NOT_ a Representative Democracy. If it were, then if, say, 20% of people voted for the Green Party, then ~20% of Congress would be Green, etc. With the vast majority of our Elections being First Past The Poll, that means that all of the votes for the losing side are simply thrown away. This leaves us with a Core Conundrum in our Democracy: We claim that voting is crucially valuable in democracies, but then we throw up to 50% of those votes away. If this were a business or an engineering system, we'd say that it was insanely inefficient and badly designed.
I wasn’t angry with Obama’s behavior at Carter’s funeral. To me his laughter and chit-chat was a defense mechanism. Who amongst us hasn’t had to deal with jerks at a family funeral? Folks ‘get along’ at the service and avoid each other afterwards while eating deviled eggs.
I get that Trump is seen starting the conversation with Obama and trapped in that seating arrangement at Carter’s funeral Obama wasn’t going to make a scene by trying to change seats. But Obama should have known the cameras were watching them and avoided engaging as much as possible, I think. People who have met Trump say he’s like a different guy off camera and can be funny and congenial. Tim Miller has said that during the 2016 debates Trump would insult Jeb Bush’s wife on camera and then backstage come over and try to be friendly to Jeb as if what took place onstage was just a performance.
None of the former (and) current Presidents or VPs should attend inauguration. No one attend-there should be a sea of empty seats, deserted parade route, low TV ratings.
This will hurt Trump because we know how much he loves and talks about his crowd size.And, many of these attendees Trump wants to lock them up because they were on the J6 committee.
As a 🇨🇦I agree. I understand how it’s been done before, but what message would it send if the past presidents didn’t show up? I would like to see that. The inauguration will be a disgrace to the US. Hopefully not many actually do show up and his crowd is smaller than the last time.
Trump has the convicted felon label. He will lie taking the presidential oath of office for a second time! Why would anyone want to be subjected to someone who has a total disregard for the rule of law. I don't blame her for not attending. It will be TOO sad to watch knowing America is in for the worst period ever seen in its history, and It could have been avoided. The country should totally bypass ANY innaguration activity.
Want to think Michelle's decision not to go is her own decision. But disgusted with everyone in politics, pansies all, except Karen & Michelle. Tim's take 🎯
I watched the entire Pig Hegseth hearing. I'm a woman who served in the Cold War Air Force. The Pig is stomach turning repellent. I actually had a drink in my mouth when Tim made the RHB remark. 😂 😂
I’m with Tim. IDK if I can do another 4 years. I’m literally contemplating enrolling in a PHD program to keep myself so busy as to render the next 4 years blurry. LOL
I look forward every day to your podcasts to bring me back to reality. Thank you for all you do especially watching these hearings. I started watching today and just couldn’t listen anymore to the kissing behinds and non answers. They are just a supreme waste of time because the Republicans have made their decisions and no one’s minds will be changed. There is no advise and consent going on at these meetings.
The Bulwark is the only place to be in Trump's 'Merica. It feels like you're hanging out with your smartest, funniest friends, co-navigating America's nightmare - and that from a watcher in Australia, where most of us have written off the States, given a certain election result.
My ex boss once said to me that OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) is "a sham and a waste of time." I turned to him and looking him directly in the eye....said. "you think that because you have never been exposed to a workplace fatality...I have and I'm telling you now , you are wrong." As the floor manager it was my responsibility to ensure safety of everyone. My line manager could not step up to support me which is ultimately demoralizing. Needless to say I didn't last long, I quit a few months later. That's why we inspect cars Sarah.
There IS a sense of right and wrong, and The Bulwark shows it, thank goodness. I’m with Sarah on this. There are at least 75 million + citizens that you are trying to keep united against the MAGA emptiness of souls! Stay with us! We need you!
I've never felt more ashamed to be American. To live in a country without any sense of right & wrong is unsustainable.
I don't care what the felon and his cronies say, most Americans want Harris and Walz. If we had an election today, without Elon and others' interference and cheating, the felon would lose by a landslide.
Don't let these people wane on who you are. I'm proud to be an american, I'm sorry there are horrible people that live here, but that's their demon to carry , not yours. Light and love. Hold your head up because we are the united states of America, not those pieces of shit.
Right on, heads up for those who want better for our ppl and America, this too shall pass❤❤❤
It is shocking the mean way they talk.
