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"We should take over the oil fields. It's very easy to do."
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"We should take over the oil fields. It's very easy to do."
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
A painful one from @jvl.bsky.social on Bondi Beach, Rob Reiner, and USAID.
Read The Triad only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
Read The Triad only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A painful one from @jvl.bsky.social on Bondi Beach, Rob Reiner, and USAID.
Read The Triad only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
Read The Triad only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
NEW: @thebulwark.com named one of @mediaite.com's most influential in news media this year.
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Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2025 - Part 3
Who's up? Who's down? And who's No. 1? The staff of Mediaite is proud to bring you the 75 Most Influential in News Media 2025 — Presented by GM - Part 3
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December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NEW: @thebulwark.com named one of @mediaite.com's most influential in news media this year.
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The RNC is mad at @thebulwark.com's very own @eggerdc.bsky.social.
Find out why in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
Find out why in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
Shock. Horror. Tragedy.
Murder and terror at opposite ends of the world.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The RNC is mad at @thebulwark.com's very own @eggerdc.bsky.social.
Find out why in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
Find out why in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
Can Doug Jones Win When His Opponent’s Not an Alleged Sex Pest?
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
Can Doug Jones Win When His Opponent’s Not an Alleged Sex Pest?
Running against Tommy Tuberville may not seem like a major challenge. But it is in the deep-red South.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Can Doug Jones Win When His Opponent’s Not an Alleged Sex Pest?
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
New Focus Group Pod with @markhertling.bsky.social on civilian-military relations.
We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Civilian-Military Relationship (with Mark Hertling)
Podcast Episode · The Focus Group Podcast · 12/13/2025 · 59m
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December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New Focus Group Pod with @markhertling.bsky.social on civilian-military relations.
We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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"This year’s match-up is taking place in the shadow of a mission our troops did not sign up for: domestic deployment on US soil."
#ArmyNavy #NotTheMission newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/why-todays...
#ArmyNavy #NotTheMission newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/why-todays...
Why Today’s Army-Navy Game Is Different
Deploying to US cities is not the mission our soldiers signed up for.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"This year’s match-up is taking place in the shadow of a mission our troops did not sign up for: domestic deployment on US soil."
#ArmyNavy #NotTheMission newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/why-todays...
#ArmyNavy #NotTheMission newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/why-todays...
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The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...
MUST READ: @willsommer.bsky.social with a deep dive on Candace Owens and how she is engulfing the entire MAGA/America First movement.
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Candace?
Right-wing media figures join together to counter her conspiracy theories about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
MUST READ: @willsommer.bsky.social with a deep dive on Candace Owens and how she is engulfing the entire MAGA/America First movement.
Read False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/candace-ow...
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If we could seize an oil tanker, why did we have to kill 80 people on small boats?
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Trump's unnecessary Caribbean killings in Morning Shots — only
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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Trump's unnecessary Caribbean killings in Morning Shots — only
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The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
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December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If we could seize an oil tanker, why did we have to kill 80 people on small boats?
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Trump's unnecessary Caribbean killings in Morning Shots — only
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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Trump's unnecessary Caribbean killings in Morning Shots — only
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Reposted by Sarah Longwell
"While many prominent athletes, including LeBron James and Stephen Curry, criticized the Trump administration during its first term, fewer have done so during its second. 'I feel like I’m sometimes screaming into the void,' Martina Navratilova said."
Martina Navratilova discusses her criticism of Donald Trump: ‘I just can’t be compliant’
The tennis legend said she hopes to “make people think” about the current political moment.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"While many prominent athletes, including LeBron James and Stephen Curry, criticized the Trump administration during its first term, fewer have done so during its second. 'I feel like I’m sometimes screaming into the void,' Martina Navratilova said."
Reposted by Sarah Longwell
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
New from @jvl.bsky.social on "Heritage Americans" and the Nazi Horse.
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Read The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/remigratio...
“Heritage Americans” and the Nazi Horse
Carl Schmitt comes to America.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New from @jvl.bsky.social on "Heritage Americans" and the Nazi Horse.
Read The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/remigratio...
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@cheetah.bsky.social with congressional Republicans' reaction to the sleepy president in Press Pass, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/president-...
President Trump Is a Sleepy Boy
He’s up all night to get posty.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
@cheetah.bsky.social with congressional Republicans' reaction to the sleepy president in Press Pass, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/president-...
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "It was the administration, after all, that originally put out the first part of the video. The president recently said he’d be fine with the entirety of it being released. Let’s see the whole thing."
Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/all-gas-no...
Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/all-gas-no...
All Gas. No Brakes. Trump Quakes.
It’s dark out there, literally and politically. But there is hope, too.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "It was the administration, after all, that originally put out the first part of the video. The president recently said he’d be fine with the entirety of it being released. Let’s see the whole thing."
Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/all-gas-no...
Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/all-gas-no...
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FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it."
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it."
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
This week’s Focus Group Pod: Astead Herndon makes a long-awaited return to the show, swing voters have a bit of a group therapy session, and Maine Democrats talk Graham Platner & Janet Mills.
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(Focus) Group Therapy (with Astead Herndon)
Podcast Episode · The Focus Group Podcast · 12/06/2025 · 59m
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December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This week’s Focus Group Pod: Astead Herndon makes a long-awaited return to the show, swing voters have a bit of a group therapy session, and Maine Democrats talk Graham Platner & Janet Mills.
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Today in Morning Shots: @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social talks with Bob Kagan about Trump's chaos and the abdication of our role as peacekeepers maintaining global order.
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Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today in Morning Shots: @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social talks with Bob Kagan about Trump's chaos and the abdication of our role as peacekeepers maintaining global order.
Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/chaos-is-c...
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Disgusting.
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Disgusting.
Some good news: Mike Johnson is getting completely humiliated by GOP women.
@cheetah.bsky.social with the details in the latest Press Pass, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
@cheetah.bsky.social with the details in the latest Press Pass, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
The GOP Women Are Humiliating Mike Johnson
Move aside, Freedom Caucus. There’s a new House Republican insurgency in town.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some good news: Mike Johnson is getting completely humiliated by GOP women.
@cheetah.bsky.social with the details in the latest Press Pass, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
@cheetah.bsky.social with the details in the latest Press Pass, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
"What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?"
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: 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.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?"
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar who "allegedly had taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexico-based bank in exchange for promises to work to shift US policy."
@eggerdc.bsky.social on the only Democrats Trump likes: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-only-d...
@eggerdc.bsky.social on the only Democrats Trump likes: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-only-d...
The Only Democrats Trump Likes...
...are ones accused of corruption.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar who "allegedly had taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexico-based bank in exchange for promises to work to shift US policy."
@eggerdc.bsky.social on the only Democrats Trump likes: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-only-d...
@eggerdc.bsky.social on the only Democrats Trump likes: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-only-d...
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Pete Hegseth: "Should we follow the Geneva Conventions? What if we treated the enemy the way they treated us?…If you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs… We are just fighting with one hand behind our back."
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Pete Hegseth: "Should we follow the Geneva Conventions? What if we treated the enemy the way they treated us?…If you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs… We are just fighting with one hand behind our back."
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“If they can do this to George, they can do this to anyone.”
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran.
Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran.
Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:
WATCH: The Veteran Who ICE Abducted — and Is Fighting Back
Here’s how we’re counter-programming DHS’s propaganda ads.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“If they can do this to George, they can do this to anyone.”
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran.
Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran.
Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:
Reposted by Sarah Longwell
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