S2 Ep1012: Sam Stein: Elon Is Toxic

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Musk was so high on his own supply that he thought he and his money were magic—but Wisconsin voters turned out in droves to prove to him just how toxic his brand and DOGE are. Meanwhile, the Dem base is looking highly engaged as they keep showing up for special elections in numbers Republicans used to deliver in off-cycle races.
Plus, Cory Booker's epic filibuster, Mike Johnson gets owned by moms, and China will fill all the vacuums Trump is creating in science, foreign aid, and trade. Sam Stein joins Tim Miller.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Bullwark podcast.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Tim Miller.
0:11.4	It is Bullork after dark tonight.
0:14.1	I'm here with the Borg's managing editor, Sam Stein.
0:17.7	We are taping right after the very professional call of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
0:23.5	race made by the Decision Desk HQ, Dave Wasserman and others. I got an early flight tomorrow
0:29.3	and Sam's kid has a tick in his or her head. His. Thank you for the revelation. It was not
0:36.4	enjoyable pulling that thing out.
0:38.1	Hope I got it all.
0:39.3	So we're doing a late-night taping tonight.
0:41.3	So buckle up, everybody.
0:42.5	We're punchy.
0:43.1	All right.
0:43.8	Listener, you might think that, you know, the Wisconsin's Supreme Court race,
0:47.4	is that really worth it?
0:48.4	Is that really a late-night taping thing?
0:50.0	Is that something I should care about? Let me tell you, if you have any doubts, I want to play for you.
0:55.5	One of the world's richest men discussing this Supreme Court race just the other day.
0:59.7	They think it's, well, it's just some kind of judicial thing that's not that important.
1:04.5	But actually, what's happening on Tuesday is a vote for that which party controls the US House of
1:13.5	Representatives that is why it is so significant and whichever party controls the
1:19.5	house you know it did to a significant degree controls the country which then
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