Adam Keiper
@adamkeiper.com
Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Recorded in 1979, here's the second movement (Largo) of Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Herbert von Karajan conducting, Mark Zeltser on piano, Yo-Yo Ma (aged 23) on cello, and Anne-Sophie Mutter (just 16!) on violin. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo
YouTube video by Anne-Sophie Mutter - Topic
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February 11, 2026 at 6:15 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Recorded in 1979, here's the second movement (Largo) of Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Herbert von Karajan conducting, Mark Zeltser on piano, Yo-Yo Ma (aged 23) on cello, and Anne-Sophie Mutter (just 16!) on violin. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Recorded in 1979, here's the second movement (Largo) of Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Herbert von Karajan conducting, Mark Zeltser on piano, Yo-Yo Ma (aged 23) on cello, and Anne-Sophie Mutter (just 16!) on violin. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo
YouTube video by Anne-Sophie Mutter - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Recorded in 1979, here's the second movement (Largo) of Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Herbert von Karajan conducting, Mark Zeltser on piano, Yo-Yo Ma (aged 23) on cello, and Anne-Sophie Mutter (just 16!) on violin. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBu...
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Men can't find decent blue-collar jobs in Trump's economy but at least they can use racial slurs again, right?
Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster for the He-conomy
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they’ve suffered.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Men can't find decent blue-collar jobs in Trump's economy but at least they can use racial slurs again, right?
BTW, I mean that last point 👇 about humiliation not rhetorically but literally: To feel humiliation you must have integrity. But these folks sacrificed their integrity for Trump; they numbly do his bidding; their highest desideratum is to stay on his good side. They have nothing left to humiliate.
I've lost track of how many times now grand juries have rejected Trump admin attempts to secure indictments. Just an amazing-to-behold combination of (1) bad lawyering and (2) weak / transparently political prosecutions. Would be humiliating, if these folks were capable of feeling humiliation.
Trump Justice Department tries to indict six Democratic members of Congress for making a video reminding members of the military that they should not obey illegal orders, only to have the grand jury refuse to go along. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
BTW, I mean that last point 👇 about humiliation not rhetorically but literally: To feel humiliation you must have integrity. But these folks sacrificed their integrity for Trump; they numbly do his bidding; their highest desideratum is to stay on his good side. They have nothing left to humiliate.
I've lost track of how many times now grand juries have rejected Trump admin attempts to secure indictments. Just an amazing-to-behold combination of (1) bad lawyering and (2) weak / transparently political prosecutions. Would be humiliating, if these folks were capable of feeling humiliation.
Trump Justice Department tries to indict six Democratic members of Congress for making a video reminding members of the military that they should not obey illegal orders, only to have the grand jury refuse to go along. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
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February 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I've lost track of how many times now grand juries have rejected Trump admin attempts to secure indictments. Just an amazing-to-behold combination of (1) bad lawyering and (2) weak / transparently political prosecutions. Would be humiliating, if these folks were capable of feeling humiliation.
Our profile of the 20-year-old "looksmaxxing" guru who smashes his own face with a hammer, took so much testosterone he can't perform sexually, has at any rate given up sex as a waste of time, and who gets cranky if he doesn't get chicken tenders for dinner.
www.thebulwark.com/p/clavicular...
www.thebulwark.com/p/clavicular...
Meet Clavicular, the Looksmaxxing, Drugged-up Streamer Taking Over the Internet
He lives in a roided-out hell of his own devising. Now we’re stuck in it with him.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Our profile of the 20-year-old "looksmaxxing" guru who smashes his own face with a hammer, took so much testosterone he can't perform sexually, has at any rate given up sex as a waste of time, and who gets cranky if he doesn't get chicken tenders for dinner.
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They told me that if I voted for a Democrat for president, we'd end up with a government that was wildly, irrationally, dangerously anti-business—and they were right!
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F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
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February 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
They told me that if I voted for a Democrat for president, we'd end up with a government that was wildly, irrationally, dangerously anti-business—and they were right!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
NEW: "A new research paper ... finds that higher immigration literally saves lives—and suggests that, by extension, lower immigration costs lives."
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Another Deadly Consequence of Trump’s Deportation Campaign
We just got new evidence of how much we stand to lose by getting rid of people from “shithole” countries.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
NEW: "A new research paper ... finds that higher immigration literally saves lives—and suggests that, by extension, lower immigration costs lives."
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Oh my, this manliness just gives me the vapors.
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Oh my, this manliness just gives me the vapors.
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Men will literally hit themselves in the face with a hammer rather than develop a personality.
"His platforming on these channels also points to something larger happening here: Right-wing media is fully entering the spectacle-driven nihilism phase of the internet. And it’s going to change our culture, our discourse and, yes, our politics for years to come."
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Meet Clavicular, the Looksmaxxing, Drugged-up Streamer Taking Over the Internet
He lives in a roided-out hell of his own devising. Now we’re stuck in it with him.
www.thebulwark.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Men will literally hit themselves in the face with a hammer rather than develop a personality.
From Becca Rothfeld in the 'New Yorker,' a smart (of course) lament for the Washington Post's books coverage. 👇
"There are still plenty of places to read about literature.…But they are produced for an audience that already knows it cares....The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
February 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
From Becca Rothfeld in the 'New Yorker,' a smart (of course) lament for the Washington Post's books coverage. 👇
"There are still plenty of places to read about literature.…But they are produced for an audience that already knows it cares....The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"There are still plenty of places to read about literature.…But they are produced for an audience that already knows it cares....The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
"His platforming on these channels also points to something larger happening here: Right-wing media is fully entering the spectacle-driven nihilism phase of the internet. And it’s going to change our culture, our discourse and, yes, our politics for years to come."
www.thebulwark.com/p/clavicular...
www.thebulwark.com/p/clavicular...
