The Bulwark (website)
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Type of site | News and opinion website |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Defending Democracy Together Institute |
| Editor | Jonathan V. Last |
| URL | thebulwark |
| Launched | December 2018 |
| Current status | Online |
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The Bulwark is an American conservative, anti-Trump news and opinion website launched in 2018 by Sarah Longwell, with the support of Bill Kristol and Charlie Sykes.[1][2][3][4] It initially launched as a news aggregator but in 2019 was revamped using key staffers from the recently closed The Weekly Standard.[5]
History
[edit]Following the end of publication of The Weekly Standard in December 2018,[6] editor-in-chief Charlie Sykes said that "the murder of the Standard made it urgently necessary to create a home for rational, principled, fact-based center-right voices who were not cowed by Trumpism."[7] The site was created in December 2018 as a news aggregator as a project of the Defending Democracy Together Institute, a 501(c)(3) conservative advocacy group led in part by The Weekly Standard co-founder Bill Kristol.[8] Several former editors and writers of The Weekly Standard soon joined the staff and within weeks of launch began publishing original news and opinion pieces.[5] The website has frequently published pieces critical of Donald Trump and of pro-Trump elites in politics and the media.[1]
As a non-profit project, The Bulwark does not run advertising, and is supported by donations.[9] By January 2019, approximately $1 million had already been raised for the site, which was said to be adequate to keep the site running for one year.[5] In 2021, The Bulwark launched Bulwark+, a program that provides paid subscribers with "exclusive podcasts, newsletters, and live-streams" for about $100 a year; within a few months, the website reported roughly 16,000 subscribers.[9] In February of 2025, The Bulwark claimed to have 76,000 paid subscribers to its newsletter, and was adding hundreds of new subscribers every few days.[10]
In 2021, Washingtonian magazine observed that content on The Bulwark is primarily geared toward readers seeking "serious coverage of events through a center-right filter" but that its editors have sought to attract centrist Democratic readers who may be "uncomfortable with the excesses of the progressive left".[9]
In 2024, Sarah Longwell, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller sent the names of prominent Republicans to the Democratic campaign[11] and in October Will Saletan wrote that Trump was running an "openly fascist campaign".[12]
Notable Staff & Contributors
[edit]Sarah Longwell is the publisher of The Bulwark, and also co-hosts several podcasts for the publication. Jonathan V. Last is the editor. The staff and writers also includes editors William Kristol, Adam Keiper, Jim Swift, Martyn Wendell Jones, Benjamin Parker, Sonny Bunch, Mona Charen, Sam Stein, Tim Miller, Will Saletan, Cathy Young, Joe Perticone, Adrian Carrasquillo, and Andrew Egger.[13][14]
Podcasts
[edit]The Bulwark produces and distributes several podcasts, which cover news, political analysis, culture, and foreign affairs.[15] They also publish weekly private podcasts.[16]
The Bulwark Podcast With Tim Miller
[edit]The Bulwark Podcast is a news, opinion and interview show hosted by Tim Miller. The podcast is released every weekday and published in audio and video form.[17] Until February of 2024, the podcast was hosted by Charlie Sykes.[18] The show launched on December 21, 2018.[19] The Bulwark's Publisher Sarah Longwell said that each of the podcast's January 2021 episodes were downloaded about 100,000 times.[9]
The Next Level
[edit]Co-hosted by Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, and Jonathan V. Last, The Next Level is a weekly podcast that covers the news of the week, with a focus on politics and elections.[20]
George Conway Explains It All (To Sarah Longwell)
[edit]Co-hosted by attorney George Conway and Sarah Longwell, George Conway Explains It All covers legal and political news, with a particular emphasis on Donald Trump's legal issues.[21][22]
The Mona Charen Show
[edit]The Mona Charen Show, hosted by Mona Charen, is a weekly interview-style podcast that covers politics and cultural issues.[23] Charen previously hosted the panel-style podcast Beg to Differ.[24]
The Focus Group
[edit]The Focus Group is a weekly podcast hosted by Sarah Longwell. Longwell invites a guest to review audio clips of focus groups to learn what voters think about candidates, issues, and events.[25][26]
Shield of the Republic
[edit]Co-hosted by former diplomat Eric S. Edelman and political scientist Eliot A. Cohen, Shield of the Republic is a weekly podcast on national security and foreign policy.[27]
The Michael Steele Podcast
[edit]Hosted by former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, The Michael Steele Podcast is a weekly "barbershop-style" discussion of political and cultural events.[28]
How to Fix It with John Avlon
[edit]A weekly podcast hosted by journalist, speechwriter, and congressional candidate John Avlon.[29]
The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
[edit]Hosted by Sonny Bunch, The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood includes interviews with interesting people who work in the entertainment industry.[30]
Across the Movie Aisle
[edit]Co-hosted by Sonny Bunch, Alyssa Rosenberg, and Peter Suderman, Across the Movie Aisle is a discussion of movies between writers with different political perspectives.[31]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Coppins, McKay (February 22, 2019). "Naming and Shaming the Pro-Trump Elite". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
The Bulwark, the anti–Donald Trump conservative news site
- ^ Mike DeBonis; Jeremy Barr (February 28, 2021). "Rewriting January 6th: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
the Bulwark, an anti-Trump conservative website
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (January 4, 2019). "Former Weekly Standard staffers find new home at The Bulwark". CNN. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Morrison, Patt (October 9, 2019). "How Never Trumpers can get the GOP to stand up for constitutional conservatism again". Los Angeles Times (editorial). Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c Darcy, Oliver (January 4, 2019). "Former Weekly Standard staffers find new home at The Bulwark, a conservative site unafraid to take on Trump". CNN Business. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ Farhi, Paul (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, influential conservative magazine, will shutter". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ Rubin, Jennifer (January 8, 2019). "A bulwark against Trump and Trumpism". The Washington Post (editorial). Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Defending Democracy Together Institute (DDTI)". InfluenceWatch. Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Andrew Beaujon, The Bulwark Was Founded to Oppose Trump. Now What? Archived August 29, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Washingtonian (March 3, 2021).
- ^ Klein, Charlotte. "Resistance Media Lives! The explosive success of The Bulwark". New York (magazine). Archived from the original on February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ Pager, Tyler (September 30, 2024). "Harris team quietly courts big-name GOP endorsements". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on September 29, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ Saletan, Will (October 21, 2024). "Let's Be Honest, Trump's Running As a Fascist". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on November 3, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "About". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ "The Bulwark builds its newsroom with Sam Stein hire". Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "The Bulwark Podcasts". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ Tani, Max. "How Tim Miller and The Bulwark became 2024's unlikely YouTube stars". Semafor. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ "The Bulwark Podcast". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ Sykes, Charlie. "Getting Off the Daily Hamster Wheel of Crazy". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ "Welcome to the Bulwark Podcast". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Next Level". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "George Conway Explains It All (To Sarah Longwell)". Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ Suter, Tara. "George Conway: Trump a 'global, planetary joke' to the world". The Hill. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "The Mona Charen Show". The Bulwark.
- ^ "The Final Beg to Differ". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "The Focus Group Podcast". Audioboom. Archived from the original on July 20, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ Rodríguez, Jesús. "The Bulwark: How could it be wrong when it feels so center-right?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "Shield of the Republic". Audioboom. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "The Michael Steele Podcast". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "How to Fix It with John Avlon". Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood". Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "Across the Movie Aisle". Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
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