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JD Vance Is Going to Eat This Turd and Love It
What is the architect of the Big Beautiful Iran Surrender playing at?
 • Jonathan V. Last
Make America Green Algae-ish
How Trump makes everything worse in four easy steps.
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift
The Shocking Arrest of a MAGA Pit Bull and His Fake Secret Service Pal
Ryan Fournier and his friend were arrested on Friday. Strip clubs, counterfeit badges, and made-up claims of Trump world access contributed to their…
 • Will Sommer
There’s ‘No Excuse’ for John Bolton
Revisiting the charges against the former national security advisor as he reportedly prepares to plead guilty.
 • Gabriel Schoenfeld
This Land Is Your Land? This Land Is My Land.
The American Revolution began as a land grab. Our politics still revolve around the same hunger.
 • Michael Albertus
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Stephen Miller and JD Vance Wanted to Suspend Habeas Corpus (w/ Leah Litman)
Sarah Longwell is joined by law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host Leah Litman to discuss the White House’s plan to suspend habeas corpus, JD Vance’s…
 • Sarah Longwell
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Krystal Ball: The MAGA Neocon Tears Are So Sad
The pro-Israel hawks are still reeling from the terms of Trump's initial deal with Iran, which grants access to funds that had been frozen because of…
 • Tim Miller and Krystal Kyle & Friends
You Got Us Here
When we started to build The Bulwark, we had no idea we’d get here.
 • Sarah Longwell
Get Ready for the Bari-fication of CNN
Even as her controversial makeover of CBS continues, reports suggest she has her sights on the biggest name in cable news.
 • Cathy Young
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Ben Shapiro's Tears Aren't Enough. The Iran War Hawks Owe Us More.
JVL, Sarah Longwell, and Tim Miller discuss the Iran "deal" that isn't really a deal—a memorandum of understanding that lifts sanctions immediately and…
 • Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Jonathan V. Last
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Michael Weiss: The Vice President Is Looking Pretty Stupid
Vance is trying to sell the administration’s initial deal with Iran as a signal that the regime is ready to end its reign of terror and join the…
 • Tim Miller and Foreign Office by M.Weiss
JD Vance Is Being Set Up as the Iran Deal Fall Guy
They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother.
 • Joe Perticone
Banks, Trump, China, and Cats: The Most Boring Story Ever Told
America loses. Again.
 • Jonathan V. Last
‘Toy Story 5’ Review
The franchise of a lifetime.
 • Sonny Bunch
Trump Is Stalled Out
But the show must go on.
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift
This Far-Right Thought Leader Is Embarrassingly Vacuous
Auron MacIntyre’s world of resentment, decline, and perpetual emergency.
 • Matt McManus
Trump’s Iran Deal Looks Worse Than Obama’s—And I’m Glad He Made It
Trump promised “total victory" and instead got a sixty-day ceasefire with uncertain nuclear talks ahead. It was still better than the alternatives.
 • Daniel B. Shapiro
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The Next Level
Ben Shapiro's Tears Aren't Enough. The Iran War Hawks Owe Us More.
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BREAKING: Exhausted Trump Rambles Through Parade of Grievances On G7 Stage
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The Illegal News
Stephen Miller and JD Vance Wanted to Suspend Habeas Corpus (w/ Leah Litman)
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Rachel Janfaza: You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!
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The Mona Charen Show
Bulwark Book Club for July: “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic”
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How to Fix It with John Avlon
John Avlon’s Final Warning (w/ Rye Barcott) | How to Fix It
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You Should Be Watching ‘Widow’s Bay,’ a Single-Screen Show
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Shield of the Republic
The Iranian Regime Isn't Going Anywhere
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Just Between Us
Demolition Donald
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Cam’s Gone & Things Are Getting Weirder (w/ Tahra Hoops)
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Letters from an American
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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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Receipts
Sharp insights and fresh reporting on our nation’s economy, delivered to your inbox by the inimitable Catherine Rampell.
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Start your Saturdays with a roundup of what's happening in the news and around The Bulwark.
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In-depth reporting on Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works from Joe Perticone.
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Charting the Democrats as they try to emerge from the political wilderness. A twice-weekly newsletter from Lauren Egan.
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Huddled Masses
A newsletter by Adrian Carrasquillo chronicling immigration in America.
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False Flag
Unparalleled reporting and insights into the online culture and communities that now run our country. A twice-weekly newsletter from Will Sommer.
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The Breakdown
A newsletter from Jonathan Cohn that will tell you what the hell is actually happening to our government.
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Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Sonny Bunch on movies, technology, and understanding the next Hollywood
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Bill Kristol: Trump’s Weak, Sad, and Embarrassing Weekend
POTUS humiliated himself and our country with a peace “deal” that strengthens Iran’s hand and apparently pays billions to the regime—which it can use to…
 • Tim Miller and William Kristol
Trump’s Iran “Deal” Is a Giant Bag of Dogsh💩t
It's not a deal. It's a memo of understanding in advance of a surrender of the American-led world order.
 • Jonathan V. Last
We Can Reject Trump’s Orgy of Decline
And in many ways, we are.
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift
After Trump: Proposals for a Post-Authoritarian America
How Democrats can lead the charge for a new Reconstruction—if they can avoid becoming what they defeat.
 • Shikha Dalmia and Andy Craig
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