Adam Keiper
@adamkeiper.com
Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
My dancing-obsessed 6-year-old daughter is watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' for the first time and is understandably smitten by this silly scene
December 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My dancing-obsessed 6-year-old daughter is watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' for the first time and is understandably smitten by this silly scene
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Trump offering states a "deal" like the higher ed compact that would vastly and unconstitutionally expand the federal government's powers (in this case, over election administration)
Here's the deal, says USDOJ to states: we're going to send you lists of voters we think are ineligible, and you're going to take them off the rolls. That "would hand the federal govt a major role in election admin, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution." [Stateline]
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
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December 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump offering states a "deal" like the higher ed compact that would vastly and unconstitutionally expand the federal government's powers (in this case, over election administration)
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
NEW: Can you get a bruised hand from shaking hands? Empirical Bulwarkery:
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Does Trump’s Bruised Hand Story Make Sense?
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: Can you get a bruised hand from shaking hands? Empirical Bulwarkery:
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NEW: The ten best movies of the year! (Except it's really eleven, plus some honorable mentions.)
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The Ten (Or So) Best Movies of 2025
Before getting into this year’s roundup, here are a few honorable mentions for movies that probably aren’t going to make a lot of best-of lists this year.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
NEW: The ten best movies of the year! (Except it's really eleven, plus some honorable mentions.)
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My kids, aged 10 and under, didn't get me anything for Christmas this year—which is totally fine, I don't need anything from them! But thinking they might enjoy wrapping up something for me, I gave them a small gift to give me. They lost it. Which I guess means they gave me -1 Christmas gifts.
December 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My kids, aged 10 and under, didn't get me anything for Christmas this year—which is totally fine, I don't need anything from them! But thinking they might enjoy wrapping up something for me, I gave them a small gift to give me. They lost it. Which I guess means they gave me -1 Christmas gifts.
NEW: "On the day of the performance, a Dodgers employee made clear to her that the team did not want her to sing [the national anthem] in Spanish....Even seconds before the first note, she hadn’t decided what to do. She says she felt like God was holding her hand."
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Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NEW: "On the day of the performance, a Dodgers employee made clear to her that the team did not want her to sing [the national anthem] in Spanish....Even seconds before the first note, she hadn’t decided what to do. She says she felt like God was holding her hand."
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NEW: "This isn’t the foreign policy many of Trump's voters wanted. They thought 'America First' meant staying home. Instead, Trump has gone abroad to seize land and treasure. He's a pirate. And being a pirate is all fun and games until somebody loses an island."
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The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
NEW: "This isn’t the foreign policy many of Trump's voters wanted. They thought 'America First' meant staying home. Instead, Trump has gone abroad to seize land and treasure. He's a pirate. And being a pirate is all fun and games until somebody loses an island."
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And now for the 12 Days of Grift-mas!
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now for the 12 Days of Grift-mas!
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The short final movement of a cantata Bach premiered 300 years ago today (Christmas 1725). It's a great example of how he borrowed from different sources: the tune here from an anonymous composer, the words from a hymn some thirty years old. See you around.
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110: Chorale: Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott
YouTube video by Ton Koopman - Topic
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December 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The short final movement of a cantata Bach premiered 300 years ago today (Christmas 1725). It's a great example of how he borrowed from different sources: the tune here from an anonymous composer, the words from a hymn some thirty years old. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The short final movement of a cantata Bach premiered 300 years ago today (Christmas 1725). It's a great example of how he borrowed from different sources: the tune here from an anonymous composer, the words from a hymn some thirty years old. See you around.
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110: Chorale: Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott
YouTube video by Ton Koopman - Topic
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December 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The short final movement of a cantata Bach premiered 300 years ago today (Christmas 1725). It's a great example of how he borrowed from different sources: the tune here from an anonymous composer, the words from a hymn some thirty years old. See you around.
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Such an unbelievable loser
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Such an unbelievable loser
NEW: The Twelve Days of Griftmas.... I've been told I'm in this video.
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The Bulwark Wishes You a Very Corrupt Christmas
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December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NEW: The Twelve Days of Griftmas.... I've been told I'm in this video.
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Me: "Anybody getting hungry for lunch? Who wants grilled cheese?"
10-year-old: "Yes, please!"
6-year-old: "Yay! Grilled cheese!"
4-year-old: "Not me! I just want chocolate."
10-year-old: "Yes, please!"
6-year-old: "Yay! Grilled cheese!"
4-year-old: "Not me! I just want chocolate."
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Me: "Anybody getting hungry for lunch? Who wants grilled cheese?"
10-year-old: "Yes, please!"
