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· Nov 7
"You need liberal democracy to protect what journalism is. And I think part of the problem is that the traditional media doesn't know what to do as we slip further and further away from a pure liberal democracy."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Rebooting Show with Brian Morrissey:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Rebooting Show with Brian Morrissey:
Now Trump just has to go around saying "Aaargh!" to complete the look
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Now Trump just has to go around saying "Aaargh!" to complete the look
"There is a Christmas for everyone, and every 25th of December, as I remember the birth of my Lord, I celebrate that, too."
America’s Two Christmases—and Why They’re Both Pretty Great
The double joy of a particularly Christian, and a distinctly American, holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"There is a Christmas for everyone, and every 25th of December, as I remember the birth of my Lord, I celebrate that, too."
One of the few silver linings that have come from this harsh year of deportations and ICE raids is that it has clarified which people and institutions will use their voices to push back and which will choose accommodation.
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.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
One of the few silver linings that have come from this harsh year of deportations and ICE raids is that it has clarified which people and institutions will use their voices to push back and which will choose accommodation.
You don't want to miss this one!
The 12 Days of Grift-mas
A holiday classic, Bulwark-style.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
You don't want to miss this one!
What explains the durability of the Santa mythology among younger generations known for their skepticism?
Why Santa Lives On
Even skeptical and religion-averse younger Americans see something worth passing on in the jolly avatar of the Christmas holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What explains the durability of the Santa mythology among younger generations known for their skepticism?
"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."
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"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."
"He's like a charisma vampire."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @karaswisher.bsky.social on JD Vance's lack of charm.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @karaswisher.bsky.social on JD Vance's lack of charm.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"He's like a charisma vampire."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @karaswisher.bsky.social on JD Vance's lack of charm.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @karaswisher.bsky.social on JD Vance's lack of charm.
"Advent is quiet, expectant. Penitential, even, my priest emphasized. Then at the end of Mass, he invited us to the parish hall for an evening of fun and arts and crafts and festive music." It's all part of Christmas:
America’s Two Christmases—and Why They’re Both Pretty Great
The double joy of a particularly Christian, and a distinctly American, holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Advent is quiet, expectant. Penitential, even, my priest emphasized. Then at the end of Mass, he invited us to the parish hall for an evening of fun and arts and crafts and festive music." It's all part of Christmas:
"A growing number of House and Senate Republicans are taking Islamophobia to a new level, actively calling for discrimination against Muslims and even arguing that some should be denaturalized and deported from the United States."
A Green Light for Anti-Islam Bigotry for Trump’s GOP
Congressional Republicans are openly attacking Muslim Americans.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"A growing number of House and Senate Republicans are taking Islamophobia to a new level, actively calling for discrimination against Muslims and even arguing that some should be denaturalized and deported from the United States."
Reposted by The Bulwark
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
"He hasn't paid one bit for his predatory—you know, if you look at old stories about him and women... he's a predator," @karaswisher.bsky.social says of RFK Jr. "He's also murdering people... with the vaccine stuff as far as I'm concerned."
December 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"He hasn't paid one bit for his predatory—you know, if you look at old stories about him and women... he's a predator," @karaswisher.bsky.social says of RFK Jr. "He's also murdering people... with the vaccine stuff as far as I'm concerned."
"What compelled her to sing in Spanish that day, she explained, was the simple act of looking out into the crowd and seeing people who, she felt, needed solidarity."
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.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"What compelled her to sing in Spanish that day, she explained, was the simple act of looking out into the crowd and seeing people who, she felt, needed solidarity."
"No holiday season can be complete without Bach."
A Perfect Christmas Playlist
Ten songs spanning the decades to help you enter into a holiday mindset.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"No holiday season can be complete without Bach."
"I think that's been a real mistake by the Ellisons to say, Trump's our friend, therefore... we're gonna have it faster," @karaswisher.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social. "What a shitty argument: Daddy's friend is the president and I get what I want."
