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I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.
This week's Focus Group Podcast: @willsommer.bsky.social on Trump's Epstein about-face.
Then @slotkin.senate.gov joins to discuss her "refuse illegal orders" PSA and hear from some Democratic voters.
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Then @slotkin.senate.gov joins to discuss her "refuse illegal orders" PSA and hear from some Democratic voters.
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Epstein Files & Illegal Orders (w/ Will Sommer and Sen. Elissa Slotkin)
Podcast Episode · The Focus Group Podcast · 11/22/2025 · 50m
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November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This week's Focus Group Podcast: @willsommer.bsky.social on Trump's Epstein about-face.
Then @slotkin.senate.gov joins to discuss her "refuse illegal orders" PSA and hear from some Democratic voters.
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Then @slotkin.senate.gov joins to discuss her "refuse illegal orders" PSA and hear from some Democratic voters.
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“Battered wife” is some real word choice.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: " I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president…I refuse to be a battered wife, hoping it all goes away and gets better."
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“Battered wife” is some real word choice.
"To allow Russia to keep any territory where those crimes were committed would not be a compromise. It would be a betrayal."
@markhertling.bsky.social on the disgraceful "peace plan" Trump is pushing Ukraine to take — only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
@markhertling.bsky.social on the disgraceful "peace plan" Trump is pushing Ukraine to take — only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
The U.S. Must Not Push Ukraine Into an Unjust, Unstable Peace
It would be a moral betrayal and a strategic blunder.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"To allow Russia to keep any territory where those crimes were committed would not be a compromise. It would be a betrayal."
@markhertling.bsky.social on the disgraceful "peace plan" Trump is pushing Ukraine to take — only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
@markhertling.bsky.social on the disgraceful "peace plan" Trump is pushing Ukraine to take — only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
“We decide what happens here, we’re North Carolinians”
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/baker-past...
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/baker-past...
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE
How everyday people are reminding the nation what it means to be American.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“We decide what happens here, we’re North Carolinians”
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/baker-past...
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/baker-past...
"The gathering felt not just like a funeral for a man, but for a time in Washington that is gone forever. Very few seem to miss it. Alas."
@timmiller.bsky.social on Dick Cheney's funeral in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
@timmiller.bsky.social on Dick Cheney's funeral in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"The gathering felt not just like a funeral for a man, but for a time in Washington that is gone forever. Very few seem to miss it. Alas."
@timmiller.bsky.social on Dick Cheney's funeral in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
@timmiller.bsky.social on Dick Cheney's funeral in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: What Americans should understand about the military disobeying illegal orders and why it matters that there are two military oaths.
Essential reading for all civilians only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
Essential reading for all civilians only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: What Americans should understand about the military disobeying illegal orders and why it matters that there are two military oaths.
Essential reading for all civilians only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
Essential reading for all civilians only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
@crampell.bsky.social: "The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced it was discontinuing some of its data collection on foreign investment in the U.S…In the absence of data, I guess we’ll simply have to trust Trump when he says that he’s delivered." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-one...
Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
@crampell.bsky.social: "The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced it was discontinuing some of its data collection on foreign investment in the U.S…In the absence of data, I guess we’ll simply have to trust Trump when he says that he’s delivered." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-one...
Reposted by Sarah Longwell
Michael Fanone has been fighting back against Donald Trump since January 6, 2021. Today, that means demanding transparency for Americans and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Michael Fanone has been fighting back against Donald Trump since January 6, 2021. Today, that means demanding transparency for Americans and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
Trump trying to change the conversation about his relationship with a notorious pedophile by suggesting a group of Democrats should be hung is next level disgraceful.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trump trying to change the conversation about his relationship with a notorious pedophile by suggesting a group of Democrats should be hung is next level disgraceful.
It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
"Kids will get sick because of what the CDC just did. Some of them will die. But the even bigger story is that the U.S. government is no longer a reliable source of information"
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Kids will get sick because of what the CDC just did. Some of them will die. But the even bigger story is that the U.S. government is no longer a reliable source of information"
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
Reposted by Sarah Longwell
THIS WEEKEND: A special mailbag episode of Bulwark Takes with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social!
Want to know what’s happening at The Bulwark? Have a question that you’d love to see Sam ask Sarah or Sarah ask Sam?
Want to know what’s happening at The Bulwark? Have a question that you’d love to see Sam ask Sarah or Sarah ask Sam?
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
THIS WEEKEND: A special mailbag episode of Bulwark Takes with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social!
Want to know what’s happening at The Bulwark? Have a question that you’d love to see Sam ask Sarah or Sarah ask Sam?
Want to know what’s happening at The Bulwark? Have a question that you’d love to see Sam ask Sarah or Sarah ask Sam?
NEW from @willsommer.bsky.social: After criticizing Turning Point and Charlie Kirk's security team, Tim Pool has been disinvited from TPUSA's AmFest.
Read about this and all the drama in MAGA world in @thebulwark.com's False Flag:
www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...
Read about this and all the drama in MAGA world in @thebulwark.com's False Flag:
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Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts
Plus: Tim Pool becomes persona non grata at TPUSA party.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW from @willsommer.bsky.social: After criticizing Turning Point and Charlie Kirk's security team, Tim Pool has been disinvited from TPUSA's AmFest.
