{"podcast":{"title":"Bulwark Takes","slug":"bulwark-takes-7201724","podcast_index_feed_id":7201724,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5149464.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5149464","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43757337.jpg","author":"The Bulwark","episode_count":500,"summary":"The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, including Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T04:18:46.924998+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724"},"episode":{"title":"Kash Patel’s Embarrassing Video Botches the Name of the FBI","slug":"kash-patel-s-embarrassing-video-botches-the-name-of-the-fbi","published_at":"2026-09-07T00:02:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/kash-patel-s-embarrassing-video-botches-the-name-of-the-fbi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8949508","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8949508.mp3?modified=1788739636&sid=5149464&source=rss","summary":"Catherine Rampell and Joe Perticone discuss the growing signs that Republicans see Trump as a midterm liability, from candidates scrubbing his photos and endorsements from their websites to vulnerable members finding excuses to skip his big convention. They also look at the collapse of the MAGA merch business, Trump’s post about renaming New Mexico, and Kash Patel’s embarrassing AI-generated FBI propaganda. Joe Perticone, The Bulwark — “Sorry, Mr. President. I Have a Thing.” https://www.thebulwark.com/p/sorry-mr-president-i-have-a-thing-republican-midterm-convention-trumpapalooza-dallas-gop New York Times — \"As Midterms Approach, Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump\" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/trump-miderm-elections-republicans.html Axios — “‘We’re stuck’: GOP accepts Trump’s all-about-me midterms” https://www.axios.com/2026/09/05/republicans-stuck-trump-midterms The Wall Street Journal — “In Trump’s Second Term, the MAGA Merchandise Boom Is Going Bust” https://www.wsj.com/politics/in-trumps-second-term-the-maga-merchandise-boom-is-going-bust-725bc43a CBS News — “At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-candidates-prostitutes-theft/","meta_description":"Catherine Rampell and Joe Perticone discuss the growing signs that Republicans see Trump as a midterm liability, from candidates scrubbing his photos and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1438,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bulwark-takes-7201724/episodes/kash-patel-s-embarrassing-video-botches-the-name-of-the-fbi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/kash-patel-s-embarrassing-video-botches-the-name-of-the-fbi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}