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A Sort of Autopsy?
Voting Rights, the DNC, and Denial.
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The Enshittified Bulwark
Watch now | Reality Checking the Bulwark – After the Fall
Published on Certain Thoughts
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May 7
The Cost of the Comforting Lie
On Louisiana v. Callais and a politics that won't look at itself.
Apr 30
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Bad Polls Don’t Mean a Redeemed Nation
Mar 28
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Reality Checking The Bulwark
Jan 31
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Should Black Voters Renegotiate With Democrats?
Mar 4
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The Wrong Lesson from Budapest
Apr 13
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Does it feel like America hates its women?
Dec 4, 2025
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SNAP, Crackle, Gone
Oct 29, 2025
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The Seashells Were Never the Point
On the Comey indictment, the commentariat’s sedative, and the architecture being built while we laugh.
Apr 29
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The Fraying Seam of American Truth
On the conspiracies forming around the third attempted assassination of President Trump.
Apr 27
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A Mythology in Circulation
Why a Carlson podcast may not break the spell of Trumpism. I hope I'm wrong.
Apr 23
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Reality Checking the Bulwark – GAME OVER?
Is The Bulwark a malign actor?
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Apr 23
Four Dark Truths about the American Public
And why poll-addled analyst are becoming unlistenable.
Apr 21
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The False Hope of the 2026 Midterms
Post-Electoral Redemption will be excruciatingly difficult.
Apr 20
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The Gut Punch
On the Never Trump conservative's incomplete reckoning, the ideology it still won't indict, and the view from outside the myth.
Apr 15
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The Antichrist Spirit and the Elite Threshold Fallacy
In response to the Trump Jesus social media post news cycle.
Apr 14
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The Enshittified Bulwark
Watch now (79 mins) | “Late-stage capitalism” used to mean something.
May 7
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Reality Checking the Bulwark – Episode 7
Dismantling tweets from Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller
Apr 7
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Hasan Piker and Fissures in the Democratic Coalition
Sarah Longwell gets unwelcome exposure after attacking Hasan Piker.
Apr 6
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Can an American Political Party Prioritize Both The "White" and "Black" Vote
Watch now | On today's news topics, the state of the Democratic Party, and our expanding dystopia.
Apr 1
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The Story That Keeps Trumpism Alive
Trump Didn’t Kill Conservatism. He Revealed It.
Mar 25
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Who Gets to Be Taken Seriously?
What Ye and Sarah Longwell reveal about a political culture losing its footing.
Apr 6
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Frum, Miller, and the Question of Emphasis
In an age of corruption and asymmetry.
Feb 26
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Scoreboard Democracy, Part II
Anticipating myopic State of the Union coverage and punditry.
Feb 24
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American Inertia, Part II
When Identity Cohesion Outruns Policy Failure
Feb 23
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American Inertia
Why Structural Weakness, Not Activist Excess, Keeps Repeating the Crisis
Feb 19
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Black America in a Jar
On scrutiny, silence-as-unity, and the politics of being watched.
Jan 16
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Does it feel like America hates its women?
BONUS: You should watch All Her Fault on Peacock.
Dec 4, 2025
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Quiet, Piggie...and Other Tales of Centrist Delusion
BONUS: A House of Dynamite movie reflections.
Nov 21, 2025
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Hopium, Myth, and the Monster We Know
Bonus: 30 for 30, American Son, and Trump's America
Nov 20, 2025
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You Think Ya Betta Than Me?!
On Expertise, Resentment, and Who Gets to Be Right.
Aug 29, 2025
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The 5th Anniversary of January 6th
And the way lynch culture can be felt in this moment.
Jan 6
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America’s First RINO Hunt (Empire of Liberty #12)
The playbook hasn’t changed, only the hashtags have.
Sep 25, 2025
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From NATO to Nature (50 Facts #1)
Where America Truly Lost Its Grip
Sep 23, 2025
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The Empire of Debt and Liberty (Empire of Liberty #11)
From colonies to companies to states and still paying the bill.
Sep 9, 2025
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The Mouse Haunts (The Mouse That Roared #2)
But I still love it.
Jun 5, 2025
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