Even Before Modi, India Was No Bastion of Free Expression

Anik Joshi on India's history of curtailing speech.

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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…

The Republican Accountability Project @AccountableGOP

Introducing the superheroes for COVID: #CovidFriends

How do people memorize produce codes? A grocery deep dive…

Dianne de Guzman @diannedeguzman

I’ve been shopping at @BerkeleyBowl for years, and I could never understand just how cashiers could remember all those produce codes, let alone know the difference between all the varieties of fruits and vegetables — so I decided to find out:

sfgate.comThis may be the toughest cashier job in the Bay AreaTraining to be a cashier starts with the Top 100 - a list of produce items most...

RIP Bryan Sperry…

Adam Keiper @AdamKeiper

R.I.P.: Anybody remember this awesome viral video from 2015 showing a smiling 89-year-old WWII vet scoring a touchdown in a @KUAthletics alumni scrimmage? (He was in great shape for 89.) That man, Bryan Sperry, died this May, aged 95. washingtonpost.com/news/early-lea…

There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne… The changes in the labor market aren’t limited to restaurants.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome

"Law firms should brace for a wave of associate departures this fall, especially at firms that have taken a more hardline approach on office attendance, several legal industry observers said."

law.comInflexible Law Firms Should Brace for an Associate Exodus This Fall, Recruiters Say | National Law JournalMany associates are waiting to see what the return to the office looks like come September.

Maybe this was a bad idea…

Law & Crime @lawcrimenews

Lawyer Slapped With One-Week Jail Stint After Saying ‘F*** You’ to Judge in St. Louis

bit.lyLawyer Slapped With One-Week Jail Stint After Saying ‘F*** You’ to Judge in St. LouisAttorney Eugene H. Fahrenkrog Jr. stands accused of criminal contempt for using the popular vulgarity during a hearing regarding a 2019 medical malpractice case.

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