Check out @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com's Morning Shots. As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...

ICYMI, new from me at @thebulwark.com: the 80th anniversary of #AnimalFarm. Also, the surprising story of its 1947 Ukrainian-language edition.

Good stuff!

On view at the Marie Antoinette exhibition in London, a famous Vigée Lebrun portrait of the queen.

'Concert Hall', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1929) by Sybil Andrews (Glenbow Museum)

It has been deeply heartening to see Ukraine, a nation fighting for its very survival, to turn to art and literature for solace. It has also raised the profile of other Eastern European writers and artists from the 20th century - operating under similar circumstances: platformraam.nl/artikelen/28...

CBS/YouGov poll: – 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC – 58% oppose deployments to other cities – Just 36% on independents support deployments Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...

my colleagues in C18 literary and cultural studies didn't need David Bowie's endorsement to know that they are the coolest, sexiest group of scholars, and I'm sure they're all taking the news that he was planning "18th Century Musical" completely in stride

The geopolitical ramifications of the United States becoming a dictatorship are *huge* and so I expect most foreign leaders to try to avoid reckoning with it for as long as possible. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @cathyyoung63.bsky.social

"It’s rare to pack so much culture-war toxicity into one short post over something that matters so little." But Chris Rufo can do it! @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Rufo's anti-woke authoritarianism: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-chris-...

ICYMI! Very proud of this piece.

How has Trump’s actual record so far measured up to the dark scenarios anticipated by those of us who thought his victory would be a disaster? Let’s go through each of the biggest concerns of anti-Trumpers. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/100-days-o...

"Oh, calm down, how bad can he be?" @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on exactly how well-founded Trump critics' forebodings turned out to be.

There should be an elected Democrat on the ground in El Salvador every minute of every day until Abrego Garcia is brought home. D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending... www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...

BRING HIM HOME.* "Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT. So Democrats must make Trump pay."

Who knew I was being held up as an example of rising tech hate

Dawg it's so over for tech

"It’s almost as if the Trump administration’s decision to put the screws on the universities isn’t actually about reining in antisemitism on campus at all." @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's war against the universities: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...

There's a real point about left-wing illiberalism on college campuses, but Trump's broad power grab over universities proves that the narrower questions of antisemitism or illiberalism on speech are not his real motivation. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...

what a delightfully charming oopsie from the septuagenarian with the nuclear codes 👍👍 www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...

"When history takes note of the damage done by Trump and his henchpeople, let it also reflect that, from the very beginning, his reign of error was opposed by conscientious professionals within the federal government, often at great personal cost." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

Almost literally gulag porn.

A little rebellion in MAGA media ranks?

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Paderewski—the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in pivotal 1919—was also for a stretch probably the world's most famous pianist. Here he is in a 1937 recording playing Mozart's Rondo in A minor (K. 511). See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_t...

This is bad www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s gonna be mordantly funny to see MAGA types read “he privately acknowledged that his trade policy could trigger a recession but said he wanted to be sure it didn’t cause a depression” and declare Trump to be the greatest, most empathetic president ever. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Drop everything and watch this otter yawn.

Trump's Russia/Ukraine "peace effort," R.I.P. My latest at @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...

The otter keeper gave this baby otter a sock to keep warm. She later turned it into a onesie with holes for the hands, feet, and tail

"The Trump administration may be in for more of a backlash than it expects. The breadth and depth of support for South Sudanese across red and blue states – and especially the longstanding commitment of the U.S. evangelical community ... could generate enough pressure to force Rubio to withdraw..."

Important by @stevevladeck.bsky.social: Following Monday's Supreme Court ruling, detainees held in El Salvador may still bring habeas in DC circuit: "There is good case law to the effect that venue for a habeas petition filed by someone outside the United States is proper in the DC district court"

Trump and his allies know that, as they work to build a future that is smaller and crueller, more paranoid and more violent, human nature is on their side. Can we resist our tendency to normalize? Today's Morning Shots, from @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:

Plenty of Republicans understand if these agencies and broadcasting services are shuttered or gutted, authoritarian and totalitarian powers will readily fill the vacuum. Time to hear from them. @cathyyoung63.bsky.social from the recent archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/are-voice-...

Tragically, Trump will aid Putin and tilt any peace agreement to favor him…

I mean - half of Kramatorsk &. Donetsk lost power within an hour of the ‘ceasefire agreement’ from RU

Based on the Kremlin's readout and Trump's "truth," they both understand the ceasefire differently. Moscow refers to a pause on energy infrastructure targeting, while Trump says it's all infrastructure. Doomed.

My latest at @thebulwark.bsky.social on Trump, Putin, Ukraine and the "peace" process. www.thebulwark.com/p/putin-phan...

One of Vladimir Putin's reservations about the peace deal under discussion is that he wants guarantees against Ukrainian aggression. @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Putin and peace (two things that don't go together): www.thebulwark.com/p/putin-phan...

👉 What are you going to do if—more likely, *when*—he orders his administration to stop obeying court orders, just he’s now ordering it to stop obeying various statutes and constitutional provisions? Will you be proud of having represented the man who will have thus shredded the rule of law? (2/2)

The Heritage Foundation is now planning to destroy the EU - with the help of Polish and Hungarian partners vsquare.org/heritage-fou...

New from me at @thebulwark.bsky.social: Between the racist, antisemitic Pentagon PR person and the palling around with Andrew Tate, the Trump administration gets cozy with antisemitism. (Oh, and check out Joe Rogan's latest guests.) www.thebulwark.com/p/shes-just-...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new book—her first novel since 'Americanah' a dozen years ago—is really more like four interwoven novellas. "'Americanah' was often at its best when it was operating in a satirical mode, and 'Dream Count' is resplendent with Adichie’s wry wit."

Our two experts in American statecraft, with decades of experience between them, dissect what went down in the Oval Office yesterday. "I can't remember a moment lower than this, can you think of one?" "It is a terrible feeling to feel deeply ashamed of one's country, which is where I am now."

New from me at @thebulwark.bsky.social on the Oval Office fiasco

"Friday’s photo op was testy from the outset, with a typical Trumpian admixture of bragging, babbling, lying, and stupidity (he repeatedly referred to “raw” earth)." writes @cathyyoung63.bsky.social

Trump and Musk are for they/them. They're not for you.

“Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Monday why Representative Elise Stefanik of New York has yet to have her confirmation vote to serve as ambassador to the United Nations: He cannot afford to lose another Republican vote in the House.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...

Big Balls has veto power over No Balls.