Jonathan V. Last
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George Santos is wearing a Cartier Santos and I'm sure it's 100% authentic.
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If the GOP was a normal political party, then DeSantis would be a logical heir to Trump. But it's not. So the post-Trump succession will look more like The Death of Stalin than 1988.
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As Jesus says in Two Corinthians, "Love they neighbor as thyself. Or use him to get earned media. Your call, bruh."
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Unless Trump comes out against it. At which point the numbers flip within five mins. See free trade, Russia, gov.t. bullying of private enterprise . . .
The percentage of Republicans who oppose allowing same-sex marriage has plunged from 84 to 31.
Acceptance of gay marriage is fast becoming the majority position *within* the GOP.
Republican senators who oppose it are on the wrong side of their own party.
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The corruption of the business side of Fox seems like an even bigger deal than the corruption of the front-of-the-house operation.
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Amanda. Was. Right.
Where are the anti-anti defenders now?
Reupping. From me last January. Sedition Charges Demolish a Right-Wing Talking Point.
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No one disdains the MAGA People more than the MAGA Elites.
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Killing al Zawahiri. Super tough on China. Facing down Putin. Expanding NATO. This is the McCain administration America was yearning for.
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Most successful first 20 months of an administration since . . . W?
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It’s important to understand the aspirational longings of political movements. There is a large portion of the American right that wishes it could do to journalists what Putin just did to Vladimir Kara-Murza.
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Fact check: In today's Triad I said that Vladimir Putin was “Trump’s favorite dictator.”
Trump has said that Egyptian President el-Sisi is “his favorite dictator.”
I regret the error.
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Trump’s authoritarian attempt presented four tests to:
1) The institutional Republican party
2) The general public
3) The rule of law
4) Republican voters
Two groups have passed, one has failed, and the other is preparing for its final exam.
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"Pay us to make it harder for people to hack your account while you create free content for us" is absolutely not a sign of a declining platform.
Sooo. I have to pay for security features. This is a big turnoff
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Never Trumpers: Hey, Republicans, he might win again. Get your shit together, quick.
Anti-Anti Trumpers: You grifters can't stop talking about him because you need him so much. True Conservatives move on from Trump by *not* talking about him.
How big is the Always Trump faction of the Republican Party?
According to our new poll, 28 percent.
And they are why the GOP could be sleepwalking into another Donald Trump catastrophe.
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What are the odds that RFK Jr. ends up speaking at the RNC next summer and endorsing the R nominee?
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This sign should be on every sports field, everywhere in America.
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Never forget that CNN is the same network that hired Corey Lewandowski and put him on the air to “analyze” Trump even though the man was (a) a former employee of Trump’s and (b) bound by an NDA to Trump.
That kind of malpractice should end.
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Come for the politics. Stay for the watch talk.
Whoa. Not since Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar!
@BulwarkOnline
presents its own odd couple, as
@JamesCarville
joins
@JVLast
: “Really stupid voters produce stupid candidates,” “MAGA runs the show,” and more.
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Another absolute must-read from
@SykesCharlie
. If you're not subscribed to his newsletter, you're missing out.
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The Trump era taught us that the social cons didn't care about morality. The libertarians didn't care about freedom. The conservatives didn't care about small govt.
And now we see that the pro-business Rs don't care about business.
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If Donald Trump is subject to a criminal prosecution, the who, exactly, will be "ripping at the seams of the country?"
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You'll be able to count on one hand the number of conservative elites who decide to switch their support to Mike Pence or Nikki Haley or Brian Kemp.
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Here is an amazing thing about
@BulwarkOnline
: I often prompt readers with a specific topic to discuss in comments. Today I asked them to tell me which of the 3 scenarios was most responsible for the transformation of conservatism.
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@DavidAsmanfox
Can you tell me more about the $10,000 Ford F-150 Lightning? I'm trying to track this down to see if the claim you made on air yesterday is true. I cannot find evidence that anyone, anywhere in America, is selling a Ford F-150 Lightning for $10k.
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Herschel Walker pays for abortions, the Q3 numbers are pretty good, and yet somehow, none of this matters.
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The Big Question:
If RFK Jr. was running in the Republican primary, what place would he be polling in?
I think he'd be fairly close to DeSantis and way ahead of slots
#4
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#9
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Epic new pod:
-
@amandacarpenter
’s last show 😞
- righteous ranting about GOP response to Hunter
- RFK as a Trump VP option? (Heard it here first)
- I try to explain poppers without dying from embarrassment.
Enjoy!
YouTube:
Pod:
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Eliminating sex-segregated sports would mean eliminating most of the opportunities for girls to participate in sports. The idea is as foolish as it is pernicious.
