Is Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's populist campaign too good to be true? We are about to find out. The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/maine-sena...

"Beneath the surface, there are already signs that the party may not be up for the fight, that the tough talk is bluster, that the gun they may bring to the fight is filled with blanks." @lauren-egan.bsky.social on the fight over Texas Republicans' redistricting: www.thebulwark.com/p/are-dems-g...

"Buttigieg Returns to Iowa—With Beard and Baggage." @lauren-egan.bsky.social reports from Cedar Rapids: www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-butti...

TONIGHT: We’re hosting a Bulwark+ ONLY emergency briefing on the major changes to our nation’s healthcare system that Trump and his Republican allies are pushing. Subscribe now and join @citizencohn.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social at 9 PM ET: www.thebulwark.com/subscribe?co...

Democrats want to win over more moderate voters. But are they willing to adopt moderate positions? Read my latest: www.thebulwark.com/p/hard-calls...

"Tim Walz said he was 'pessimistic' about the party’s chances to win back the chamber....But what stood out for me beyond Walz’s dark assessment was how little he had to say about what 'change' for Democrats should look like." New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/hard-calls...

This weird online culture that has begun to develop around Pritzker is more than just bad photoshops designed to generate a few chuckles and more than a few shares. It could really matter. New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/jb-pritzke...

"Biden could hardly step outside... without being confronted by pro-Palestine activists," notes @lauren-egan.bsky.social. But "Trump rarely, if ever, faces a heckle." And most "pro-Palestine voters and groups who called for opposing" or ditching Biden and Harris don't "feel even a tinge of regret."

Losing elections doesn’t mean politicians and their top aides are cast off to political Siberia never to be heard from again. But the re-emergence of these Biden figures is coming at a delicate time. @lauren-egan.bsky.social on the end of Biden World's hibernation:

SCOOP: Two Democratic aides and a lawmaker told @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has discouraged further member excursions to El Salvador

Man, do I have a story for you today . . . www.thebulwark.com/p/america-al...

Most of what we do, we give away totally free. That’s because we believe that you can’t save democracy from behind a paywall. But if you support this mission, if you want to ride with us here at The Bulwark, now is the time to do it.

Democrats’ instinct to rally around ActBlue might be in part due to their belief that they must stand up to Trump. But it also betrays the fact that they do not currently have a good alternative to the service. New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/actblue-in...

Some of the party’s most revered members are octogenarians facing primary challenges from a younger generation. How badly do Dems want that? The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social:

When the topic of a recent speech turned to tariffs, Senator Warren’s fire and brimstone suddenly gave way to circumspection and nuance. Maybe right now isn't the time for that. The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

The ire directed at big-name lawyers for not resigning from their firms is the latest fissure to erupt inside Democratic circles over what type of protest this moment calls for. @lauren-egan.bsky.social on the backlash against Big Law Dems:

"'It’s not by accident that I’m here in Florida right now actually canvassing in the Florida 6 election, or that I’ve been in Houston and Georgia already,' Ken Martin said in an interview with The Bulwark." That may not be enough. The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social:

NEW: Dems are scrambling to beef up their presence in the Southeast ahead of the 2030 census changes, when congressional power will move South and the Blue Wall will no longer be a viable path to the presidency for the party. www.thebulwark.com/p/doomsday-f...

ICYMI, @lauren-egan.bsky.social on the non-silence of Conor Lamb: www.thebulwark.com/p/some-weird...

"Following Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 Democrats rallied around the notion that women were being marginalized and placed under a unique threat." Dems aren't sure how to talk about women anymore. The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social:

NEW: Sen. Ruben Gallego says Trump "has failed at his goals of increasing deportations," so he's making a "dangerous" turn toward the "innocent" elements of the immigrant community. But Gallego worries Trump is setting a "trap" for Democrats. New reporting from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social

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First in The Bulwark: VoteVets is targeting five vulnerable House Republicans in their home districts—focusing entirely on Elon Musk www.thebulwark.com/p/veterans-g...

NEW: The first issue of our new newsletter, 'The Opposition'—about what the Democrats are up to—by @lauren-egan.bsky.social . Here she tackles the difficulties Dems have connecting w/ voters, including on social media. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-democr...

"The situation facing Democrats is different from the first Trump administration, in which the grassroots was mostly in harmony with elected leadership." A common enemy is not enough. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social, @lauren-egan.bsky.social, and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:

Dem voters are fed up with their party leadership. So much so, that there could be a wave of primary challenges in 2026. www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

I have a lot of thoughts about Jeff Bezos, the WaPo, and the asymmetric advantage autocracy holds over liberalism. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...

MSNBC holds to the honor system and tries to be fair to Republicans. Fox News paid $787 million dollars so that it could knowingly lie about Democrats. This asymmetry runs all the way through our media. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...

Glenn Youngkin has "seemingly decided the best way to proceed is by trying to convince federal workers that getting laid off is the best thing that could have happened to them." That's one spin. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

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