3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1169+ words) The math is impossible, the inflation risk is real, and the plan would attract an army of scammers. DEAR LORD, DO WE REALLY have to take this seriously? Again? I’m sorta loath to even analyze this “proposal” on the merits,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (124+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video Will Sommer and Sam Stein went live for a special Thursday edition of MAGA Mondays. They give their takes on the fallout from Trump’s marathon RNC midterm convention speech, including his bizarre promise…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (132+ words) A recording from The Bulwark’s live video This is a long one, folks! If you’re not strong enough to enduring Trump’s speech, skip to 2:07:00 for post-ordeal commentary. Join Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell, Will Sommer and Sonny Bunch for live coverage…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1255+ words) It’s a lot of things, but it’s not “American.” Join Mark Hertling and Ben Parker for Command Post today at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Substack and YouTube. Doug Burgum, Donald Trump’s hapless interior secretary, weighed in last week to defend…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (139+ words) Sam Stein and Will Sumner riff on the upcoming GOP convention in Dallas, noting the striking number of Republicans skipping it—including senators in tough races—amid grumbling over a $25,000 lawmaker price tag. A quick note: The Bulwark will be…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (335+ words) From politics to sports, business, and tech, the rich are breaking the rules, looking out for their friends, and still getting rewarded in the end—maybe with the help of a little trip to the White House with a POTUS…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1158+ words) No man—and no country—can live life in reverse. THE ADVANTAGE—AND PERHAPS THE BURDEN—of looking back across a quarter century is knowing how little we understood then about how profoundly those few hours would change the country,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (512+ words) The great writer of rural America spent a lifetime defending the land, the local, and the human. WENDELL BERRY, THE ICONOCLASTIC NOVELIST and poet of agrarian America who spent decades composing romanticizing odes to the beauty of place and rural…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) How the Michigan progressive is trying to forge a relationship, and what it means for the future of the party. ABDUL EL-SAYED MET WITH A GROUP of Michigan Jewish Democrats on Sunday in an attempt to mend a badly frayed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (111+ words) JVL is out this week, so Tim and Sarah discuss Mark Cuban’s comments that he could run for president as a Republican (and why Tim isn’t buying it), and Sarah’s conversation with the New York Times discussing her book, and…...