Our government disappeared hundreds of Venezuelans to a hellish Salvadoran prison for 125 days. When Trump's and Stephen Miller's whole CECOT plan even became too much for the dictator who runs El Salvador, Marco Rubio helped orchestrate a political win for Venezuela's strongman, Nicolas Maduro—who gets to look like a white knight in the hostage exchange. Meanwhile, the administration still has not recovered from its rake-step claim that there was no Epstein list. Did Bondi release her memo because the 1,000 FBI personnel who were made to review the Epstein documents kept finding Trump's name? Cover-ups are hard. Plus, now the Dems have new reasons to not cooperate with Republicans.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Tim and Sam's livestream after Andry and the other Venezuelans were released from CECOT
Bill and Sarah discuss the Epstein timeline for 'Bulwark on Sunday'
Rep. Boyle on not cooperating with Republicans on the budget
Lauren on Democratic messaging for the midterms
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