They don't answer the question asked at all
Michelle Obama and Ms Pence pretty much reacted to Trump the way that I would.
Absolutely. I was very annoyed that Tim made fun of Pence's wife in a previous video, saying that she turned around and pretended to be distracted so she wouldn't have to acknowledge Trump BUT I watched it too and I saw her sitting bravely looking ahead while her piss weak husband jumped up smiling to shake Trump's hand. I don't know why Tim did that - I think he was with Sam Stein - they become jeering giggly adolescents when together
You won't be missed, 🤣
Spot on.
With all the talk about “only men can be leaders” there are a whole lot of cheap suits that are folding, the women are the ones taking the principled, leadership stand.
@danitacook4890
Nobody will miss big mike
I will not waste my time watching Trump's inauguration.
Same. It’s a hard no from me.
Same here! No way
So brave. How do you find the courage?
Same.
You couldn't pay me enough to watch it.
I love how Sen. Whitehouse laughed at her for not answering his questions without actually laughing. He is so good at that.
@@leschab he's a treasure
Rep. Whitehouse is awesome and good at what he does. Yes! He is a treasure and spot on with every piece of information he puts out.
Happy to have Senator Whitehouse as my representative. He is a sharp guy.🌊⚓️
I remember when he was initially elected. He came out slugging in hearings in his rookie year.
He is indeed a treasure.
Thank you, Rhode Island.
@@cindysouthernyou are lucky I adore him and I live in Michigan.
Good for Michelle
Her husband will always be humble from his Community work. 😇
Sarah's point on normalizing bad behavior is salient. Someone needs to stand up and Michelle is perfectly placed to protest. Especially because of her history!
Stay strong Bulwark team! Democracy and decency and truth need you more than ever!
They finally some black people as guests: Roland Martin and Karen Hunter.
Michael Steele is a regular with very little "street" cred.
Amen
why what are they going to do to change anything
Democracy? You know Trump won the popular vote and the electoral college. Democracy in action
I'm with you Tim. I don't know how we will make it thru the next 4 years.
God. I know.
By choosing to anchor in love everyday in everything we say do and think✨🫂🫶 We Get To Choose The Energy Of Our Homes and Lives Everyday and We Need To Choose To Fill The World With Loving Light Filled Homes and Hearts✨💪🤘 Shine Through The Dark🤗
America doesnt make it
LOTS of THERAPY in the next 4 years.
Me too. I think I've had all I can take. That Americans want this is just.......
I’m Australian with a passing interest in US politics & I knew about Trump’s call to Raffensperger .. she’s a liar liar pants on fire!!
She's psychopathic to think that none of us heard it? FFS?
Same! Australian with an interest (perhaps slightly more than passing - after all, I am watching Bulwark) in US politics. I heard the whole phone call multiple times without trying. Hard to believe that someone who was on Trump's team doesn't know about it. It was too obviously a lie.
She lied through the entire hearing. I couldn't watch most of it.
@@rosalinelowe972 I bowed out very early. The more I see these candidates the more I feel very comfortable that this administration will spend most of their time in trouble because of the level of incompetence paired with trumps ignorance. The Faux GOP, after all, holds power in executive and both houses of Congress. Everything that goes wrong goes straight to the Presidents desk. That somehow brings me a measure of comfort. These four years are all on them! They have no clue how to govern; never have, never will.
Your 7 News did a great five-part series covering all four years of Trump's first term, and it has more information than Americans get. Murdoch is American now and decides what is allowed. America is 56th on the Press Freedom Index for a reason, and Canada is 13th. Aussies have 26 million people and lost 10,000+ to Covid. Florida has 22,000,000 and FL's Gov.DeSantis killed 87,000 Covid patients. CDC told red states and Murdoch that 80% of the Covid deaths were 65 and over after the 1st wave. That means they were FICA pensioners and entitlement moochers sucking on the Government's tits. Eugenics of pensioners is normal in pro-life America. Iowa has 3,200,000 and killed 10,000, same as Australia or an 800% higher kill rate to reduce "Entitlement Outlays".
Yes for Michelle Obama 🎉
Amen Sarah!!! I respect & stand with Michelle!👏👏👏
Me TOO!
