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Pax Americana or Pax Sinica?
“Is China threatening the liberal international order, or is China threatening the global balance of power?” This provocative question was recently posed by Kishore Mahbubani, a former diplomat and professor of public policy at the National...
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The Worst Presidents Club
Not only did a federal judge hand President Trump a stinging defeat Monday on his attempts to block a House subpoena of his financial records, he did it by explicitly lumping Trump in with one of the nation’s worst presidents. If only Trump knew...
The Wall Street Journal’s Innocence Project: the Case of Conrad Black
How is “fake news” generated? Or, to put it more precisely, how is “fake opinion” created? The Wall Street Journal’s recent op-ed, “Conrad Black Deserved a Pardon,” makes for an interesting case study. Black, of course, is the newspaper mogul who in...
Justin Amash Could Keep Trump From Getting Re-Elected
Explaining why he decided to keep J. Edgar Hoover as FBI director, Lyndon Johnson famously said, “Well, it’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in.” That’s a philosophy that that House Minority Leader...
A Nation of Fake Lawyers
At some point in the not too distant past—or am I imagining this?—things were either good, or bad, in themselves. You didn’t need a law degree or specialized expertise to decide what was best for the country, or what to look for in a leader. That...
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Mayor Pete Shows Why Democats Need Fox News to Win the White House
Given the insanity of our politics over the past few years, you would think that the mere existence of a candidate doing a town hall style interview on a cable network would be a pretty non-controversial happening. [Boring Newsreader Voice]:...
Help Is Not on the Way
With the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre upon us within weeks, Xi Jinping is steadily tightening the screws, attempting to stamp out all dissident voices and all independent centers of power. One focal point of his efforts is Hong Kong,...
The Politics of Abortion Are Polarized, But People Aren't
Back in January, the state of New York passed a bill that made abortion legal “at any time when necessary” in regards to the mother’s health and allows some medical personnel who are not doctors to perform the procedure. When the measure passed the...
It’s a Mistake for American Evangelicals to Cozy Up to the European Far-Right
Evangelical support for Donald Trump was one of the more peculiar aspects of the 2016 election. Since then, it has been one of the most analyzed. Why are leaders like Franklin Graham and Jerry Falwell Jr., so relentless in their public support of...
Congress Has a Duty to Intervene in Trump’s Trade War
As the United States and China announce dueling tariffs and send the stock markets spiraling, millions of Americans have been impacted negatively by the conflict between the world’s two largest economies. And Congress is missing in action. This week...
We Must Restore the Dignity of Work. All Work.
The value and dignity of work—any work—used to be one of the core principles of conservative and Republican thinking. It drove the welfare reform push in the 1990s, and the support for the Earned Income Tax Credit in the present day. It is why...
Mayor Pete’s Sister Souljah Moment
Even before reading what Pete Buttigieg said against identity politics, I was already impressed that he went to the Human Rights Campaign to say it. HRC, “the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization,”...
Happy Monday. Everything is Terrible.
It’s Monday, and everything that was wrong with us has somehow gotten worse. We’re closer to a trade war and a constitutional showdown; Hollywood celebrities are calling for a “sex strike,” and we are repeatedly reminded of H.L. Mencken’s...
Brian Sims Shows Why Politicians Should Stay off Twitter
By now, you have probably heard of Brian Sims, a Democratic state representative serving Pennsylvania’s 182nd district. His attempts to shame pro-lifers protesting at abortion clinics have mostly backfired, but the situation is illuminating for what...
All Joe-Mentum: The May Democratic Power Rankings
In April we had Bernie, Biden, and Beto in the top three spots. But now the race is officially ON. And the face of all the world has changed. (1) Joe Biden. His announcement turned out to be a much bigger deal than I expected because it revealed...
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In April we had Bernie, Biden, and Beto in the top three spots. But now the race is officially ON. And the face of all the world has changed: May’s Democrat Power Rankings thebulwark.com/all-joe-mentum… pic.twitter.com/USzxMTTv8x
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The Stupidest Einstein Meme
Don’t let memes do your thinking for you, part CLXXII: In a controversy I will not rehash here, a local journalist saw fit to criticize his and my community for not expressing as keen a sense of outrage about an issue (of historical school-naming)...
Ilhan Omar Is Now Just Spouting Off Hamas Propaganda
Hamas fired more than 600 rockets into Israel over the weekend, killing four Israelis. The violence prompted a tweet from Rep. Ilhan Omar, who fancies herself the moral compass of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, if not America as a whole. How...
What’s Wrong with Free College?
Indulging their talent for wishcasting, Democrats are caught up in a Fever of Free Stuff: free health care, free universal day care, and free college for starters. Somehow they have convinced themselves that these are political winners despite the...
David Jolly: The Democrats Have Already Blown It
David Jolly joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss how Congressional Democrats have handled the Mueller Report and AG Barr testimony, plus a look at the ever-growing 2020 Democratic field.
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Listen to today's podcast with @SykesCharlie and @DavidJollyFL on how Congressional Democrats have handled the Mueller Report and AG Barr testimony, plus a look at the ever-growing 2020 Democratic field. podcast.thebulwark.com/david-jolly-de… pic.twitter.com/lGXlrGZq3X
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The Trouble with Bernie
If diagnosis augured cure, Bernie Sanders might become a second Franklin Roosevelt. Instead, he evokes an ersatz George McGovern: a candidate who inspires great passion among a slice of the electorate just large enough to win his party’s nomination,...
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Sanders is a political tooth fairy, asking voters to chase a fantasy down a rabbit hole to nowhere. But magical thinking won’t beat Trump. thebulwark.com/the-trouble-wi… pic.twitter.com/AakJHTJm3E
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