Trump: "They got their Justice Department to go after their political opponent...They've weaponized the government against the political opponent." Also Trump: "Comey's a bad person. He's a sick person...Maybe [James Comey has] to pay a price....[He] should be taken care of."

Trump's war on free speech is "f***ing crazy." Check out our new six-figure ad campaign running on Manosphere podcasts highlighting the comedians and podcasters standing up and speaking out against the Trump Administration's censorship.

There are two sections in @willsommer.bsky.social's False Flag newsletter today: 1. "Kash Patel driven mad by media-savvy former FBI agent." 2. "British Nick Fuentes clone faces gay scandal." Get the details only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-e...

It's Watergate, Every Day. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-waterg...

@jvl.bsky.social's Triad today breaks down Trump's change up on Ukraine and what it means for three different groups of spectators. Only @thebulwark.com.

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on Bobby Pulido, the Tejano music star who could make Texas Republicans' gerrymandering plan backfire. The latest Huddled Masses, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/tejano-mus...

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: The World’s Brittlest Ego Meets the Globe’s Biggest Stage Read Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worlds...

Senate Republicans hate that they have to defend Jimmy Kimmel. The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/ted-cruz-r...

Eugenics, Humanity, and Stove-Touching. Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/autism-mah...

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-...

Not sure these guys have their stories straight.

Charlie Kirk conspiracy theories are running wild and the FBI director fanning the flames isn't helping. Read @willsommer.bsky.social's latest False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/charlie-ki...

Is it is more dangerous for the regime to make threats publicly or privately? @jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/open-air-e...

Listen to @samsteindc.bsky.social: If you like media that doesn't feel that it has to like shut up in order to get on the good side of Big Brother, subscribe to the Bulwark Do it here right now: www.thebulwark.com/subscribe

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: "As the court fight over DACA picks up later this month, advocates hope public pushback can protect the Dreamers again." The latest Huddled Masses @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/dreamers-f...

@eggerdc.bsky.social: "You almost wonder: Is FCC chairman Brendan Carr the dog that caught the car?" Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-dog-th...

@willsommer.bsky.social on the brutal fight between Candace Owens, JD Vance, Bibi Netanyahu, Bill Ackman, Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz, and the rest of the right-wing fever swamp over what Charlie Kirk really thought about Israel. A must-read only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/brutal-mag...

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: Yeah. It's Fascism. www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...

@eggerdc.bsky.social:"If we want to confront the problems of political violence...we must first recognize how far the problem has spread, and to whom..Some on the left have found themselves spinning ever more outlandish theories to explain away the Robinson texts." www.thebulwark.com/p/confrontin...

Tucker Carlson: "Supreme Court precedents are very clear on the scope of free speech in this country. There is no hate speech exemption to free speech." (2017)

The Focus Group Podcast is back from summer break. This week I talked to @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social, the leading expert on political violence in the U.S. and abroad, about the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk and the broader issues of political violence. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social will join CROOKED CON on November 7 in Washington, DC! Get your tickets now: crookedcon.com

Join @timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social for a night of politics among friends in our nation’s capital! Get tickets now for Bulwark Live in DC on 10/8: www.thelincolndc.com/e/the-bulwar...

In Trump's view, right-wing radicals are justified and their concerns are worthy of radicalization. People on the other side are the problem and their reasons for being radical are unjustified. @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @timmiller.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social:

"He did this all in a way that was often brutal and acidic to our politics, using insulting and sometimes dehumanizing language to describe his opponents and even creating a database of liberal academics for his followers to harass. We shouldn’t ignore that."

Having someone available who actually kept abreast of these kinds of issues seems to have made it possible for The Bulwark to come out with a piece that can address his influence without ignoring what he actually stood for. He can be treated as important and influential without being lauded.

NEW — Internal documents from the National Guard shared with the Washington Post show that Trump's federal takeover of D.C. is "leveraging fear" among D.C. residents, driving a "wedge between citizens and the military," and causing "shame and alarm" among the troops.

Mike Johnson on Friday: Trump was an FBI informant against Jeffrey Epstein. Mike Johnson yesterday: "I don't know if I used the right terminology."

"Before Jeffrey, I was a 22 year old divorcee working as a hostess in a hotel restaurant. After Jeffrey...I have met Prince Andrew, President Clinton, Sultan of Brunei, Donald Trump...Kevin Spacey..."

Donald Trump is listed prominently in Jeffrey Epstein's address book. Epstein also noted the number for Trump's spa in Palm Beach — from which Ghislaine Maxwell recruited Virginia Giuffre.

🚨NEW FROM EPSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY BOOK: "Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women! Sells 'fully depreciated' [REDACTED] to Donald Trump for $22,000. Showed early 'people skills' too."

"A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret." — Donald J. Trump

@jvl.bsky.social breaks down Trump's pivot to crime in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/understand...

@eggerdc.bsky.social: "In Bessent’s telling, America’s economy is just inches from the dawn of its golden age, despite a massive conspiracy on the part of its media, businesses, and banks to lie about this." Read Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/baghdad-be...

Bulwark movie club! Is Idiocracy a documentary? We discuss.

"You took an oath, not just to the Constitution, which Donald Trump is currently shredding, but also to do no harm. You are violating both those oaths....I think you are a particular brand of disgusting." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social on The Secret Podcast (for members only):

@thebulwark.com's @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social blasts Sen. (& physician) Bill Cassidy re: RFK, Jr. for failing both his oath to the Constitution & the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm...Americans will die bc of of Kennedy's policies. All in service of Cassidy's re-election prospects. That's vile.

"The credibility of our monetary system, the credibility of our financial markets, depends on the perceived and actual independence of the Federal Reserve system. They're playing with economic fire here, not just legal fire but economic fire." @gtconway.bsky.social with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

Focus Group Pod is back!

Check out @jvl.bsky.social's Triad today covering the bad job numbers, American manufacturing, and the time Donald Trump sent SEAL Team Six into North Korea to kill some civilians. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

@eggerdc.bsky.social: "Earlier this week, after Florida’s crank surgeon general announced that the state would end all vaccine mandates, including for schools, I asked the White House whether Trump was on board with the plan. They haven’t responded."@thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/the-arroga...

Trump is blocking the Epstein Files Transparency Act. We just launched ads targeting nine Republicans telling them to support the Act and release the Epstein files — you can see our video here!

NEW: "We're running ads targeting nine vulnerable Republicans trying to remind voters that their elected officials have the opportunity to get the Epstein files out there. They can make this public right now if two more Republicans will just vote for it." — @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

NEW: @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social is announcing new advisory board members: @libradunn1.bsky.social — Fmr. Capitol Police officer who defended our country on January 6. @michael-feinberg.bsky.social — Fmr. Assistant Special Agent at the FBI forced out by Kash Patel for politically motivated reasons.