10.05.2026

10.05.2026

10.05.2026

10.05.2026

GEO Group sold its Adelanto, Calif., detention complex to the federal government for $950 million. GEO will keep running it and plans to use part of the money to buy back its stock.

A Wall Street lawyer now runs AI policy, AOC and Sanders want to defund surveillance cameras, Mamdani fights for the American Dream, and a poverty program is funding data centers

Even if Democrats crush the midterms, we’re in a world of trouble.

Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears

Ken Paxton admits he’s lost control of his campaign, whistleblower who exposed Trump officials links to Epstein found dead, Natalie Harp behind Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads

Good morning, and welcome back to Really American.

Also: a shelter director, a disabled voter, and a Republican who blamed his accountant. Plus: Trump’s deep-red rescue mission.

News about Donald Trump isn't making us crazy. We are doing that to ourselves.

If you are a Democratic or progressive grassroots activist, or just a concerned citizen who likes to stay politically engaged, your email inbox can be one of the more frustrating aspects of your polit...

For those of you who like to stay calm and informed while making a difference, we are holding a midterm election flash sale on paid annual memberships to Bowers Kerbel Media, the two-person, pro-democ...

Last Friday, I took an extensive look at the state of play in the Senate, which has steadily improved for Democrats since Labor Day.

Relying on the midterms to stop fascism? They’re already moving to steal them.

This administration is attacking programs meant to protect our families and communities. Some protections, like birthright citizenship and TPS protections for individuals from Haiti, Syria and other c...

Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago? This is the biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns.

10.04.2026

10.04.2026

Friends,

A recording from The Bulwark's live video

10.04.2026

Liberal societies need not just good institutions but also a clearer vision of their ends

Hey, we’ve noticed something.

A prosecutor, an Olympian, a $10 billion lawsuit, and your power bill. Four stories, all inside.

Good morning, and welcome to Sunday Reflections.

Trump promises $5,000 to every adult citizen if Republicans keep Congress. Our money. His political payoff. But it’s just another LIE.

Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.

The power of kitchen-table economics

Timeline: The Staging, the Hidden Axon File, and the Shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez

This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.

Good morning, and welcome back to Really American.

There’s never been a better time.

Not because they’ll help Republican candidates

09.28.2026

While Republicans cringed at the champagne-soaked spectacle, conspiracy theorists scoured it for a message.

Ken Paxton hammered for defending plea deal for child predator, Mike Johnson accuses data center opponents of being Chinese plants, Republicans slam Trump’s propaganda

Court strikes down Trump’s attempt to leverage anti-terrorism funding to interfere with elections

Four urgent conversations on the rolling coup, what we’re fighting for, the war on dissent, and what may come on Election Day and after

Feathers was a retired ICE officer brought back onto the force in the last two years as the second Trump administration staffed up its mass deportation apparatus.

Good evening, and welcome back to Really American.

Trump says he’s banning news organizations over negative coverage.

Trump promised green cards for “the best and brightest”—but he’s making legal immigration a gauntlet of red tape, fees, and threats.

I need you to picture something.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is running an unprecedented hiring surge to staff a mass deportation machine, throwing cash at recruits to double the workforce on paper.

The decline of the rule of law and our republic is not inevitable

GOP candidate called for publicly hangings of top Democrats, Senate Republicans revolt against Hegseth, Democrats plan to investigate Trump family

The agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards.

Also: Trump’s own judge holds the regime in contempt, election deniers lose in Colorado, and MAGA’s Kansas City map dies. Plus, the first of our 12 GOP Senate investigations drops tomorrow.