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· Nov 7
"You need liberal democracy to protect what journalism is. And I think part of the problem is that the traditional media doesn't know what to do as we slip further and further away from a pure liberal democracy."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Rebooting Show with Brian Morrissey:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Rebooting Show with Brian Morrissey:
Llamas: “Scott Bessent is the head of the IRS. Pam Bondi is the head of the DOJ. They're going to defend the IRS against you…Are you going to tell them to pay you? You're the boss.”
Trump: “I would tell them to pay me, but I'll give 100% of the money to charity. I don't want any of the money.”
Trump: “I would tell them to pay me, but I'll give 100% of the money to charity. I don't want any of the money.”
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Llamas: “Scott Bessent is the head of the IRS. Pam Bondi is the head of the DOJ. They're going to defend the IRS against you…Are you going to tell them to pay you? You're the boss.”
Trump: “I would tell them to pay me, but I'll give 100% of the money to charity. I don't want any of the money.”
Trump: “I would tell them to pay me, but I'll give 100% of the money to charity. I don't want any of the money.”
Trump: "I'm starting to get great polls on the economy."
Llamas: "The polls on the economy, they're not great."
Llamas: "The polls on the economy, they're not great."
February 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Trump: "I'm starting to get great polls on the economy."
Llamas: "The polls on the economy, they're not great."
Llamas: "The polls on the economy, they're not great."
"'Two of them specifically talked about that in the last days and weeks of their lives, that this is how they wanted to make a difference on earth, by getting this bill passed. This gave them a feeling of purpose.'"
It finally did:
It finally did:
Pediatric Cancer Bill Torpedoed by Elon, Rand, and Bernie Finally Passes
It had broad bipartisan support but passage still required years of heartbreaking lobbying by extraordinarily dedicated children.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"'Two of them specifically talked about that in the last days and weeks of their lives, that this is how they wanted to make a difference on earth, by getting this bill passed. This gave them a feeling of purpose.'"
It finally did:
It finally did:
Llamas: "If you look at the polls most Americans say they don't like how you've handled immigration…How do you change their minds?"
Trump: "I don't believe the polls."
Trump: "I don't believe the polls."
February 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Llamas: "If you look at the polls most Americans say they don't like how you've handled immigration…How do you change their minds?"
Trump: "I don't believe the polls."
Trump: "I don't believe the polls."
Trump: "It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton. I still like Bill Clinton."
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Trump: "It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton. I still like Bill Clinton."
Llamas: "Why is Tulsi Gabbard there?"
Trump: "I don't know, but a lot of the cheating…it's international cheating."
Llamas: "You tweeted out some theories about Italians and satellites. Do you believe that stuff?"
Trump: “No, I didn't tweet. I sometimes will re-Truth."
Trump: "I don't know, but a lot of the cheating…it's international cheating."
Llamas: "You tweeted out some theories about Italians and satellites. Do you believe that stuff?"
Trump: “No, I didn't tweet. I sometimes will re-Truth."
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Llamas: "Why is Tulsi Gabbard there?"
Trump: "I don't know, but a lot of the cheating…it's international cheating."
Llamas: "You tweeted out some theories about Italians and satellites. Do you believe that stuff?"
Trump: “No, I didn't tweet. I sometimes will re-Truth."
Trump: "I don't know, but a lot of the cheating…it's international cheating."
Llamas: "You tweeted out some theories about Italians and satellites. Do you believe that stuff?"
Trump: “No, I didn't tweet. I sometimes will re-Truth."
"Over the last year the Post has been involved in almost monthly car wrecks." From July 2025!
The only question - which has gotten easier to answer since - is whether Jeff Bezos is killing it by accident, or on purpose. @jvl.bsky.social from the archives: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Mb8Bks
The only question - which has gotten easier to answer since - is whether Jeff Bezos is killing it by accident, or on purpose. @jvl.bsky.social from the archives: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Mb8Bks
February 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"Over the last year the Post has been involved in almost monthly car wrecks." From July 2025!