Read about this and all the drama in MAGA world in @thebulwark.com's False Flag:
www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...
Read about this and all the drama in MAGA world in @thebulwark.com's False Flag:
www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...
@eggerdc.bsky.social: "The president insists he’s scored $21 trillion in foreign investment. It’s gobbledygook."
Read Morning shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Read Morning shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit The Economy Into Greatness
The president insists he’s scored $21 trillion in foreign investment. It’s gobbledygook.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@eggerdc.bsky.social: "The president insists he’s scored $21 trillion in foreign investment. It’s gobbledygook."
Read Morning shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Read Morning shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
"I think we might just manage to preserve American democracy."
@jvl.bsky.social with a uniquely optimistic Triad today @thebulwark.com. Read it quickly before he changes his tune: www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
@jvl.bsky.social with a uniquely optimistic Triad today @thebulwark.com. Read it quickly before he changes his tune: www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
Spoiler: We . . . Win?
I come to you at the turning of the tide.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"I think we might just manage to preserve American democracy."
@jvl.bsky.social with a uniquely optimistic Triad today @thebulwark.com. Read it quickly before he changes his tune: www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
@jvl.bsky.social with a uniquely optimistic Triad today @thebulwark.com. Read it quickly before he changes his tune: www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "There is no guarantee that Donald Trump’s attorney general will carry out these legislative instructions in good faith. Pam Bondi could try to turn tight and reasonable exceptions into wide open loopholes."
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The Epstein Saga Has Only Just Begun
The next phase will involve ensuring Trump complies with the disclosures. Let us distrust and verify.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "There is no guarantee that Donald Trump’s attorney general will carry out these legislative instructions in good faith. Pam Bondi could try to turn tight and reasonable exceptions into wide open loopholes."
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-epstei...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-epstei...
@citizencohn.bsky.social on the ill-fated healthcare "plan" Republicans want to rush out the door before their constituents get hit with massive premium spikes.
The Breakdown @thebulwark.com is essential reading with all of Trump's healthcare chaos. Check it out: www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
The Breakdown @thebulwark.com is essential reading with all of Trump's healthcare chaos. Check it out: www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
The Not-So-Impressive “New” Health Care Ideas Republicans Want to Rush Out
What GOP leaders are missing in their mad scramble to remake health care policy.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
@citizencohn.bsky.social on the ill-fated healthcare "plan" Republicans want to rush out the door before their constituents get hit with massive premium spikes.
The Breakdown @thebulwark.com is essential reading with all of Trump's healthcare chaos. Check it out: www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
The Breakdown @thebulwark.com is essential reading with all of Trump's healthcare chaos. Check it out: www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
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Sarah Matthews: "We want transparency for the American people and the victims of Jefferey Epstein."
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sarah Matthews: "We want transparency for the American people and the victims of Jefferey Epstein."
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
BREAKING: In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
Trump’s grip on his party is beginning to loosen because a group of renegade Republicans.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
@jvl.bsky.social with an examination of the president's cognitive functioning at Monday’s McDonald’s summit.
Read The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
Read The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
Trump is not have all the mentals. McDonald’s. Water. Sir! (Very strong.)
An examination of the president's cognitive functioning at Monday’s McDonald’s summit.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@jvl.bsky.social with an examination of the president's cognitive functioning at Monday’s McDonald’s summit.
Read The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
Read The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
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NEWS: Our “Free Andry” podcast and live show with
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEWS: Our “Free Andry” podcast and live show with
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
Marjorie Taylor Greene won the battle. Now can she win the war?
@eggerdc.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
@eggerdc.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
MTG Won the Battle. Can She Win the War?
MAGA means never having to say you’re sorry.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene won the battle. Now can she win the war?
@eggerdc.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
@eggerdc.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
The Leopard Is Eating Trump’s Face
@willsommer.bsky.social on the meltdown in MAGA-world over Epstein, Thomas Crooks, and the January 6 pipe bombs in the latest False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
@willsommer.bsky.social on the meltdown in MAGA-world over Epstein, Thomas Crooks, and the January 6 pipe bombs in the latest False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
The Leopard Is Eating Trump’s Face
And it’s still hungry.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Leopard Is Eating Trump’s Face
@willsommer.bsky.social on the meltdown in MAGA-world over Epstein, Thomas Crooks, and the January 6 pipe bombs in the latest False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
@willsommer.bsky.social on the meltdown in MAGA-world over Epstein, Thomas Crooks, and the January 6 pipe bombs in the latest False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
@jvl.bsky.social: "I have boundless contempt for the Good Republicans who have lined up behind Trump while knowing exactly who and what he is…MTG is different…She really, truly, believes this stuff. All of it."
Read today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
Read today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
Marjorie Taylor Greene and ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
On bloomin’ onions and the importance of being earnest.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
@jvl.bsky.social: "I have boundless contempt for the Good Republicans who have lined up behind Trump while knowing exactly who and what he is…MTG is different…She really, truly, believes this stuff. All of it."
Read today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
Read today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...