Reposted by Jonathan V. LastHolly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Omg this whole piece is like a glass of fine wine 1595
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The word "insouciance" is what got me. If you want to feed the bad wolf, this is the piece for you. www.thebulwark.com/p/portrait-o... 1714520
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We’re getting close to Downfall territory. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...thebulwark.comTrump’s Forever War Is Sucking the Life Out of HimIf it bleeds, we can kill it. 2326733
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Wanna guess why Mark Carney just got the highest approval rating in the history of Canadian politics? www.thebulwark.com/p/canada-ame...thebulwark.comCanada Is Making America Its B*tchThe story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower. 1419437
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Canada can't confront the US. But by dint of geography and resources it ca be a counterweight making America’s life difficult because it (a) sits on our doorstep and (b) has the ability to draw closer to both the EU and China. www.thebulwark.com/p/canada-ame...thebulwark.comCanada Is Making America Its B*tchThe story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower. 108920
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Dear Democrats, You don't have to be perfectly fair and nuanced about the cost/benefits of data centers, or AI, or Flock cameras. You can just demagogue the ever-loving shit out of *all* of it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...thebulwark.comDemocrats Should Demagogue AI. Seriously.The politics of data centers, Flock cameras, and runaway tech could hardly be clearer. 32719173
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Notre Dame, but if Notre Dame had an ex-Catholic cousin who got really into Wicca after freshman year and kind of just wandered off" 1023722
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Guys: This piece is INSANE. Do. Not. Miss. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-found-h...thebulwark.comWe Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in AmericaShe’s under indictment. She lost her primary. And she’s on the ballot in November. 67712
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The American president is no longer leader of the free world. Worse: The American president is not indifferent to the free world. He is openly opposed to it. And he counts the new leaders of the free world as his personal enemies. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vs-t...thebulwark.comTrump vs. The Leaders of the Free WorldWe’re the baddies. 719045
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One of the most depressing things I've written, which is a competitive category. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vs-t...thebulwark.comTrump vs. The Leaders of the Free WorldWe’re the baddies. 7939
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Was Natalie Harp's first video about Trump a testimonial or slashfic? Because it ends with a title card suggesting that she was playing a character . . . www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-... 68020
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026However crazy you think the Trump-Natalie Harp stuff is, the reality is so much worse. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-... 1822360
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'll just straight-up beg: I'm more excited about this piece than anything I've written in months. Give it a try: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...thebulwark.comTrump’s America Is Really Hulk Hogan’s AmericaThe lies, the grievance, the spectacle—and the political movement built from all three. 99930
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Maybe Hassett can sell his house and move to a small town next to one to set a proper example for the peasants. bsky.app/profile/atru... 3762766641
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is shaping up to be the greatest day in online Philadelphia historywisn.comTony Romo arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of operating under the influenceFormer Cowboys QB Tony Romo was arrested on suspicion of operating while under the influence in Milwaukee, according to the sheriff’s office. 1352231271
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Opinion | When I vote for Trump, it’s a strategic triangulation that doesn’t reflect my real values. When urban Democrats nominate a leftist in a deep blue district, it’s proof that every member of their party is an America-hating extremist. 13751124
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Bari Weiss’s central conceit is that she knows better than the mainstream media because of woke excesses. She has an unearned arrogance, which the anti-woke Right celebrated. Her outlet, The Free Press, is worse than legacy media - riddled with ideological drivel, not real journalism. Now CBS. 517344
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026under the cloak of boring technical guidance, the Trump administration is working to delete the existence of millions of immigrants, steal congressional seats and redirect potentially hundreds of billions of federal dollars www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-tru...thebulwark.comInside Trump’s Stealth Trick to Rig the Census—and CongressThe administration’s latest power grab is disguised as boring technical guidance. 9274127
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I'd be interested in a graph plotting US public opinion of Israel against various other countries' opinion of the US. See how big the shift against the US has been in Canada, Spain, Denmark, etc. Magnitude is probably less; but trend similar? 511218
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Seems important for America to internalize this lesson, too. 15471111
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastPaul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.nytimes.comFDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago. 16328291508
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Worst part of the new @status.news report is that the Bari Weiss team appears to get its view of what is actually happening in the world from Twitter. They were asking Vega to include things that *weren't real* b/c they didn't know any better. www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve... 381499410
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026In the Economist interview, Musk says "money won't matter by 2036." Then why offer SpaceX on the public market? Is it fraud to sell people something you think will soon have no value? 2220631
