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The RNC Convention Was Basically a Trump Cult Meeting
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (122+ words) Trump forced everyone pledge to him. Sam Stein and Sonny Bunch unpack Sonny’s experience covering the Republican Party’s bizarre midterm convention in Dallas where they almost didn’t let him in the arena. They also discuss the surprising prominence of Charlie…...
Something's Happening in Texas (with Chris Hooks)
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (165+ words) Against all odds, Democrats still have a chance in the Texas Senate race. Just announced: Pete Buttigieg is joining the gang—Tim, Sarah, JVL and Sam—for Bulwark LIVE: Charlotte at the Carolina Theatre on October 18. Head TheBulwark.com/Events…...
Tim Miller and Co: Live Coverage of Vance's Midterm Convention Speech
2+ day, 4+ 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…...
Trump’s $5,000 Midterm Ploy Is Even Dumber Than It Sounds
2+ day, 8+ 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,…...
Democrats Should Embrace the Trump Dividend and All Its Bullsh*t
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (431+ words) Some men just want to watch the world burn. First off—I’m lying. I didn’t listen to Trump’s speech.1 I read the transcript instead. So as a public service, let me share some annotated excerpts from Trump’s 15,000-word, 105-minute psychotic…...
Sarah Longwell's Message for Everyone Who Thinks We’re Doomed (w/ Andrew Weissmann)
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (184+ words) Andrew Weissmann turns the tables on Sarah Longwell for a conversation about her new book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time—and what a post-Trump political future could look like. How to Eat An Elephant is…...
Trump Wants the Mailman Checking Your Ballot
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (461+ words) It’s unconstitutional. It’s unworkable. And the Supreme Court might let him do it. With mail-in voting already underway in North Carolina—and scarcely two months to go before the midterms—it’s hard to overstate the imbecility of this proposal. The…...
Trump’s Big Midterm Convention Is Already Looking Like a Flop
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (139+ words) Sam Stein and Will Sumner riff on the upcoming GOP convention in Dallas, noting the striking number of Republicans skipping it—including senators in tough races—amid grumbling over a $25,000 lawmaker price tag. A quick note: The Bulwark will be…...
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…...
What South Carolina Dems Really Think of Newsom
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (205+ words) The California governor came bearing charisma, fighting words, and a California success story. But he still has to convince Southern black voters that he can win. St. Helena Island, South CarolinaBY THE TIME GAVIN NEWSOM stepped onto the Penn Center’s…...