The only question - which has gotten easier to answer since - is whether Jeff Bezos is killing it by accident, or on purpose. @jvl.bsky.social from the archives: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Mb8Bks
The only question - which has gotten easier to answer since - is whether Jeff Bezos is killing it by accident, or on purpose. @jvl.bsky.social from the archives: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Mb8Bks
"In one year, they destroyed the federal government....We are used to the fact that the Justice Department is now a wholly owned legal service for going after Trump's enemies."
Robert Kagan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Robert Kagan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
February 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
"In one year, they destroyed the federal government....We are used to the fact that the Justice Department is now a wholly owned legal service for going after Trump's enemies."
Robert Kagan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Robert Kagan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
"There’s only one reason why the director of national intelligence would go to the state of Georgia, not the country of Georgia, to investigate purported election violations." That reason has a capital T.
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the Wrong Georgia?
Sidelined from her real job, she chases Trump conspiracy theories instead of problems overseas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"There’s only one reason why the director of national intelligence would go to the state of Georgia, not the country of Georgia, to investigate purported election violations." That reason has a capital T.
What Speaker Mike Johnson "described as the thing that looks fraudulent is otherwise known as counting votes." @timmiller.bsky.social on the endgame of Johnson's voter-fraud lies:
February 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
What Speaker Mike Johnson "described as the thing that looks fraudulent is otherwise known as counting votes." @timmiller.bsky.social on the endgame of Johnson's voter-fraud lies:
"The courts remain a crucial backstop, but we cannot rely on courts alone to resist presidential overreach. State and local election officials need our support." It's all hands on deck to safeguard the integrity of our elections.
Warning Signs of Election Interference
The Fulton County raid and other recent developments show how Trump and his allies are moving to discredit losses and control future elections.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"The courts remain a crucial backstop, but we cannot rely on courts alone to resist presidential overreach. State and local election officials need our support." It's all hands on deck to safeguard the integrity of our elections.
"'The idea that they want to protect people’s freedom to worship and yet sit outside and specifically target their churches in the sixty days since they’ve been here goes against their argument.'"
That's a nicer way to say it than they deserve.
That's a nicer way to say it than they deserve.
ICE Was Terrorizing Worshipers Long Before Don Lemon Entered a Church
Let’s take a stroll through the last year.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"'The idea that they want to protect people’s freedom to worship and yet sit outside and specifically target their churches in the sixty days since they’ve been here goes against their argument.'"
That's a nicer way to say it than they deserve.
That's a nicer way to say it than they deserve.
Q: “Does Alex Pretti and his family deserve an apology from the vice president?”
Mayor Frey: “I apologize to the family of Alex Pretti because he did not deserve to be killed…That should not have happened at the hands of a government.”
Mayor Frey: “I apologize to the family of Alex Pretti because he did not deserve to be killed…That should not have happened at the hands of a government.”
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Q: “Does Alex Pretti and his family deserve an apology from the vice president?”
Mayor Frey: “I apologize to the family of Alex Pretti because he did not deserve to be killed…That should not have happened at the hands of a government.”
Mayor Frey: “I apologize to the family of Alex Pretti because he did not deserve to be killed…That should not have happened at the hands of a government.”
"Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians. Either on purpose, as is happening at the Post and CBS News (more on this in a minute) or by accident." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rnIHc8
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians. Either on purpose, as is happening at the Post and CBS News (more on this in a minute) or by accident." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rnIHc8
Mayor Frey: “The continued presence of 2,000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not de-escalation…The restoration of peace…throughout our city depends on one main thing, which is for ICE to leave.”
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Mayor Frey: “The continued presence of 2,000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not de-escalation…The restoration of peace…throughout our city depends on one main thing, which is for ICE to leave.”
"The world of politics had always offered her disappointments. She wasn’t aware of how to respond when it produced a breakthrough." But Congress did an actually good thing: lnk.thebulwark.com/4c9wymS
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"The world of politics had always offered her disappointments. She wasn’t aware of how to respond when it produced a breakthrough." But Congress did an actually good thing: lnk.thebulwark.com/4c9wymS
If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?
