# JD Vance Tried a Few Jokes in Front of the Troops. It Went Badly. | MAGA Thursday

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Podcast: [Bulwark Takes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724)
Published: 2026-07-02T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8923287
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Duration seconds: 2678

## Resource

Sam Stein and Will Sommer take on the lewd "Uncle Sam" court battle to get back on the National Mall, Stephen Miller's deranged pregnancy-test proposal for women entering the country, Scott Presler getting blocked from the South Dakota GOP convention, Trump's $700 million Qatari Air Force One, James Fishback's residency lawsuit and his cringeworthy iShowSpeed stream-snipe, MAGA's blackmail-debate meltdown, and JD Vance bombing in front of the troops. This episode is sponsored by The New York Times.

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