December 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"I think that's been a real mistake by the Ellisons to say, Trump's our friend, therefore... we're gonna have it faster," @karaswisher.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social. "What a shitty argument: Daddy's friend is the president and I get what I want."
"You know, they talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it’s not a democracy anymore" - Donald Trump on *Ukraine*
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"You know, they talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it’s not a democracy anymore" - Donald Trump on *Ukraine*
"Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman." TLDR: She's a spinster without George, because George is the only man she wants.
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.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman." TLDR: She's a spinster without George, because George is the only man she wants.
"For most Americans, Santa seems to still hold a kind of magic they are reluctant to give up. Perhaps he can be read as a synecdoche for the childhood imagination, the fresh and magical view of things that grows duller and more mundane as we age."
Why Santa Lives On
Even skeptical and religion-averse younger Americans see something worth passing on in the jolly avatar of the Christmas holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"For most Americans, Santa seems to still hold a kind of magic they are reluctant to give up. Perhaps he can be read as a synecdoche for the childhood imagination, the fresh and magical view of things that grows duller and more mundane as we age."
There are two Christmases, and our country, and a human heart, can contain them both. lnk.thebulwark.com/3MNKgRX
America’s Two Christmases—and Why They’re Both Pretty Great
The double joy of a particularly Christian, and a distinctly American, holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There are two Christmases, and our country, and a human heart, can contain them both. lnk.thebulwark.com/3MNKgRX
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!
"Marty Supreme" is both disarmingly straightforward and beguilingly elliptical in its structure.
‘Marty Supreme’ Review
Timothée Chalamet shines in Josh Safdie’s weirdo outsider sports movie.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Marty Supreme" is both disarmingly straightforward and beguilingly elliptical in its structure.
"It sounds like a joke, but it’s not: Two Jews are sitting around Hollywood in July 1945 in a merciless heat wave and write what would become a seasonal classic." And much more!
A Christmas playlist from Daniel Lelchuk: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pOzUzG
A Christmas playlist from Daniel Lelchuk: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pOzUzG
A Perfect Christmas Playlist
Ten songs spanning the decades to help you enter into a holiday mindset.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"It sounds like a joke, but it’s not: Two Jews are sitting around Hollywood in July 1945 in a merciless heat wave and write what would become a seasonal classic." And much more!
A Christmas playlist from Daniel Lelchuk: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pOzUzG
A Christmas playlist from Daniel Lelchuk: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pOzUzG
As the president outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft. Remember when he was the peace president?
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As the president outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft. Remember when he was the peace president?
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
The changes in the nature of secular Christmas music reflect a profound shift away from the arrangements and attitudes of the middle of the twentieth century. The evolution of Christmas music tracks the evolution of our country:
The Curious Rise of the Complicated Christmas Song
Some holiday music reflects the maturity—and loneliness—of America.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The changes in the nature of secular Christmas music reflect a profound shift away from the arrangements and attitudes of the middle of the twentieth century. The evolution of Christmas music tracks the evolution of our country:
"As a Catholic, I observe Advent. I try to remember that quiet, expectant, even spooky idea, that unsettling thought that God walked on this earth. But also, I must confess, I love the American secular Christmas." lnk.thebulwark.com/3MNKgRX
America’s Two Christmases—and Why They’re Both Pretty Great
The double joy of a particularly Christian, and a distinctly American, holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"As a Catholic, I observe Advent. I try to remember that quiet, expectant, even spooky idea, that unsettling thought that God walked on this earth. But also, I must confess, I love the American secular Christmas." lnk.thebulwark.com/3MNKgRX
"While millennial and Gen Z parents may be warier of organized religion than their parents were, they still value aspects of religion like wonder, ritual, and moral instruction enough to have continued looking for them outside the church walls."
Why Santa Lives On
Even skeptical and religion-averse younger Americans see something worth passing on in the jolly avatar of the Christmas holiday.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"While millennial and Gen Z parents may be warier of organized religion than their parents were, they still value aspects of religion like wonder, ritual, and moral instruction enough to have continued looking for them outside the church walls."