6-year-old: "Yay! Grilled cheese!"
4-year-old: "Not me! I just want chocolate."
10-year-old: "Yes, please!"
6-year-old: "Yay! Grilled cheese!"
4-year-old: "Not me! I just want chocolate."
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. For those of you celebrating the infinite-turned-infant, Merry Christmas! And for those of you lonely, far from home, weighed down with burdens, or otherwise in need of soothing, please know you're not forgotten—and I wish for you solace and peace. See you around.
Silent Night in the Irish language 🇮🇪 ft. Emmet Cahill
YouTube video by MALINDA
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December 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. For those of you celebrating the infinite-turned-infant, Merry Christmas! And for those of you lonely, far from home, weighed down with burdens, or otherwise in need of soothing, please know you're not forgotten—and I wish for you solace and peace. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. For those of you celebrating the infinite-turned-infant, Merry Christmas! And for those of you lonely, far from home, weighed down with burdens, or otherwise in need of soothing, please know you're not forgotten—and I wish for you solace and peace. See you around.
Silent Night in the Irish language 🇮🇪 ft. Emmet Cahill
YouTube video by MALINDA
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December 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. For those of you celebrating the infinite-turned-infant, Merry Christmas! And for those of you lonely, far from home, weighed down with burdens, or otherwise in need of soothing, please know you're not forgotten—and I wish for you solace and peace. See you around.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: It seems people usually rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life' just before Christmas. Can I commend to you this marvelous essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that classic movie.
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There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: It seems people usually rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life' just before Christmas. Can I commend to you this marvelous essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that classic movie.
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
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"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" turned 200 last year: It was first published in the Troy (N.Y.) 'Sentinel' on December 23, 1823.
Since my family has an unusually large collection of copies, here is a 🧵 of the poem—with some of the best work of illustrators from the last two centuries.
Since my family has an unusually large collection of copies, here is a 🧵 of the poem—with some of the best work of illustrators from the last two centuries.
December 15, 2024 at 2:24 AM
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" turned 200 last year: It was first published in the Troy (N.Y.) 'Sentinel' on December 23, 1823.
Since my family has an unusually large collection of copies, here is a 🧵 of the poem—with some of the best work of illustrators from the last two centuries.
Since my family has an unusually large collection of copies, here is a 🧵 of the poem—with some of the best work of illustrators from the last two centuries.
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I hate to have to say this, but American Jews didn’t ruin or attack Christmas by secularizing it. Their contribution to the holiday’s secular aspect is a beautiful example of the American melting pot at work
America’s Two Christmases—and Why They’re Both Pretty Great
The double joy of a particularly Christian, and a distinctly American, holiday.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I hate to have to say this, but American Jews didn’t ruin or attack Christmas by secularizing it. Their contribution to the holiday’s secular aspect is a beautiful example of the American melting pot at work
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Carol of the Bells ("Shchedryk") from Ukrainian Defenders at Sofiivska Square, in the heart of Kyiv.
Merry Christmas, friends!
📹: miarodriges / Threads
Merry Christmas, friends!
📹: miarodriges / Threads
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Carol of the Bells ("Shchedryk") from Ukrainian Defenders at Sofiivska Square, in the heart of Kyiv.
Merry Christmas, friends!
📹: miarodriges / Threads
Merry Christmas, friends!
📹: miarodriges / Threads
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"Half showman, half conman, this is the role Chalamet was born to play."
@sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: lnk.thebulwark.com/4scLMNr
@sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: lnk.thebulwark.com/4scLMNr
‘Marty Supreme’ Review
Timothée Chalamet shines in Josh Safdie’s weirdo outsider sports movie.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Half showman, half conman, this is the role Chalamet was born to play."
@sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: lnk.thebulwark.com/4scLMNr
@sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: lnk.thebulwark.com/4scLMNr
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"I’ve only ever heard this song once. But your chance of hearing it elsewhere is even slimmer. 'Crabs for Christmas' is as quintessentially Maryland as Dominick is Tri-State." On regional Christmas songs:
The Joys of Regional Christmas Music
Catch the spirit of the season in a new way with holiday tunes about donkeys, crabs, and standing under the Zilker tree.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"I’ve only ever heard this song once. But your chance of hearing it elsewhere is even slimmer. 'Crabs for Christmas' is as quintessentially Maryland as Dominick is Tri-State." On regional Christmas songs:
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and then riding its coattails, because why not
Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
[a holiday cerebration]
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
and then riding its coattails, because why not
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giving this beautiful essay a Christmas Eve boost
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
giving this beautiful essay a Christmas Eve boost