Trump’s Collapse Is Doing Democrats’ Job for Them (w/ JVL & Katherine Pompilio) | Bulwark Podcast

Most of the multibillionaires are not only hoarding their money and failing to contribute to the public good, they're also using their wealth-based power to manipulate the government, the markets, or our elections. Like Elon, for instance, who just manipulated the Nasdaq so all Americans with a 401(k) can help him become the first trillionaire by the end of the year. At some point, there is such a thing as too many billions for one person, and we need to start applying the pre-Reagan tax rate. Plus, 'vanilla' Dems are doing pretty well, maybe not so fast on Pratt 2028, and Trump will never forgive Vance for being right about the Iran war. And Lawfare's Katherine Pompillio discusses her exclusive reporting on the significant number of pardoned J6ers who went on to commit subsequent crimes. Katherine Pompilio and JVL join Tim Miller. Function provides 160+ lab tests for $1/day and member pricing on MRI and CT scans. Join at functionhealth.com/THEBULWARK or use gift code THEBULWARK25 for a $25 credit toward your membership. Show Notes: Katherine's reporting on the scores of pardoned J6ers committing new crimes: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-jan-6-pardons--how-many-clemency-recipients-have-faced-other-charges JVL on how Marco beat out JD for the Trump's Favorite Adopted Son spot: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/how-marco-beat-jd-with-one-weird-trick-iran-war?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web JVL's "Trump Madman Theory’ of . . . the Stock Market": https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/a-trump-madman-theory-of-the-stock-market?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Lauren on the 'vanilla' dems: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-vanilla-brand-of-the-democratic-party-is-selling-primaries-midterms-senate?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web The Secret Podcast: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/thesecretpodcast Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold Open 00:00:25 Iran War Powers Vote 00:06:43 Markets and the Madman Theory 00:11:02 Marco Rubio and 2028 Politics 00:16:54 Function Health 00:18:30 The Future of 60 Minutes 00:28:20 Elon Musk and the Space IPO 00:39:48 Vanilla Democrats vs Charisma Candidates 00:46:19 California's Vote Counting Problem 00:52:11 Dark JVL on Autonomous Naval Drones Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join