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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h

“‘Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,’ Guilfoyle responded. ‘It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on signal.’ …A U.S. ambassador lecturing her briber on bribing best practices.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...

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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

Eric Deters on paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to Amb. Kimberly Guilfoyle: "I feel like a dumbass…If I could turn the clock back, I wouldn't have given them a damn nickel.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

Eric Deters tells @samsteindc.bsky.social: "Last week I sent an email to Susie Wiles, Don Jr., and Kimberly Guilfoyle and I laid out what I was going to do…I'm suing [Guilfoyle] for defamation…She told the WSJ that those text messages were all fake and…I'm a notorious blackmailer."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16h

A must-read new newsletter from the Civil Defense Institute. Tracking and investigating threats to a free society, including extremist organizations, conspiracy campaigns, foreign influence, & more. Headed by my friend and colleague, the formidable Tom Joscelyn. newsletter.civildefenseinstitute.org

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Civil Defense | Substack

Investigating threats to a free society. Click to read Civil Defense, a Substack publication.

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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19h

“We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: It’s genuinely amazing how little Trump tries to hide his own mob-boss style.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...

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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h

"The public has moved pretty decisively in the right direction over the past two years. Our elites have not. Some are eagerly taking advantage of the benefits of crony capitalism. Others are cowering or cutting deals. Few are standing up to autocracy." www.thebulwark.com/p/reasons-fo...

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Reasons for Hope. Reasons for Alarm.

Things are looking up—for now.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h

Trump’s job disapproval is ~ 62%-35%. Democratic advantage on the generic ballot is ~ 51%-43%. "The more this election is about Trump, the better. The more the generic ballot numbers move towards the presidential approval numbers, the better." www.thebulwark.com/p/reasons-fo...

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Reasons for Hope. Reasons for Alarm.

Things are looking up—for now.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026

"Be hopeful and alarmed. And organize, persuade, and vote. It’s our country, after all, either to nobly save or meanly lose."

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Reasons for Hope. Reasons for Alarm.

Things are looking up—for now.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026

“It looks like a racket across the board.” @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on Jared Kushner negotiating wars involving Israel on America’s behalf while simultaneously cashing in on investments in Israeli companies.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026

The public has moved pretty decisively in the right direction over the past two years. Our elites have not. And whatever happens this November, there are two years left. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

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Reasons for Hope. Reasons for Alarm.

Things are looking up—for now.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026

"I suspect there’s a lot of this in the world. People who see reality and then contort themselves to avoid it—because confronting the reality would mean changing the view they have of themselves in their heads."

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The Propagandist in the Press Pool

From “covering” Trump to covering FOR Trump.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tim and I were pretty tough on Tillis on the pod Monday. But not tough enough!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"The blue wave shows no sign of abating. Democrats are doing a decent job of getting out of their own way. Donald Trump is traveling around the country and doing his best to make the election about himself. And the more this election is about Trump, the better." www.thebulwark.com/p/reasons-fo...

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Reasons for Hope. Reasons for Alarm.

Things are looking up—for now.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We discuss Trump’s mask-off bigotry, the elections four weeks out, and the (literal) corruption of Trump’s foreign policy. www.youtube.com/live/Kwrpxh_...

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Republicans are Worried They'll Lose South Carolina | Morning Shots

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It'll be a miracle if, by the time Trump and Vance and Hegseth are done, we have any troops at all left in Europe (and I'm not so sure about the Middle East or East Asia). But we'll be able to bully some people in the Western Hemisphere. It's back to the 30's. America First! That worked out great.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Trump and I are not the only ones who reached the conclusion South Carolina is in play. And with a wave of the sort we’re seeing, why shouldn’t it be? Trump won NE in 2024 by a wider margin than SC. He was in NE last night trying to save that GOP incumbent." www.thebulwark.com/p/grandpa-tr...

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Grandpa Trump Is Getting Desperate

And it’s starting to show.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Thoreau famously claimed 'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.' I’ve always thought this assertion unfair, even untrue. But it’s neither unfair nor untrue to observe that Donald J. Trump is today exhibiting clear signs of not-at-all-quiet desperation." www.thebulwark.com/p/grandpa-tr...

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Grandpa Trump Is Getting Desperate

And it’s starting to show.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is it woke to be horrified by what happened at Cornell--and by the "boys will be boys" excuse-making of so many then and now? If so, perhaps we should all be a little more woke?

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"How could a country extend such a shining future to a young man like him—only to shatter that future, and him, by suddenly ripping it away? And how could the president who made it happen show his face that same day, just miles down the road, to bask in it?" www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...

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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.

On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I argued on Tim's podcast that Annie Andrews had a real chance to win the SC senate race. The pod went public around 3:30 pm. As if to confirm my suggestion, at 5:23 pm Trump posted a vitriolic and truly bigoted attack on Dr. Andrews. Panic in the WH? youtu.be/T1HN3je1GPM?...

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Trump's GOP is Getting Shocking Numbers in Red States (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Daily

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We analyze the remarkable degree of Republican collapse in red states, and speculate on possible wins for Dems in FL & SC senate & KY-6. ALSO: Tim is alarmed that the Siberia plague story heralds another pandemic, and suggests a Bulwark polycule (!) in response. 🤷‍♂️ youtu.be/T1HN3je1GPM?...

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Trump's GOP is Getting Shocking Numbers in Red States (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Daily

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"A Republican victory in 2028 would mean we could never assume that 'liberalism”'was secure...It would mean living on the knife’s edge, between liberalism and fascism, forever. So don’t get complacent if Democrats wind up with some crazy number of Senate seats." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doomsd...

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The Doomsday Scenario

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

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Point is: This voter lives in Michigan and has no idea what her actual, lived reality looks like. Don’t tell me that people like her would be incapable of electing a Republican in 2028, even with a bad economy and $6.50 diesel." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doomsd...

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The Doomsday Scenario

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

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The only world fascists envision is one of metal beams that protects their concrete prisons. These trees did more for our world than any one of these fuckass brownshirts ever could.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Rabid hatred of all transgender people—including veterans!—is the point. And the Respectable Republicans™️ and Thoughtful Conservatives™️ are all on board with it.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Terrific reporting by Andrew Egger from Ohio--from Pierre Damas Bel's funeral in Springfield, and Trump's rally that evening. "They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...

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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.

On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump approval over last three months dropped ~5% (from ~ 45% to ~40%) in AK, IA, OH, & TX, states with Senate races with lots of paid and earned media. Nationally Trump approval dropped ~ 2-3 points then. Does more attention lead to more disapproval? Lesson going forward for KS, NE, SC etc.?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026

@eggerdc.bsky.social reflects on his experience going to Pierre Damas Bel’s funeral: “ It was hard to be there. It was good to be there…I mean, it's real. It's human beings who are impacted by all this.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026

"A failing, 80-year-old sociopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead of us."

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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray

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

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026

@eggerdc.bsky.social reacts to Trump reciting “The Snake,” an anti-immigrant poem that he dedicated to Springfield: “ This guy makes people worse…When they get into that sort of MAGA mob mentality, a lot of that nuance drops away, and they're just kinda ready to rock with ‘The Snake.’"

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Andrew Egger very interesting this morning on the Trump rally he attended last night in Vandalia, Ohio. On the same day as the funeral service for Pierre Damas Bel (which Andrews also attended), Trump celebrated what ICE was doing in nearby Springfield. Awful. www.youtube.com/live/jPod9BI...

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A Trump Rally, A Funeral and a Revealing Day in Ohio | Bulwark on Sunday

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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A Trump Rally, A Funeral and a Revealing Day in Ohio | Bulwark on Sunday

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In new NYT/Siena poll of AK, IA, KS, OH, & TX, all won by Trump by > 10% in 2024, Trump approve-disapprove: AK: 41%-56% (June was 47%-49%) IA: 40%-58% (June 44%-54%) KS: 40%-55% (no poll in June) OH: 38%-59% (June 44%-54%) TX: 40%-58% (June 44%-52%) Blue wave city. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Toplines: September 2026 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Iowa

Results of a New York Times/Siena poll conducted among 606 voters from Sept. 22 to Oct. 1, 2026.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump has invited Putin to attend the G20 meeting in FL. "Putin directs a war of conquest, filled with atrocities. Democratic governments often have to deal with monsters such as Putin. But they do not have to invite these monsters to international gatherings." open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...

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Putin Our Invitee

On President Trump’s invitation to the Russian dictator to attend the next G20.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Live, at 10:00 am Sunday ET: Andrew Egger joins me to report from Ohio. Andrew attended the tragic funeral of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel in Springfield, and then Donald Trump’s unhinged rally in nearby Vandalia. Quite a day. www.youtube.com/live/jPod9BI...

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A Trump Rally, A Funeral and a Revealing Day in Ohio | Bulwark on Sunday

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026

Donald Trump posted Tom Cotton's private phone number because the Arkansas senator is blocking his push for permanent daylight saving time. @saletan.bsky.social and @cheetah.bsky.social break down this strange fight.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The MAGA Monoculture will lose. A new day is coming for the American Multiculture.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“OpenAI promotes autonomy, although the company was recently forced to cancel the launch of GPT-6.1 Astra due to the model's tendency to lie and unpredictable behavior during tests…OpenAI's agents attacked more than 100 organizations during trials.” What could go wrong? gagadget.com/en/728430-op...

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OpenAI Unveils Dots: AI Agents with Human-Like Reasoning and 4000 Plugins for Personalized Help

OpenAI launched dots — autonomous AI agents based on the GPT-6 Astra model, which operate on personal cloud servers and support over 4000 plugins.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tom Homan: “I think September is going to be the highest deportations of any month in the history of ICE. We are removing and arresting more people right now than we ever have in the history of this nation. Wait until you see what we do next year.” ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/doral-flor...

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Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town

In Doral, there are empty tables, shuttered businesses, and families struggling to survive after their loved ones have been thrown in detention.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Phillips O'Brien: "So even if the Trump administration gets an acceptable peace deal, it’ll be in a worse strategic position than it was in February. And states in the area are making their own calculations that the US is not going to be as reliable." youtu.be/BQ7pkSM8zKg?...

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Phillips O'Brien on a Dynamic Middle East After the Iran War

YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We talked to Truckers who are turning on Trump because of the war in Iran. "It's going to put us out of business for sure."

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