Will Saletan
@saletan.bsky.social
Writer, @thebulwark.com. Email: [email protected]. You can also find me at https://www.threads.net/@wsaletan and http://substack.com/@saletan
Turns out it’s a short trip from Fox News host to war criminal. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Turns out it’s a short trip from Fox News host to war criminal. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"Mamdani has a different idea. He’s betting that the best way to disarm Trump and his lieutenants isn’t to focus on their fascism. It’s to take away many of their voters by addressing kitchen-table issues."
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump and Mamdani: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iALUlB
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump and Mamdani: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iALUlB
What Mamdani Gets About Trump
When New York’s mayor-elect met with the authoritarian president, he didn’t waste time with denunciations. But he didn’t exactly hold back.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Mamdani has a different idea. He’s betting that the best way to disarm Trump and his lieutenants isn’t to focus on their fascism. It’s to take away many of their voters by addressing kitchen-table issues."
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump and Mamdani: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iALUlB
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump and Mamdani: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iALUlB
Every time my wife says the turkey is "resting," all I can think of is this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaFD...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Every time my wife says the turkey is "resting," all I can think of is this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaFD...
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Happy Thanksgiving, Bulwark fam!
We are so thankful for you being a part of this community. What we do everyday is only possible because of you!
To mark the occasion, we wanted to pass along a few pieces from the team:
A Thanksgiving prayer from Yevgeny Simkin: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pz0oEK
We are so thankful for you being a part of this community. What we do everyday is only possible because of you!
To mark the occasion, we wanted to pass along a few pieces from the team:
A Thanksgiving prayer from Yevgeny Simkin: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pz0oEK
A Practice of Thankfulness
The virtue of making a habit of counting your blessings.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Bulwark fam!
We are so thankful for you being a part of this community. What we do everyday is only possible because of you!
To mark the occasion, we wanted to pass along a few pieces from the team:
A Thanksgiving prayer from Yevgeny Simkin: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pz0oEK
We are so thankful for you being a part of this community. What we do everyday is only possible because of you!
To mark the occasion, we wanted to pass along a few pieces from the team:
A Thanksgiving prayer from Yevgeny Simkin: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pz0oEK
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NEW: Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani didn’t back down from calling him a fascist. @saletan.bsky.social explains what their Oval Office moment reveals about power, persuasion, and how to actually weaken Trump.
What Mamdani Gets About Trump
When New York’s mayor-elect met with the authoritarian president, he didn’t waste time with denunciations. But he didn’t exactly hold back.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani didn’t back down from calling him a fascist. @saletan.bsky.social explains what their Oval Office moment reveals about power, persuasion, and how to actually weaken Trump.
"The Trump administration has been quietly snuffing out" some government data reporting on health and economic problems, "issues that this administration would rather not track," writes @crampell.bsky.social.
And in its place, the administration is substituting its own unverifiable propaganda.
And in its place, the administration is substituting its own unverifiable propaganda.
Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"The Trump administration has been quietly snuffing out" some government data reporting on health and economic problems, "issues that this administration would rather not track," writes @crampell.bsky.social.
And in its place, the administration is substituting its own unverifiable propaganda.
And in its place, the administration is substituting its own unverifiable propaganda.
Looking forward to the trial of Lindsey Halligan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looking forward to the trial of Lindsey Halligan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Dismissing climate change as a “hoax,” while home insurance rates are soaring and property values are sinking in the most affected areas, is just another part of Trump’s economic denialism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Dismissing climate change as a “hoax,” while home insurance rates are soaring and property values are sinking in the most affected areas, is just another part of Trump’s economic denialism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I’m going to say to NIH scientists: God bless you all. Thank you for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., November 2023
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., November 2023
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“I’m going to say to NIH scientists: God bless you all. Thank you for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., November 2023
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., November 2023
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
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"How can the president of the United States look you right in the eye and tell you that prices are going down and that the economy is doing great when you know it isn't?" The same way he can insist he won in 2020. @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"How can the president of the United States look you right in the eye and tell you that prices are going down and that the economy is doing great when you know it isn't?" The same way he can insist he won in 2020. @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
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Did you really think a man who - to pick from a long list - denied a clear election loss and is building a gilded ballroom would feel your pain when it comes to consumer prices?
New from @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
New from @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets
From elections to the economy, he keeps denying reality.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did you really think a man who - to pick from a long list - denied a clear election loss and is building a gilded ballroom would feel your pain when it comes to consumer prices?
New from @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
New from @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
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Trump couldn't care less about the party he leads, and the rest of the party is supposed to pretend they don't notice. That's what happens when you hand over the keys to an ego-driven, thin-skinned narcissist. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...
No One Matters to Trump But Trump
His self-serving treatment of last week’s elections shows his disregard for his party.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Trump couldn't care less about the party he leads, and the rest of the party is supposed to pretend they don't notice. That's what happens when you hand over the keys to an ego-driven, thin-skinned narcissist. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...
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Morning Bulwark!
Here's what you might have missed over the weekend.
The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: Inside Mamdani’s Viral Video Team bit.ly/44fFKBj
@saletan.bsky.social: Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets bit.ly/47Ive80
Here's what you might have missed over the weekend.
The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: Inside Mamdani’s Viral Video Team bit.ly/44fFKBj
@saletan.bsky.social: Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets bit.ly/47Ive80
Inside Mamdani’s Viral Video Team
The creators of his wildly successful digital campaign tell me how they found their winning formula.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Morning Bulwark!
Here's what you might have missed over the weekend.
The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: Inside Mamdani’s Viral Video Team bit.ly/44fFKBj
@saletan.bsky.social: Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets bit.ly/47Ive80
Here's what you might have missed over the weekend.
