1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1395+ words) Daysi Gonzalez has built a life here for 25 years, and a career as a formidable political operative. Now she is planning an exit she never chose. If Democrats take back the House in a blue wave, some of that success…...

3+ day, 14+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (84+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video Mark Hertling and Ben Parker react live to Trump dismissing the mounting costs of the Iran war as “small potatoes.” Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (145+ words) Will Saletan takes on Trump’s Venezuela oil deal, as the president openly brags that Venezuelan oil has already paid for the war “many times over” and Republicans argue that U.S. A quick note: This is the kind of work…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (861+ words) Delcy Rodríguez sends him oil. He protects her from elections. What won’t be a catalyst for transforming Venezuela, as long as Trump is in charge, is democracy. While Wright was in Caracas, Trump was in the Oval Office, brushing off…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (173+ words) The Army is currently operating without any Senate-confirmed civilian or military leaders at the top. Rodericka Applewhait and new Bulwark pod host Michael Weiss and joinTim Miller. Tim’s candidate recs (which will be updated soon!) The Atlantic on Trump being…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (432+ words) Anatomy of an oil heist. Hey fam: Sarah and I are doing a show in the Big Room at the 92nd Street Y next Tuesday. There are like ninety tickets left and I desperately want to sell out the space. I’m…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (125+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video The USS Abraham Lincoln finally returns to port after nearly 300 days at sea—and the visible wear and tear is a stark reminder of the strain being placed on the U.S. military....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (130+ words) A 20-year-old Haitian college student, Pierre Damas Bel, came to America to study, play soccer, serve in JROTC, and pursue a career in medicine. We’ll be honest—stories about the human cost of this administration’s policies are devastating. But they…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (101+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video Bill Kristol talks with Jim Swift, reporting from Springfield, Ohio on ICE's crackdown on Haitians who lost protected status, and ACLU attorney Sarah Mehta on third-country deportations, "remigration," and the legal and legislative…...