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Against Normalism
It doesn’t matter that Trump’s legislative agenda is in trouble. There is bigger game afoot.
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Jonathan V. Last
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Trump Wants to Use the IRS to Track Down Immigrants. They May Stop Paying Taxes.
Undocumented immigrants contribute billions to Social Security and other programs. That money might fall off because of Trump’s crackdown.
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Adrian Carrasquillo
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Hundreds of State Dept. Officials Sign Dissent Cable Urging Rubio to Stop Killing USAID
The letter, obtained by The Bulwark, is a remarkable eleventh-hour attempt to save the beleaguered agency.
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Sam Stein
Trump Didn’t Help Himself Last Night
The president is losing popularity and the public’s patience.
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William Kristol
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Andrew Egger
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Joe Perticone
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‘Time for It to Die’: The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government
Don’t count on the courts to stop it.
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Jill Lawrence
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Where Would Trump Be Without His Spineless Defenders?
It’s amazing how men who prided themselves on strength and toughness will submit to a gangster.
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Mona Charen
Europe Needs to Adjust Faster to the Post-American World
For starters, the Western Europeans could pay a more attention to their defenders in the East.
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Giselle Donnelly
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Trump's Economy In Peril
The gang break down the administration’s shameful abandonment of Ukraine, and speak to how our allies can no longer trust the United States
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Tim Miller
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Jonathan V. Last
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Sarah Longwell
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Jim Acosta: Trump Can't Take the Heat
Once upon a time, presidents used to take tough questions from the press, but the current White House occupant can't handle any scrutiny from…
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Tim Miller
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Jim Acosta
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How to Handle the Mad King?
Andrew Egger and Mona talk about Vice President JD Vance’s controversial remarks about European military contributions and Trump’s freeze on military…
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Mona Charen
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Andrew Egger
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Elon Is Coming for Your Social Security
Plus: Don’t call it a “State of the Union” speech.
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Joe Perticone
118
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James Carville and Michael Weiss: The Whole Country Could Go Under
Trump is anti-American and seems to hate this country: How else can his behavior be explained?
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Tim Miller
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🔥 STONKs Go DOWN!?! 📉🥺💎🙌
How Trump is destroying Joe Biden’s awesome economy.
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Jonathan V. Last
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'Anora' Sweeps the Oscars
Plus: RIP, Gene Hackman
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Sonny Bunch
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What Fresh Hell Do We Have Today?
Sure, we’ve abandoned Ukraine, launched a trade war with our neighbors, and insulted close allies. But at least we’re screwing over our veterans, too.
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William Kristol
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Andrew Egger
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Martyn Wendell Jones
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Witchy B*tchy Bully Manliness (with Ellie Schnitt)
Tim and Cam discuss young Americans’ response to the latest Ukraine news, and why they don’t show the same passion toward that cause as they have toward…
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Tim Miller
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A National Security Disaster in the Oval Office
The Trump administration seems eager to give Vladimir Putin a big win.
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Mark Hertling
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Jim Acosta: Trump Can't Take the Heat
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George Conway Explains It All
The Illegality of DOGE
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Just Between Us
How to Handle the Mad King?
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The Secret Podcast
Worse Than We Feared
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The Next Level
Trump's Economy In Peril
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FYPod
Witchy B*tchy Bully Manliness (with Ellie Schnitt)
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The Focus Group
Raw Audio: Guys Being Dudes
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The Mona Charen Show
Examining DEI
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Bulwark+ Takes
Ukraine Betrayed as Trump Cuts Off Intel (w/ Rep. Jim Himes)
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How to Fix It with John Avlon
You Should Give A Damn About The National Debt (w/ Maya MacGuineas)
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The Michael Steele Podcast
How Amateur U.S Citizens Beat the FBI at Investigating Jan. 6th (with Ryan J. Reilly)
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Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
How to Help Veterans Returning Home
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Across the Movie Aisle
'Anora' Sweeps the Oscars
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Shield of the Republic
Emergency Podcast: An Oval Office Ambush
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Matthew Yglesias
The Message Box
The Message Box
Dan Pfeiffer
Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson
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The Triad
Three things to read, from JVL.
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Morning Shots
Politics and news, every morning with Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger.
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Overtime
Jim Swift, Reporting with the afternoon's news.
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Press Pass
In-depth reporting on Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works from Joe Perticone.
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Huddled Masses
A newsletter by Adrian Carrasquillo chronicling immigration in America.
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MAGAville (Archived)
MAGAville (Archived) featured reporting from inside MAGA World, by Marc Caputo in 2024.
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Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Sonny Bunch on movies, technology, and understanding the next Hollywood
Stand With Trans Americans
You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and…
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Marc Solomon
Hey, It’s Baz/Ba/Barry Sonnenfeld
The Hollywood veteran knows how to establish a character—even one you already know.
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Sonny Bunch
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Bill Kristol: Kleptocrats and Plutocrats
Trump is trying to chuck the post-WWII order and firmly pivot American foreign policy away from Europe and toward Putin—the poor guy who got dragged…
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Tim Miller
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William Kristol
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‘America First’ Is a Lie
America has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely.
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Jonathan V. Last
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Trump's Economy In Peril
Sarah Longwell
Trump's Economy In Peril
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Trump's Economy In Peril
Adrian Carrasquillo
Trump Wants to Use the IRS to Track Down Immigrants. They May Stop Paying Taxes.
William Kristol
Trump Didn’t Help Himself Last Night
Joe Perticone
Trump Didn’t Help Himself Last Night
Andrew Egger
Trump Didn’t Help Himself Last Night
Mona Charen
Where Would Trump Be Without His Spineless Defenders?
Sonny Bunch
'Anora' Sweeps the Oscars
Cathy Young
Examining DEI
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