Mona Charen
@monacharen.bsky.social
Policy Editor, The Bulwark
Syndicated columnist
Opponent of all forms of illiberalism
Author of four books
Syndicated columnist
Opponent of all forms of illiberalism
Author of four books
Reposted by Mona Charen
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
New from me. www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New from me. www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
Sonny Bunch on what made Rob Reiner such a giant of filmmaking. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Rob Reiner, 1947–2025
One of the best and most versatile directors of his era.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sonny Bunch on what made Rob Reiner such a giant of filmmaking. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
That's unfortunate but maybe not a good idea to get medical advice from actors.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
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In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
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Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
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December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
That's unfortunate but maybe not a good idea to get medical advice from actors.
Quite a moment.
good to see, since society must discourage baldfaced lying (especially by authorities) to keep functioning. some other consequences to go along with this would be even better
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Quite a moment.
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
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Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
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December 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
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Reposted by Mona Charen
Serious doubt that this was a jihadist attack. For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration
And he won’t let the facts get in the way of his agenda.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Serious doubt that this was a jihadist attack. For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
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Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
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Why yes I have watched the video of my grandson's first smiles about nine times. Why do you ask?
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Why yes I have watched the video of my grandson's first smiles about nine times. Why do you ask?
This is sensible and humane. A Manifesto for Liberal Trans Activism www.persuasion.community/p/a-manifest...
A Manifesto for Liberal Trans Activism
How to truly win hearts and minds.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is sensible and humane. A Manifesto for Liberal Trans Activism www.persuasion.community/p/a-manifest...
This is the most fun I've had writing in weeks.
"Equipped with emergency powers, Mayor Mamdani should use eminent domain to seize the Trump Organization. Its revenues would help fund free buses and free child care." Goose, gander.
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @monacharen.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @monacharen.bsky.social:
‘I’m Not Giving It Up.’
Reading Trump’s mind on staying in power, and some free advice for Zohran Mamdani.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is the most fun I've had writing in weeks.
Shutdown is in rear view mirror. Time to prepare to secure free and fair vote in 2026. It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Shutdown is in rear view mirror. Time to prepare to secure free and fair vote in 2026. It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
Going through old photos. Here's one I snapped of the Rose Garden when I worked in the Reagan White House. And here's what Trump has done to it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Going through old photos. Here's one I snapped of the Rose Garden when I worked in the Reagan White House. And here's what Trump has done to it.
Even non-MAGA people are agreeing that one reason the 2025 elections went so badly for Rs was because Trump wasn't on the ballot. Has everyone forgotten that he was on the ballot in 2020?
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Even non-MAGA people are agreeing that one reason the 2025 elections went so badly for Rs was because Trump wasn't on the ballot. Has everyone forgotten that he was on the ballot in 2020?
Recalling what some conservatives said about Biden's power grab. Which Conservative Justices Will Fall for Trump’s Tariff Power Grab? www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
Which Conservative Justices Will Fall for Trump’s Tariff Power Grab?
Emergency powers “tend to kindle emergencies,” as a great justice of yore once observed.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Recalling what some conservatives said about Biden's power grab. Which Conservative Justices Will Fall for Trump’s Tariff Power Grab? www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
This is the longest obit I've ever read. But it was a way to relive an era that seems eons ago. Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
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November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is the longest obit I've ever read. But it was a way to relive an era that seems eons ago. Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Trump’s Targeting of ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is a Crime in Itself
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Trump’s Targeting of ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is a Crime in Itself
Shoot first, ask questions when?
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October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Trump’s Targeting of ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is a Crime in Itself
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Jay dissects the new 'useful idiots' of the right with characteristic verve. ‘You Don’t Want Peace?’ www.jaynordlinger.com/p/you-dont-w...
‘You Don’t Want Peace?’
A reply to Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R., Fla.)
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October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Jay dissects the new 'useful idiots' of the right with characteristic verve. ‘You Don’t Want Peace?’ www.jaynordlinger.com/p/you-dont-w...
The right is making a big mistake. Toxic Femininity www.thebulwark.com/p/toxic-femi...
Toxic Femininity
Helen Andrews’s simplistic and reductionist views of gender.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The right is making a big mistake. Toxic Femininity www.thebulwark.com/p/toxic-femi...
I wrote about this back in August, when few noticed what Trump was up with the East Wing (where I once worked). It holds up well I think. Trump’s White House Renovation Is Awful—and Fitting www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-whit...
Trump’s White House Renovation Is Awful—and Fitting
The president doesn’t respect what the executive mansion stands for, so why would he respect its architecture?
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October 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I wrote about this back in August, when few noticed what Trump was up with the East Wing (where I once worked). It holds up well I think. Trump’s White House Renovation Is Awful—and Fitting www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-whit...
Is anyone better read than Jay Nordlinger? Also, those photos at the end look like they were snapped by a professional! ‘Who Are We?’ &c. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/who-are-we...
‘Who Are We?’ &c.
On Trump’s court; singers and their voices; the colorful fall; and more
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October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Is anyone better read than Jay Nordlinger? Also, those photos at the end look like they were snapped by a professional! ‘Who Are We?’ &c. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/who-are-we...
Great conversation with two great thinkers: Frank Fukuyama and Yascha Mounk. www.persuasion.community/p/the-good-f...
The Good Fight Club: Trump’s New Ballroom, a Looming Attack on Venezuela, and Why Social Media Explains the Rise of Populism
Francis Fukuyama, Mona Charen, and Yascha Mounk dissect this week’s news.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great conversation with two great thinkers: Frank Fukuyama and Yascha Mounk. www.persuasion.community/p/the-good-f...
A profile in cowardice.
It’s official @monacharen.bsky.social the Reagan library defends MAGA as one of its own. No difference between Ronnie & Donnie
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A profile in cowardice.
Killer line: "You’d think it would be possible for Democrats to find a normal person who is not a one-man Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Killer line: "You’d think it would be possible for Democrats to find a normal person who is not a one-man Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...