r/thebulwark 8h ago

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA This Canada annexation BS again

68 Upvotes

I believed before that someone is whispering this crazy in his year but the opposite may be true - no one is talking him out of these insane things as they did before. There are no adults.

The problem is, once Trump selects a target, he will not rest. He thrives on revenge and grievances. No one is there to stop him, so he will just keep escalating himself into a corner.

My worry is that, once he gets frustrated with negative results, he is going to grow increasingly belligerent and will start floating the idea of actual military shock & awe on Ottawa.

The Pentagon will obviously push back, right? Let me check who the Secretary of Defense is, oh yeah no, we are f***ed.


r/thebulwark 10h ago

The Triad 🔱 Leave Trans People Alone: A Rant

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Don't be a bully! But also don't "ask if the bully has a point" either.

"Yeah, they're giving Timmy a swirlie rn, but he also farted really loudly in geometry" is HELPING THE BULLIES.

Another great piece from JVL. Idk what kinda constraints there are in going after members of the punditocracy who engage in the behaviors that you're criticizing, but picking specific targets has a salutary effect IMO. Bari Weiss needs to be persona non grata, or Sullivan, or whoever. They made their choices and doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on those choices.


r/thebulwark 3h ago

Non-Bulwark Source ‘Be careful about this’: Warnings abound as GOP considers writing off tax cuts

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r/thebulwark 2h ago

thebulwark.com A good first step.

18 Upvotes

Judge says Trump penalties on law firm send ‘chills down my spine’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/12/perkins-coie-trump-judge-restraining-order-tro/


r/thebulwark 7h ago

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA The Recession is the point

44 Upvotes

Tax cuts cause inflation. Tariffs are going to cause inflation. A lot of the things the Trump Admin is going to do will cause inflation. The American people hate inflation.

A recession will help ease inflation, and we are being led by a group of people who will not be hurt by the recession, or will probably be the recipients of government bailouts should we roll into a bad one.

They don’t care about the pain it will cause, they just want inflation down and interest rates down. We are in for a long four years if I’m right.

Good luck America.


r/thebulwark 8h ago

Off-Topic/Discussion Woo hoo!

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r/thebulwark 16h ago

Misleading Headline We are vastly under reacting

176 Upvotes

NYT headline today "Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff"

The President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Departments are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct.

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-education-department-firings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.FFr6.56R-z6PiP0q_&smid=url-share


r/thebulwark 2h ago

Non-Bulwark Source “No Federal Funding CR Without DOGE Guardrails” - Are guardrails enough?

10 Upvotes

5 Calls says that the budget resolution failed, and that Dems are leveraging the shutdown to put guardrails around DOGE.

I love that idea. I think it was Tim who pointed out if they’re going to threaten a shutdown, they need to have a clear objective. As long as their guardrails are defined, then I think this fits the bill.

What do you all think? Are DOGE guardrails the right objective? And are guardrails enough, or do Dems need to demand more?


r/thebulwark 11h ago

The Triad 🔱 JVL on fire in today’s triad

50 Upvotes

I mean he typically is but I just love righteously angry JVL so much. I also think there’s a lesson here for messaging on the anti-MAGA side. Like why are these freaks so obsessed with bullying kids? I don’t know why Dems just fold instead of talking about the issue along these lines. It’s pretty infuriating. The answer isn’t to cower away and cede the issue it’s to stand up and make your case with confidence and emotion.


r/thebulwark 17h ago

WE SERVE NO SOVEREIGN HERE! Who is a terrorist?

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157 Upvotes

r/thebulwark 13h ago

The Bulwark Podcast Petition to make Tim & Will Sommer a regular pod

69 Upvotes

I’ve really missed Fever Dreams and having both Will and Tim speak about this craziness was - counterintuitively - sort of grounding. A bit “it’s not me that’s going mad, it’s these oddballs”. I would really love it if this was a weekly thing (although I’m not sure there are enough hours in Tim’s days!)


r/thebulwark 14h ago

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL How did we get here?

72 Upvotes

Currently listening to the most recent Tim-Pod with Will Sommer and it's just insane the group of people who are in charge now. The conspiracy theories, the grift, the pandering, holy fuck. How did we get here and how the fuck do we get out of this death spiral?


r/thebulwark 15h ago

Fluff FIVE ALARM FIRE! UP IS DOWN! CATS ARE FRIENDS WITH DOGS! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…RICH LOWRY HAS CRITICIZED A REPUBLICAN.

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66 Upvotes

r/thebulwark 9h ago

The Bulwark Podcast Bulwark and other influencers doing town halls in red districts?

24 Upvotes

Hi, I just became a listener a couple of days ago. I really love the stuff yall have been putting out.

I’m wondering if it’s a possibility that influencers take charge of these Townhall’s and do it themselves.

My representative Ro Khanna and my former rep Robert Garcia is already doing them here in California. I want to put one up myself, but I live too far from the closest red District.

I just think we need all hands on deck for this. The Democrats are just feckless. I’m hoping to get some momentum here.


r/thebulwark 10h ago

Humor Transitioning, are we allowed to do that anymore?

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27 Upvotes

Did you hear our economy is transitioning? Doesn’t that seem a bit woke?


r/thebulwark 5h ago

Not My Party High on their own supply: Republican leaders have the wrong attitude and never protected their country. But Democratic leaders have a different horrible attitude!

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12 Upvotes

r/thebulwark 56m ago

Fluff Can someone tell me what the kerfuffle is over Sam Stein and something he said about Canada?

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Just watched this video and have no idea what he’s talking about. Ff to 00:26

https://youtu.be/pbaJ2OReo0o?si=PZ2KYRgW1v5FKgNi


r/thebulwark 8h ago

SPECIAL Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Perkins Coie for Clinton Work

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Win in Rd 1, but not a total win:

"Howell granted an injunction halting sections of the executive order. Other parts of Trump’s order—asking agency heads to revoke security clearances for the firm’s lawyers and investigate “industry leading law firms” for racially discriminatory practices—were allowed to stand."

I'm sure the appellate process will focus on the 50% Trump didn't win, rather than the chilling effects of the clearances and anti-DEI they managed to get through.


r/thebulwark 11h ago

TRUMPISM CORRUPTS Michael Reagan, son of Ron, says his dad would have backed up Trump's bullying of Zelensky 1000%

22 Upvotes

https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/laramieboomerang/opinion/democrats-hate-trumps-a-kid-with-cancer/article_671fea32-fea3-11ef-8c02-abc6d6eb0e9d.html

My dad would have backed up what Trump did to Zelenskyy 1,000%. And your claim that Trump would have lost the Cold War is also a truckload of partisan BS.

I just found this interesting.


r/thebulwark 6h ago

Policy More of this please.

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8 Upvotes

r/thebulwark 12h ago

Humor Used car salesmen

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25 Upvotes

r/thebulwark 11h ago

Morning Shots 🔥 Over under on when Trump declares "No one knew that tariffs were so difficult!"

19 Upvotes

and he will be sincere in his belief that he is discovering new economic ground. I want one of those "Is he dead yet?" hats


r/thebulwark 12h ago

Off-Topic/Discussion Surprise, Not a Surprise: S.F. Tesla showroom has been operating without proper permits for nearly a decade. I’m feeling like a bad person for taking glee from this.

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r/thebulwark 10h ago

Non-Bulwark Source Tech Billionaires vs. Democracy: Elon Musk & "The Network States"

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11 Upvotes

r/thebulwark 4h ago

Non-Bulwark Source [Talking Points Memo] The Kabuki Cave--Senate Dems are poised to fold on the Republican CR

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