Bill Kristol: What a Bunch of Jackasses
The Bulwark Podcast
The Bulwark
4.6 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Instead of doing the job Americans have been paying Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for—like trying to alleviate the high price of gas and air travel—he's been shirking his responsibilities on a seven-month-long family road trip paid for by industry lobbyists. And of course, Trump is also being looked after: His ghastly, 22-foot golden sculpture was unveiled, and Republicans promised a billion taxpayer dollars for what was supposed to be a donor-funded ballroom. POTUS needs a little bit of a psychological boost after his apparent defeat in Iran. Plus, Ukraine is gaining ground and Putin sounds like he's winding his war down, Trump has basically ended the post-WWII order, and Tennessee's redistricting was pure racial gerrymandering.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes
- Monday's "Morning Shots"
- Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday"
- Cathy on Putin's pathetic parade
- Politico's Jonathan Martin on Trump's redistricting
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| 1:16.5 | I'm your host, Tim Miller. |
| 1:17.8 | It is Monday. |
| 1:18.7 | So we're here with Editor at Large Bill Crystal. |
| 1:21.0 | And, you know, last week was pretty heavy. |
| 1:23.6 | It's pretty heavy. |
| 1:24.7 | A lot of serious topics, a lot of serious guests. |
| 1:27.2 | We appreciated all of them. And so I have saved a section at the end of the podcast for some laughs. I feel like we need some laughter and deserve some laughter, Bill. And so, you know, we'll kind of see. Do you have a favorite stand-up comedian? Is there an old-timer that you're into? Yeah, no, it's a good question. |
| 1:45.0 | I'll think about it and get back to you at the end of the show, you know? I can tell some of my favorite, my favorite, Eddie Youngman jokes. That'll go over well. That'll, that'll date me, that'll date me back to 19, you know, 46 or something like that. That's exactly what I was hoping for in the answer. So you work on that. |
| 2:00.0 | We need to start, though, |
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