1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (155+ words) JVL and Sarah discuss the failed ceasefire, Melania's bizarre Epstein pre-denial, and the growing rift between Trump and "America First" heavyweights like Tucker, Megyn, Candace, and Alex Jones. Is this just another performative feud, or the start of something real?...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (93+ words) The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture'supported by a community built on good-faith. Jane Coaston…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago  (68+ words) The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture'supported by a community built on good-faith. BREAKING: UMICH…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago  (496+ words) MY FRIEND RICHARD RUSHFIELD over at the Ankler noted briefly earlier this week that Italian courts had not only reversed a price increase enacted by Netflix but also required a refund of previous price increases. This led Richard to write…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago  (495+ words) WANT TO KNOW WHAT A WIN for liberalism looks like in the Trump administration? Sometimes you can spot it in the things that are not said. Last month, Republicans floated a strategy for this year's midterm elections that could be…...

12+ hour, 40+ min ago  (1399+ words) Nevertheless, the polling shows Orb'n's Fidesz party trailing its main opposition, Tisza, 49 percent to 39 percent. Apparently America isn't the only nation where MAGA-style right-wing authoritarianism is getting a little stale. Happy Friday. In Act 1, scene 2, of The Tempest, Prospero, the…...

15+ hour, 2+ min ago  (270+ words) The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture'supported by a community built on good-faith. 'The Christophers…...

17+ hour, 30+ min ago  (285+ words) A Better Lifeby Lionel Shriver Harper, 289 pp. , $24 (hardcover) Since then, Shriver, an erstwhile Democrat who dislikes Donald Trump but endorsed Florida Gov. Ron De Santis for president in 2022, has leaned in to her role as an anti-woke culture warrior'a role…...

1+ day, 33+ min ago  (92+ words) The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture'supported by a community built on good-faith. Sam Stein…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1089+ words) A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING RICH off the Trump presidency. Donald Trump himself tops the list, of course, but it also includes his kids and in-laws; other grifting nepo-babies; cabinet members (as well as their staff and children), senior…...