The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?
It's worth noting that the Washington Post wasn't utilizing the talent it had, even before it lost them or laid them off.
@maxtani.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
@maxtani.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It's worth noting that the Washington Post wasn't utilizing the talent it had, even before it lost them or laid them off.
@maxtani.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
@maxtani.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
If this were a draft story for a political comedy - a national security official who shows no interest in national security, and obsesses over a domestic locality with the same name as a country she's supposed to care about - it would be too on the nose.
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the Wrong Georgia?
Sidelined from her real job, she chases Trump conspiracy theories instead of problems overseas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If this were a draft story for a political comedy - a national security official who shows no interest in national security, and obsesses over a domestic locality with the same name as a country she's supposed to care about - it would be too on the nose.
Llamas: “Should the supreme leader in Iran be worried right now?”
Trump: “I would say he should be very worried.”
Trump: “I would say he should be very worried.”
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Llamas: “Should the supreme leader in Iran be worried right now?”
Trump: “I would say he should be very worried.”
Trump: “I would say he should be very worried.”
2020 is about 2026 and 2028.
Warning Signs of Election Interference
The Fulton County raid and other recent developments show how Trump and his allies are moving to discredit losses and control future elections.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
2020 is about 2026 and 2028.
Llamas: “Does your new Fed pick understand that you want him to lower interest rates?”
Trump: “I think he does…I mean, if he came in and said, ‘I want to raise them.’”
Llamas: “If he said that, he wouldn't have gotten the job?”
Trump: “He wouldn't have gotten the job.”
Trump: “I think he does…I mean, if he came in and said, ‘I want to raise them.’”
Llamas: “If he said that, he wouldn't have gotten the job?”
Trump: “He wouldn't have gotten the job.”
February 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Llamas: “Does your new Fed pick understand that you want him to lower interest rates?”
Trump: “I think he does…I mean, if he came in and said, ‘I want to raise them.’”
Llamas: “If he said that, he wouldn't have gotten the job?”
Trump: “He wouldn't have gotten the job.”
Trump: “I think he does…I mean, if he came in and said, ‘I want to raise them.’”
Llamas: “If he said that, he wouldn't have gotten the job?”
Trump: “He wouldn't have gotten the job.”
"Pastor Carl Ruby would like Trump or Vance (who grew up nearby) to come visit: 'We would love to show him how Haitians are making America great right here in Springfield,' he says, straightfaced. He’s not being cute; he really means it."
Don’t Look Now, But Dems Are Winning the DHS-Funding Fight
Whether they’ll recognize it as a victory is another question.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Pastor Carl Ruby would like Trump or Vance (who grew up nearby) to come visit: 'We would love to show him how Haitians are making America great right here in Springfield,' he says, straightfaced. He’s not being cute; he really means it."
"Her job is to focus on foreign threats, but she's not doing that job. She's focusing on the people Donald Trump thinks are his real enemies: Americans who didn't vote for him."
@saletan.bsky.social on Tulsi Gabbard's Georgia domestic adventure: lnk.thebulwark.com/4kpR98M
@saletan.bsky.social on Tulsi Gabbard's Georgia domestic adventure: lnk.thebulwark.com/4kpR98M
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"Her job is to focus on foreign threats, but she's not doing that job. She's focusing on the people Donald Trump thinks are his real enemies: Americans who didn't vote for him."
@saletan.bsky.social on Tulsi Gabbard's Georgia domestic adventure: lnk.thebulwark.com/4kpR98M
@saletan.bsky.social on Tulsi Gabbard's Georgia domestic adventure: lnk.thebulwark.com/4kpR98M
We've added a second Bulwark Live show in Minneapolis on February 18! Get your tickets now: www.ticketmaster.com/event/060064...
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
We've added a second Bulwark Live show in Minneapolis on February 18! Get your tickets now: www.ticketmaster.com/event/060064...