When does the perfect become the enemy of the good? And how does that calculus change when the lives of cancer-stricken children are on the line? www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...

NEW: The most important Sunday read. Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up via @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...

Mike Johnson says "Every day of this shutdown [Trump] has tried... to lessen the pain as much as possible." What a crock. Trump openly brags that he's using the shutdown to do mass layoffs, terminate programs, "kill" the Democrats, and inflict pain. Johnson can't hide the truth: Trump is a sadist.

NEW: Sen. Mark Kelly says he's tried to contact Adm. Alvin Holsey, who led the US Southern Command, and whose abrupt retirement raised questions about whether he was uncomfortable with the military operations in the Caribbean. He has not been successful www.thebulwark.com/p/mark-kelly...

JUST IN TIME! www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...

hey there. need some random help. if you're in Havre de Grace, MD and can do a favor for the Bulwark, please send a DM. thanks!

NEW: Scientists may be more comfortable in labs than on TV. They may prefer medical journals to press releases. They may find research more soothing than advocacy. But as RFK Jr has dismantled the CDC, they are now reorienting their lives around fighting back via @citizencohn.bsky.social

A tour de force that grew increasingly insane with every twist. I felt genuinely bad for the people who think these TV screens will heal them -- and who are funding MAGA media in the process. www.thebulwark.com/p/bizarre-he...

A fascinating piece about life as an in-the-trenches GOP operative in the Trump era and the compromises you have to make. Almost all are now fully bought in. But some remain concerned. This one decided he had enough. Please read and share! www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

Not a lot of urgency on redistricting in IL for some reason…

"It always becomes clear the GOP alternative will mean fewer people with insurance." Same as it ever was. The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/something-...

"Trump was asked, 'What’s your relationship with God like? And how do you pray?' ...The first words out of his mouth were: 'OK, so I think it’s good. I do very well with the evangelicals.' He bragged about all the people who prayed for him. He said nothing about praying for anyone or anything else."

NEW: Two Nobel-winning economists at MIT (currently embroiled in a fight with the Trump administration) are decamping for the University of Zurich next academic year—a pretty clear illustration of brain drain. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-he-lyin...

Chuck Around. Find Out. www.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-arou...

NEW: Nine months ago, Elon Musk's nascent, DOGE effort killed off a beloved pediatric cancer initiative in the govt funding fight. I circled back to see where those bills now stood. What I discovered was less scandalous but no less depressing. www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...

NEW: A new payolla scandal is rocking right-wing media circles, with accusations that top influencers have been given cash to try and smooth MAGA relations with India www.thebulwark.com/p/yet-anothe...

Coming soon to a pod near you

NEW: A Brazilian fugitive with a history of forgery, who's wanted by the FBI and who even the Bolsinaros consider nuts, has accused Bill Barr of orchestrating Trump's prosecutions. Crazier still, big MAGA accounts are falling for it. www.thebulwark.com/p/flimsy-mag...

Dear god www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfzq...

Truly revolting stuff in this Laura Loomer deposition www.thebulwark.com/p/laura-loom...

QUITE the lede from @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

The Dem youth movement is actually happening. www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...

if you need a laugh. and let's be honest, we all do www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wyh...

If you work in the Smithsonian and have some insights into this Trump impeachment decision or the fallout from it, hit me up on signal. Asteinindc.09. or our tips line thebulwark.com/tips

one of the more batshit @willsommer.bsky.social joints yet www.thebulwark.com/p/candace-ow...

@jvl.bsky.social on Luke Farritor is a must www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...

His Name Is Jesus. He’s a Carpenter. ICE Arrested Him. www.thebulwark.com/p/his-name-i...

Another banger from @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/a-massive-...

I try to avoid the topic in online forums. But I find it impossible to reconcile the judiasm that I was raised on with the acts of leaders in the current Israel government. How one could be so calluous to human suffering is beyond my understanding of our faith www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

🚨🚨 Don't look now, but we have some clear signs—and some fresh reporting— that Dems may be going wobbly on doing their own mid-decade redistricting. www.thebulwark.com/p/are-dems-g...

NEW: @betoorourke.bsky.social in an interview with The Bulwark urges Gavin Newsom not to wait for Texas to redistrict but to go first. "We know the end of this movie. if we wait and watch and respond, it might be too late." www.thebulwark.com/p/beto-orour...

Everyone should take 20 minutes and listen to this. @betoorourke.bsky.social isn’t afraid to admit his own past strategic errors to when he speaks to @samsteindc.bsky.social about how to (maybe) save the country. I wish more politicians spoke like he does. open.spotify.com/episode/2X3Z...

Fun conversation in studio today. some newsy bits too. coming later today on bulwark takes

The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites. www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

This is one of the more essential pieces to understand why Trump is getting killed on the Epstein saga www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-righ...

Trump doesn't remember that he appointed Fed chair Jerome Powell. Bill O'Reilly forgot that Jeffrey Epstein died back when Trump was president. The whole GOP can't remember Trump was president when COVID hit. Yet we spent a month this year talking about Joe Biden's memory problems?

Don't look now, but Dems are starting to figure it out. www.thebulwark.com/p/do-they-ha...

NEW -- "It’s a political equivalent of being a fire hydrant. You get pissed on by everyone." DNC Chair Ken Martin opens up abt the frustrations and opportunities of his job in a dishy new interview with @lauren-egan.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/surprising...

I will say @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social continues to produce the best pound for pound immigration reporting in the country. Today's newsletter is about the fear, trepidation and loss of identity that comes with being on the frontlines of the deportation wars www.thebulwark.com/p/the-chicag...

HIRING ALERT! We are looking for sharp, hungry associate producers to help grow our YouTube/video/podcast operation (now at 1.34 million subscribers). Are you that person? Description here www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

NEW: Epstein obsessives have responded to the puncturing of their conspiracy with even grander conspiracies: That the CIA Director is covering it all up and the pedo cabal may be stronger than even Trump via @willsommer.bsky.social, who was made for this moment. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-world...

The source of the Patel/Grassley report alleging a Chinese plot to steal the election for Biden appears to have gotten intel from a Facebook rumor and had a sub-source who said China was building underground bases in Republican states to disperse COVID www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-neve...

New and apropos for tonight: Dems suddenly feeling a tinges of optimism about the Senate map. Not delusional. But a path is starting to present itself. www.thebulwark.com/p/suddenly-g...

Hey folks, we do this occassionally. but if you are reaching out to your member or Senator about this bill and are getting formal or even informal responses, we would LOVE to see them. You can DM me or hit me up on signal asteinindc.09 thanks

Seems like Fetterman doesn't want the job www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-J...

I don't want to reveal TOO much about the editorial process here. But @jvl.bsky.social was on the fence about this Triad. And I think it's one of his best. So glad he did it www.thebulwark.com/p/bigger-tha...

If you read one article this morning about the GOP bill, make it this from @citizencohn.bsky.social who travelled to Salisbury, North Carolina to understand what a $1 trillion Medicaid cut would actually mean for people dependent on the program. www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...

NEW -- After the NYC primary results, moderate Dems wonder if their approach (inherently more cautious in policy and rhetoric) can survive in these modern campaign times www.thebulwark.com/p/what-zohra...

NEW: How Trump killed off the GOP's love of states' rights via @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trump-...

this one probably sounded a bit better when he practice-delivered it in the mirror this morning