The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: Inside Mamdani’s Viral Video Team bit.ly/44fFKBj
@saletan.bsky.social: Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets bit.ly/47Ive80
"Trump’s denial of the election results in 2020 wasn’t a one-off. It was a forewarning of what we’re seeing now: his refusal to acknowledge the affordability crisis."
Americans reelected a plainly delusional president — and now they're surprised when he denies they're struggling economically.
Americans reelected a plainly delusional president — and now they're surprised when he denies they're struggling economically.
Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets
From elections to the economy, he keeps denying reality.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Trump’s denial of the election results in 2020 wasn’t a one-off. It was a forewarning of what we’re seeing now: his refusal to acknowledge the affordability crisis."
Americans reelected a plainly delusional president — and now they're surprised when he denies they're struggling economically.
Americans reelected a plainly delusional president — and now they're surprised when he denies they're struggling economically.
Part of living in a monarchy is that the king uses his power to enrich himself and his family, and the public accepts it.
And I'm not talking about the Saudis. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
And I'm not talking about the Saudis. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Part of living in a monarchy is that the king uses his power to enrich himself and his family, and the public accepts it.
And I'm not talking about the Saudis. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
And I'm not talking about the Saudis. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Did Trump know about Epstein's abuse of minors? @jvl.bsky.social puts together the incriminating evidence we have so far. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Did Trump know about Epstein's abuse of minors? @jvl.bsky.social puts together the incriminating evidence we have so far. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
Republicans "learned nothing from how badly Joe Biden and the Democrats bungled inflation," writes @crampell.bsky.social. "They’re repeating some of the same mistakes and adopting the same useless gimmicks."
In fact, they’re "pursuing policies that make the problem worse." A midterm disaster looms.
In fact, they’re "pursuing policies that make the problem worse." A midterm disaster looms.
Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap That Ensnared Biden
Republicans learned nothing from how badly Dems bungled inflation.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Republicans "learned nothing from how badly Joe Biden and the Democrats bungled inflation," writes @crampell.bsky.social. "They’re repeating some of the same mistakes and adopting the same useless gimmicks."
In fact, they’re "pursuing policies that make the problem worse." A midterm disaster looms.
In fact, they’re "pursuing policies that make the problem worse." A midterm disaster looms.
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On the Bulwark Pod, Alex Wagner joined @timmiller.bsky.social to talk how Trump may be in the worst political shape he’s been in since the aftermath of January 6 bit.ly/4pejznq
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump’s new excuse for the economy bit.ly/4r59CKI
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump’s new excuse for the economy bit.ly/4r59CKI
Alex Wagner: Team Trump Can't Get its Epstein Story Straight
Trump’s involvement with Epstein is simultaneously a “hoax,” but he was also a “perfect gentleman” when he spent hours with one of Epstein’s underage victims, Virgina Giuffre, at Epstein’s pad.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On the Bulwark Pod, Alex Wagner joined @timmiller.bsky.social to talk how Trump may be in the worst political shape he’s been in since the aftermath of January 6 bit.ly/4pejznq
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump’s new excuse for the economy bit.ly/4r59CKI
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump’s new excuse for the economy bit.ly/4r59CKI
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“I’m a firm believer in the delusionality theory.”
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social break down Trump’s new excuse for the economy—and why it’s not spin or strategy, but genuine denial of reality.
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social break down Trump’s new excuse for the economy—and why it’s not spin or strategy, but genuine denial of reality.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“I’m a firm believer in the delusionality theory.”
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social break down Trump’s new excuse for the economy—and why it’s not spin or strategy, but genuine denial of reality.
@saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social break down Trump’s new excuse for the economy—and why it’s not spin or strategy, but genuine denial of reality.
Incredible work from the president, collecting another $1 trillion from tariffs in less than 10 hours
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Incredible work from the president, collecting another $1 trillion from tariffs in less than 10 hours
Another sign that the United States of America no longer represents, and is no longer trusted by, the free world. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another sign that the United States of America no longer represents, and is no longer trusted by, the free world. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
"Hours after the Democratic sweep, Republican senators went to [a] breakfast with Trump. He used the occasion to distance himself from the losers. In fact, he bragged that the party’s losses underscored how special he was."
My breakdown of the GOP's biggest weakness: It's built around a narcissist.
My breakdown of the GOP's biggest weakness: It's built around a narcissist.
No One Matters to Trump But Trump
His self-serving treatment of last week’s elections shows his disregard for his party.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Hours after the Democratic sweep, Republican senators went to [a] breakfast with Trump. He used the occasion to distance himself from the losers. In fact, he bragged that the party’s losses underscored how special he was."
My breakdown of the GOP's biggest weakness: It's built around a narcissist.
My breakdown of the GOP's biggest weakness: It's built around a narcissist.
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Kevin Hassett says spending emergency funds on SNAP could open up criminal liability for Trump officials.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Kevin Hassett says spending emergency funds on SNAP could open up criminal liability for Trump officials.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
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"As of right now, they won," @timmiller.bsky.social tells @saletan.bsky.social. "What will matter in the next year's midterms is Republicans shit healthcare policies, the shit economy, and the tariffs — and the Democrats can run on that now. The Democrats did fight like Republicans this time."
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"As of right now, they won," @timmiller.bsky.social tells @saletan.bsky.social. "What will matter in the next year's midterms is Republicans shit healthcare policies, the shit economy, and the tariffs — and the Democrats can run on that now. The Democrats did fight like Republicans this time."
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The Republicans have a party head who does not care about their candidates or electoral fortunes.
Watch and read @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's disregard for the GOP: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...
Watch and read @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's disregard for the GOP: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Republicans have a party head who does not care about their candidates or electoral fortunes.
Watch and read @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's disregard for the GOP: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...
Watch and read @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's disregard for the GOP: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...