David French: Vengeance and Rage

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Trump launched his first week back in office signaling to loyal followers that they are free to break the law on his behalf, while telling political opponents—including John Bolton and Mike Pompeo—that he'll put their lives at risk. Meanwhile, an office full of white faces is not evidence of a meritocracy, a shortage of VA nurses or prosecutors at the DOJ is not government efficiency, and Putin is different from the man he was during Trump's first term. Plus, the dangers of the word "invasion" in the immigration context.
David French joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

show notes:

John Mulaney's 'horse in the hospital' skit
Tweet from Dan Crenshaw that Tim referenced
David's latest newsletter (gifted)
Tim's playlist

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Before we get to the guest, a quick note. Yesterday, Apple podcast was hours late in delivering the show to your inbox, possibly a tech glitch. We also have to hold space for the possibility that this is political censorship from the Trump regime, and I'm being silenced. So two things to note on this. Spotify has been a little more consistent lately I've noticed. If you're looking for a different app, also, I'll just say I didn't see the Spotify
0:22.6	CEO next to Tim Apple at Trump's inauguration.
0:25.7	So there's that.
0:26.6	But if you want to be sure, you never miss anything, and you get the podcast and YouTube
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0:34.2	And if you want to support our work, you can head to the bulwark.com, click on the red join button.
0:39.3	And if you sign up today, you can get two months of Bullwork Plus for free.
0:44.3	And we will ensure it is always in your inbox in the afternoon.
0:48.8	So give that a try.
0:50.4	Also, it's Friday.
0:51.2	We've got my playlist in the show notes for people who are looking
0:54.4	it's insane how many people have downloaded the playlist so go check it out if you want to
0:57.8	see what little tunes I've been given to you up next our pal my minister and counselor
1:05.1	David French Hello and welcome to the Bored podcast.
1:16.7	I'm your host Tim Miller.
1:17.6	We've made it through week one, barely, kind of, sort of.
1:20.9	And my guest today is a friend of the pod.
1:23.1	He's opinion columnist from the New York Times, co-host of the legal podcast advisory opinions.
1:28.2	He was an army lawyer in Jagg Corpse during the Iraq War.
1:31.0	It's David French.
1:32.0	How you doing, David?
1:32.9	Tim, it's so good to see you.
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