Chaos and Questions for the De-Fanged NCAA
Daniel McGraw on how college sports are about to reinvent themselves.
Leading The Bulwarkā¦
Chaos and Questions for the De-Fanged NCAA
DANIEL MCGRAW: Thanks to the Supreme Courtās trust-busting, the college sports industry is about to reinvent itself. Who wins?
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Tom Nichols: The Right's Anti-Vax Death Cult
On today's podcast, Tom Nichols and Charlie Sykes discuss one of our dumbest senators, the GOP's rage machine, the anti-vax surge, and the right's own cancel culture.
Will This Reform Save Our Democracy?
Katherine Gehl, co-author of āThe Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracyā joins the panel for a meaty discussion of voting reform.
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THE TRIAD: A Depraved Indifference To Human Life š
CHARLIE SYKES on the right's performative anti-vax demagoguery.
THE TRIAD: "Kamala's America" and Other Republican Ideas š
JVL on how to campaign in Alabama. And be a "pro-life" Republican.
SECRET PODCAST: Hot Spots Exactly Where You'd Expect š
You'll never guess where the Delta variant is exploding?
From The Bulwark Aggregatorā¦
The Extremes Of The GOP Have Moved Beyond Fox News ā Natalie Jackson, FiveThirtyEight
Trump Organization Indictment May Spell Trouble for Trump Spawn ā Roger Sollenberger, The Daily Beast
GOP and Fox News rush to turn vaccine door-knockers into terrifying straw men ā Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Toyota stops donations to election objectors after PAC takes ads out against company ā Riley Beggin, The Detroit News
Feds agree to pay $6.1M to create database for Capitol riot prosecutions ā Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney, Politico
In Todayās Bulwark...
āExperiment YouTubeā and the Democratization of Knowledge
ADDISON DEL MASTRO: Uncredentialed hobbyists document and discover what you canāt learn anywhere else.
Here Comes the Taliban
BRIAN KAREM: The White House anticipates an āuptickā in violence in Afghanistan as the U.S. withdrawsābut rule of the country is at stake.
Itās Time to Stand Up for Documented Dreamers, Too
SAM PEAK: Kids who came to America legally are getting kicked out once they turn 21.
'Black Widow' Review
SONNY BUNCH: When is a smaller audience a better audience?
šØOVERTIME šØ
Happy Friday! And yes, in case you were wondering, there was no TNB last night. Weāll be back next week with some new ideas for the format youāve come to know and love.
Tired: Owning the Libs
Wired: Safe Spaces
Perennial candidate and talking head Dan Bongino has had a change of heart, as Salonās Zach Petrizzo explains.
Please, judge, go easy on meā¦ Paul Hodgkins has found Jesus.
āFāk Him.ā How Rupert Murdoch ruined Trumpās election night by agreeing with the FNC election desk to call Arizona.
How the media makes nice people believe insane thingsā¦ A must read from Ben Dreyfuss. My favorite part:
It is certainly true that Mike Flynn is crazy. MSNBC isnāt lying! But the aggregate impression that half the country is out to get you is very much not true. My mom does not need to live in fear of Conservative Kristallnacht just as Tucker Carlson acolytes donāt need to live in fear of liberals coming and forcing them to get gay married.
There is exactly zero chance that will happen and you do not need to prepare for it, but letās say that there was a .00001% that it was possible. How would you prepare for it? What is the action item? There is none. What are you buying with your psychic stress and frustration and worry? Nothing! When a plane crashes, people in first-class die too. If this insane thing were to happen, someone who has followed Michael Flynnās speeches is not going to be more prepared than someone who hasnāt. The main difference is that the former wasted their precious time Before The War pulling out their hair.
This is the thing that I find most vexing about this phenomenon. There is no utility in it! Believing the most hysterical conspiracy theories doesnāt actually get you anything. It just drives you crazy and makes you believe that half the people you see on the street when you go to the market are evil incarnate. What a sad view of the world! What an unfortunate way of going through life! The media does this. It takes from your psychic wellbeing and gives you in return nothing.
Frying chicken in āhell pits.ā The story of how deep fried chicken made its way from the USA to Korea and back to North America.
Thatās it for me for today. Weāll 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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