The Bulwark

Israel's Current & Future Conundrum

Eliot returns from the Lennert Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia and he and Eric are joined by Bret Stephens, columnist for the New York Times, founding Editor-in-Chief of SAPIR: A Journal of Jewish Conversation, former Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Post, Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary at the

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Birth of a MAGA Conspiracy Theory

We were going to dwell a little more on Trump’s “unified Reich” mini-scandal today—which Joe Biden cut an ad hitting him on yesterday, but which also on close examination looks more like sloppy video editing than fashy dog whistle—but we’ve been overtaken by events.

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Meet Trump’s ‘Human Printer’

WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP BRANDISHES a stack of papers or reads a printout of a social media post, he’s relying on the work of Natalie Harp. Harp, 32, occupies a unique role in the history of presidential campaigns: aide who travels with a portable printer (plus paper and rechargeable batteries in a large bag) whose job is t…

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Can Ukraine Break the Bad News Cycle?

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Biden Can’t Blow the Debates

ONE WORRY WAS LAID TO REST last week—that President Biden was in denial about the state of the race. He’d been saying for some time that the polls were wrong. Axios reported that this view was common in the Biden camp. “The dismissiveness of the poor polling is sincere, not public spin, according…

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Do the Right Thing, Nikki

Mona and A.B. discuss why Haley's decision is so important and what Biden should remember as he debates Trump. Watch, listen or leave a comment. To add this Bulwark+ member show to your podcast player of choice, click set up here.

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Former NBA Draft Pick Is the GOP’s Latest Unhinged Senate Candidate

From draft bust to Senate bust The Republican Party of Minnesota endorsed former NBA player and present MAGA conspiracist Royce White to be the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. If he wins the nomination later this summer, White will face off against incumbent Amy Klobuchar in November.

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Rick Wilson: The Reich Stuff

The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court public controversy. Meanwhile, Giuliani is hawking sedition coffee, Marco Rubio is auditioning for secretary of state, and the UN had a dumbass reaction to the Iranian president's death. Rick Wilson joins Tim Miller today.

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Trump Mode

1. 12 Years a President At the NRA convention this weekend Donald Trump floated, in an oblique way, the idea of a third term. “You know, FDR 16 years—almost 16 years—he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?”

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The Alitos’ Monty Hall Problem

WHAT DO MARTHA-ANN ALITO AND MONTY HALL have in common? Quite a bit, as it turns out. And therein hangs a tale about credulity and a mathematician named Thomas Bayes. Here’s the background: The news broke recently that Justice Samuel Alito’s house flew an upside-down American flag for several days in Januar…

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