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Trump Has Reached the Mountaintop
Jan 3, 2025 · by Bill Kristol. Donald Trump has dominated American politics for almost a decade. Thrice the Republican nominee for president, twice the victor in general elections, currently the undisputed master of a political party which will now control both the Senate and the House—Trump is the most consequential American politician of the 21st century.
The Final Beg to Differ
Dec 20, 2024 · Leave a comment. now! Make sure you sign up for Linda’s Substack.. Damon: While Damon finishes his forthcoming book on Leo Strauss, go down the Straussian rabbithole at Notes from the Middleground. Referenced work: Bret Stephens’s “Done With Trump” in the NYT
In Defense of the Hunter Biden Pardon - by Kim Wehle
Dec 2, 2024 · ON SUNDAY, IN SWEEPING LANGUAGE, President Joe Biden gave a “Full and Unconditional Pardon” to his son Hunter Biden for all “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.” The pardon includes the offenses that gave rise to a conviction after a jury trial in Delaware for ...
Bannon: Kash Patel Will Absolutely Investigate the People Named …
Dec 20, 2024 · dn’t try,” Bannon asserted, speaking in the third person during a one-on-one interview with The Bulwark following his speech to Americafest, a yearly gathering of MAGA diehards hosted by Turning Point USA. “He made a fucking movie that’s called Government Gangsters and the first guy is Merrick Garland, okay. And Lisa Monaco’s in there, who the nation doesn’t know—we’re trying ...
Yes, Trump Could Jam His Controversial Nominees Past Congress.
Nov 27, 2024 · There is one further procedural consideration to add to this that could, if legally upheld, give Donald Trump another way to effect a recess. The Constitution gives the president the power to adjourn Congress if the two houses disagree as to the time of adjournment. Under the most expansive reasonable interpretation of this, if one chamber adopted an adjournment resolution and the other voted ...
I Served With Tulsi Gabbard and Yikes - by Adam Kinzinger
Nov 19, 2024 · THERE ARE ONLY THREE CONSTANTS in Gabbard’s political biography: self-promotion; an attraction to quasi-revolutionary movements like Sanders’s and Trump’s coupled with a hostility to the boring, detailed work of governing; and …
9 Dangerous Defenses of the Hunter Biden Pardon
Dec 3, 2024 · SIX MONTHS AGO, when Hunter Biden was on trial for lying about his drug use to get a gun, Joe Biden pledged not to pardon him. On Sunday, Biden reneged on that promise and pardoned his son. Many of the president’s supporters are defending his reversal, and their excuses reflect a dangerous development: They’re adopting the rationalizations and nihilism of the Trump movement.
Truth or Consequences
Nov 26, 2024 · The Secret Podcast is exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featuring Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwell. To listen to this episode become a Bulwark+ member today.
Protecting Those on the “Enemies List” - by Sarah Longwell
Dec 7, 2024 · This week Sarah and George talk about Tulsi Gabbard gorging herself on Russian propaganda, Trump's Nixonian enemies list, and whether President Biden should preemptively pardon people to protect them from Trump's retribution. Leave a comment Watch, listen and leave a comment. Don’t care for video ...