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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
Things are looking so good for Democrats that candidates once thought to be in tough races—like Roy Cooper and Jon Ossoff—can probably put their feet up and sip some boba tea." A few longish-shots to keep an eye on:
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More Democrats Who Can Win Red America
Tim Miller has more candidates to watch and support.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For those about to Rocktober, we salute you.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“The margins in PA-10 (D +5.2 points) and in PA-7 (D +3.2 points) indicate a Democratic swing of about 8 points from 2024. One component of this swing is evident in the choices that President Trump’s base, white working-class voters, are making in these races.” www.fandmpoll.org/franklin-mar...
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Franklin & Marshall College Poll Release: PA 7th and 10th Congressional Districts, September 2026
The attitudes of the state's voters in these districts show patterns similar to state and national data. Democrats are favored in the congressional races, economic issues are a top concern, and Presid...
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is this "corruption"? Well, Trump lied about the funding for it, stole money from other approved projects, and says he is taking undisclosed "donations" from who knows what oligarch to fund this project on property that isn't his and isn't authorized.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Donald Trump is a sick person. You almost feel you can't hold him fully responsible for his deep psychological deformities. I have more contempt for his aides, who, in humoring him, feed his illness and encourage him to do both symbolic and real damage to the nation. www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As a reminder, Democrats picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018, while losing two seats in the Senate. We should see a bigger pickup in both chambers this time, to put it mildly. But do not get cocky and coast here. Run through the tape.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Timeline cleanse
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Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A brand new poll shows that voters aren’t just pissed about the economy; they are rejecting every element of the Trump agenda. They don’t like the man; they don’t like what he’s done, and they absolutely hate his latest ideas. www.messageboxnews.com/p/nbc-poll-t...
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NBC Poll: The Midterms Are a Referendum on Trump, and He's Losing
A new poll finds voters are more motivated to oppose him than in 2018—and they're punishing every candidate tied to his agenda.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
other photos show that this placard was carried off the plane by Bill Pulte. I expect Trump will post this image on Truth Social sometime soon. Watch this space.
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
MAGA played the long game on breaking the media And they won @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on how they did it, how to fight back www.thebulwark.com/p/how-maga-b...
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How MAGA Bewildered Voters Into Its Alternate Reality
The years-long project to discredit fact-based media and replace it with MAGA slop has been disastrously successful.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
This is part of a pattern: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/09/2026
Vote early. Election Day is the end of the election, not the beginning. With everything this regime is going to do to suppress our votes, it’s imperative that we leave plenty of time to correct any issues.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
VoteVets, Home of the Brave, and the Cultural Landscape Foundation have joined forces to fight to Stop Trump's Arch. A new video featuring Gold Star mother Karen Meredith, General (ret.) Paul Eaton, and landscape architect Charles Birnbaum is linked here. wapo.st/3UGfXAt
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Veterans and Democrats intensify fight against Trump’s planned arch
Opponents of the 250-foot triumphal arch project say it could disrupt military burials at Arlington, during construction and after its completion.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/09/2026
Read the playbook. Get @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social's "How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time," today:
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How to Eat An Elephant
From the founder of The Bulwark and one of the sharpest political communicators of her generation, HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT is the playbook for consigning MAGA-style politics to the ash heap of history (where it belongs). Featuring a foreword by Jonathan V. Last.
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tomorrow’s the day. My first book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time, is officially coming out. And I’m so excited to share it with the world: open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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I can’t believe it’s almost here.
Hey guys, it’s Sarah.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m flattered!
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here’s my op-ed on Chief Justice John Roberts whitewashed history of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Roberts adoration of Taft’s “restraint” conveniently omits Taft’s racism, refusal to condemn lynching, and embrace of Lost Causism. That’s no accident. share.inquirer.com/IcPlmx
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Will the real William Howard Taft please stand up?
Chief Justice John Roberts penned an incomplete, but revealing, tribute to former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members. A disgrace. Perhaps a 4-star general officer should speak out against Hegseth’s attempt to humiliate and intimidate the military? If they get fired, so be it? Gen. Dan Caine? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And right on time, here's @gregsargent.bsky.social digging into all this.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026
It is not up to the president what the Kennedy Center is called. It is not up to the president what the Department of Defense is called. It is not up to the president what the Gulf of Mexico is called. It is not up to the president what Lake Ontario is called.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026
It is not up to the president what Penn Station is called. It is not up to the president what Dulles Airport is called. It is not up to the president what battleship classes are called. It is not up to the president what Flag Day is called.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Amy Siskind: A metaphor for what Trump has done to our country in less than 2 years.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/08/2026
Watch the full episode of The Bulwark Daily:
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Sarah Longwell: Dems, Go on Offense FFS
Watch now | When Graham Platner’s campaign was imploding, Republicans made sure to hang him around every Democrat's neck.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Fascism is an ideology like liberalism, socialism, or conservatism. Its key narratives, values, and goals are...a representation of the world, designed to govern how people think and behave. Its actions follow from that representation. And like those other ideologies, fascism has adherents."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/08/2026
Museum attendance and funding is down, and we're seeing a steady loss of social trust in our museums. On top of that, Trump has issued an executive order to restore “Truth and Sanity to American History.” Sarah Rogers Morris on saving the Smithsonian:
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How to Save the Smithsonian
The institution was born of debate and chance. Surviving today’s culture wars requires grounding its mission in open inquiry, shared inheritance, and the objects in its collection.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Instead of ankle monitors, maybe they can just be forced to wear a colored symbol of some kind?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"It’s not just the USS Lincoln that should return home. All the troops deployed to Trump’s misbegotten and mismanaged war should return. And their commanders and nominal “leaders”—from Trump to Pete Hegseth to Daryl Caudle to Hung Cao—should be held accountable." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-troops...
