Importantly, the State Dept. appears to have fed this story to Fox News when they found out @thebulwark.com was about to break it. www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Everything is so stupid

go and do likewise

Great work from my colleague Ben Parker on this scoop, which the WH and State tried to preempt by giving the story of the passport redesign to Fox after they got Ben's request for comment: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

I do think this a genuinely worrying aspect of this incident we know the kind of guy who commits political violence and up until now he has not looked like this, and there are a lot more guys like the latter than the former it’s a very bad sign for a society when someone like this picks up a gun

The Road Redux - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2jeTGrb

and the great shroud of Lake Superior rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago

*incredible* ten minutes for this rule

Social media, 2026.

visit the childhood home of Gilles Duluth, coauthor of A Thouthand Plateauth

Dialed: New York Anglophiled: Old York Nile’d: Middle York

I am once again heading for that strange and troubled land of AMERICA. If you have any recommendations for experiences to have while in AMERICA, please let me know . . .

My guy @jimswift.bsky.social was at the Turning Point USA & Vivek Ramaswamy event at Ohio State and succinctly captured the deeply weird vibes emanating through the third-filled arena noticeably light on college students. www.thebulwark.com/p/who-goes-t...

Because of highly imprudent utilization of munitions in the Iran War, the US now assesses that it is no longer in a position to defend Taiwan should China decide to attack, reports WSJ. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

This piece by @kevjg.bsky.social is the explainer you need on why the pope's voice seems so much more consequential now. jacobin.com/2026/04/vati...

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NEW: Tucker Carlson is an odious lout. He said some insulting things about my (brilliant) colleague @crampell.bsky.social, and grossly misrepresented a story about her family. I'm glad she talked it out with our colleague Tim Miller. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXQU...

as King Charles's visit to the United States draws near, I invite you to take a moment to enjoy the sight of this other regal personage

correct

some mornings you just need the gentle medicine of your old college music youtu.be/JVl0IQt5FiY?...

need to ask this guy where he got his pants

All the modern popes have been antiwar; all the modern U.S. presidents have ignored them. Historically, neither side has wanted to heighten the contradictions for American Catholics by forcing the question — but that entente seems to be falling apart. In this article I try to explain why.

I love that every 72 hours or so Donald Trump tries to just quit the war in Iran

just another few days and then a mini vacation . . . it's so close I can picture it . . .

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

do not forget that we the people have the power to chart a different path than this

tonight’s viewing

as part of my research, i interviewed a large number of writers & editors who've argued that the trump movement is a fascist one & called for a robust response i'd like to thank everyone who took the time to talk to me www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

if you embarrass easily, don't worry: your government is here to help

ah, the common clay of the New West

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (my wife took this photo, but I'm still sharing):

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. . . . billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found."

this essay offers a useful Taiwan primer, with good detail on the historical, strategic, cultural, and political complexities of the larger regional situation chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/09/t...

"I left the office at five & went to several book-stores for something to read... the crowd, the lights, the cars, the machines & horses in the street, together with the mist & the casual rain, made a flawless city night. I imagined that I was going home to you." -- Wallace Stevens, January 1909

wonderful thread here about the brilliant @avecruth.bsky.social, a recently departed Bulwark colleague with whom it was a joy to work

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

well, here is a wild thread

"The truth is that many of these Republicans just don’t like Islam. They can’t even hide it. On February 15, responding to a comment that Muslims didn’t think dogs should be indoor pets, Fine tweeted, 'If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.'"

Re-upping this thread one last time for the afternoon crowd:

@realfollowers.bsky.social tell me if my followers are real, and further, if I am real

Can anyone recommend some good starter institutions to build for someone just getting interested in cultural values?

wonderful thread here about the brilliant @avecruth.bsky.social, a recently departed Bulwark colleague with whom it was a joy to work

just got my ticket for Jack White + Angine de Poitrine this summer . . . Toronto-area friends, if you're going, too, let me know . . .

there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

These days I often catch our youngest demonstrating his genius for leisure, his innate sense for its value and importance. With the right training, he could become a generational talent

You all are talking about “the Pope is weak on crime” and I feel like the real gem is “should get his act together as Pope.”

[driving to pick up pizza with 5yo] 5yo: dad Me: ya 5yo: what if you were so hot and smelly that mummy didn’t even want to marry you Me: what 5yo: yeah, you were so hot and smelly you melt down into DEATH Me: 5yo: [reflectively] you know, mummy is more fancy than you

look I don't want to count my chickens or downplay the extent to which the right has fascist aspirations. but if the GOP had an unassailable, undetectable election rigging strategy - or the juice to openly do the detectable kind - you do kind of suspect they would've started here

this is almost certainly going to be the farthest I’ve had a coffee delivered