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Colleague, 3 mins ago: "Did you see LeBron is going to Philly?" Me: Shapiro will be insufferable. Colleague: 481367139
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/07/2026"'The Last Straight Woman' is probably better conceived as an exploration of tensions than an attempt to resolve them, which is why, despite this long and incomplete list of disputes, I thoroughly enjoyed it." Clare Coffey reviews Phoebe Maltz Bovy:lnk.thebulwark.comAgainst HeteropessimismAccounting for the nature of straight women’s desire is hard. What to do about it? 8276
Reposted by Jonathan V. Lastdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 17/01/2025think i just solved a paradox. the trick is to have another cat open the box. 512351137
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026If you would like some #realtalk about Lindsey Graham, I'm your huckleberry. www.thebulwark.com/p/lindsey-gr...thebulwark.comLindsey Graham: The Good, the Bad, and the Banality of EvilA cautionary tale about the human condition. 1113714
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastDanielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026There is no purer distillation of optimism than a Container Store purchase. 1020314
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Every single paragraph of this 10,000 word piece is filled with stuff I wish I'd written. It's amazing. harpers.org/archive/2026... 1117430
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026It's hard to stay focused on the news when Jersey Jack's Sonic Pinball just dropped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubr...youtube.comSonic the Hedgehog Pinball Official Trailer | Jersey Jack PinballYouTube video by Jersey Jack Pinball 8520
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Trump and Vance are doing so much winning that Iran is now allowed to sell oil—at market price!—to America. That's right. Thanks for Donald Trump you can now pay the Iranian regime for the privilege of filling your tank. www.thebulwark.com/p/thanks-to-...thebulwark.comThanks to Trump You Can Now Fill Your Car with Iranian Gasoline!Hope you’re not sick and tired of all the losing—because Trump is just getting started. 513947
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026They found a way to support the Iran surrender in less than 48 hours. 111763130
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This piece 🤯 www.thebulwark.com/p/oops-we-in... 2134385
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/06/2026Trump's "American flag blue" reflecting pool is looking quite green. With the pool covered in algae and debris, Brendan Hartnett took a water sample and the results weren't great… 2321850
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastJoe Perticone @cheetah.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I've lost count how many times I've thought of this 'The Dark Knight Rises' line over the past decade 663094
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026There's a reason we sell the shirt. www.thebulwark.com/p/weve-got-a...thebulwark.comWe've Got a SituationThe Iran deal is coming any minute 🙄 and the Epstein fallout continues. 811512
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastAlison Preston @alisonserene.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Excellent explainer of our specific hell. Long, but unputdownable. 2365
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Spoiler: Elon = Bad www.thebulwark.com/p/spacex-lat...thebulwark.comSpaceX, Late-Stage Capitalism, and the Trillionaire’s Race WarEverything, everywhere, all at once. 1314937
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026In two days’ time, we will have the biggest IPO in history. SpaceX will shatter records. It’ll be the most obscene financial orgy in a century. Like watching John D. Rockefeller and Louis XIV spitroast Caligula. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-war-of...thebulwark.comThe War of Magical ThinkingIran. Elon. Trump. 614124
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 09/06/20261) Platner is not a Nazi. 2) He’s a sonofabitch and the cult forming around him is bad. 3) There are real Nazi-types out there, who hold (or held) government power and want to get rid of every black and Hispanic person in America. www.thebulwark.com/p/nazis-real...thebulwark.comNazis, Real and ImaginedGraham Platner isn't a Nazi. Guess who is. 2818033
Reposted by Jonathan V. LastJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Good at what "mass deportation" is actualy about, and just who's a nazi and who isn't from @jvl.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comNazis, Real and ImaginedGraham Platner isn't a Nazi. Guess who is. 2121953
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026That Meet the Press walk-off wasn't so much a Trump meltdown as a health event. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-ment...thebulwark.comTrump Mentals Strong. Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen. Vietnam.Was Meet the Press an interview, or a health event? 1615328
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026It's funny that Bari's minion complained about Scott Pelley being "rude" b/c one of the lessons of the last decade is that authoritarianism exploits politesse. www.thebulwark.com/p/scott-pell...thebulwark.comScott Pelley Is the Hero We NeedWhat we can learn from the ‘60 Minutes’ reporter who went to the mattresses. 1549976
Reposted by Jonathan V. Last☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 01/06/2026its insane how this man basically funded the entire american transphobia movement bc he hates his trans daughter 252108419
Reposted by Jonathan V. Last𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Breaking Bilbo Better Call Smaug David Simon presents "The Shire" Valar & Mordor: Special Hobbits Unit "Say my name." "M-M-Mithrandir. Lathspell, I name you." "You're goddamn right." 7718
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I would not want to be standing under the giant steel arches on the South Lawn if there’s lightning. Good thing DC rarely gets thunderstorms in the summer. 🫠 www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-fyr...thebulwark.comTrump’s Fyre 250 DisasterLet’s just do it and be legends. 1311717
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026People should care about this stuff. It's important. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-murder...thebulwark.comThe Murder of ‘60 Minutes’Bari Weiss is turning the best TV news show ever into Trump’s personal fleshlight. 1217339