The Big Tariff Lie
What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark
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The Big Tariff Lie
LAST WEEK, WHEN DONALD TRUMP announced his plan for steep new tariffs, governments around the world were shocked and perplexed. Trump slapped levies on nearly every country, based on wildly inaccurate…
ICYMI: Here are links to each newsletter section so you can quickly get back to that edition you may have missed this week.
Morning Shots - Triad - Huddled Masses - Press Pass - Bulwark Goes to Hollywood - The Opposition - False Flag - The Breakdown
Trump Defies SCOTUS Order; Judge Furious
Sam Stein and Andrew Egger discuss the breaking news on Trump's legal team defying the SCOTUS ruling to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, back to the United States.
Trump’s New World Order
Eliot and Eric note this week’s jackassery—tariffing McDonald Island and Heard Island off Australia, almost exclusively inhabited by penguins, and Trump’s plan for a four-mile-long military parade to mark his birthday on June 14 and the anniversary of the United States Army. In a more sinister vein they discuss the absolute craziness of the NSC staff pu…
🚨OVERTIME🚨
Greetings from Cleveland! A year ago today, my mom died. I was here in the same spot where I type this newsletter now. It was the first time I didn’t write Overtime on consecutive weekdays… ever. JVL, taking over for me in my absence, kindly shared my mom’s obituary. And then you guys did your thing: donations flooded into my grade school library and the Parkinson’s Voice Project. But here’s the thing: nobody asked for a donation for anything.
As we gather to remember my mom this weekend, part of my thoughts are those of thanks for our amazing Bulwark+ community. All of the emails, messages, and the totally unnecessary donations? You guys brought a Newbery Medal winner to my grade school. Thank you.
Speaking of Ohio… Many people are saying our state leads the nation in corruption. Be sure to mark your calendar for this two-day premiere of The Dark Money Game on HBO Max this Tuesday.
Jimmy Haslam may be getting taxpayer support to move the Browns out of what comedian Mike Polk dubbed “The Factory of Sadness” (previously brought to us by FirstEnergy!) to an envisioned dome (boo) in nearby Brook Park. But, at least before Browns Football As We Know It goes away, we get another run with Joe Flacco.
The Doug Burgum Cookie story in The Atlantic… Is what you need to start this Saturday.
The Free Press' Passage Into the Dark Side… The publication has lost its way and is radicalizing the more sophisticated right. (Matt Johnson, The UnPopulist)
Meet Phil Goff… The now-fired Kiwi envoy to the UK who dared called out Trump for what he is. Watch this interview after his firing, and enjoy him enjoying his “newfound freedom.”
The Sovereigns are Coming to Court…Peter Beck writes at Court Watch: “A man on death row for killing two police officers might be found incompetent for “sovereign beliefs.”
The Failed Ideas… That Drive Elon Musk, by Jill Lepore at the Times.
The Upside Of Tariffs… JVL joins Slate’s “What Next” podcast to talk tariffs, because make no mistake: this is gonna hurt.
Watch talk: Enjoy Tom Segura getting his watch collection critiqued, and this new documentary on Bulova at 150.
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Remembering your mom on this anniversary of her death, sending lots of good thoughts your way. It’s been 11 years since my mom’s death, always acknowledging the anniversary, as well as her birthday. We do the same for my dad, 2 years now. Thanks for your weekend summary, as always looking to see what I may have missed. For anyone not a Bulwark plus paid subscriber, consider it, it’s worth every penny. I know money may be tight and perhaps other Substacks, but this one is worth it.
Thank you for sharing your family with our Bulwark ‘family’
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The Phil Goff interview is wonderful… a clear view from the other side of Earth should make us feel less alone