Virginia GOP Makes a Mockery of the Redistricting Process
Why we can't have nice things...
Leading The Bulwarkā¦
Virginia GOP Makes a Mockery of the Redistricting Process
JIM SWIFT: Virginia V. Trost-Thornton is why we canāt have nice things.
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Ryan J. Reilly On The January 6 Investigations
On today's podcast Huffington Post senior justice reporter Ryan Reilly joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the investigations in the January 6 Insurrection, including the motley crew of freelance sedition hunters.
ATMA: Anthony Bourdain Documentary 'Roadrunner' Controversy
Plus: Loki, reviewed. Is the future of the MCU 'Rick and Morty'?
For Bulwark+ Membersā¦ š
MORNING SHOTS: Ben Shapiro's Worst Take (And Mine) š
CHARLIE SYKES on McCarthy's farce and Fox's non-flip on vaccines
ATMA Bonus: Are You Ready for the COVID Games? š
On this weekās special members-only episode, Sonny, Alyssa, and Peter talk about the Tokyo Olympics.
THE TRIAD: How the Culture War Ate Guns, Too š
JVL: Plus, Andy McCarthy's conservative utilitarianism.
From The Bulwark Aggregatorā¦
Defense industry leads return of campaign cash to election objectors ā Casey Wooten, National Journal
How the New Child Tax Credit Is Already Changing Lives ā Sarah Jones, Intelligencer
Christie Shit-Talks Trump to Try to Hype a Heavyweight Title Bout in 2024 ā Matt Lewis, The Daily Beast
Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading covid-19 misinformation ā Bryan Pietsch, The Washington Post
Where Trumpās Conspiracy Theory About Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Came From ā Kaleigh Rogers, FiveThirtyEight
The zombie claim that the 2017 tax cut gave ā83 percentā to the top 1 percent ā Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
McCarthy names five choices for Jan. 6 select committee ā Chris Marquette, Roll Call
In Todayās Bulwark...
Hereās What to Expect from the Republicans on the Jan. 6 Committee
TIM MILLER: Kevin McCarthy met with Trump before announcing his appointees.
The Freedom Phone Is a Cynical Gimmick
YEVGENY SIMKIN: Fleecing gullible conservatives are scared of Big Tech.
šØOVERTIME šØ
OLD TOWN MANASSAS, VIRGINIAā Greetings from a local public house, where I am waiting for my dog to get out of the groomer. The disruptions to the labor market have impacted grooming in my area, and our normal groomer wasnāt able to get a very hairy Westie in for a few weeks. So I went to a place 30 minutes away. (Itās hot!) And rather than waste an hour on trips to get back home and back, I figured why not have a meal and support a local restaurant?
It feels like the before times! Itās a slow day here, and a bunch of night shift employees from the local bar industry are having food and a drink and talking about their lives, their bosses, and itās nice to experience this side of humanity again. As I alluded to yesterday, The Bulwark community is so great and one of my favorite things has been the friendships Iāve made with some of you. I got a lot of dog suggestions yesterday from people that were helpful, so thank you!
Is this bad?
Bradyās deflating jokeā¦ Seems like everyone is getting them in at That Former Guyās expense. (Not thatās bad.)
Dark Money behind the right wing attacks on ābig tech.ā
VICEās Motherboard has this report on the American Principles Projectās new Google Chrome (ironic, yes?) extension that helps conservatives who hate big tech find out which pundits and experts they probably already donāt like work for organizations that accept money from big tech.
One think tank higher up told The Bulwark:
āI worry about the safety of my staff, my family, and myself when a group that helped stoke January 6th is engaged in this kind of activity.ā
The APP owns Raheem Kassamās National Pulse, which says in a pop up pushing notifications that Big Tech has banned them, but also runs Google ads on their site. Weird theyāre willing to take big techās money!
Dr. Fauci unchained. Now that the former guy is gone, the good doc is pushing back hard.
Iād like to second thisā¦
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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