Jonathan V. Last
@jvl.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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Irony is dead
BARTIROMO: How is it possible that the Democrats have been able to rally around 'affordability' and make people think that's what they're focused on and not what Republicans are focused on?
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Irony is dead
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Hegemonic suicide
The US govt is screaming—in words, actions, and now a strategic document—that America has switched sides in the world, preferring authoritarians and a transnational white nationalism over liberal democracy.
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far-right conspiracy theories about Europe
Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hegemonic suicide
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Brett Ratner could be the biggest immediate loser in this WB/Netflix situation. Why does Paramount need to spend $100M if they aren't going to need Trump to help them buy WB?
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Brett Ratner could be the biggest immediate loser in this WB/Netflix situation. Why does Paramount need to spend $100M if they aren't going to need Trump to help them buy WB?
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
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"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
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um okay? Appreciate the candor?
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
um okay? Appreciate the candor?
What if Trumpism wanes, Dems sweep, the public recommits to liberal democracy, and . . . it doesn't matter because the institutions have been compromised beyond repair? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What if Trumpism wanes, Dems sweep, the public recommits to liberal democracy, and . . . it doesn't matter because the institutions have been compromised beyond repair? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
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What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
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A presidential memo saying officers carrying out Caribbean boat strikes can’t be prosecuted is a confession the attacks are war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A presidential memo saying officers carrying out Caribbean boat strikes can’t be prosecuted is a confession the attacks are war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Busta’s set on the TMNT float this morning was like Prince at the Super Bowl halftime show. Instant classic.
Possibly the best Macy’s parade of my lifetime.
Possibly the best Macy’s parade of my lifetime.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Busta’s set on the TMNT float this morning was like Prince at the Super Bowl halftime show. Instant classic.
Possibly the best Macy’s parade of my lifetime.
Possibly the best Macy’s parade of my lifetime.
If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
Costanza voice: Is that . . . wrong?
This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Costanza voice: Is that . . . wrong?
Matt Pearce from the top rope:
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Matt Pearce from the top rope:
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
On the one hand, I admire what MTG is doing.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
Marge Greene announces she is resigning from Congress, that she doesn’t want to go through a brutal primary against a Trump backed opponent, and says Trump has treated her like a battered wife and has been hateful to her and is trying to destroy her.
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
On the one hand, I admire what MTG is doing.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
Socialism is bad if the socialists try to expand access to healthcare.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Socialism is bad if the socialists try to expand access to healthcare.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
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On the ATMA bonus episode this week, we discussed the concurrent decline of movie theaters and movie stars. Peter asked Alyssa and me the million dollar question: movieaisle.substack.com/p/can-movie-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On the ATMA bonus episode this week, we discussed the concurrent decline of movie theaters and movie stars. Peter asked Alyssa and me the million dollar question: movieaisle.substack.com/p/can-movie-...
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The disruption the Epstein saga has caused—and the momentum it provided to their party—has sparked a reimagining of the playbook for taking on Trump.
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
Throw Everything at the Wall
After the Epstein vote, Dems debate shifting from just ‘kitchen table’ issues to an ‘even the kitchen sink’ approach.
www.thebulwark.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The disruption the Epstein saga has caused—and the momentum it provided to their party—has sparked a reimagining of the playbook for taking on Trump.
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
It would be tragic except that they voted for it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It would be tragic except that they voted for it.
Optimism is uncomfortable. But here we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
Spoiler: We . . . Win?
I come to you at the turning of the tide.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Optimism is uncomfortable. But here we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
This is a tremendous idea. What could possibly go wrong.
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a tremendous idea. What could possibly go wrong.
[Costanza voice] Is that . . . wrong?
Comey hearing just ended. Govt admits 2d indictment never shown to full grand jury. Judge concerned. AUSA also admits DAG Blanche’s office told him not to disclose if previous prosecutors prepared a declination memo (saying why there was no case).
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
[Costanza voice] Is that . . . wrong?
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The authoritarian threat is serious, and people should take it seriously.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
Kimmel and Comey Highlight the Trump Regime's Limitations
Their desire for authoritarian abuse is bottomless, their ability to carry it out is not
www.arcdigital.media
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The authoritarian threat is serious, and people should take it seriously.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.