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The GOP’s Alternate Reality Industry

Brian Karem on Eric Swalwell’s restroom run-in with Ted Cruz.

Jim Swift
Jun 17, 2021
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The GOP’s Alternate Reality Industry

BRIAN KAREM: Plus, Eric Swalwell’s restroom run-in with Ted Cruz.

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George Packer on How America Fractured

On today's Bulwark podcast, George Packer joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his new book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, and describes the four different Americas.

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Immigrants. They get the job done.

TNL: The FBI Conspiracy Theory and Token MAGAs 🔐

Sarah, Tim, and JVL dig into the hot new 1/6 theory. Then we talk about the weird MSM welfare program for neo-confederate racists.

From The Bulwark Aggregator…

  • NRCC refunds surged after digital embrace – Kirk A. Bado, National Journal

  • Dems in Congress Push $15 Wage While Paying Interns Less – Matt Fuller and Robert Sollenberger, The Daily Beast

  • The Case for the Four-Day Workweek – Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic

  • D.C. Council’s Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Is a License for More Over-Policing of Minorities – Billy Binion, Reason

  • The Commodities Boom Is Luring Criminals to Make Bigger and Bolder Scores – Agnieszka de Sousa, Marcy Nicholson, Tope Alake, and Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Bloomberg Businessweek

  • No League Cleans Up Its Own Mess Worse Than Baseball – David Roth, Defector

  • On the Campaign Trail With Andrew Giuliani – Olivia Nuzzi, Intelligencer

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A Nonsensical Case Against NATO

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Pennsylvania’s Conspiracy Kiss-Up Contest

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🚨OVERTIME 🚨

So much boot licking…

Twitter avatar for @UrbanAchievrChristian Vanderbrouk @UrbanAchievr
sounds like a great way to make every congressional race a referendum on whether Trump should be Speaker of the House

Newsmax @newsmax

.@mschlapp: "There's a lot of buzz out there that Donald Trump would even be potentially be...Speaker of the House if the Republicans get the majority back." [with @JohnFBachman on Newsmax: https://t.co/VlT7z8drtO] https://t.co/mhzrj1cQ3f

June 17th 2021

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It’s not too late… To avert a historic shame, writes George Packer in The Atlantic. Abandoning the translators that helped coalition forces would almost certainly condemn people to death. Time for the Biden administration to step up.

Maybe Republicans should have worked a little harder on a legislative response to Obamacare? Because even the much ballyhooed justices Trump appointed aren’t going to stop it.

Twitter avatar for @SCOTUSblogSCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the constitutional challenge to Obamacare in 7-2 opinion. The court tosses the lawsuit because the challengers do not have legal standing to sue.

June 17th 2021

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Today in 1994… It was one of the craziest days in sports history. Also, That Former Guy was actually at the little-watched Hasselhoff PPV concert, because he was hosting it.

“And now look at me…”

Twitter avatar for @ndrew_lawrenceAndrew Lawrence @ndrew_lawrence
oh my god
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June 17th 2021

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Why is it that Relief Factor seems to be hawked mainly by Trump sellouts on the radio who aren’t even good at convincing you they suffer from massive pain? 🤔

That’s it for me for today. We’ll see you tonight for TNB and back here tomorrow. Tech support questions? Email support@substack.com. Questions for me? Drop me a line: swift@thebulwark.com

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