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For more than 10 years, Trump has been showing us how skilled he is at sowing division and riling people up. Alan sees the kind of tribal mentality that Trump has fostered on his own reality show, "The Traitors," where contestants make incredibly stupid decisions because they don't want to deviate from the pack. The actor takes the opportunity to urge people to vote, protest, and stay vigilant in the face of the Republicans' campaigns of hate against immigrants and trans people. (And that includes Vance's dumb, dated gay jokes.) Plus: Rep. Garcia of the House Oversight Committee is preparing to get the gavel in January. He's already teed up new Epstein legislation, and he's planning to end the cover-up of 3 million Epstein documents, many of which have to do with Donald Trump. Also on the target list: the Trump family's business deals and the donors to the ballroom.
Alan Cumming and Rep. Robert Garcia join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes:

"The Traitors" on NBC

Alan's show, "Tip Toe," on Starz

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE show in Atlanta on Oct. 20

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Mike Johnson sure sounds afraid of what might come out when the House—under Democratic control—actually does its job and investigates the corruption of this administration. Democrats should start with the families of Trump officialdom who've been making bank since Inauguration Day. And as the Guilfoyle firing shows, everyone in Trumpland is expendable. Plus: Republicans have got nothing to offer voters but bribery and bigotry, Talarico shows the right way to disarm MAGA lies, the Elon-Putin-Trump Axis of Evil is together again, and George—in his first week back with The Bulwark—passed a cognitive test just like our president. 
George Conway joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

Follow George’s new Bulwark pod, “Psycho Politics”

Trump talking to Ken Bone in 2016; evidence of his current mental decline

Ossoff on Chris Hayes’s show

Miss South Carolina at the Miss Teen 2007 pageant

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE show in Atlanta on Oct. 20

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Closing Song: Orville Peck - “It’s the End of the World”

Elon is now pitching in to help POTUS sabotage Ukraine while Trump makes a payout to Putin and works on his next self-enrichment scheme. A Cooper victory in North Carolina would be key to a potential Democratic Senate majority—a first step to reining in Trump—but the former governor warns Tim that Republicans have historically been undercounted in the polls and his lead should not be taken for granted. Plus: Scheiber in his recent book has the backstory on the radicalization of recent college grads, who tend to support the DSA and think America has too much power. And at a time when even white collar professionals identify with the working class, Trump's economic messaging sounds even more ridiculous. 
Roy Cooper and New York Times reporter Noam Scheiber join Tim Miller.
show notes:

Cooper’s campaign site

Noam’s book, “Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class”

JVL on Trump screwing the housing market

This week’s “The Next Level”

Link to send to elected Democrats on behalf of Maryam Tahmasebi and her family

The Jay Kang piece that Tim referenced about Noam’s book

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE show in Atlanta on Oct. 20

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

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Americans are living in a more dangerous world now because of Donald Trump. Not only because of his now-expanding war in the Middle East, but also through his reckless advocacy of AI. And in his desperation over the midterms, he's cut a sinister deal with Putin, the very same man helping Iran to kill Americans. Rice tells Tim this is not the time to be complacent over the good polling numbers. Just go vote. Plus, Democratic strategist Jackie Rosa checks in from South Texas on the electoral landscape there and offers up some advice on how Dems should talk to Latino voters.
Susan Rice and Jackie Rosa join Tim Miller.
show notes:

JVL on Trump's desperate, weak deal with Putin

"The Next Level" podcast out later today

Tim's updated candidate list

Bobby Pulido's campaign site

Johnny Garcia's campaign site in TX-35

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Upcoming Bulwark LIVE show in Atlanta on Oct. 20

The Bulwark’s campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield

The Bulwark store

Not only did the lamest of October surprises blow up in the faces of Ken Paxton and the rightwing loons desperate to get Talarico on something, Greg Abbott is now in a tight race with his Democratic challenger, Gina Hinojosa. And all the money pouring in to prop up Paxton could be better spent on Senate races in Alaska and Kansas. This would be a great time for the Democratic Governors Association to steer (a lot) more funding Hinojosa's way. Plus: Bill and Tim share their long shots, POTUS can't quit showing how much he's in the tank for Putin, MBS is finding out the hard way how the Trump family treats their business partners, don't be distracted by DHS's clownish authoritarianism in raiding Ilhan Omar's home, and the Iranian family that Tim has been advocating for is still in the Dilley detention center.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

Will Sommer and Andrew on MAGA's Talarico breakdown

Bill in "Morning Shots" on thinking beyond the midterms

Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday" with Ron Brownstein

Brendan on the Trump superfan running in upstate New York

Blake Gendebien's campaign site (NY-21)

Gina Hinojosa's campaign

Tim's piece on Maryam Tahmasebi and her family

October Surprise: The Bulwark is 30% off

Bulwark LIVE in Atlanta on Oct. 20

Closing Song: MJ Lenderman - “She’s Leaving You”

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