Leading The Bulwark…

Voting Machine Tampering Is Coming From Inside The MAGA House

TIM MILLER: Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters May Have Committed The Very Crime She Accused The Left Of Committing

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🎧 On the Pods… 🎧

Max Boot: Why It Might Be Worse Next Time

On today's podcast Max Boot joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss coups past and future; vaccine passports; the politics of nihilism; Tucker's Hungarian Rhapsody; and the fascist-curious right.

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MORNING SHOTS: Tucker's Orwellian Tour 🔓

CHARLIE SYKES: The Right's new Fascist Temptation

THE TRIAD: End the Vaccine Wars 🔐

JVL: Can't we all just get along?

WEEKEND SHOTS: The GOP Blames Migrants. Again. 🔓

CHARLIE SYKES: On our Sunday mailbag.

JVL’S NEWSLETTER OF NEWSLETTERS: America Spent $2.2 Trillion in Afghanistan. What Did That Buy for the Afghan People? 🔓

From The Bulwark Aggregator…

• How we teach history is what’s critical – David S. Kerr, InsideNOVA

• Joe Biden Should Follow George Washington’s Lead and ‘Inoculate All the Troops’ – Craig Bruce Smith, TIME

• Get the shot to give children a shot – Jerry A. Bridgham, Jacksonville.com

• An Interview with Mona Charen – Utterly Moderate Podcast

• Man Was Held for More Than 2 Years Over Mistaken Identity, His Lawyer Says – Alyssa Lukpat, NYTimes

• Biden signs into law Congressional Gold Medals for Capitol Police, MPD – Chris Marquette, Roll Call

In Today’s Bulwark...

Even Without Conviction, Impeachment Will Remove Cuomo from Office

KIMBERLY WEHLE: And his creepy whataboutism is no defense.

Women and the Draft: The Latest in a Long Line of Clashes Over Conscription

NICHOLAS MOSVICK: We’ve been fighting about the draft since the Founding.

COVID Compassion Fatigue

AMANDA CARPENTER: How long can we keep caring about the unvaccinated?

Mike Rowe’s Dirty Lies

JONATHAN V. LAST: The voice of the working class goes anti-anti-anti-vaxx.

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🚨OVERTIME 🚨

Happy Monday! Is it Monday? After my trip last week, I’ve sort of lost track of time.

As cool as this slide looks, it did not work. The twins had to scoot down it. And unlike a playground slide in my HOA or provided by the government, it cost $40 a person. Ask me if I’m bitter about Sesame Place. (I am.)

The deep state… But not in the way you woulda thunk:

Nicholas Grossman @NGrossman81

33 FBI employees were leaking about investigations involving Hillary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation. Media covered that story more than any other in the 2016 campaign. Claims that the "deep state" and the media were trying to take down Trump's candidacy don't match reality.

Brad Heath @bradheath

The IG says 33 FBI employees were in touch around Oct. 2016 with reporters breaking stories about the Clinton investigation, the Clinton foundation and allegations Giuliani was making publicly, using their government devices. https://t.co/IaAGYagcwd

2:28 AM ∙ Aug 6, 2021

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She’s running…

Vicky Hartzler @VickyHartzlerMO

I enjoyed visiting with President Trump this afternoon about farming and the importance of the #MOSEN race. I will always fight for the America First agenda and the principles that made our country the greatest on earth. #MAGA

9:55 PM ∙ Aug 9, 2021

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Is this bad?

Anne Rumsey Gearan @agearan

NEW: Melissa DeRosa, top aide to Cuomo, resigns in wake of state attorney general report By @jdawsey1

washingtonpost.comMelissa DeRosa, top aide to Cuomo, resigns in wake of state attorney general’s reportThe investigation into allegations of harassment by the New York governor also detailed DeRosa’s role in an effort to discredit one of his accusers.

2:27 AM ∙ Aug 9, 2021

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Touring Starbase with Elon Musk…

On the Levin brothers…

Melissa Nann Burke @nannburke

I wrote about the loving friendship between brothers Sandy and Carl Levin, the political duo from Michigan who each served 36 years in Congress: detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews

detroitnews.comThe Detroit News

3:06 PM ∙ Aug 8, 2021

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Your infuriating read of the day. It’s at the NYTimes, but no spoilers.

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