I don't think any democrats should attend the inauguration. Biden shouldn't attend; neither should any former president attend. I think handing our country over to a dictator is appalling and it should not be celebrated! I certainly will not be watching!
Agree😢
Absolutely 👍
I saw him take and break the oath the first time. Don't need to see a rerun.
I so agree with you! Because I guarantee you thats what trump would do!!
Yeah I noticed that...didn't know about the Georgia call...oh yes they are under oath!!
We're boycotting it too Michelle
"When they go low....we go lower"
💙
When they go low, we don’t go! Lolol
When they go low we get even
I don't think you could be any lower😂😂
Big mike i Didn't make it To jimmy carter's funeral either
I will not watch the event. I am so dreading the next 4 years.
I'll be tuning out and wearing black in mourning for the country.
Being a creep’s not even Hegseth’s worst trait. Being unqualified is bad enough.
So proud of Michelle! I’m with her. Boycott the inauguration! Pam was disgusting because she kept saying “I have never heard that” when you know she had.
Reminds me of MTG when she was questioned in court but in her case she had amnesia. "I don't recall" over and over again.
Bonding is a liar
Michelle is totally 💯 correct and so is Karen Pence !
I would like to know why the media is making a big deal about Michelle Obama skipping Trumps Inauguration when they remained fairly silent on both Donald and Melania Trump skipping out on Biden?
Maybe because Trump skipped Biden’s inauguration.
@@inatera6086 That might make sense if Obama was President right now. Hell Michelle wasn't at President Carters funeral either.
They’re hypocrites. Also it’s a double standard. Trump basically can do anything but a Democrat does the same thing - especially a person of color, and, you know…
It won’t surprise me if the Obama’s were to move abroad at some point if things get really bad here.
@@jpjh8844Michelle did attend Roslyn Carter’s funeral with the other First Ladies. Barak did not go to that.
She represents the dems. He was a republican (and, well trump so no one was surprisedat shit he does)
They are shocked, SHOCKED, I say, that a mature polite (not actually elected) woman would choose to have a public display of disapproval. Also a dem, and we ALL KNOW that dems respect the ceremony.
I'm just glad that she's not putting up with his shit anymore. She has made her position clear, but the media is still playing by the old rules and dont know how to take it. And they have nothing else to talk about. Nothing that isn't important and substantive.
Kudos to Michelle. Her actions are congruent with her beliefs
Love Tim, Sarah and JVL. Couldn't make it through without you three!
Dark days are ahead
Stay strong America
Yes we can
Dark winter in 5 days
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Buy everything you need now. Prices will be going up and 401k's going down.
I 100% agree with Michelle and Karen. Not their problem.
Michelle, Obama and Mrs. Pence are the ones in the crowd with me yelling “the emperor has no clothes”
Good decision,Mrs Obama
Michelle is my hero
Her blind endorsement of kash patel is the worst part
There's your sign!
It’s safe to say all of these nominees are lying through their teeth.
We all remember Brett Kavanaugh & Amy Coney Barrett, right?
And Clarence Thomas!!
this will be so much worse than Kavanaugh
Coney Barrett was the best of the group appointed during the dumpster fire's last term. She has moments of sanity.
Don't understand people who are rich
Good for Michelle! 👍🏻
Everyone should ditch trumps inauguration. What a farce
Like taking an oath matters with these crooks.
Four years ago the idea that Trump would be president was a nightmare I stopped having. Next week the nightmare will be real.
# grown ass women doing what she feels like doing... thank you Michelle
We need you guys to survive the next 4 years. We will lean on each other. Keep it up!
🎉
Boycott the inauguration. Do not give him the ratings for yet another bragging point!
Don't watch that crap!
He'll lie about his ratings anyway. Who cares? I won't watch trumpy's inauguration. I hate him. But, the attention he'll get from his lies thrill him just as much as getting a high attendance at his inauguration.
Trump would not welcome Biden into the Whitehouse Jan 20, 2020 but rather had it locked and trump not there. Such a childish act
He's a whiner
I remember this. The President and his wife standing at the purposedly locked door of the White House. Appalling.
yeah, about 4.
Trump is very childish, racist misogynistic fascist etc etc
Guys, thank you for all you do. I deeply appreciate hanging with you the next few years.
As the Nation's most powerful Prosecutor, she couldn't and wouldn't answer a typical Yes/No question, multiple times. BUSTED!
