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Withdrawing Troops from Germany Is an Own Goal
American forces in Europe are there to defend American interests.
 • Eric S. Edelman and Franklin C. Miller
Are YOU Prepared for the Fetterman Contingency?
Taking the Senate is even harder than you think.
 • Jonathan V. Last
Tit-for-Tatting Democracy to Death
We should try for more than Gerrymandering Total War.
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift
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Adam Kinzinger: The First Family's Corruption Is Mind-Blowing
Watch now | Fox News wouldn't shut up about Hunter and Burisma, but its viewers aren't likely to hear any criticism of Eric and Don Jr.
 • Tim Miller and Adam Kinzinger
Paramount’s Potential China Problem
Plus: A ‘Devil’-ish assignment!
 • Sonny Bunch
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JVL Wants Every Trump Voter to Know: THIS IS YOUR FAULT!
JVL and Sarah Longwell discuss the signs that voters are starting to regret their Trump vote—and why that doesn’t mean politics is getting any simpler.
 • Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwell
Will ICE Show Up at the World Cup?
When immovable idiotic policy meets the unstoppable economic force of FIFA’s World Cup, it turns out we all lose.
 • Adrian Carrasquillo
How Democrats Can Have a Better Conversation About Israel
It starts with asking better questions.
 • Daniel B. Shapiro
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The Fan-Driven Distribution Company
Legion M cofounder Jeff Annison on getting movie lovers in on the financial action.
 • Sonny Bunch
‘Madman Theory’ Confronts a Real Madman
Pretend irrationality has long been a part of U.S. foreign policy. Now we have the real thing.
 • Brian Stewart
The Free Speech Warriors Who Now Love Cancel Culture
As Trump once again calls for Jimmy Kimmel’s firing, many purported defenders of the First Amendment have betrayed their signature cause.
 • Cathy Young
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SCOTUS Profoundly Changed Elections—Mid-Vote! (w/ Kate Shaw)
Kate Shaw—ABC News contributor and co-host of the podcast 'Strict Scrutiny'—joins Sarah Longwell to explain a major Supreme Court ruling that reshapes…
 • Sarah Longwell
Welcome to the Golden Age of Dumb, Bespoke Tax Policy
Trump perfected it. And now Democrats are getting in on the act.
 • Catherine Rampell
1:15:49
Jon Ossoff: Trump Is a Lifelong Racist
The bombshell voting rights ruling from the Supreme Court may have been years in the making, but Ossoff sees a tie-in to Trump's sore-loserdom and his…
 • Tim Miller and Luke Thomas
The GOP’s Gerrymandering Gyrations
The politics of ‘proportionality for thee, power for me.’
 • Will Saletan
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Are Democrats Blowing an Easy Way to Win? (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)
Enjoy a bonus episode of The Focus Group Podcast—Rachel Janfaza talks with Rotimi Adeoye about why Gen Z feels locked out of the economy.
 • Rachel Janfaza and Rotimi Adeoye
MAGA Has a Eugenics Gene
Trump’s movement is repulsed by people who are different.
 • Jonathan V. Last
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JVL Wants Every Trump Voter to Know: THIS IS YOUR FAULT!
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The Next Level
Trump Indicts Comey—AGAIN
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He Voted for Trump Twice. Now He’s Running for Senate as a Democrat. (w/ Kyle Sweetser)
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The Illegal News
SCOTUS Profoundly Changed Elections—Mid-Vote! (w/ Kate Shaw)
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The Focus Group
Are Democrats Blowing an Easy Way to Win? (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)
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The Mona Charen Show
Orbán Rigged the Game—and Still Lost
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How to Fix It with John Avlon
AI Is About to Eat Your Job (w/ Alanna McCargo)
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Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Paramount’s Potential China Problem
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Shield of the Republic
Can Iran Take More Pain Than Us?
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Just Between Us
Demolition Donald
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FYPod
Cam’s Gone & Things Are Getting Weirder (w/ Tahra Hoops)
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Home of the Brave
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Letters from an American
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The Triad
Three things to read, from JVL.
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Morning Shots
Politics and news, every morning with Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger.
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Receipts
Sharp insights and fresh reporting on our nation’s economy, delivered to your inbox by the inimitable Catherine Rampell.
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Overtime
Start your Saturdays with a roundup of what's happening in the news and around The Bulwark.
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Press Pass
In-depth reporting on Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works from Joe Perticone.
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The Opposition
Charting the Democrats as they try to emerge from the political wilderness. A twice-weekly newsletter from Lauren Egan.
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Huddled Masses
A newsletter by Adrian Carrasquillo chronicling immigration in America.
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False Flag
Unparalleled reporting and insights into the online culture and communities that now run our country. A twice-weekly newsletter from Will Sommer.
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The Breakdown
A newsletter from Jonathan Cohn that will tell you what the hell is actually happening to our government.
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Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Sonny Bunch on movies, technology, and understanding the next Hollywood
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Triad Video Mailbag for May 8
Ask JVL.
 • Jonathan V. Last and Jasmine M. Green
A Kamikaze Mission to Finally Stop Candace Owens
Plus: Tim Pool won’t ham it up for the new ‘Animal Farm’ movie.
 • Will Sommer
Department of Just-Indict-Someone
Even Trump can barely defend the charges against James Comey with a straight face.
 • Andrew Egger, Catherine Rampell, and Jim Swift
The Supreme Court Hacks Away at the Voting Rights Act Yet Again
Get ready for new fights over racist gerrymandering.
 • Kim Wehle
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