Jake Tapper: Trump Texted "Total Obliteration"—Then Ghosted Me | The Bulwark Podcast
October 7, 2025
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as posted by the channelA new kind of McCarthyism has settled in at the Justice Department, where career prosecutors—including those handling tough national security cases—are getting canned for voicing any opposition to politically-motivated demands from top DOJ officials. And those who survive the ongoing purge are literally working in fear that they are being surveilled by the FBI. Meanwhile, MTG may play a role in resolving the shutdown. Plus, Tapper's timely new book, his maybe/maybe not text interview with Trump, and the heat he's still taking over his earlier Biden book. Jake Tapper joins Tim Miller.
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Jake's new book out Tuesday, "Race Against Terror"
Jake and Alex Thompson's book on Biden, "Original Sin"
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