My mom is the only reason I’m on The View. She’s a fighter — she showed me how to stand up to the bullies. That's what I've done in the Texas Legislature, and that's exactly what I’ll do in the U.S. Senate.

The Portland Police repeated the feds' lies and media repeated the lies without challenging the lies. Great authoritarian police state we have here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

James Talarico: “Jasmine Crockett can absolutely win Texas statewide — she’s my friend, we’re in a healthy competition, but if she wins I’ll be behind her 1,000%” Current Texas polling: Rep Jasmine Crockett - 38% State Rep James Talarico - 37% Undecided - 21%

Golly gee, oh well. They got me again. What can I do about?

If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families. Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota. The cruelty is endless.

If the only thing you do between now and when elections are certified is to VOTE...that will not be enough. Help educate others about the need to win every seat Coach others to register Volunteer in campaigns Work to get multiple people to vote Speak out rather than hide your views #DONATE

Bill to ban local governments in New Mexico from contracting with ICE passes Senate committee; a Democratic Senator who has opposed it in the past flipped his vote this year, reports @sourcenm.com

Steven Spielberg Becomes An EGOT Winner With First Grammy | Grammys 2026

I believe a lot of people on here haven't a clue how U.S. Gov't works. If your political party does not hold the House th Senate or the Presidency you have no political power at all. You can slow down legislation thru administrative procedures but you can not stop this legislation. Elections matter!

Love this! 💜

Bad Bunny's critics didn’t seem to have concerns when other performers born outside the United States—U2, Rihanna, the Rolling Stones, Shakira—got the Super Bowl honor. But the MAGA acolytes are right to be worried about one thing."

The damning uninvestigated tips in the Epstein files prove just how much we still don’t know.

Trump's popularity among white evangelicals reached a record high in 2018 *after* Stormy Daniels's 60 Minutes appearance. So *those* voters are probably not reachable by a more faith-friendly Democratic party.

"The whole thing is such a fraud, such a con." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social talks JD Vance's fake populism and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social on your Monday Bulwark Podcast:

Among the millions of Epstein documents released Friday by the DOJ, several involve Brad Karp, the chairman of the mega law firm Paul Weiss, which was the very first firm to bend the knee to Felon Trump. I analyze the documents & the relationship between Epstein and Karp. youtu.be/K3jJASJ1pLA?...

"Two clients Lawyer Eric Lee visited last week, a boy and a girl who are twins, turned 5 in the detention center....The twin 5-year-olds, and their family members who are 9, 16, and 18, have been there for an appalling eight months."

Tomorrow, Mike Johnson's majority in the House will be down to one vote, which means, in my humble opinion, that Rep. Thomas Massie has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

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"There is no reason for 'Melania' to exist outside of rank corruption. It’s all quite disgusting. But is the documentary any good?" Nope. Not that either:

Venezuela Oil Exports Rise youtu.be/Eymp2Pnh8xQ?...

The Doomsday Clock has now been set at 85 seconds to midnight & if Felon Donald Trump continues in the driver’s seat, the future of the world is at stake. The @thebulletin.org's Alexandra Bell joins with a sobering assessment of the issues we must be paying attention to. youtu.be/scvnqwPRtFQ?...

This Is Wild youtu.be/736onzVXEzE?...

Never say we didn't warn you. From 2024: lnk.thebulwark.com/3NKooaD

This is not the first time a shocking story of cruelty we've covered has been resolved in favor of the victim. But there are still so many untold stories out there.

My 2026 Midterm Forecast is out Our Brand is Stopping Chaos: Negative Partisanship Will Drive a Strong Midterm Effect for Democrats in 2026 Folks, Once again we have a madman in the White House and an electorate with serious buyer’s remorse Read more, no 🔥 wall open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

"One (white) Democratic staffer told me that the fact that he regularly attended church was seen as nearly alien to his colleagues." How many possible voters is the party leaving on the table because of this sort of thing? lnk.thebulwark.com/3MjDseL

"It just seems like he's using it as his own little police force to intimidate, to scare." On the latest Focus Group, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talk to Trump voter reactions to ICE

The gung-ho, low-constraint border enforcement culture of that agency has now been deployed into America’s streets. Compared to those agents’ long-honed instincts, what are a few White House statements about “de-escalation”? lnk.thebulwark.com/4a2Z2NX

What stands out in the released Epstein files isn’t just who’s named — it’s what’s missing. There’s little visible evidence of sustained follow-up with lawyers for the men in Epstein’s orbit. And without that, prosecutions rarely move forward. @donlemonofficial.bsky.social

CDC Deputy Director Ralph Abraham thinks measles outbreaks are the “cost of doing business” in a world of global travel. Because travel didn't exist during the last 20 years, when we had effectively eliminated the disease. lnk.thebulwark.com/4tv9aXt

Precisely this. It’s too classified to send to *some* members of Congress. But there are absolutely folks who are (or could be) cleared to be read in. Even if it’s got to be a Gang of Eight only issue, send it to Congress.

“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”

Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.

Last night, GOP Senator Rand Paul went on national TV to flatly reject DHS's lies about the Pretti execution: "My advice to [DHS], if they're watching: If you come into [our hearing] and try to justify that [Pretti] was assaulting a police officer, that cannot be acceptable."

“I saw a man that was retreating,” GOP Sen. Rand Paul says of the video he saw of Alex Pretti, shot and killed by federal immigration officers. He has scheduled a Congressional hearing on the matter.

"You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs" - defenders of Joseph Stalin and Donald Trump. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on DHS abuses: lnk.thebulwark.com/46bEW1i

From my “Infrequently Asked Questions About Jeffrey Epstein” series: open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

"Karp attended a few dinner gatherings at Epstein’s Upper East Side residence, according to a person familiar with the matter. "'You are always welcome,' Epstein responded to Karp’s 2015 email complimenting his hospitality. 'There are many many nights of unique talents. You will be invited often.'"

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The movie brilliantly depicts the dictator's megalomania—as well as the malignant normality lived by his final followers as they cultishly adhered to him until the end. www.netflix.com/us/title/700...

The good news is, as @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social points out, megalomaniacal leaders ultimately blow themselves up politically or militarily. The bad news is that the longer they survive, the bigger the figurative blast radius.

Faith the size of a mustard seed might not make landslide elections or congressional majorities. But it might help Democrats get there. The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3MjDseL

The fact that the White House is talking about "de-escalation" means nothing if its orders to ICE haven’t changed. And even if those orders *do* change, these systems now have a logic of their own. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

These are government employees. So our tax dollars are funding ICE to flash white supremacist cards at vulnerable POC as an intimidation tactic. Who is giving this direction? There’s something deeply sinister happening in this country right now, and I don’t think we can take three more years.

This year the United States is likely to lose its elimination status with regard to measles—a development that Kennedy and his allies are taking with mystifying nonchalance. The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4tv9aXt

If only there were indications that this would be a shitshow 🤦‍♂️