Bulwark Takes

Trump says his immigration crackdown went too far, but the horrors continue. Tim Miller shares two disturbing stories: a seven-year-old girl locked in an ICE detention center despite her family entering the country legally, and a beloved nurse and professor who was shipped across the country and whose lawyers can’t even confirm her whereabouts. Tim examines the cruelty, the financial incentives behind mass detention, and why Democrats must keep the pressure on the administration.
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The White House is threatening criminal charges against Democrats for investigating the Trump administration. But does it have any legal basis? Catherine Rampell and former Obama DOJ official Elliot Williams to explain why the threat is largely empty, how the Constitution protects congressional oversight, and what happens when Democrats take control of the House. They also discuss the legal and political risks of the coming investigations, how the Trump administration could use DOJ investigations and lawsuits to slow Democrats down, and why incoming Oversight Chair Robert Garcia’s talk of political pettiness could undermine the very accountability Democrats are promising to deliver.
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Sam Stein and Will Sommer return for a special Wednesday edition of MAGA Mondays, and the stories are somehow even more embarrassing than usual. A neo-Nazi leader accidentally livestreams himself performing a sex act, Mark Levin has a very public meltdown over his AOL account, and a lawsuit exposes fresh allegations of foreign money and luxury gifts flowing through Trumpworld. Plus, James Fishback is hit with a $4 million judgment, Vivek Ramaswamy disappears from Twitter, and the MAGA media circus prepares to crown its Citizen Journalist of the Year.
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Sarah Longwell sits down with Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey to talk about the election, the working-class voters turning away from Trump, and why Democrats can’t afford to waste this moment. After helping rally musicians and artists to speak out against Trump, Casey says the fight is far from over. He wants Democrats to investigate Trump’s corruption, hold his administration accountable, get money out of politics, and deliver on the economic promises that brought voters back. He also has a warning for Democrats: if they fail to follow through, he’ll be just as loud calling them out as he has been fighting MAGA.
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A high school math teacher just pulled off one of the most remarkable upsets of the midterms. Tim Miller talks with Minnesota Congressman-elect Jake Johnson, who ran a campaign staffed largely by his former students and flipped a district Republicans won by 17 points just two years ago. Johnson recounts the nail-biting election night, explains how his working-class upbringing shaped his politics, and lays out his plans to take on Trump’s tariffs, ICE, and Washington corruption.
Video of the Jake Johnson victory party courtesy Brian Arola at MinnPost: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2127181301231774