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The Troops Deserve Better than Hegseth
The president, the secretary of defense, and the top Navy officials are blithely ignoring the suffering of the sailors at sea.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Federal corruption is out of control under the Trump Administration. Here are four things state AGs can do to stop it. www.justsecurity.org/153459/state...
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Four Things State and Local Prosecutors Can Do to Combat Federal Corruption
State attorneys general and local district attorneys can take action to uphold the rule of law in the face of unlawful federal actions.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/08/2026
@samsteindc.bsky.social discusses the challenges of covering a president detached from reality and how it’s journalists’ duty to set the record straight: “You do what you have to do when you're in this field…call out the lies when they are very much visible and in front of us.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/08/2026
"In 2016, less than a quarter of Bernie’s primary voters ended up voting for Trump, picking a third-party candidate, or staying home in the general election. Most of Bernie’s voters were social democrats, not DSA. Why not make that distinction official?"
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Democratic-Socialists ❌ Social Democrats ✅
How to solve the DSA problem.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
What if I told you reformers in Hungary are beating back MAGA-style authoritarian corruption with a "get the money back" playbook? Would that be something we ought to try here? (YES!) More details from me in this vid here.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We’ve been dragged into Trump's Golden Age of Corruption. We need a game plan to bring it to an end and hold his administration accountable. That means more than voting them out. It means GETTING THE MONEY BACK for the American people. From me.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I love this account.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026
Americans are now so used to their president cheating and breaking rules that many of them seem genuinely not to understand why the world was rooting for Belgium.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026
"the amount of recovery aid the Trump administration has announced is just a fraction of the estimated $8 billion in revenues from oil exports it has taken out of Venezuela since the United States deposed the country’s ruler, Nicolás Maduro, in January" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/w...
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With $8 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Money, U.S. Gives $300 Million in Quake Aid
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Democrats are dumping Graham Platner. The Republicans nominated Ken Paxton.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/07/2026
A few of you will get this: we are in a situation with the Supreme Court not too different from the situation that sedevacantists imagine the Catholic Church to be in.
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The Supreme Court Just Made the Case for Its Own Expansion
Today’s birthright citizenship ruling wasn't a win for constitutionalism. It was a warning.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/06/2026
When asked about who Colorado voters are leaning towards electing in the Democratic Gubernatorial primary on Tuesday the overwhelming answer was: either is fine. The latest "Focus Group Podcast" from @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and local Colorado broadcaster, @kylec.bsky.social analyze more.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“The Confederate flag at the North Carolina booth is a fitting symbol of how this whole enterprise has been managed. A symbol that the state itself never chose, attached to its flag without permission, displayed at an event meant to celebrate American unity…” open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Of Course a Confederate Flag Showed Up at the Great American State Fair
The Great American State Fair couldn't even get through its first week without embarrassing itself.
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sciff.bsky.social @sciff.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
You mean saying Not See really fast
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky
Bluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk.
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Abortion rights hasn't gotten a lot of attention in the campaign yet That could change, for reasons @lauren-egan.bsky.social lays out here www.thebulwark.com/p/abortion-i...
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Abortion Is Back as an Issue for Dems—Even in Red States
Having had doubts about the salience of the issue after the 2024 elections, Democrats are no longer shying away from it.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/06/2026
Who holds the cards now in this Iran negotiating deal? @jvl.bsky.social has a hint: It's not the American president.
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Thanks 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.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/06/2026
The best possible situation right now for Vance with this MOU weighing on his shoulders may be Trump splitting from Israel. @jvl.bsky.social explains why:
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JD Vance Is Going to Eat This Turd and Love It
What is the architect of the Big Beautiful Iran Surrender playing at?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"This too is the Trump moment in miniature: A bunch of conservative-media types sternly telling you that this or that objectively terrible thing is real America, and that you’re the out-of-touch one for thinking it’s bad." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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We Can Reject Trump’s Orgy of Decline
And in many ways, we are.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is scheduled to make its public debut on the Nasdaq today. The company aims to raise $75 billion in its initial public offering — which, if successful, will set the record for the largest IPO in history. Join me and Ed Elson today at 12 p.m. ET for an exclusive livestream.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 09/06/2026
Hot take: Don’t invest in SpaceX.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/06/2026
To be clear, it looks like the conference organizers called the cops. They may have been worried because Jay Bhattacharya, the pro-Trump NIH director, was scheduled to speak (and he did in fact cancel). Looks like a case of "obeying in advance" - people fearing the state's reaction.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/06/2026
"The supposed Bed Bath & Beyond oracle who watched a dildo get slapped across a man’s face is now set to have access to the country’s most sensitive intelligence matters. His old denizens in the memestock world can hardly believe it." They'd better.
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Bill Pulte Was a “Degenerate” Buffoon. Now He’s Head of U.S. Intelligence.
Bulletproof vests, helicopters, and, yes, dildos.
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