RIP Hunter S Thompson you would have loved whatever all this bullshit is

a “Space Force”, if you will

The MAGA Revolution Is Eating Its Own After years of stoking conspiracy theories, Trump and his allies now find themselves unable to dispel one.

"The most cleansing outcome of this scandal would be for the MAGA faithful to be brought face-to-face with what lying, shameless lowlifes the people in the Trump crowd are." From the recent archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-maga-r...

hang on, when did reading become so performative?

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 cargo fleets as investigation continues into deadly Kentucky crash UPS and FedEx both said Boeing, the airline manufacturer, recommended grounding all MD-11s.

Oh damn this feels like kind of a big deal

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

How the Supreme Court Could Save Christmas If Trump lets them.

If you haven't signed up to get bulwark emails yet, @crampell.bsky.social's debut newsletter is a great reason to do so.

Last night was a good start, but hopefully there is a bigger tsunami coming in 2026...

(Image by @avecruth.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com)

What We Choose to Nazi The Department of Labor is posting Heroic Realism propaganda. What, exactly, are they telling us?

The @thebulwark.com's ever-talented Art Director @avecruth.bsky.social has some thoughts on the Department of Labor's Heroic Realism propaganda.

Read today's Morning Shots — "What We Choose to Nazi" www.thebulwark.com/p/what-we-ch...

Very much appreciate the opportunity to participate in the Society for Rule of Law's event this week with @greggnunziata.bsky.social
@comstockb.bsky.social @ilyasomin.bsky.social and so many other wonderful people.

Thank you @avecruth.bsky.social for the amazing photos!

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning.

As @avecruth.bsky.social put it, these "digital snow days" of the future are going to be something to behold.

www.wired.com/story/aws-cl...

Today’s entry in posts that make me say “no” out loud

Every Politician Is an Influencer Now Lawmakers are pivoting to a content-first strategy above everything else.

Today's Press Pass is a terrific @cheetah.bsky.social and @lauren-egan.bsky.social collab with exquisite art from @avecruth.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/house-sena...

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

So many coverups.

Release the Epstein files.

Release the Homan tapes.

Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

I love the art @avecruth.bsky.social cooked up for this:

Trump's Exploitation of the Charlie Kirk Assassination (w/ Jay Nordlinger) | Bulwark on Sunday YouTube video by The Bulwark

Jay Nordlinger joins me in a wide-ranging discussion that includes the legacy of human rights struggles, the dangers of demagoguery, the role of leaders in times of crisis—and why the future of liberal democracy depends on choices made by presidents and citizens.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dip...

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Something Is Very Wrong Online The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.

Shooters now know that their violence will be flattened, picked apart, argued over, and amplified, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes. The internet's poison is in its very architecture.

I’m assuming @avecruth.bsky.social did this, and I just want to say that it’s brilliant.

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

Now, this, kids, is how you open an essay:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

I’ve seen enough.

Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.

Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.

there is no king (sorry curtis yarvin)

but there is a queen and her name is joyce carol oates:

Dictator for a Day… a Month… Years? A president who doesn’t believe in checks and balances is no president at all.

"A major shift of the Trump era has been that America’s most authoritarian-coded voters, who previously had been distributed between both parties, have clustered more and more into the GOP tent, where they sit as some of Trump’s most ferociously loyal defenders."

www.thebulwark.com/p/dictator-f...

Trump's Art of the Extort Smells like.... socialism.

ICYMI, Comrade Trump continues to seize the means of production.

On Friday, he announced that the government would be taking a 10% share of the giant chipmaker, Intel.

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