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Podcasts

Ben McKenzie and Sarah Matthews: We Are Drowning in Scam Artists

Republicans Are Walking Into a Buzzsaw in November

JVL Is the Reigning Champion of All the Internet

California’s Governor Race Is Absolute Chaos

Kash Patel's Lawsuit Could Backfire—Big Time (w/ Andrew Weissmann)

Trump Voters Say 'Nope' to the Pope (with Jonathan V. Last)

A Beautiful Victory in Hungary

Europe Is Preparing for Life Without America (w/ Richard Stengel)

Lou Diamond Phillips's Riveting New Film

Eliot's Return & Schrodinger's Strait | Shield of the Republic

Demolition Donald

Cam’s Gone & Things Are Getting Weirder (w/ Tahra Hoops)
Recommendations
Heather Cox Richardson
Home of the Brave
Newsletters

Three things to read, from JVL.

Politics and news, every morning with Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger.

Sharp insights and fresh reporting on our nation’s economy, delivered to your inbox by the inimitable Catherine Rampell.

Start your Saturdays with a roundup of what's happening in the news and around The Bulwark.

In-depth reporting on Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works from Joe Perticone.

Charting the Democrats as they try to emerge from the political wilderness. A twice-weekly newsletter from Lauren Egan.

A newsletter by Adrian Carrasquillo chronicling immigration in America.

Unparalleled reporting and insights into the online culture and communities that now run our country. A twice-weekly newsletter from Will Sommer.

A newsletter from Jonathan Cohn that will tell you what the hell is actually happening to our government.

Sonny Bunch on movies, technology, and understanding the next Hollywood

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Community
The latest from
Friday Video Mailbag with JVL and Jasmine

Forget ‘Abolish ICE.’ Tom Steyer Wants to Jail ICE Agents.

Trump Isn’t Thinking Strait

Trump Isn’t Thinking Strait

Trump Isn’t Thinking Strait

Lou Diamond Phillips's Riveting New Film

Putin’s Propagandists Scramble to Respond to Celeb Critic

Our Next Big First Amendment Stress Test

Trump Has Revealed MAGA’s Anti-Christian Nature

America Just Shrugged at the Largest Mass Shooting in Years































