Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Ralph Towner, who died a few months ago at 85, was best known for his jazz guitar work—but here he is on piano. He recorded this in 1973: a solo, instrumental version of a song he'd originally written with words and previously recorded with a group. See you around.
The Silence Of A CandleYouTube video by Release - Topicwww.youtube.comFunny how that works: The party that loudly preaches fiscal discipline somehow never seems to get around to practicing it. www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-fiscal...
GOP Fiscal Responsibility Is Always a Bill AwayRepublicans keep passing budget-busting bills—and promising spending cuts will come out tomorrow.www.thebulwark.comThe role Nicolas Cage has spent his whole life preparing for: a twitchy, tragic, monster-adjacent Spider-Man-ish detective. 'Spider-Noir' lets this bizarre actor unleash every bizarre instinct he has. www.thebulwark.com/p/spider-noi...
‘Spider-Noir’ ReviewNicolas Cage playing a PI Spider-Man: What more could you want?www.thebulwark.comWhat happens when your political tribe decides compassion is suspicious? You end up calling the man who calmed your anxiety, checked on your pregnancy, and phoned your baby's doctors a criminal. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-portrait...
A Portrait of MAGA PsychodramaOr: On the political necessity of denouncing one’s friends.www.thebulwark.comHow young women are building up their OnlyFans accounts by reading AI-generated right-wing rhetoric—to appeal to horny, gullible MAGA men. www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
Right-Wing Media and OnlyFans Are in a Symbiotic RelationshipCrotchety views and crotch views.www.thebulwark.comHeh: "The prosecution of James Comey is dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. It is as dead as a doornail.…This must be distinctly understood, or nothing terrifying can come of the story I am going to relate." Gotta love @rosenzweigp.bsky.social.
The Comey Prosecution Is DeadBut it’s no time to rejoice.www.thebulwark.comICE lies so much that journalists should not just scrutinize the agency's claims but should assume by default that they are untruthful. www.thebulwark.com/p/assume-ice...
Assume ICE Is LyingPlus: How many citizens can Trump actually denaturalize?www.thebulwark.comNEW: It turns out that the mix of sentiments that gave rise to the original noir films recurs every few decades. And the time seems right today... www.thebulwark.com/p/why-are-no...
Why Are Noirs Making a Comeback?Plus: IMAX is great—but not the greatest reason to go to theaters.www.thebulwark.comA #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A gorgeous medley of two standards. For this album, Pat Metheny bought a custom-built baritone guitar and then tuned and restrung it in an insane way that felt like "three two-string instruments that just happen to be sitting right next to each other." See you around.
Pat Metheny - Everything Happens To Me/Somewhere (Official Audio)YouTube video by Pat Methenywww.youtube.com"Every time a broadcaster hesitates to say something that may offend Trump or his allies, speech is being chilled."
Berin SzókaOur deep dive (73pp) into the FCC forcing ABC to apply to renew its broadcast licenses, the most egregious abuse of power in the 92-year history of the FCC. This is Carr at his most shameless, ruthless, and dangerous. techfreedom.org/fcc-cant-use...
This "unsubtle approach to combining politics with sex appeal" is "just the latest in the symbiotic relationship developing between right-wing commentators eager to grow their male audiences and aspiring OnlyFans models hoping to grow subscriber bases through any form of online attention."👇
Adam KeiperNEW: Crotchety views and crotch views: the merging of right-wing media and OnlyFans. www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
Elon Musk's "virulent racism and vicious, disturbing views are no secret. He does not hide them. They sit in plain view.…Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project…?"
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?www.nytimes.comThis isn't a matter of "history rhymes." This is copying Nazi rhetoric. www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...
Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, in the Original GermanThey keep telling you who they are.www.thebulwark.comThis change seems designed to retroactively "normalize the extraordinary nature of [Todd] Blanche's contact with Ghislaine Maxwell," @raskin.house.gov told us. But, Raskin added, "Maxwell is just a small window into the kind of total power the president wants to exercise over the penal system."👇
Adam KeiperIn a little-noticed move this past May, the rules about where federal prisoners would be placed were changed—shifting prison placement authority from the Bureau of Prisons' traditional role and established processes to the attorney general. www.thebulwark.com/p/todd-blanc...
In a little-noticed move this past May, the rules about where federal prisoners would be placed were changed—shifting prison placement authority from the Bureau of Prisons' traditional role and established processes to the attorney general. www.thebulwark.com/p/todd-blanc...
Todd Blanche’s New Grip on the Federal Prison SystemCritics worry a little-noticed policy shift could let the attorney general reward allies, punish enemies, and sideline longstanding Bureau of Prisons processes.www.thebulwark.com"Technical competence without moral development can become dangerous." True in engineering, true in Silicon Valley, true in the military, true wherever you look.
Adam Keiper"Character is rarely noticed while it is being formed. But it becomes unmistakable when it stands before us—and its presence is every bit as obvious as its absence." www.thebulwark.com/p/character-...
"Character is rarely noticed while it is being formed. But it becomes unmistakable when it stands before us—and its presence is every bit as obvious as its absence." www.thebulwark.com/p/character-...
Character Is CounterculturalOn virtue, politics, and public service.www.thebulwark.com"Why the venom toward Fauci? Apparently, the point was to exonerate Trump. Someone has to be blamed for what went wrong in the pandemic, and it can’t be the party’s god-king." www.thebulwark.com/p/here-are-t...
Here Are the Republicans’ Biggest Lies From Their Fauci Show TrialIn their retelling of the COVID story, the doctor was the bad guy, the vaccines were deadly, and Trump did everything right.www.thebulwark.com