“She’s too centrist to me.” Michigan Democratic primary voters see Haley Stevens as someone who knows how to work the system. But some also worry she’s too close to the party’s corporate wing.
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"The shocking number of cases like this puts the onus on the press to not just scrutinize ICE’s claims but to assume by default that they are untruthful." ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:
Assume ICE Is LyingPlus: How many citizens can Trump actually denaturalize?lnk.thebulwark.comWell, it's *almost* funny how much Trump lacks a true sense of humor. ICYMI Mona Charen: lnk.thebulwark.com/4bSLsNo
Trump Was Never FunnyToo bad—humor is a good thing in a politician.lnk.thebulwark.comThe fact that a majority of Republican senators do not care that the Comey prosecution is dead on arrival and are willing to countenance the confirmation of its architect means something terrifying: The rule of law is now also almost dead.
The Comey Prosecution Is DeadBut it’s no time to rejoice.lnk.thebulwark.com"In a roundabout way, the show trial served its purpose. Republicans thought it would incriminate Fauci. Instead, it incriminated them. It demonstrated that COVID revisionism, like 2020 election revisionism, has thoroughly infected the GOP."
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.lnk.thebulwark.comA lesser noted bit of fallout from the Fauci hearing was the fact that Katie Miller needed to rush to come up with an explanation for not hating Fauci in early 2020.
A Portrait of MAGA PsychodramaOr: On the political necessity of denouncing one’s friends.lnk.thebulwark.comMiller is shocking but not surprising, but Rubio's transformation over the last decade is quite a thing to behold.
Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, in the Original GermanThey keep telling you who they are.lnk.thebulwark.com"'Duty, Honor, Country.' Those three words described an order of priorities. Duty came before personal ambition. Honor governed how duty was carried out. Country reminded future officers of the purpose that was larger than themselves."
Character Is CounterculturalOn virtue, politics, and public service.lnk.thebulwark.com"Politics is full of smart people who routinely overthink things. Overthinking tends to lead to caution." Caution is good; worrying so much you end up doing nothing is not.
A Portrait of MAGA PsychodramaOr: On the political necessity of denouncing one’s friends.lnk.thebulwark.com"I think the best-case scenario is that you wind up getting some Democrats who do not come up through the traditional democratic pathways, who adopt some of the healthy, good stuff from like the DSA policy suite, to the extent that that’s a real thing."
Why Losing Battles are Worth FightingTriad Mailbag for July 31lnk.thebulwark.comThere are, thankfully, still limits to their ability to industrialize some parts of their mass-deportation program: specifically, the administration’s “unprecedented” effort to denaturalize U.S. citizens.
Assume ICE Is LyingPlus: How many citizens can Trump actually denaturalize?lnk.thebulwark.comPeople often laugh at transgression. Maybe that's what people mean when they say Trump is "funny."
Trump Was Never FunnyToo bad—humor is a good thing in a politician.lnk.thebulwark.comSo are they going to say that the Comey prosecution was 86'd?
The Comey Prosecution Is DeadBut it’s no time to rejoice.lnk.thebulwark.com"With every lie about Fauci and the pandemic, Republican politicians are driving a wedge between the scientific community and the Republican base." Nothing good will come of that.
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.lnk.thebulwark.com"The terror comes not from the Comey prosecution itself but from the almost casual way in which such vacuous prosecutions have become commonplace—so much so that Blanche may yet be confirmed."
The Comey Prosecution Is DeadBut it’s no time to rejoice.lnk.thebulwark.com