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New rule! Calling someone a "groomer" in order to score political points is now out of bounds.
Must protect the precious.
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A man hath no greater love than this: That he lay down by an artificial waterfall at a private resort for his friends.
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Another fantastic interview by
@SykesCharlie
Trump found himself on the wrong side of the religious right after he blamed anti-abortion activists for midterm losses. How's he going to respond when DeSantis signs a 6-week abortion ban?
You can listen to my whole conversation with
@TimAlberta
here:
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OMG she read my newsletter!
This by
@JVLast
is very good and uses some of my recent focus groups to make an important point about how/why voters decide to like political candidates.
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I could give you a dozen reasons to read
@SykesCharlie
's newsletter today. But the headline sells itself.
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This is an extraordinary piece of writing from Will Selber and one of the most important pieces we've published
@BulwarkOnline
. Please read it, share it, and take it to heart.
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This project was a big undertaking by
@saletan
and
@BulwarkOnline
and it took a lot of resources to pull together.
If you find value in it, I hope you'll consider supporting us and joining Bulwark+.
This is how we build the media America deserves.
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When I say that this is book-length, I mean it. Don't go trying to read it all in one sitting. Or on your phone.
For that reason, we've published it in multiple formats. You can find the web version, broken into chapters, here.
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Nothing to see here. Just Brandon owning the Chicoms into tech oblivion.
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DeSantis is blowing up on the launchpad for 600k listeners.
If he'd just gone on Fox on a random night he'd have >1m viewers and every detail would have been perfect and professional.
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Half of what you need to understand our failure in Afghanistan is in this single episode from Will Selber's amazing piece.
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From "The Sayings of Muad'dib" by the Princess Irulan:
"Institutional Republicans will never regain control of their party unless they are willing to destroy it."
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You don't know this story. But you should.
How does the way Alvin Bragg handled Trump compare to the farcical treatment of Jordan Hamlett?
My latest on one man’s politicized prosecution and the real two-tiered justice system.
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What brings the coalition together is a set of shared antipathies. These subgroups all hate the same people: "the Left."
But even here, "the Left" isn't really a coherent set.
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Does it matter that DeSantis is caught in a bunch of contradictory positions? Or that he can't square the circle on January 6?
If Republican voters have already decided that they like him then . . . probably not. And Trump will be in trouble.
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Gal Luft story is BONKERS. You have to believe that Luft was doing totally-okay stuff with the same CCP people who involved with the Biden Crime Family.
And also that Trump's DoJ squashed his whistleblowing bc of an FBI mole code-named One Eye.
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Nothing gives me joy like seeing my Best Friend in the pages of America's best magazine.
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The show is . . . different when
@SarahLongwell25
is in a darker place than either me or
@Timodc
.
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This morning at The Bulwark we have pieces on: 1) Russian opposition to Putin; 2) reporting on how R donors don’t want Trump to debate; 3) presidential funerals; 4) a deep-dive into the death of the category-killer big-box retailers.
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I have to fly to Dallas this week and I'm dreading it. I have no idea how a 400-year-old Joe Biden did planes, trains, and automobiles for 22 hours and then pulled off the most important presidential visit since Reagan.
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JVL yesterday morning when everyone was freaking out: "For every power center in this game—with the possible exception of Elise Stefanik—the primary objective is fulfilled by McCarthy eventually being named speaker."
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Bummed to lose
@DrTedJ
from
@BulwarkOnline
. One of the best colleagues I've ever had, anywhere. And his best writing days are still ahead of him. But so proud to see him get called up to the bigs. No one deserves it more.
Over a decade ago, I decided to start closing out my military career and embark on a new journey as a writer & scholar on race and democracy.
So, I'm thrilled to share this professional news today - it's a dream come true.
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Sure, the media has no idea how to cover an aspiring autocrat, but the real problem is the Twitter Files or something.
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The Party of Law & Order!
on the Trump verdict, Marco Rubio just said to me “that jury’s a joke”
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She read my newsletter!
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If you want to follow me over at Post, I'm here:
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I kept telling people that the "Kevin Is Toast" CW was probably wrong and that the incentive structures were aligned pretty well for him.
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You can also download a pdf version and print it or read it on your ereader here:
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Also: The Clarence Thomas stuff is more grotesque than you think.
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The people telling you to vote DeSantis because Trump "can't win" are actually telling you that they'll fail the Trump test again if he's the nominee.
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They're going to *have* to support Trump and it's your fault.
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The future of Trumpism probably looks more like Kari Lake than Ron DeSantis.
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Can't believe she read it, tbh.
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