You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Laura K Field
@lkatfield.bsky.social
Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic. www.lkfield.com Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday
I worry that most cynical among us, hopped up on 30 years of law and order rhetoric, will say "this is the system working: he didn't do anything wrong and now he's free." As if the terror and wide-scale publicity of an arrest and federal prosecution is not a horrible punishment in and of itself.
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Illiberalism Studies Program@illsp.bsky.social · last mo.Call for Papers! The Journal of Illiberalism Studies is actively seeking paper proposals for a conference and special issue on Theopolitics. Proposals due July 31. Travel and accommodation will be covered. Details here: tinyurl.com/54rbr9xj
Just canceled my DashPass and sent this email to DoorDash. I encourage you to do the same if you support D.C. home rule. press@doordash.com and ir@doordash.com
Matt Walsh complains that Nolan brought his obsession with nonlinear story telling to the Odyssey, undercutting the original's narrative. The defenders of western civilisation, folks.
I would not at all be surprised if Ossoff shot up these rankings if he runs and once people start paying attention. Right now this mostly looks like a poll of name recognition.
VoteHub@votehub.com · 2w ago2028 Democratic Presidential Primary Kamala Harris has regained a solid lead over the anticipated 2028 Democratic field. 7/21 Polling Average (change since 1/1) 🔵 Harris: 30.1% (+9.0) 🟠 Newsom: 17.3% (-6.8) 🟡 Buttigieg: 10.9% (+0.2) 🟣 Ocasio-Cortez: 9.8% (+1.6)
Claremont has direct proximity to and influence over the government right now. The guy who led the mass deportation campaign for all of 2025 believes this shit. So yeah, this is fringe, racist, batshit nuttery. It's also a serious threat. www.thebulwark.com/p/whos-to-bl...
Speaking of Claremont crank Glenn Ellmers, he was discussed at some length in this classic Bulwark essay from five years ago, written by @lkatfield.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell Happened to the Claremont Institute?
How the once-distinguished conservative think tank plunged into Trumpism, illiberalism, and lying about the election.
thebulwark.com
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 2w agoClaremont has direct proximity to and influence over the government right now. The guy who led the mass deportation campaign for all of 2025 believes this shit. So yeah, this is fringe, racist, batshit nuttery. It's also a serious threat. www.thebulwark.com/p/whos-to-bl...
As we await whatever fresh hell Trump's speech tonight will unleash, it’s important to step back and recognize the broader strategy characterizing much of Trump 2.0. I suspect the same strategy will be deployed in the run-up to the 2026 elections. The template is 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁.
Here's a slightly longer version, which I think captures much of what has happened over the past 1.5 years. And I expect this is the playbook for the 2026 elections: Begin by announcing extreme "election integrity" measures and ultimately retreat to a position that seems moderate only by comparison.
Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with
Pop Crave@popcrave.com · 4w ago‘The Odyssey’ women Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlize Theron stun in Paris.
Check out our new book, Frontiers of American Reaction Vol. 1! This ebook collects essays written from 2022 to 2026 and takes on themes ranging from myths and MAGA to the tech right and liberalism. Download it for free now! www.illiberalism.org/frontiers-of...
On this 250th Independence Day, join with Abraham Lincoln in honoring the Declaration’s promise—our founding commitment to human equality and freedom—that, in all its complexity, defines who we are as Americans. ICYMI @lkatfield.bsky.social:
How Trumpism Betrays the Declaration of Independence
Cherry-picking Lincoln, the MAGA New Right tries to rewrite—or discard altogether—the promise of human equality.
lnk.thebulwark.com
icymi @gregsargent.bsky.social on the creedal nation, including some Lincoln: “In Lincoln’s speech, dedication to the proposition that all people are created equal is a substitute for ties of heritage and blood.“ Obama adds “It’s no less strong for being so.“ newrepublic.com/article/2121...
Obama’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Points to a World After MAGA
The forty-fourth president’s library dedication speech was a powerful explication of liberal patriotism—and a much-needed repudiation of the Trump-Vance fascist variant.
newrepublic.com
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
Michael E. Carter@deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · last mo."The Pope is the puppet of the Chinese authoritatian government" is a take you would make if you made billions by drinking paint.
"Trumpism is a betrayal of the very things we are meant to be celebrating...[let's] reject Trump and his intellectual lackeys in their nativism...and instead join with Lincoln in honoring the Declaration’s promise." Good @lkatfield.bsky.social on 250th and MAGA: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
How Trumpism Betrays the Declaration of Independence
Cherry-picking Lincoln, the MAGA New Right tries to rewrite—or discard altogether—the promise of human equality.
thebulwark.com
The right-wing attack on birthright citizenship is not just about birthright citizenship itself. As MAGA’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling proves, it is part of their opposition to a broader ideal, that “All men are created equal.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
My friend @lkatfield.bsky.social has execrable Trumpian id Michael Anton utterly dead to rights in this piece (and elsewhere). www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
How Trumpism Betrays the Declaration of Independence
Cherry-picking Lincoln, the MAGA New Right tries to rewrite—or discard altogether—the promise of human equality.
thebulwark.com
Come for the West Coast Straussians versus the nationalist conservatives, stay for the fundamental defense of the American idea. New from @lkatfield.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
Note to people asking "why not Thielism"—Musk lost twice Thiel's net worth just today.
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · last mo.The good news is Elon lost $55 billion today. The bad news is he still has $1,067,209,900,000.
