This resonated so much with me… and I don’t even play drums (or in a band).

While some media outlets may be moving to accommodate Trump out of fear he’ll target them, The Bulwark will not be recalibrating.

"America—and by 'America' I mean all of us—have infantilized Trump, Republican politicians, and their voters." - @jvl.bsky.social This is it, right here.

"We’re not at Valley Forge or on the Delaware. We’re not at Antietam or Gettysburg. No one is beating or shooting striking workers in Michigan or Washington. There is no Midway, D-Day, or Battle of Iwo Jima." Sam B. Girgus on renewing America:

A useful reminder for the day ahead.

💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a HUGE score Click to read www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

"Trump didn’t exactly toss Gaetz overboard. But he instructed Gaetz to jump. And Gaetz did." And Trump told him to jump because of the Republican Senate. A good start. Today's Morning Shots from Bill Kristol and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ga...

"Collective reasoning around common facts in hopes of finding common ground is an increasingly rare quality." www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...

"Underneath the data was an even harsher reality for Biden and the Democrats, one that truly underscored how ineffectual deliverism can be." ICYMI Sam Stein: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-delive...

"'If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.' As Donald Trump started naming his picks for top government jobs, Teddy Roosevelt’s sharp-tongued daughter, Alice, came immediately to mind." Jill Lawrence on Trump's outlaw cabinet: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...

An actual mass deportation gambit, RFK Jr. running America's health bureaucracy - these are very bad not worst-case. You wanna see worst case? Read the whole thing: