Adam Keiper
@adamkeiper.com
Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
NEW: This is one of those newsletters that'll make you say "That can't be constitutional, can it?"
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How Trump Turned a Foreign Country Into a Piggybank
And how Marco Rubio used Trump to hurt Cuba.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
NEW: This is one of those newsletters that'll make you say "That can't be constitutional, can it?"
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i think this gets at something important which is that normal people are rightly pissed off that they’re having normal time stolen from them by this ravaging horde of jumped up mall cops. everybody has to work in the morning! why is it THEIR job to hold their community together in such a basic way!
🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
i think this gets at something important which is that normal people are rightly pissed off that they’re having normal time stolen from them by this ravaging horde of jumped up mall cops. everybody has to work in the morning! why is it THEIR job to hold their community together in such a basic way!
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This leads me to believe that up until this meeting, Trump absolutely thought it was "hole milk."
Trump: "It's actually a legal definition -- 'whole milk.' And it's whole with a W for those of you that have a problem."
January 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This leads me to believe that up until this meeting, Trump absolutely thought it was "hole milk."
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This is where it is going. This is what Stephen Miller is pushing to Trump. The only reason it has not happened yet is that the violence is obviously coming from state actors. There is no insurrection to control. But we are one incident away from Trump sending in the military.
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This is where it is going. This is what Stephen Miller is pushing to Trump. The only reason it has not happened yet is that the violence is obviously coming from state actors. There is no insurrection to control. But we are one incident away from Trump sending in the military.
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Are there any backup singers cooler than the Pips? And is there any song where the Pips are better than this? Here's Gladys Knight—who, at 81, is still touring nowadays—and the Pips singing "Midnight Train to Georgia." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (Official Audio)
YouTube video by GladysKnightTPVEVO
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January 15, 2026 at 4:56 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Are there any backup singers cooler than the Pips? And is there any song where the Pips are better than this? Here's Gladys Knight—who, at 81, is still touring nowadays—and the Pips singing "Midnight Train to Georgia." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
hahaha, love it
i'd absolutely buy an entire album of just 'and the pips'
i'd absolutely buy an entire album of just 'and the pips'
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 AM
hahaha, love it
i'd absolutely buy an entire album of just 'and the pips'
i'd absolutely buy an entire album of just 'and the pips'
hahaha, so good -- entirely forgot this bit
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 AM
hahaha, so good -- entirely forgot this bit
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Are there any backup singers cooler than the Pips? And is there any song where the Pips are better than this? Here's Gladys Knight—who, at 81, is still touring nowadays—and the Pips singing "Midnight Train to Georgia." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (Official Audio)
YouTube video by GladysKnightTPVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Are there any backup singers cooler than the Pips? And is there any song where the Pips are better than this? Here's Gladys Knight—who, at 81, is still touring nowadays—and the Pips singing "Midnight Train to Georgia." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9...
NEW: Important update to this story 👇 — the Trump administration has backed down and is rescinding its $2 billion in cuts to grants that support work on substance abuse. My colleague @citizencohn.bsky.social wrote an update that appears at the top of the article now...
NEW: Last night, the Trump administration made huge DOGE-like cuts to the grants from the federal agency that works on substance abuse and mental health issues. (Mind you, this is an agency for which the administration already cut the staff in half last year.)
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Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service
Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency with bipartisan support.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
NEW: Important update to this story 👇 — the Trump administration has backed down and is rescinding its $2 billion in cuts to grants that support work on substance abuse. My colleague @citizencohn.bsky.social wrote an update that appears at the top of the article now...
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Some protesters have reported being hit with rubber bullets close to the scene of a reported shooting in north Minneapolis involving federal agents in the area of W. 25th Street and Lyndale Avenue N.
Federal agents have deployed chemical irritants. Updates here: bit.ly/4sI4z3q
Federal agents have deployed chemical irritants. Updates here: bit.ly/4sI4z3q
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Some protesters have reported being hit with rubber bullets close to the scene of a reported shooting in north Minneapolis involving federal agents in the area of W. 25th Street and Lyndale Avenue N.
Federal agents have deployed chemical irritants. Updates here: bit.ly/4sI4z3q
Federal agents have deployed chemical irritants. Updates here: bit.ly/4sI4z3q
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
Among my favorite things at @thebulwark.com is the art that @avecruth.bsky.social creates for so many of the articles and newsletters we publish.
I mean, look at these collages, just from the past twenty-four hours. That Kristi Noem image is **amazing**.
I mean, look at these collages, just from the past twenty-four hours. That Kristi Noem image is **amazing**.