Meet Clavicular, the Looksmaxxing, Drugged-up Streamer Taking Over the Internet
He lives in a roided-out hell of his own devising. Now we’re stuck in it with him.
www.thebulwark.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"His platforming on these channels also points to something larger happening here: Right-wing media is fully entering the spectacle-driven nihilism phase of the internet. And it’s going to change our culture, our discourse and, yes, our politics for years to come."
www.thebulwark.com/p/clavicular...
www.thebulwark.com/p/clavicular...
Below the first item in this newsletter (about Lutnick), check out this second item about Iceland apparently starting to worry about Trump (and understandably so) 👇
In today's newsletter, about a week after Trump repeatedly said "Iceland" when he meant "Greenland" in his Davos speech, the Iceland amb. to the US hired a big K street firm to "provide strategic advice on navigating engagements with the United States government." www.thebulwark.com/p/so-you-lie...
So You Lied About Your Relationship With a Sex Trafficker. Now What?
Howard Lutnick searches for a way out of his Epstein pickle.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Below the first item in this newsletter (about Lutnick), check out this second item about Iceland apparently starting to worry about Trump (and understandably so) 👇
"For Trump, control of the Republican party has been worth—literally—billions of dollars. He won’t surrender it and there’s no real way for a third party to buy him out of the position. I expect he will attempt to maintain his position as Republican 'capo di tutti capi' until his dying breath."
What Happens When Trump Loses?
A guide to the chaos ahead.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"For Trump, control of the Republican party has been worth—literally—billions of dollars. He won’t surrender it and there’s no real way for a third party to buy him out of the position. I expect he will attempt to maintain his position as Republican 'capo di tutti capi' until his dying breath."
NEW: What happens when Trump loses? Here's why it could look (even more) like chaos:
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...
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What Happens When Trump Loses?
A guide to the chaos ahead.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
NEW: What happens when Trump loses? Here's why it could look (even more) like chaos:
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...
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"The military’s legal corps exists to preserve the rule of law within the force....Treating it as a reservoir of compelled compliance undermines that role and risks normalizing the idea that when some professionals say 'no,' the answer is to find other professionals who cannot." 👇
"The danger here is not only to the justice system, but to civil-military relations."
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
JAGs Shouldn’t Be Civilian Prosecutors
The mass deportation policy is a legal mess—and reassigning military lawyers to support it would only create more problems.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"The military’s legal corps exists to preserve the rule of law within the force....Treating it as a reservoir of compelled compliance undermines that role and risks normalizing the idea that when some professionals say 'no,' the answer is to find other professionals who cannot." 👇
"The danger here is not only to the justice system, but to civil-military relations."
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
JAGs Shouldn’t Be Civilian Prosecutors
The mass deportation policy is a legal mess—and reassigning military lawyers to support it would only create more problems.
www.thebulwark.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"The danger here is not only to the justice system, but to civil-military relations."
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
NEW: Trump said nobody should mind that he's suing the federal government for $10 billion, since he'd "give it to charity."
That's especially outrageous considering his killing off of USAID and his own long history of self-dealing "charitable" contributions.
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That's especially outrageous considering his killing off of USAID and his own long history of self-dealing "charitable" contributions.
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Department of Government Embezzlement
Trump opposes government charity . . . unless it’s for him.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
NEW: Trump said nobody should mind that he's suing the federal government for $10 billion, since he'd "give it to charity."
That's especially outrageous considering his killing off of USAID and his own long history of self-dealing "charitable" contributions.
www.thebulwark.com/p/department...
That's especially outrageous considering his killing off of USAID and his own long history of self-dealing "charitable" contributions.
www.thebulwark.com/p/department...
Whoa, some really remarkable managing of expectations from Navarro here re: tomorrow's jobs report. (This is the jobs report that would normally have come out in January; it's late, which is why it's not coming out on a Friday, as jobs reports usually do.)
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Whoa, some really remarkable managing of expectations from Navarro here re: tomorrow's jobs report. (This is the jobs report that would normally have come out in January; it's late, which is why it's not coming out on a Friday, as jobs reports usually do.)
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This summer marks the centennial of Tony Bennett's birth. I've been thinking about his duets with Lady Gaga in his final years, and how musically generous and humanly savvy she was in their collaborations as he sang on despite his Alzheimer's. See you around.
Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO
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February 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This summer marks the centennial of Tony Bennett's birth. I've been thinking about his duets with Lady Gaga in his final years, and how musically generous and humanly savvy she was in their collaborations as he sang on despite his Alzheimer's. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This summer marks the centennial of Tony Bennett's birth. I've been thinking about his duets with Lady Gaga in his final years, and how musically generous and humanly savvy she was in their collaborations as he sang on despite his Alzheimer's. See you around.
Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This summer marks the centennial of Tony Bennett's birth. I've been thinking about his duets with Lady Gaga in his final years, and how musically generous and humanly savvy she was in their collaborations as he sang on despite his Alzheimer's. See you around.
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the art of the paywall:
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
the art of the paywall: