With a shooting at Mar-a-Lago and some real counterterrorism issues associated with Trump's threat of war on Iran, Kash Patel probably had more important matters to attend to than shotgunning beer with the U.S. hockey team. And the team itself might have remembered that Patel himself is standing in the way of investigating the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. But too many people at the top don't give a crap, and others are taking their cue. And that includes the larger media, which has moved on from Minnesota, even though women are having to resort to giving birth at home out of fear that federal agents will snatch family members in the labor & delivery ward. Meanwhile Trump is aggressively promoting regime change in Iran, and Sam Altman sounds like he thinks Neo was the bad guy in "The Matrix." Plus, does Netanyahu's role in helping get Trump back into power—and perhaps pushing him to war— open up a political opportunity for Dems to put pressure on Israel.
JVL joins Tim Miller.
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Show notes:
Tim plays the guest on Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday":
https://youtube.com/live/0YEWlt-eCnk?feature=share
Sonny and Tim assess the aesthetics of Trump's performance at his press conference:
https://youtu.be/ZzhYa4DyBb8
JVL's "Triad" about what he saw in Minnesota:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-i-saw-minnesota-ice-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
The Wright Thompson Bulwark pod interview that Tim referenced:
https://youtu.be/ZAsElygZ2SU
The Atlantic on the other aid programs being cut:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/02/trump-state-department-ending-aid-seven-african-countries/686106/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfB0QuKx3cDq8dPjMkjtbQgoo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Chapters:
00:00:00 Cold Open
00:00:29 Opening and Minnesota Recap Setup
00:02:29 Kash Patel in the Locker Room
00:06:59 FBI, Accountability, and American Embarrassment
00:11:35 Ad Break - Ridge Wallet
00:11:44 Iran, Regime Change, and Trump’s Signals
00:19:09 What MAGA Actually Wants From War
00:22:31 Ad Break – Delete Me
00:26:00 Israel, Netanyahu, and Democratic Dilemmas
00:33:40 Foreign Aid and American Decadence
00:40:20 Tariffs, Chaos, and Governing by Vibes
00:47:00 When the Guardrails Fail
00:52:40 AI, Sam Altman, and the Value of Human Life
00:57:15 Minnesota as Occupation, Not Metaphor
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