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Just listened to the one on Olympe de Gouges. Fascinating! Must catch up with the rest, especially interested in the one on de Staël.
Hope you're doing well! :)

He’s Not a Doctor. But He Did Stay at the White House Last Night. In retrospect, maybe the era of bleach-injection speculation wasn’t so bad.

Check out @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com's Morning Shots.

As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...

ICYMI, new from me at @thebulwark.com: the 80th anniversary of #AnimalFarm. Also, the surprising story of its 1947 Ukrainian-language edition.

Good stuff!

On view at the Marie Antoinette exhibition in London, a famous Vigée Lebrun portrait of the queen.

'Concert Hall', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1929) by Sybil Andrews

(Glenbow Museum)

The life of Ukrainian books and authors in wartime Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian literary scene has seen some dramatic changes. The Ukrainian author Andrei Kurkov reflects on...

It has been deeply heartening to see Ukraine, a nation fighting for its very survival, to turn to art and literature for solace. It has also raised the profile of other Eastern European writers and artists from the 20th century - operating under similar circumstances: platformraam.nl/artikelen/28...

@CBSNEWSPOLL YouGov MOE:+-2.5PT SEPTEMBER3-5.2025 TRUMP DEPLOYING NATIONALGUARDTO... FAVOR OPPOSE WASHINGTON,DC 43% 57% OTHERCITIES? 42% 58% @CBSNEWSPOLL YouGov TOTALSAMPLEMOE:+/-25PTS. SEPTEMBER3-5.2025 TRUMP DEPLOYINGNATIONALGUARD TOOTHERU.S.CITIES? BYPARTY DEMS INDS REPS FAVOR 7% 36% 85% OPPOSE 93% 64% 15%

CBS/YouGov poll:

– 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC
– 58% oppose deployments to other cities
– Just 36% on independents support deployments

Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...

David Bowie's final project was a musical set in London Shortly before his death, the star wrote dozens of notes for a musical set in 18th Century London.

my colleagues in C18 literary and cultural studies didn't need David Bowie's endorsement to know that they are the coolest, sexiest group of scholars, and I'm sure they're all taking the news that he was planning "18th Century Musical" completely in stride

How Chris Rufo Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Cancel Culture The anti-woke warrior’s authoritarian roots are showing

"It’s rare to pack so much culture-war toxicity into one short post over something that matters so little." But Chris Rufo can do it!

@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Rufo's anti-woke authoritarianism: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-chris-...

How bizarre.

ICYMI! Very proud of this piece.

100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified Bad policies made worse by lawlessness, pettiness, and stupidity.

How has Trump’s actual record so far measured up to the dark scenarios anticipated by those of us who thought his victory would be a disaster? Let’s go through each of the biggest concerns of anti-Trumpers. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/100-days-o...

100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified Bad policies made worse by lawlessness, pettiness, and stupidity.

"Oh, calm down, how bad can he be?" @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on exactly how well-founded Trump critics' forebodings turned out to be.

Also worth emphasizing that Garcia is the husband of a US citizen and the father of three children who are US citizens, that he has had a legal work permit for several years & has committed no offenses in the US.

Bring. Him. Home. Our cause is here; our time is now.

There should be an elected Democrat on the ground in El Salvador every minute of every day until Abrego Garcia is brought home.

D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...

Bring. Him. Home. Our cause is here; our time is now.

BRING HIM HOME.*

"Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT. So Democrats must make Trump pay."

Nepo baby? Do tell. Who's my influential relative?

Ayn Rand in Our Day The mixed literary, philosophical, and political legacy of the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, forty years after her death.

Pavlovian drool responses to Ayn Rand characters? *Moi*?

www.thebulwark.com/p/ayn-rand-i...

Who knew I was being held up as an example of rising tech hate

Dawg it's so over for tech

Oh I'm fine with the resistance, lol.

Trump’s War on the Universities The administration’s power grab is no solution to the real problems on campus.

"It’s almost as if the Trump administration’s decision to put the screws on the universities isn’t actually about reining in antisemitism on campus at all."

@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's war against the universities: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...

Thanks much, Howard!

Trump’s War on the Universities The administration’s power grab is no solution to the real problems on campus.

There's a real point about left-wing illiberalism on college campuses, but Trump's broad power grab over universities proves that the narrower questions of antisemitism or illiberalism on speech are not his real motivation. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...

what a delightfully charming oopsie from the septuagenarian with the nuclear codes 👍👍

www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcm...