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Andrew Egger

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White House correspondent, The Bulwark. Covered campaigns for The Dispatch and the Weekly Standard. Christian, husband, 3x dad.

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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 4h
"Trump says they’re all going back. For Bel’s friends and family, the future is murky; whether they can stay, and for how long, still remains to be seen. But they won’t all be going back. They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. He’s here to stay." 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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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 6h
Thank you for reading.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
@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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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 6h
This weekend, I went to Springfield, Ohio, for Pierre Damas Bel's funeral--and to next-door Vandalia for Trump's same-day rally, where the president took a victory lap on the policies that killed him. I hope you'll give it a read. 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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
"Sometimes it’s important to remind ourselves of the uncomfortable facts of life. Trump gave a lengthy interview to Time Magazine that was published yesterday. Let’s stare into the abyss together." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yesterday Trump said the Earth can't be safe until the Iranian people are wiped off it. It's not clear he even meant it. That's just life in the shadow of the world's most important short-circuiting mind. Today's newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
@crampell.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social react to Trump boasting that he has "the highest of IQs" while suggesting his own supposedly superior brain is the safeguard America needs against the risks of AI. "This is beyond parody."
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love the idea of writing in *Reagan* specifically. There's not a single living Republican you'd like to see as president--and this hasn't caused some sort of deeper reevaluation?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
@jvl.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Ken Paxton blaming Trump for dragging down his campaign: “This is biting the hand that feeds you on a scale that we just haven’t seen from other MAGA Republicans this cycle. The vibes must be really bad right now.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
"Aren’t 'transformative' technologies that allow the 'previously impossible' the kind of thing that requires some oversight by government?" Most voters think so, and they may vote so. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Trump + AI = Blue Tsunami
It doesn’t take super intelligence to realize the GOP is screwed.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026
Atlanta! Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, and @timmiller.bsky.social in Georgia on October 20th. Get your tickets now: lnk.thebulwark.com/4hlGOdT
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Events - The Bulwark
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
We’re coming to Atlanta on October 20th! Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @timmiller.bsky.social in Georgia.
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Events - The Bulwark
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/09/2026
Trump is facing a terrible spread on the issue of AI—and he may not even have bottomed out. In fact, the full contours of Trump’s uniquely insane approach to AI are only just coming into focus. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Trump’s AI Hubris Is a Blue Opportunity
The president for one welcomes our new robot overlords.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"In much the same way that Trump truly believes Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine if he were president, he genuinely seems to think a misaligned AI won’t dare to act up as long as he’s around." www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Trump’s AI Hubris Is a Blue Opportunity
The president for one welcomes our new robot overlords.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
Watch the full episode of Bulwark Takes with @eggerdc.bsky.social and George Conway:
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BREAKING: Trump Threatens Kennedy Center Demolition If His Name Isn’t On It
A Bulwark Take
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/09/2026
“Turns out that Mitch McConnell is actually alive.” After three months out of sight, Mitch McConnell has resurfaced in Washington. @timmiller.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social inspect the proof-of-life footage.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A year ago, I wouldn't have expected Ukraine hawks to manage to get Trump onside for more Russia sanctions. But I wouldn't have expected Congress to affirmatively create NEW tariff powers for Trump either. Today's newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/congress-t...
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Congress to Trump: MORE TARIFFS, PLEASE!
Oh, sorry, “sanctions.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
internal audit released by DHS’s inspector general found a significant dip in Homeland Security Investigations’ enforcement efforts against fentanyl trafficking from FY 2024 to FY 2025, because resources were diverted toward immigration instead. (via @eggerdc.bsky.social)
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AI Is a Test of Our Maturity. *Gulp*
Recursively self-improving machines vs. recursively self-deluding people.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A little news in today's newsletter: Senate Dems are seeking more information about a DHS OIG report that found all-hands-on-deck immigration enforcement was crowding out anti-fentanyl trafficking work at Homeland Security Investigations www.thebulwark.com/p/ai-is-a-te...
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The RNC convention was the beginning of the end. www.thebulwark.com/p/out-of-gas...
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Out of Gas. Out of Ideas. Out of Time.
The Republicans’ window to stave off a blue wave has all but closed.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/09/2026
"We used to be proud that Washington was the father of our country. We used to be proud of American exceptionalism. No more. Trump has Napoleon envy." That and much more in a big edition of Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @markhertling.bsky.social:
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Our Orange Napoleon Wants a Big Arch
It’s a lot of things, but it’s not “American.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
this whole recounting (by @eggerdc.bsky.social) is wild www.thebulwark.com/p/we-found-h...
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We Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in America
She’s under indictment. She lost her primary. And she’s on the ballot in November.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Te Brown is the GOP nominee for House in FL-24. Te Brown is also a criminal defendant in a federal wire-fraud case going to trial this year. Brown the candidate insists to me that she is not Brown the accused fraudster. She's lying. Read more: www.thebulwark.com/p/we-found-h...
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We Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in America
She’s under indictment. She lost her primary. And she’s on the ballot in November.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"To Trump, it isn’t that his unique bundle of pathologies has proven compelling for shaking the chuds, racists, militiamen, and conspiracy theorists out of the couch cushions every four years. It's that every pol around him is a chump with zero juice of their own." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-com...
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Trump’s Coming Midterm Crashout
The president is already telling us exactly who he’ll blame.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"There are many things that upset Donald Trump—women who spurn his advances, non-white refugees, Mike Pence certifying an election. But there’s one thing that may drive him the craziest of all: Being told he’s not allowed to put his name on something." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...
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Trump Is Weaker Than Ever
And therefore more dangerous.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So Darline Graham doesn't have any big thoughts about Taiwan! What difference does that make to the job of a U.S. senator? Not a rhetorical question. I'm genuinely asking. www.thebulwark.com/p/your-new-s...
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Your New Senator Is a Total Lightweight. She’s Perfect.
Darline Graham is the very model of a modern MAGA senator.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/08/2026
As Trump's domestic agenda has stalled, he has run out of thrilling new initiatives to pivot to. As a result, he has begun to hyperfixate. It’s Trump’s summer of reruns, his summer of lost causes. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social and @markhertling.bsky.social:
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Trump’s Summer of Lost Causes
Rather than starting new fights, Trump is fixating on ones he’s already lost.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"As his domestic agenda has stalled, Trump has run out of thrilling new initiatives to pivot to. As a result, he has begun to hyperfixate. It’s Trump’s summer of reruns, his summer of lost causes." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-sum...
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Trump’s Summer of Lost Causes
Rather than starting new fights, Trump is fixating on ones he’s already lost.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A slightly unusual Morning Shots: @eggerdc.bsky.social on Anthony Fauci, Katie Miller, and MAGA. Me on Wayne Gretzky, Todd Blanche, and Epstein. And more! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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A Portrait of MAGA Psychodrama
Or: On the political necessity of denouncing one’s friends.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Remember, kids: Forever wars only happen to stupid presidents. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-ground...
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It’s Groundhog Day in Iran
If at first you don’t succeed . . . and second . . . and third . . .
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Nobody loved White House UFC more than the Beltway elites who have started wearing MAGA credentials as if they’re a talisman to ward off Real Americans who might otherwise want to stuff them in a locker. www.thebulwark.com/i/202117679/...
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We Can Reject Trump’s Orgy of Decline
And in many ways, we are.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Wrote on the hilarious idea that UFC on the White House lawn is what REAL AMERICA(TM) loves and if you think it's tacky you're basically a pinko: www.thebulwark.com/p/we-can-rej...
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Wrote about Mormongate and the Pentagon reinventing pluralism from first principles: www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-lo...
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Hegseth Loses His Holy War
A theological snit at the Pentagon serves as a reminder: Even for MAGA, religious pluralism still has its virtues.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Genuinely curious what distinction you are trying to draw here
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Morning Shots today: Come for a terrific report by @eggerdc.bsky.social of Trump's scheme to simply seize and spend taxpayer money, and just how shameless and dangerous it is. Stay for my account of how Greta Garbo's Ninotchka explains Trump's Republican Party. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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How to Rob Taxpayers of $1.8 Billion Without Really Trying
Start by completely bypassing Congress and the Constitution.
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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Righteous piece from @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump's settlement pot of U.S. government cash, which the president intends to set aside for unaccountable distribution to undisclosed cronies, allies, and supporters: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-rob...
Once again, then, Trump’s aptitude for unprecedented shamelessness seems to have exposed yet another piece of our government that ultimately runs on the honor system: If a corrupt president wants to dip into the Treasury for literally any purpose whatsoever, all he has to do is sue the government, then settle with himself outside of court to create a payout fund for whatever purpose he might desire.
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Maybe the most staggering thing about the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is how much of a black box it is. 5 hand-picked Trump goobers empowered to set 100 percent of the procedures and make 100 percent of the decisions w/ zero oversight or transparency. Newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-rob...
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I didn't go to Rededicate 250 (I was at church) but I did write about it. More from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and me in Morning Shots at @thebulwark.com : www.thebulwark.com/p/its-trumps...
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I wrote on the vaporware Trump phone and the preposterous fact that the Trump family--even while raking in billions of dollars from oil barons abroad in corrupt quid-pro-quo cash--still bothers with all these rinkydink schemes to bilk the truest MAGA believers out of $50 here, $100 there:
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1-800-Trump-Scammed-Us
To the First Family, all MAGAs are marks.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/05/2026
Join @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social , @timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social live and in-person! JUST ANNOUNCED—The gang will be joined on stage in LA on May 21 by: @vanlathan.bsky.social, @jonfavs.bsky.social, @janecoaston.bsky.social , Erin Ryan and @briantylercohen.bsky.social!
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Misinformation isn't spreading into politics because people are reading Politico or going on Bluesky to post about court-packing. It's because people are spending 2+ hours a day swiping through addiction-based short-form video apps that aren't specifically political, sharing memes about politics.
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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today, @eggerdc.bsky.social joined us on the #HotDishPod. Serving as White House Correspondent for @thebulwark.com, Egger provides his takes on Trump's coalition and how it is collapsing. Tune in here for more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/trumps-coa...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/04/2026
Over in California, With Swalwell gone, the field is suddenly looking astonishingly weak—and Tom Steyer simply buying his way to victory is actually a genuine possibility. That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Cali Dems Need to Get Their Sh*t Together
At this point, Gov. Tom Steyer might be the least bad outcome.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
since JD Vance is new to Catholicism, let me explain that when the head Bishop writes a public letter specifically calling out your theological errors and reminding you that the Pope is the Vicar of Christ, that's considered "bad"
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 14/04/2026
Really smart insight here from @eggerdc.bsky.social about a rhetorical trope that we too often just let slide. Read the whole thing: www.thebulwark.com/i/194180315/...
Screenshot of an excerpt from a Bulwark newsletter, reading as follows:

