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The Bulwark Podcast

Bill Kristol: MAGA's Grievance Culture

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.611.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Trump of course hated Bad Bunny's halftime performance, but even he wasn't running the Turning Point alternative at Mar-a-Lago. And a couple of Olympic skiers expressing disapproval of ICE or calling for love and respect for immigrants and their fellow Americans sent MAGA into hyperdrive—with calls for the athletes to be denaturalized and deported. Meanwhile, Kash Patel stopped an investigation into the killing of Renee Good because it could make Trump look bad, and this is the week for Dems to stay on offense over the DHS funding bill. Plus, Jon Ossoff hit the right notes in a key speech in Georgia, the National Review is reporting on Trump's corruption, Lutnick did George Costanza-grade lying over his business ties to Epstein, and no, Tim is not running for Senate.

Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, just an update on the live shows. Next week, we're in Minneapolis. I really just

0:04.1

can't wait. I'm so excited to be with you all. February 19th show is sold out. We added one

0:08.4

on February 18th. There's about 100 tickets left. So go on and grab one or make a last second

0:13.2

jaunt up there. If you're from a neighboring state and want to go support our friends, Minneapolis,

0:19.8

who have been out there in these streets.

0:22.0

And then we're down in Texas, March

0:24.6

18th and 19th

0:26.6

for a show in Dallas

0:28.6

on the 18th and Austin on the 19th.

0:31.9

I'm looking for a little more warm weather.

0:33.7

We'll see you all there.

0:35.2

Up next, it's Monday, so it's Bill Crystal.

0:49.6

Music We'll see you all there. Up next, it's Monday, so it's Bill Crystal. Hello, welcome to the Bullwark podcast.

0:51.5

I'm your host Tim Miller.

0:52.7

It is Monday, February 9th. We're on Super Bowl Monday. Slight Super Bowl hangover for everybody. Boring game. Good halftime show. Bill Crystal, as at least my take. That feels like the conventional wisdom. The President of the United States didn't agree. What was your, did you even watch? Or were you kind of just doing an old BBC documentaries last night?

1:12.4

Yeah, that's good. Thank you, Tim. No, we went over to one of our kids' houses and there are a couple of, a couple of kids, a lot of grandchildren. We all watch the game. Not a great game, I'm just going to say, I know, I know we're supposed to say in a sophisticated way that it was a great defensive of struggle, but it was just a boring, a boring game.

1:28.0

But I'm pro-bad Bunny because I'm, of course, just ideologically, I mean, anti-ant- I'm anti-ad-badni is really where I am. I don't really, I don't really understand or appreciate the music or the whole thing. So I want you to explain to me, I want you to justify I'm by my being anti- anti-bad money and be actually... You didn't love the set design? I mean,

1:45.8

I thought the set design

1:46.5

was so cool.

1:47.5

The dancing girl, explain to me, I want you to justify my being anti- Anti-Badoney and be actually... You didn't love the set design? I mean, I thought the set design was so cool, the dancing grass. That was good. And then he comes down and he's, you know, he's underneath. So the people in the stadium couldn't have seen him. And then he comes out and you're, you know, you're feeling like you're on a sugar plantation. And then, you got the guys playing dominant you know the whole

2:01.8

set was it was a cultural you know moment and uh and and i thought that it was high energy

2:08.0

you know it was kept my daughter engaged you know sometimes the stuff keeps kids bored i saw

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