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The Bulwark

Analysis and reporting on politics and culture in America. Home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more.No partisan loyalties. No tribal prejudices. Click to read The Bulwark, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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Trump Used to Fantasize About Killing Suspects. Now He’s Doing It.

9+ hour, 24+ min ago   (152+ words) Mona welcomes John Walsh and Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America to discuss Operation Southern Spear WOLA — Killing Spree: Extrajudicial Executions in the U.S. Boat Strikes CampaignThe Washington Post — Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to…...

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thebulwark.com > p > saudi-arabias-oil-pipeline-hit-with

Command Post: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Pipeline Hit With Multiple Attacks

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (153+ words) The world’s oil supply is under attack once again. Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the latest escalation across the Middle East, including an attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, a critical alternative route designed to…...

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Tim Miller and Co: Live Coverage of Vance's Midterm Convention Speech

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (83+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video Join Tim Miller, Sonny Bunch, Lauren Egan and Andrew Egger as they cover JD Vance's midterm convention speech live. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the…...

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thebulwark.com > p > trump-5000-dividend-checks-vaporware

Trump’s $5,000 Midterm Ploy Is Even Dumber Than It Sounds

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1169+ words) The math is impossible, the inflation risk is real, and the plan would attract an army of scammers. DEAR LORD, DO WE REALLY have to take this seriously? Again? I’m sorta loath to even analyze this “proposal” on the merits,…...

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thebulwark.com > p > the-cia-director-is-a-failure-ratcliffe-trump-russia-investigation-china-2016-2020-elections-votes-boats-caribbean

The CIA Director Is a Failure

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (388+ words) John Ratcliffe has mired the agency in politics—and possible illegality. By that standard, John Ratcliffe is failing. Ratcliffe’s politicization, however, goes far beyond selective and misleading declassification. On his watch, a serving CIA officer was publicly named and pushed…...

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thebulwark.com > p > democrats-dnc-to-trump-please-sir-the-stage-is-yours-trumpapalooza-republican-midterm-convention-dallas

Dems to Trump: Please, Sir, the Stage Is Yours

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (588+ words) The party once worried about losing the attention wars. Now, they’re happy to cede the spotlight. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE decided this spring against hosting a midterm convention to counterprogram the one Republicans are set to have this evening and…...

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Command Post: More Iran Attacks, Oil Problems Worsen, Tanker-for-Tanker Strategy

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (122+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video Links:Mark Hertling: “A Letter to Myself on 9/11” THE ADVANTAGE—AND PERHAPS THE BURDEN—of looking back across a quarter century is knowing how little we understood then about how profoundly those few…...

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thebulwark.com > p > trump-wants-to-exhaust-us-hes-failing-midterms-polls-truth-social-media-no-kings-approval-rating

Trump Wants to Exhaust Us. He’s Failing.

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (924+ words) Election Day is eight weeks away. Labor Day is in the rearview mirror, and the midterms are suddenly only fifty-six days away. Keep your head on a swivel. Happy Tuesday. Join Bill and Andrew for Morning Shots Live at 10:00 a.m. EDT…...

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Bill Kristol: A Blue Wave vs. the Toxic Red Tide

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (277+ words) With just under two months until Election Day, Tim and Bill revisit the run-up to the midterms in 2006 and 1994, two major wave election cycles where the bottom just fell out from under the party in power. Bill Kristol joins Tim…...

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Trump Is Wrecking His Own Agenda—and for What?

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (133+ words) Mona Charen is joined by Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker for a “Beg to Differ” reunion! Bulwark Book Club pick for September: The Odyssey! Join Mona Charen and Sonny Bunch to discuss Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation and Emily…...