She doesn't need to answer any questions from liberals.... but rather the people that matter; the ones confirming her. It's called priorities.
A supreme court justice does not even know what a woman is 😂...these fools need to take a look at who was in bidens cabinet
Thanks for continuing to be my emotional support podcast! Love you three!
It allseems so dark at times, so depressing. Bondi was a complete lackey today. But you guys, every one of you keeps me pumped up. I'm grateful!
Mrs. O should make a late, unannounced entrance and steal all the networks' attention from The Donald.
I would say I'm going and get sick. Also need husband to help me!!! Obama could've had a excuse! 😅 Maybe the others could use a doctor's note!!
Yasssss!
Can someone please explain to me why Bondi wasn't asked a single time about her role in dismissing the lawsuit against Trump University after he donated $25k to her reelection fund?
Pretty please?
Check out her other similar stunts on Accountable US website.
Exactly! What? How?
What was her role ?
Hard to believe it hasn't been mentioned. More grift from the grifters......
Excellent question ⁉️⁉️⁉️
Hegseth reminds me of a smarmy used car salesman 🤷♀️😂😂 🤢
Yea, and says "Come by "Diamond Dolls Club" to sign the bill of sale, oh and bring some singles with you."
I was thinking waterbed salesman.
@Moluccan56 Good one!
He is slimy! Like he should be doing a show in Vegas! 😂
I think Sarah is so smart. She comes up with very good original analysis off the top of her head. Push it Sarah!
I wish that not a single Democrat would attend the “Inauguration “.
Me too
Me too!
The days of accountability are gone. John McCain, Jim Brady and Bob Dole are turning in their graves with the spectacle that is occuring on the Hill. For shame
Just listened to Biden’s farewell speech. I already miss him. 😢
💔😢 going to miss him and Kamala and the sanity of the presidency!! God help us!🙏❤️ I won't watch or listen to that bumbling idiot for the next 4 yrs!
Same 😢 He was my FDR for our times
Me too going to miss the ADULTS in the white house
I was so offended at all the testimony. They try to make anyone with any intelligence, suddenly feel you’re supremely stupid. I got so angry I started slamming doors in my house. It’s unbelievable.
This is where I come for my sanity. You are not crazy… you guys are all of us! Thank you!
I also enjoyed the pig joke and return to junior high with the jinx bit Tim.
Had to come to comment on TikTok. You guys can’t ridicule something you haven’t used. The app teaches you new things, but things you wouldn’t even know to look up. I’m interested in infectious diseases, music, financial tips, politics, starting your own business, tax tips, staying safe from scams, Medicare and retirement, cat care, interesting animals, sewing and crafts, cooking, painting and artwork, trans people, autistic traits and viewpoints because I have kids on the spectrum. It’s incredibly useful to hear the viewpoints of others, and I’m a better person for it. And like I said, some of the information and viewpoints I wouldn’t have thought to look up. So, yes, sorry guys, it’s pretty sophisticated, and it’s way more than teens dancing.
TikTok is like meeting a bunch of people at a party, but instead of small talk that’s meaningless, each person takes you back to their house to tell or show you their biggest passions.
Thank you for the reminder that we are not the crazy ones.
I need to write it on my bathroom mirror with lipstick and leave it there for at least the next four years 💄
Om mmm
"Mr and Mrs Pence, you're sitting there."
Mrs Pence, "No, we are not."
"Mr and Mrs Gore, you're sitting there."
Mr Gore, "No, that won't work."
"Mr and Mrs Clinton, you'll sit there."
Hillary, "HaHaHaHa, think again."
"Mr and Mrs Bush, Will you sit there?"
George Bush, "No way, dude."
Obama took one for the team.
He drew the short straw.
They were seated in order of their presidencies.
I don’t know which is more disqualifying - the fact that she straight face claims no knowledge of the Trump/Raffensperger call or whether she would acknowledge it and think it’s peachy.
Wasn’t she attorney to DJT? Refresh the mind…
Why is nobody asking her about the money that Trump donated to her campaign
It’s getting really scary, these people are unbelievable. They don’t answer anything…..they seem to believe we are idiots. Talk around everything with a total lack of truth.
Guys! You need to do more research of Pam Bondi! She’s in the cult of Scientology which explains A LOT.
