Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Carrie Cordero on Democracy preservation and why it should be at the top of the list of national security priorities.
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Enemies Foreign and Domestic
CARRIE CORDERO: Democracy preservation should be at the top of the list of national security priorities. Is it?
🎧 On the Pods… 🎧
Bill Kristol on Biden and Big Government
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about President Biden’s address to Congress, his first 100 days, the economy, and Rudy Giuliani’s bad day.
Chris Fenton on China, the Oscars, and the MCU
Chris Fenton, author of Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business, returns to the show to talk about China’s influence on Hollywood, and vice versa.
For Bulwark+ Members… 🔐
MORNING SHOTS: The Feds Come For Rudy 🔐
CHARLIE SYKES on Rudy and Biden’s trillions.
THE TRIAD: Harris, Pelosi, and an American Moment 🔐
JVL on the history we witnessed last night.
From The Bulwark Aggregator…
Is rural America getting the message on vaccines? – Jerry Hagstrom, National Journal
What can Never Trump learn from the nineteenth century’s Free Soilers? – Daniel Gullotta, The Critic
Jimmy Kimmel’s Train-Wreck Interview With MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell – Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast
The CDC Is Still Repeating Its Mistakes – Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic
Fred Upton never planned to return to Capitol Hill – Eleanor Van Buren, Roll Call
The false and misleading claims President Biden made during his first 100 days in office – Glenn Kessler, Adrian Blanco and Tyler Remmel, The Washington Post
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Voting – Ryan Teague Beckwith, Businessweek
US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House – Katie Bo Williams and Jeremy Herb, CNN
In Today’s Bulwark...
Not My Party: The GOP War for 2024
TIM MILLER: Is it 2024 already?
‘We All Do Our Part’: Biden Aims to Unify
BRIAN KAREM: Republicans tried to call his speech divisive—a charge that's laughable coming from the party of Trump.
Joe Biden’s Old-Fashioned Liberalism
WILLIAM KRISTOL: It’s prosaic and present-oriented—as shown in his speech before Congress tonight.
🚨OVERTIME 🚨
I’m sorry, you have the wrong number… A great read at Boston Magazine about a D.C.-based reporter who has shared an identical phone number to a roller rink and why he won’t change the number.
Exceptional Inconsistency on Tech: App Stores and the INFORM Act… My friend and former neighbor Patrick Hedger has this on the ever-changing politics of Democrats and Republicans on corporations and big tech.
Republicans and Democracy… Not especially a great pairing these days.
Fewer than 53,000 voters in Virginia will pick the GOP nominee. There’s more:
Suffice to say, choosing your brand of crazy was not something I was willing to sacrifice my time to do. Good luck with that, Virginia GOP!
An unusual Supreme Court coalition…
Harrison Ford’s thoughts on magic.
Libertarians learn to love the hair of the dog… (Don’t tell Hayek.)
Dan Bongino is not mad. And he wants you to know it.
See you tonight! Drop me a line at: swift@thebulwark.com if you want to reach out and I’ll do my best to get back to you.
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