Trump’s assault on the elections is well underway. For @republik.ch I wrote about what is already happening and what is planned, discussed different scenarios for November, and asked the question: Could he really manipulate his way to victory? Some thoughts, since the piece is in German: 🧵

I don’t think law enforcement should drop charges against child molesters and hand the molesters checks from US taxpayers just because said molesters also got convicted in court for assaulting police officers as part of a violent attack on America. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.

Blatant corruption and market manipulation.

"I don’t want politicians to be 'authentic.' I want them to be decent. I want them to be honest. I want them to be competent. And if they fail those tests, they don’t redeem themselves by opposing Donald Trump." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/o...

this is catastrophically untrue, and the fact that it's even come close to picking up currency on the left is a complete disaster for leftist governance. if you expropriated the entire wealth of every billionaire in the country, you could pay for the federal government for one year. that's it.

This would be comical if it weren't so chilling. The entire senior leadership of the Justice Department should have resigned over something like this. They betray their oath and their country by their complicity. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2

A step away from asking the Russians to investigate their own influence operations in the US. The guiding principle of Trump policy is that Russian ops are good because they support him personally. The guiding principle of Russian policy is that Trump is good because he wrecks the US & helps Russia.

They’re so desperate to post the 10 Commandments everywhere and yet somehow, even more desperate to violate them.

Eastman was not disbarred for making bad constitutional arguments, nor because he represented Trump, nor because he challenged the results of an election, all of which are allowed. Eastman was disbarred because he knowingly lied to the courts with deliberately false factual representations.

as far as i can tell pope leo has never mentioned trump by name hes just like “killing people is wrong” or “concentration camps arent good” and theyre all taking it personally

Fresh off his trip to Hungary where he begged Hungarians to back Viktor Orban, J.D. Vance has decided world leaders shouldn't meddle in other countries' politics.

If the test of a theory is its predictive power, then Trump-Russia is the most robust theory in all contemporary political science.

To say “look, here’s a Haitian killing someone” and then imply “that’s what all Haitians are like” is the very definition of racism. Trump is a racist, or at least is happy to utilize racism, which is basically the same thing.

It’s crazy that the vice president openly intervening in a foreign election for the candidate backed by Russia ranks a distant second in insane things happening today.

You think it's bad here?

Dear Christian, If you’re demanding that the Ten Commandments be put up in public schools, but you’re not holding this president or his administration accountable to a single one of them, please don’t act like you actually take them seriously.

PM of Poland

War update: Russia helps Iran resist Trump, succeeds Russia helps Cuba resist Trump, succeeds Trump helps Russia invade Ukraine, fails

Paul Manafort's lawyer is now the acting Attorney General. Let that sink in.

But don’t call us fascists!

How can one not admire history’s exquisite dark sense of humor? As part of a “delegation” of sanctioned Russian State Duma deputies visiting the United States, there was none other than the actual grandson of USSR's Vyacheslav Molotov, there to discuss a Trump–Putin pact.

Nazi Party vote dropped from 37% to 33% in the last fair/free elections. Then they corrupted the election process and went up to 44% before using the executive powers of their new ‘coalition’ to end free & fair elections altogether. (And just a few months later they ‘won’ bigly with ’92%’.)

It is quite telling that since the horrific story of Cesar Chavez re: sexual abuse broke earlier this week and calls to change the names of schools and other public spaces named in his honor, not one conservative voice has stepped forward to object that this would be tantamount to erasing history.

He wants to break down the liberal international order. He wants to break apart NATO. He wants to go back to a world of spheres of influence. I’m talking, of course, about Vladimir Putin.

Basically what happened in the Iran deal was, we paid cash to buy a car that some people thought was a clunker. Then AFTER we handed the dealer the cash, Trump yelled "This is a terrible deal! The deal is off!" and stormed off without the car.

My book "How to Eat an Elephant" hits shelves Sept. 8 but it's available for pre-order starting today. At its core, this book is about communications, persuasion, voters, and how to save America from the toxic forces Trump has unleashed on our politics. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-very-spe...

CNN's Harry Enten: "Trump has the highest own-party approval of any 21st century prez at this point in term 2." Remember this the next time someone tries to sell you the zombie narrative that "MAGA is abandoning Trump."

C’mon, people. Look at your Kremlin style guide. The phrase is “special military operation.” Not all of you are getting this right.

I don’t think that “accidentally” getting a Nazi tattoo means you have to be exiled from the whole of society, I do think it means you don’t get to be one of the hundred most powerful people in America. Sorry. I know that seems unfair. That’s just the way it works.

Trump & Co. never miss a chance to insult Zelensky -- who is leading a country trying to save itself from annihilation (by an enemy of the U.S.). "P.T. Barnum," Trump calls him (like he should talk). Tell me, Republicans: What is our president's insulting nickname for Putin?

Trump's trying to find the guy who did this.

This is a time for coalition. We may not agree on everything, but surely the defense of liberty in the face of this administration's abuses can bring together progressives, libertarians, and quite a few conservatives in common cause.

The US is weaker due to Trump, but is it more feared? Democracies and traditional US allies are more afraid of America, that’s true (though I don’t know why it’d be good). Russia is clearly less afraid of the US now. So is North Korea. China seems practically giddy at the US throwing allies away.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

We keep on saying "post-liberal" when we really should say "post-liberty".

For months I've banged the drum that "not sure" has become the safe harbor answer for "Republicans who know Trump's probably wrong, but don't want to admit it." Today's Economist/YouGov Poll: Is Donald Trump racist? 41% of Republicans have No Opinion. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with

Hegseth (boorishly): Russia's cool. NATO sucks. Your security problem, Europe, is you're too brown and gay. Vance (condescendingly): Russia's cool. Your security problem is you're too brown and Muslim. Rubio (politely): Who cares about Russia. Your problem is you're not white or Christian enough.

Trump is actively making our goods more expensive by blocking a piece of key infrastructure - apparently all because his most Epstein-linked Cabinet Secretary conveyed a request from a billionaire GOP donor. America does not have to tolerate this kind of corruption.

This is literally our origin story at @theunpopulist.net. Our EIC @shikhadalmia.bsky.social was ousted by Reason because she was too critical of Trump, too unwilling to play the fake ass both-sideism game. Someone shouldn't get to flex as a champion of something they actively undermined for years.

Once you conclude that "[the opposition] in office is worse than anything [we] could ever do in office", you have just rationalized the end of constitutional government and all manner of authoritarian atrocities.

Safety net supports like the Child Tax Credit can provide security that increases economic prosperity. For example, Mr. Bezos was worth just about $9 billion when when he claimed the CTC in 2007, and is now worth about $260 billion. Lets invest in everyone the way America invested in Bezos!

Reminder that this is the guy Trump sent to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, who was then moved to club fed days later.

so the new Epstein files show very warm, friendly emails between Epstein and Weiss's wife where she jokes about his crimes with him, as well as between Epstein's people and one of Weiss's new CBS hires Dr Peter Attia? That's... unfortunate.

Even if that were true, the rebuttal is that left wing antiscience cranks aren’t in charge of the Democratic Party. They’re on the fringe, where they belong. In contrast, right wing antiscience cranks run the GOP, which is busily dismantling public health and biomedical research in the US.

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.

ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?