Takes™

Jamelle Bouie

I am a columnist for the New York Times and I have a lot of takes! Here is where you can find a few of them, in audio form. For video, checkout my YouTube page.

(Note: “Takes™” is not actually trademarked. It’s a joke.)

28 Episodes

Non-citizen voting is a fake problem made up by losers
10/30/2026
It is important to understand that claims of mass voter fraud by hordes of illegal, non-citizen voters are total fabrications. They are deployed by Donald Trump and his allies as cope for losing elections.Video on YouTube.
Who gets to be an American?
10/28/2026
At a recent rally, President Trump's allies made clear what their movement is really about.Video on YouTube.
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Donald Trump is forging new frontiers in presidential bigotry
10/27/2026
I cannot emphasize enough how significant — in a distinctly bad way — it is that the president of the United States is the worst kind of gutter bigot; that he performs that bigotry on a regular basis; and that he seems to encourage his followers to indulge their bigotries. It is deeply corrosive on the entire society, as we are experiencing right now.Video on YouTube.
Republicans should have to answer for Elon Musk
10/27/2026
The Republican Party's single largest donor is also a deranged white supremacist whose foray into government killed hundreds of thousands of people. And yet, the press is totally uninterested in making Republicans answer for their connection to him. What's up with that?Video on YouTube.
Vivek Ramaswamy and JD Vance double-down on their degeneracy
10/27/2026
Despite broad and bipartisan condemnation of the abysmal anti-Amy Acton ad, both Ramaswamy and his partner-in-crime, JD Vance, are running with the attack.Video on YouTube.
In which Vivek Ramaswamy flies his campaign directly into a mountain
10/27/2026
The Ramaswamy campaign claimed responsibility today for one of the most heinous political ads I've ever seen. Let's talk about it!Video on YouTube.
Well...what if they are actually Nazis?
10/27/2026
I think that the job of a political commentator is to say what is true, even if it is a little impolite.Video on YouTube.
Marco Rubio does not know a thing about "Western civilization"
10/27/2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio went to Athens last week to tell a juvenile story about an imaginary construct and among the worst things about the speech is that he didn't even get the basic details right.Video on YouTube.
Forget about "polarization"; the real problem with American politics is the radicalized right-wing
10/26/2026
Utah Governor Spencer Cox is making the rounds with a new book where he, again, insists that the problem facing American politics is polarization, and that the best way forward is to forgive and forget. Here is why that is nonsense.Video on YouTube.
Many Americans think Donald Trump is honest. Why?
10/26/2026
Trump's open racism paradoxically makes many Americans think he is more honest and trustworthy. Call it the "Archie Bunker" effect.Video on YouTube.

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Takes™

Jamelle Bouie

28 Episodes

Non-citizen voting is a fake problem made up by losers

Who gets to be an American?

Donald Trump is forging new frontiers in presidential bigotry

Republicans should have to answer for Elon Musk

Vivek Ramaswamy and JD Vance double-down on their degeneracy

In which Vivek Ramaswamy flies his campaign directly into a mountain

Well...what if they are actually Nazis?

Marco Rubio does not know a thing about "Western civilization"

Forget about "polarization"; the real problem with American politics is the radicalized right-wing

Many Americans think Donald Trump is honest. Why?