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5 min read“The institutional rot is so deep”
This episode of The Bulwark Daily opens with host Tim Miller describing a family of Iranian Americans — a mother, father, and teenage son — who have been held in separate immigration detention centers in Texas for over five months. The family has not been charged with any crime. They have not had a trial. The mother, Mariam, emails Miller from the Dilley Detention Center for one hour a day. Her son was taken from school drop-off, shackled in front of his friends. The reason for their detention: the boy’s grandmother participated in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. None of the detainees were alive in 1979. Miller points out that when the story first broke in April, CBS News, The Hill, and Newsweek covered it. Then silence. “I searched Google News this morning for Mariam’s name,” Miller says. “All summer, there’s been nothing.”
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:11) **Tim's Opening Rant** - Tim Miller introduces the episode and discusses two topics before welcoming Jessica Tarlov: an upcoming fundraiser for the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, and the case of Mariam Tomas Sebi and her family, who have been held in an internment camp in Texas for over five months.
- 2 (11:16) **Introducing Jessica Tarlov** - Tim welcomes Jessica Tarlov, co-host of Fox News' The Five, to discuss her new book and the current political landscape.
- 3 (13:36) **Assessing the Midterm Convention** - Jessica and Tim debate the potential utility and messaging of Trump's upcoming "Trumpalooza" convention.
- 4 (21:33) **The War in Iran and National Security** - The discussion shifts to the escalating war in Iran and its broad implications for American readiness and global alliances.
- 5 (26:28) **The Witkoff and Kushner Mindset** - Tim and Jessica analyze the foreign policy approach of Trump's envoys, specifically Steve Witkoff's comments about his meetings with Putin.
- 6 (33:01) **Tim's Fox News "Vibe Index"** - Tim introduces his personal rubric for measuring Trump's political standing based on the topics covered on Fox & Friends.
- 7 (40:21) **The MOU and JD Vance's Lie** - Jessica recounts her on-air confrontation with Vice President JD Vance over the Iran MOU, which he falsely called Iranian propaganda.
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Show Notes
With Republicans in tight races stripping Trump’s name off their campaign websites, the president is in need of some love from Republicans he has summoned to Dallas to celebrate him. The fake convention also conveniently serves as a distraction from the surging price of oil. Plus: Vance may be the source who’s leaking about the missile depletions, Fox is giving more leeway for criticism of Trump, anti-Muslim hysteria is driving the complaints about Mamdani attending the 9/11 memorial in NYC, and Jessica from “The Five” has what she’s calling a “survival manual” for how to talk about politics with your MAGA friends and family members. Also, Tim is furious about the lack of media attention on Maryam Tahmasebi and her family, who are being imprisoned because of their bloodline.
Jessica Tarlov joins Tim Miller.
show notes:
- Jessica’s new book, “I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends”
- Tim’s piece on the green card-holding family Marco Rubio is imprisoning
- NYT on the newly-released 9/11 documents
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