Even Before Modi, India Was No Bastion of Free Expression
Anik Joshi on India's history of curtailing speech.
Leading The Bulwark…
Even Before Modi, India Was No Bastion of Free Expression
ANIK JOSHI: The world’s biggest democracy has a long history of curtailing speech
🎧 On the Pods… 🎧
David French on Factional Friendships
David French and Charlie Sykes discuss his recent essay on the decline of friendship; the debate over critical race theory, book banning, and attempted coups.
How Bad Was CPAC?
Guest host Sarah Longwell joins the group this week to discuss CPAC, Trump's speech, anti-vaxxers, and voting rights.
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SECRET PODCAST: Vox Minoris 🔐
A focus group with Trump voters.
MORNING SHOTS: Our Woke Book Burners 🔓
CHARLIE SYKES: Books are not violence
THE TRIAD: The Mobile Revolution Comes to Conservatism Inc. 🔐
JVL: And YOU get a Freedom Phone . . . and YOU get a Freedom Phone . . .
TNB Livestream: What The Hell Happened to the Claremont Institute? 🔐
Join Laura K. Field for a deep dive into the decline of a once-respected think tank.
From The Bulwark Aggregator…
Budget bill tees up carbon tax fight – Brian Dabbs, National Journal
Los Angeles Will Reinstate Its Mask Mandate This Weekend – Matt Steib, Intelligencer
Matt Gaetz Is Blowing Piles of Cash on Scandal—and on Roger Stone – Roger Sollenberger, The Daily Beast
Biden’s Spaghetti-at-the-Wall Vaccine Campaign – Peter Nicholas, The Atlantic
Manchin signals he’ll be team player on spending deal – Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Biden Considering U.S. Intervention in Cuba As Anti-Government Protests Spread – Paul D. Shinkman, U.S News and World Report
Biden Says U.S. to Warn Business on Deteriorating Hong Kong – Jenny Leonard and Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg Businessweek
In Today’s Bulwark...
Who Lost Afghanistan?
SHAY KHATIRI: In a word, politicians.
How the Party of Reagan Became the Party of Trump
BRIAN STEWART: Conservative and Republican elites mocked the populist revolt in their midst right up until the moment they embraced and enabled it.
'Pig' Review
SONNY BUNCH: Why it’s so funny that LeBron James’s ‘Space Jam’ reboot isn’t playing in China
🚨OVERTIME 🚨
Happy Friday! I hope you have some great weekend plans ahead.
This is amazing…
How do people memorize produce codes? A grocery deep dive…
RIP Bryan Sperry…
There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne… The changes in the labor market aren’t limited to restaurants.
Maybe this was a bad idea…
That’s it for me for today. We’ll see you back here tomorrow. Tech support questions? Email support@substack.com. Questions for me? Drop me a line: swift@thebulwark.com
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