Chris Murphy: Time to Break Norms(?)

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Republicans are nullifying bipartisan budget deals and planning a mid-decade redistricting to try to hold the House after the midterms. Trump is methodically working to crush dissent in the media, chill major Dem donors, and shut down the party's online fundraising portal, ActBlue. One political party is breaking all the norms, while the other is trying to stick to them. Sen. Murphy tells Tim that democracies die when the rules change and the opposition refuses to adapt. Meanwhile, Trump's detention regime is not only making prison-builders filthy rich, it will also likely draw in ICE candidates eager to abuse their power. Plus, Epstein is a bad story for the administration no matter how you slice it, and Tim shares his thoughts about Hunter.

Sen. Chris Murphy joins Tim Miller.

show notes

Sen. Murphy's Substack piece on regulating AI

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1:12.9	Hello and welcome to the Bullward podcast.
1:14.8	I'm your host, Tim Miller.
1:16.2	Delighted to welcome Senator from Connecticut.
1:20.0	It is Democrat Chris Murphy.
1:21.6	How you doing, man?
1:22.5	I'm great, man.
1:22.9	Good to see you.
1:23.5	Thanks for having me back.
1:24.7	Good to see you.
1:25.7	I haven't seen you since Easter, maybe.
1:27.3	You know, New Orleans, Easter's a little different, pumped into you. It's having me back. Good to see you. I haven't seen you since Easter, maybe. You know, New Orleans, Easter is a little different. It's a little different than, you know,
1:33.2	Hartford, Connecticut. Than Wasp Easter? Yeah, okay. Well, we'll see how it's going. I want to talk to you
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