The Geopolitics of ‘Your Rules’
by Andrew Egger

Your rules, your rules, your rules! For much of today’s online right, these two words are a slogan, a rallying cry, a way of life. They’re a core part of the permission structure of a politics built around nothing but owning the libs. The good guys, it is suggested, have actual moral standards and codes that their godless dishonorable enemies lack, but they need not actually hold to these codes in their dealings with those enemies. In such instances, “we’re only playing by your rules.”

In theory, this is a condensed argument about double standards. In practice, it’s an all-purpose excuse for pretty much anything. That was obvious this week, when we saw the apotheosis of “your rules” thought from both the president and the vice president.

It continues here:
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/194180315/the-geopolitics-of-your-rules
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"How can it be that Democrats have sleepwalked into yet another high-profile race for which they seem to have basically zero highly qualified and popular candidates? Am I the only one for whom this nonsense is starting to get old?" www.thebulwark.com/p/california...
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Cali Dems Need to Get Their Sh*t Together
At this point, Gov. Tom Steyer might be the least bad outcome.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A hilarious thing about this is if this become actionable policy today, trump would likely corruptly intervene — to help Mamdani lol
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If we didn't have a maniac as secretary of defense, a toady as secretary of state, and a nobody as chief of staff, they'd be spending today making sure the military checks in with them before obeying any orders from Trump, and quietly getting in touch with Congress to arrange for his impeachment.
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