That explains the blank stare.
Are you sure?
Oh, yuk. When you thought it couldn’t get any worse.
Yep, Google it!
My take on Christoper Wray’s resignation is that he’s taking control over his own fate rather than it being dictated to him. I don’t blame him.
Wray is probably also getting to keep his pension - no small matter - by resigning. I can’t blame him for that.
It’s so refreshing to listen to intellectual folks who know their politics !!!! Love their humor and their realness !!! ❤
I partly agree with JVL - Merrick Garland should immediately send Volume Two first to the ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees- then an hour later, he should send Volume Two to the Chairs of the respective Judiciary committees. Cannon had no jurisdiction over the report and the 11th Circuit has kind of washed their hands of all the reports. So there you go, Volume Two can never be buried by Pam B.
Hegs was so rude to Elizabeth Warren today! Rude plus arrogant, sarcastic, and proud.
Bondi was equally condescending
Friends, you are earning every cent of your paychecks having to watch these hearings. I couldn't do it.
Thank you for your service. And thank you for keeping it real.
Strap in, y'all. Get your rest, hydrate, eat your wheaties. This first year is gonna be rough.
djt is going to something else, like no other president in our history. Oh well hate voted for him. Oh well.
No, the frustrating part about this is the utter unqualified nature of the nominees.
Tim and Sarah please help me survive this. I'm an older woman with a PhD in Biochemistry who worked in a backwards mid-America red state as the only female in a department where male faculty got away with sexual harassment that was apalling every single day. The playing field for women has never been equal. Science has never been acceptable anongst the religious right. Its going to get even worse and the battles of the past 20-50 years are all like tears in rain. I don't know how we can come back from what Trump and the oligarchs are doing to this country. Trump is handing American exceptionalism in science and technology over to China, India, the Middle East and EU. Stem cell research, climate research that will help us survive, stop and reverse it will continue: just not in North America. Trump wants Canada to make us hopeless about a possible escape from MAGAland. The immigrants trying to get into US are "going the wrong way" to quote Game of Thrones about people who were headed toward the Wall. America will be the first failed nation and a wasteland from climate disasters, epidemics from disease we won't vaccinate people for, Cujo's unvaccinated killing people in cities like 28 days later, no medications for senior citizens because the drugs came from China, India and Europe and tariffs made them out of reach for the average American. Babies will be born to women who don't get medical care, midwifes are illegal, education is illegal, people won't survive in the US. It will be like the worst of video games and movies about the future. Trump may as well rename the US Dystopia. The survivors will be the oligarchs but they will live in underground compounds and will be able to count their money for entertainment because there will no longer be goods or services for them to purchase.
That's a bit overstated?
But if they go too far and there's a huge backlash from the public, they'll have too much consolidated power with all those billionaires around them for anything from the public to be effective? That's the worst part.
Except a J-6 style incursion; with phalanx's and trenches and maybe an all inclusive cadre of mystical shamans(and I know Q will dust off the ol' horns for one last dance?)
so pam bondi lied under oath all ready and she isn’t even confirmed yet. Fantastic this is going to go great!
They all knew it. It’s a contest within MAGA to see who can hit the slimiest low.
Bondi saying I have never heard that was her way of pleading the 5th to get out of answering the question, just like Hegseth when he said those are anonymous smears was his way of pleading the 5th to get out of answering the question. Good for Michelle Obama choosing not to go.
Obama wasn't being "chummy" with tRUmp, he was being a respectful mature adult.
Yes - and we don't know what he said to make Trump laugh
I agree with respectful, and a gentleman.
he kissed the ring
@@zipscrews NEVER!!
Unfortunately!
During the 🍊🤡's first inaugeration my son called me at school & asked if i was watching and I said "Hell no! I'm not watching that clown!!!" He had me on speaker. 😂😂😂
Oh that last point Sarah made is spot on….that this, right here, is the moral right. All our moral compasses are pointing in the correct direction. They’re pointing towards good.
Yes. Stay with us guys, stay strong, you are loved 💙✌🏻🇨🇦
I so enjoy coming on here. You are correct in what you say and I always agree. But your sense of humor makes my day and I enjoy listening all of you three together. The upcoming inauguration and Trump sitting at the white house is just plum depressing and I will keep coming on here for the next 4 years so please don’t go away!
