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Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy. Bulwark+ members can get a totally ad-free version of the show delivered right to their favorite podcast player.
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Can’t tell40% confidence9 sourcesSep 29, 2026A man Evan Gershkovich met in prison was sentenced to 17 years for spray-painting four words on a wall protesting the war.Said by 3CThe claim's central figure (17-year sentence for spray-painting four words protesting the war) is not found in the sources; the passage describes an unnamed prisoner Gershkovich met, and the sources cover other anti-war graffiti cases (Lizunova, Kozyreva, Razumova, Bushuev) but none matching a four-word wall protest with a 17-year sentence. The claim departs from the passage, which does not state a four-word count in a way that matches the sentence length as checked, and the sources do not identify the man.Can’t tell35% confidence6 sourcesSep 29, 2026Money was stolen for the ballroom, the arch, and Pentagon contracts with Trump family members.The sources document ballroom donors, Trump-family-linked Pentagon loans and contracts, and Democratic plans to investigate them, but none establishes that money was stolen; they report allegations, inquiries, and denials. The claim also departs from the passage's framing in one respect: the sources do not address the arch at all.Can’t tell40% confidence6 sourcesSep 29, 2026The Trump administration is planning to go raid voting machines.Said by BThe sources show officials, agents and commentators fearing or speculating that the Trump administration could seize voting machines, and they document a January 2026 FBI seizure of 2020 election records in Fulton County. None of them documents a plan to raid voting machines, and the CNN report says the administration has not yet taken such action. The claim is also a paraphrase of the speaker's view of what 'they' want, so it is graded as an unconfirmed future plan rather than a documented fact as of 2026-09-29.