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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
"Trump’s only reckoning can come from the ballot box, and while that may be encouraging, it’s not nearly proportional to the destruction he is wreaking."
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‘Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption’
The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth wants to turn the Fort Hood mass shooter's execution into a public spectacle, complete with a livestream. Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social react: "This is depravity, and it's not something we should be doing or leaders in the army should be allowing."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Would the American people fail to understand that the death penalty has been carried out if the execution of the criminal weren’t live-streamed? Of course not. The cruel spectacle is the point. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @joshuatait.bsky.social:
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump ❤️ Putin. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-put...
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Trump’s Putin Deal Is a Disgraceful Act of Betrayal
Sam Stein and Catherine Rampell give their takes on Trump’s decision to buy oil from Putin, just weeks after Trump signed Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill into law.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“A familiar feature of fascism is the transformation of politics into spectacle. Fascism wants to reduce active citizens into voyeurs—especially voyeurs of cruelty and death. Such degradation of a democratic public is key to fascism’s project and to its success.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026
Team of Mercenaries by @GrahamDavidA www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Trump’s Team of Mercenaries
People around the president are using their roles to cash in. They learned it by watching him.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"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 · 08/10/2026
“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 · 08/10/2026
“‘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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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
State Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026
I talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...
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Anne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s Agenda
YouTube video by The Long Game Podcast
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“That is why Schmitt and Satan are convenient explanatory agents: They externalize the cause.But the transformation proceeded through choices made by conservatives who saw enough of what was happening to object yet concluded accommodation was preferable to rupture.” open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
"internal financial documents show that ticket sales steeply declined after Mr. Trump’s takeover of the institution, and plunged even further after his name was added to the building" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“American foreign policy should be about benefiting all Americans,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. “When it’s designed to enrich a few people who have some kind of contact to the administration... it’s not good for America.” FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4dYciVj
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A sobering, interesting, and thought-provoking discussion with Bob Kagan on the world crisis.The war in the Middle East isn’t over, Putin’s aggression isn’t over, Xi’s ambitions aren’t over, and above all Trump’s combination of bullying and weakness isn’t over. www.youtube.com/live/yV5I_7Y...
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Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Reshaping the World (w/ Robert Kagan) | Bulwark on Sunday
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"So Trump’s megalomania and narcissism, his deputies’ fanaticism and sycophancy, and the radicalization of MAGA are increasingly out of control. And elites’ accommodation is as widespread as ever. This Quadrangle of Doom means we face a perilous next two years." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-qua...
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Trump’s Quadrangle of Doom
It’s going to get worse.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
White nationalism. That’s what the Trump regime’s immigration policies are all about. Brown and Black people out. White people in. Doesn’t get any simpler than that. The only immigrants the regime really wants are White Afrikaners: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees
The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“So here’s what Democrats should offer: Stop the data centers. Make AI safe. Protect your health care. Fix the rotten Supreme Court. Get us out of the Middle East. Renew our friendship with Canada. Hold the oligarchs accountable. Release the Epstein files.” www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats
An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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miribernier.bsky.social @miribernier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We haven’t learned anything about Trump we didn’t know in 2015.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“I don’t think Americans should be scared of anything,” says Vance, who’s part of an administration that shamelessly works to terrify Americans about law-abiding immigrants and transgender military officers.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
Online grifters, private companies, and far-right ideologues have transformed traditional American diplomacy, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes. She explores how they’re wielding their newfound power:
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Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026
Lie after lie
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026
only fraudulent economists are allowed now?
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social's new book on the subject: 'American Overthrow.' ‘Fascinating.’ @financialtimes.com ‘Should make readers of all political persuasions think twice about American politics.’ @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu 20% off with code GILES20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/36j3ejaa
Book cover for American Overthrow showing the Russian double-headed eagle on the seal of the President of the United States.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“We should all be appalled that the dignified rows of white marble headstones at Arlington could be overshadowed by this Great Triumphal Arch. We should all be appalled that our president is trying to impose such an un-American project on us. Stop the arch.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-orange...
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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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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miribernier.bsky.social @miribernier.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just like Bush v Gore. The ruling only applied to that case.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The oligarchic Ellison family purchased CBS and installed the right-wing Zionist functionary Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief for moments like this.
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It's Always 9/11 Somewhere
A desperate ruling class returns to 9/11 politics as its hold on power slips. This is a clue as to the function of Islamophobia in the United States
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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨 THIS ISN’T MEDIA. IT’S A CORRUPTION PIPELINE. Pedo Trump + Paramount + CBS + the Ellisons. Money. Political favors. Media control. When billionaires trade access for power, democracy pays the price. Follow the money. 🔥🇺🇸 prospect.org/2026/09/01/p...
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Paramount, CBS, Trump, and the Ellisons: The Ultimate Corruption - The American Prospect
A new documentary, ‘Murdering 60 Minutes,’ brilliantly connects the dots.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Are you kidding me www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...
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miribernier.bsky.social @miribernier.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Political forces that brought Trump to power will still be there after he is gone. Oligarchs, MAGA media, Christian Nationalism, partisan SCOTUS………will all be there for the next Trump.
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Dean Barnett @darsb1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026
Read Peter Wehner, on the significance of Natalie Harp www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
MAGA is a Red Scare, a Race Scare, and a Gender Scare all at once.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/08/2026
"He's a man who had a drinking problem, who was a weekend Fox and Friends host, who is now in charge of the most complex bureaucracy that's ever existed in human history. It's just a clown show." Michael Wood on Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon:
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/08/2026
"Against Canada, Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy" Read David Frum: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026
This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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miribernier.bsky.social @miribernier.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Carney believes US empire has entered its decline stage and Trump is Its Caligula.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The blob of pond scum that is our corrupt incompetent president surely does not understand why Mark Carney is so superior to him by every meaningful metric or that what Carney has cannot be bought by him at any price.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/08/2026
Breaking News: Mark Carney, Canada’s leader, rejected a U.S. trade deal and told Canadians that President Trump’s new tariffs were “designed to hurt and divide us.”
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Mark Carney Speaks to Canadians After Trade Talks With U.S. Collapse
Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after he ordered negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.
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