Just have to say, you are all AWESOME! I appreciate your insight, knowledge, humor!!! Thank you!
When I saw the funeral seating, I concluded that Obama was taking one for the team. The Gallery of Trump even attending, most likely incensed many friends of Jimmy Carter. Former president Obama is very socially skilled and Trump should have kept his trap shut and been appropriate.
I typed gall and I meant gall.
There’s turmoil between every single democrat that sat at that funeral. Obama is the odd man out in that group
They’re seating the presidents at all these events chronologically which up until now, puts the Obama’s between the Bush’s and Trump. They also seated them so every First Lady was seated to the left of her husband and to his successor, so Michele, not Barak, would have had to sit next to Trump had she gone unless she switched with him. Now whether or not that’s why she didn’t go, we don’t know. Also, she was in Hawaii. They now have a home there. And that’s a very long flight to take to DC - roughly 4800 miles, a 10-11 hour flight excluding waiting times at the airport to check-in, etc., and further than flying to London from DC. Just saying. I wish the Clintons would skip the inauguration, too, and Joe Bidon.
She is so brave. Closing our eyes and ears is the best way to go thru the Trump years!!
So true, Tim. I am so completely disappointed, disgusted with everyone that is going along with that man.
I am not watching one second of the ceremony.
I'm afraid that upwards of 60 percent of the country joins us - whether they admit it or not.
The failure is not in the kids fleeing to our geopolitical foe. The failure is in us grown-ups in not having the courage of conviction of actually doing the hard work of defeating these malign actors.
I will not watch another Trump state of the union or speech if I can help it. The hearings for the cabinet are making me spiral. There is no law and order that I can see.
Yes, Godspeed, Bulwark! We need you! After Bondi... omg... we're so screwed...
If she hadn't heard it, how can she state the quote given to her was not the entire statement? If she hadn't heard it, how does she know?
Because she’s a liar.
I watched both confirmation hearings, and I was yelling at my phone! They were so frustrating listening to all the lies, and very few Democrats calling them out. Kudos 👏🏻 to those who DID call Hegseth and Bondi out on their non-answers and lies. Unfortunately it was too little too late.
Don’t be a crybaby.
@@swjackson917Looking in the mirror, Vlad?
@@Moluccan56 I looked in the mirror and I was smiling because Trump will be your president on 1/20/2025.
I know I am going insane. I'm just glad you guys are here to listen to. Can't wait to get it over with!!
Sometimes you have to disengage from all this stuff. I’m going nutters,too, and I’m not in the ‘States.
Michelle is doing the right thing for all black ppl in America. Esp the women! Bondi will bury everything we deserve to know. Mourning in America right now
Love that Mourning in America! Might just pass it around.
You guys, how are we going to survive 4 years of this shit?!
2025 had been brutal and the orange felon isn't even in the WH. 😢
Hopefully they keep bickering and making unforced errors and can't get all their plans together. We can keep spotlights on them, keep calling out the bs.
I guess I'm forced to watch the freak show. Hopefully the chaos doesn't walk into my house.
We're going to get through it TOGETHER and by hanging out and laughing with these 3 amazing humans!
you would hope that they are all so incompetent and that the military is going to play dumb and explain why an order can't be fulfilled. And if they put even more disqualified people in place it all falls apart. it will be a feast for Americas enemies though
Liberals are going to be sore loser for the next 4 years.
But Tim, the central fallacy is that America is _NOT_ a Representative Democracy. If it were, then if, say, 20% of people voted for the Green Party, then ~20% of Congress would be Green, etc. With the vast majority of our Elections being First Past The Poll, that means that all of the votes for the losing side are simply thrown away. This leaves us with a Core Conundrum in our Democracy: We claim that voting is crucially valuable in democracies, but then we throw up to 50% of those votes away. If this were a business or an engineering system, we'd say that it was insanely inefficient and badly designed.
Good point
I wasn’t angry with Obama’s behavior at Carter’s funeral. To me his laughter and chit-chat was a defense mechanism.
Who amongst us hasn’t had to deal with jerks at a family funeral? Folks ‘get along’ at the service and avoid each other afterwards while eating deviled eggs.
If trump had persisted, Obama would have shut him down.
