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Happy Saturday!

Overtime is for everyone. If you’re a Bulwark+ member: thank you. If you’re not, there’s no better time to subscribe to Bulwark+ than today. If you like today’s issue, you can share this newsletter with someone you think would value it.

The President’s Propagandists

Will Saletan
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Apr 17
The President’s Propagandists

ONE OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PRACTICES Donald Trump has brought to America is propaganda. Every government lies now and then, but authoritarian regimes go further. They don’t…

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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


Lexington and Concord at 250: Can We Still Hear the ‘Shot Heard Round the World’?

Lindsay M. Chervinsky
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Apr 19
Lexington and Concord at 250: Can We Still Hear the ‘Shot Heard Round the World’?

AT 10 P.M. ON APRIL 18, 1775, seven hundred soldiers gathered at the water’s edge west of the Boston Common. They climbed int…

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Trump’s Economic Calamity Is a Political Opportunity

Trump’s Economic Calamity Is a Political Opportunity

Matt Johnson
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Apr 17
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How Far Will Trump Go in Attacking the Press?

How Far Will Trump Go in Attacking the Press?

Cathy Young
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Apr 17
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Trump Is Failing to End the War in Ukraine

Steven Pifer
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Apr 16
Trump Is Failing to End the War in Ukraine

DONALD TRUMP RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE in January claiming he could end Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War …

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America’s Shameful ‘No’ to the World

America’s Shameful ‘No’ to the World

Jill Lawrence
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Apr 16
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Senator Confirms Abrego Garcia Alive, While Bukele Makes Sick Jokes

Senator Confirms Abrego Garcia Alive, While Bukele Makes Sick Jokes

Tim Miller
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Apr 18
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SAVE THE DATE(S)! and I’ll see you in Chicago and Nashville.

We’re hitting the road again...

The Bulwark
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Apr 16
We’re hitting the road again...

The gang from The Bulwark is hitting the road again in May 2025.

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🚨OVERTIME🚨

Happy Easter weekend… To those who observe, and likewise to those who celebrate Passover. We have a bunch of family in town and are enjoying the city and its new traditions.

Like I said in Friday’s Morning Shots, this weekend marks the halfway point of Spring Break. Many of us have kids, so if you see somebody subbing on a show or on a newsletter, that’s why. For those parents out there, please enjoy this monologue from John Mulaney’s Everybody’s Live.

🎵On the Jukebox…🎵 Sam Fender - ‘People Watching’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Don't dishonor the legacies of Lincoln and Reagan… by lumping them in with Trump, argues Phil Heimlich in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

When the second Trump White House promises to do something lawless — they mean it… At MSNBC, Anthony L. Fisher argues: ‘This administration hasn't been constrained by the Constitution or the Supreme Court — and no one in America is immune from being targeted.’

Apparently… You can attempt to trademark something as vague as “beef tallow fries.”

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Apr 19

Reading Will Saletan, I can’t help but wonder what the next round of Trump advisers and cabinet members will look like. How do you go downhill from these people?

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Apr 19

I woke up this morning thinking that the Felon has given up on his "promises" to end the war in Ukraine and to build a beautiful resort in "U.S owned" Gaza after he removes millions of Palestinians. Neither have we recently heard much about his taking over Panama and annexing Greenland. All BIG talk from a guy who is incapable of being effective in any setting. So he resorts to sending goons to kidnap immigrants (legal or not) and withholding federal funds from important organizations and threatening universities. He's a petty little drip who CLAIMS he will make America great again....but hasn't a clue about how to actually make anything great....so he heads to the golf course where he has to CHEAT to win a game.

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