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Among my favorite things at @thebulwark.com is the art that @avecruth.bsky.social creates for so many of the articles and newsletters we publish.
I mean, look at these collages, just from the past twenty-four hours. That Kristi Noem image is **amazing**.
I mean, look at these collages, just from the past twenty-four hours. That Kristi Noem image is **amazing**.
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"Truthfully, we don't have right now in our force structure the kinds of at-scale forces that would conduct Arctic operations." That's what, you know, allies are for.
@markhertling.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@markhertling.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
"Truthfully, we don't have right now in our force structure the kinds of at-scale forces that would conduct Arctic operations." That's what, you know, allies are for.
@markhertling.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@markhertling.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
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Look at what Trump has done.
January 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Look at what Trump has done.
(Yep -- that's discussed immediately after the bit I quoted.)
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
(Yep -- that's discussed immediately after the bit I quoted.)
I truly am so fucking sick and tired of these Nazi Trumpists.
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I truly am so fucking sick and tired of these Nazi Trumpists.
Even if you don't read this whole newsletter, at least check out the three little updates about Nazism and the Trump administration.
I am so sick and tired of these Nazi Trumpists.
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I am so sick and tired of these Nazi Trumpists.
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We Make Our Own Monsters
Foucault’s Boomerang and the road from Fallujah to Minneapolis.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Even if you don't read this whole newsletter, at least check out the three little updates about Nazism and the Trump administration.
I am so sick and tired of these Nazi Trumpists.
www.thebulwark.com/p/foucault-b...
I am so sick and tired of these Nazi Trumpists.
www.thebulwark.com/p/foucault-b...
Always read @markhertling.bsky.social 👇
"Disbelief gives way to alarm. Greenland is covered by NATO’s Article 5. An armed attack on it would legally constitute an attack on Denmark, potentially triggering collective defense obligations among alliance members.…In other words, the U.S. would be attacking the very alliance it helped design."
The Best Military ‘Option’ for Greenland: Let It Be
Attacking an ally with special forces would be the wrong tool for the wrong mission.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Always read @markhertling.bsky.social 👇
"Disbelief gives way to alarm. Greenland is covered by NATO’s Article 5. An armed attack on it would legally constitute an attack on Denmark, potentially triggering collective defense obligations among alliance members.…In other words, the U.S. would be attacking the very alliance it helped design."
The Best Military ‘Option’ for Greenland: Let It Be
Attacking an ally with special forces would be the wrong tool for the wrong mission.
www.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"Disbelief gives way to alarm. Greenland is covered by NATO’s Article 5. An armed attack on it would legally constitute an attack on Denmark, potentially triggering collective defense obligations among alliance members.…In other words, the U.S. would be attacking the very alliance it helped design."
In case you didn't catch the insanity behind this story 👇, X recently changed its terms of service so that any new lawsuits brought against it must be heard in a specific court in Texas that tends to be friendly. But tonight the TOS are changing again, so even EXISTING lawsuits must be heard there.
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 AM
In case you didn't catch the insanity behind this story 👇, X recently changed its terms of service so that any new lawsuits brought against it must be heard in a specific court in Texas that tends to be friendly. But tonight the TOS are changing again, so even EXISTING lawsuits must be heard there.
Very good thread starting here from Ken White:
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bsky.app/profile/kenw...
Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
/1
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Very good thread starting here from Ken White:
bsky.app/profile/kenw...
bsky.app/profile/kenw...
Yes—very well put, as usual w/ Ken.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Yes—very well put, as usual w/ Ken.
*I keep thinking of the term "de-Trumpification," à la de-Nazification and de-Baathification.
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
*I keep thinking of the term "de-Trumpification," à la de-Nazification and de-Baathification.
I would be okay with NOT abolishing ICE…
…so long as everybody who worked there under Trump was fired, some of them were investigated and prosecuted, the agency was given a new name, the funding was scaled way back, new hires were screened*, and strict new rules governing conduct were in place.
…so long as everybody who worked there under Trump was fired, some of them were investigated and prosecuted, the agency was given a new name, the funding was scaled way back, new hires were screened*, and strict new rules governing conduct were in place.
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I would be okay with NOT abolishing ICE…
…so long as everybody who worked there under Trump was fired, some of them were investigated and prosecuted, the agency was given a new name, the funding was scaled way back, new hires were screened*, and strict new rules governing conduct were in place.
…so long as everybody who worked there under Trump was fired, some of them were investigated and prosecuted, the agency was given a new name, the funding was scaled way back, new hires were screened*, and strict new rules governing conduct were in place.
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My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.