I get that Trump is seen starting the conversation with Obama and trapped in that seating arrangement at Carter’s funeral Obama wasn’t going to make a scene by trying to change seats. But Obama should have known the cameras were watching them and avoided engaging as much as possible, I think.
People who have met Trump say he’s like a different guy off camera and can be funny and congenial. Tim Miller has said that during the 2016 debates Trump would insult Jeb Bush’s wife on camera and then backstage come over and try to be friendly to Jeb as if what took place onstage was just a performance.
I do not plan to plug in to the inauguration. I will try to support organizations that support civil society and human rights. That is all we can do.
& environmental groups ! as the environment & its resources are always on the chopping block & auction block with this one
None of the former (and) current Presidents or VPs should attend inauguration. No one attend-there should be a sea of empty seats, deserted parade route, low TV ratings.
I see why Biden/Harris will attend because of the peaceful transfer of power, but why the Clintons and Obama will be there is beyond me.
This will hurt Trump because we know how much he loves and talks about his crowd size.And, many of these attendees Trump wants to lock them up because they were on the J6 committee.
As a 🇨🇦I agree. I understand how it’s been done before, but what message would it send if the past presidents didn’t show up? I would like to see that. The inauguration will be a disgrace to the US. Hopefully not many actually do show up and his crowd is smaller than the last time.
Yay, Michele! The critics heads are exploding!😂❤
Trump has the convicted felon label. He will lie taking the presidential oath of office for a second time! Why would anyone want to be subjected to someone who has a total disregard for the rule of law. I don't blame her for not attending. It will be TOO sad to watch knowing America is in for the worst period ever seen in its history, and It could have been avoided. The country should totally bypass ANY innaguration activity.
Want to think Michelle's decision not to go is her own decision. But disgusted with everyone in politics, pansies all, except Karen & Michelle.
Tim's take 🎯
I watched the entire Pig Hegseth hearing. I'm a woman who served in the Cold War Air Force.
The Pig is stomach turning repellent.
I actually had a drink in my mouth when Tim made the RHB remark. 😂 😂
Hey fellow Air Force veteran (1976-1980), I can’t bring myself to watch at all.
I’m with Tim. IDK if I can do another 4 years. I’m literally contemplating enrolling in a PHD program to keep myself so busy as to render the next 4 years blurry. LOL
The best part of this show was Sarah's facial expression to the word, "scrotum".
Made my evening!
I look forward every day to your podcasts to bring me back to reality. Thank you for all you do especially watching these hearings. I started watching today and just couldn’t listen anymore to the kissing behinds and non answers. They are just a supreme waste of time because the Republicans have made their decisions and no one’s minds will be changed. There is no advise and consent going on at these meetings.
I'm here for it❤
Go head Michelle👠
Locked & Loaded 🔐
The Bulwark is the only place to be in Trump's 'Merica. It feels like you're hanging out with your smartest, funniest friends, co-navigating America's nightmare - and that from a watcher in Australia, where most of us have written off the States, given a certain election result.
Facebook is now the internet version of the National Enquirer. Zuck is the new version of David Pecker.
You can do it Tim. You have love and support. You guys are my support😊
Trump didn’t even leave Biden a note like everyone else.
My ex boss once said to me that OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) is "a sham and a waste of time."
I turned to him and looking him directly in the eye....said. "you think that because you have never been exposed to a workplace fatality...I have and I'm telling you now , you are wrong."
As the floor manager it was my responsibility to ensure safety of everyone. My line manager could not step up to support me which is ultimately demoralizing. Needless to say I didn't last long, I quit a few months later.
That's why we inspect cars Sarah.
Absolutely.
I can’t thank you guys enough for saying everything that runs through my mind. Tim’s right, nobody is saying “fuck you” to that guy, it’s disgusting.!
Tim, we are on this roller coaster with you. It's day by day, man!
There IS a sense of right and wrong, and The Bulwark shows it, thank goodness.
I’m with Sarah on this. There are at least 75 million + citizens that you are trying to keep united against the MAGA emptiness of souls! Stay with us! We need you!
I freaking love Sarah...not only are you spot on but you have a bottle of 🍷 on your desk....❤
Why are they bothering administrating an oath to the Felon?
I think they all should ditch the inauguration.
Instead, save any money saved from transportation/meals and donate to California.