#  @BillKristol Bill Kristol Bill Kristol posts on X about ice, donald trump, in the, jeffrey epstein the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::2800581040/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] -29% - [--] Month [----------] +13% - [--] Months [-----------] +47% - [--] Year [-----------] -40% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::2800581040/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] -12% - [--] Month [---] +16% - [--] Months [-----] +58% - [--] Year [-----] -31% ### Followers: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::2800581040/followers)  - [--] Week [---------] +0.05% - [--] Month [---------] +0.35% - [--] Months [---------] +1.50% - [--] Year [---------] +2.60% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::2800581040/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [celebrities](/list/celebrities) #3162 [countries](/list/countries) #5859 [finance](/list/finance) 4% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 2% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 1.33% [musicians](/list/musicians) 1.33% [stocks](/list/stocks) 1.33% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.67% **Social topic influence** [ice](/topic/ice) #285, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #313, [in the](/topic/in-the) 6%, [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein) #811, [united states](/topic/united-states) #4047, [doj](/topic/doj) #323, [staff](/topic/staff) #172, [maga](/topic/maga) 2.67%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 2.67%, [dems](/topic/dems) #35 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@riesscott36843](/creator/undefined) [@bulwarkonline](/creator/undefined) [@nycpaf](/creator/undefined) [@mallen20243](/creator/undefined) [@420_moment](/creator/undefined) [@aspinofthewheel](/creator/undefined) [@john_lawlz](/creator/undefined) [@freebushjo52077](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@markepstein8](/creator/undefined) [@joe__312](/creator/undefined) [@buckslegercy](/creator/undefined) [@bidmanmarcus](/creator/undefined) [@wil84l](/creator/undefined) [@notreason1867](/creator/undefined) [@texastinfoilhat](/creator/undefined) [@madamspeakerbb](/creator/undefined) [@derow_ken](/creator/undefined) [@jkbjournalist](/creator/undefined) [@franklinleonard](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "McSally calling a reporter a liberal hack for asking a question and then taking high fives from todays conservatives for doing so tempts me to say: If its liberal to hold public officials in our liberal democracy accountable for doing their job then I guess Im liberal" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1218156176258535425) 2020-01-17T13:00Z 1M followers, 53.6K engagements "By the way as a place to live as a free citizen in a free country: Moscow Idaho Moscow Russia. Tucker Carlson: The city of MoscowIts so much nicer than any city in my countryIts so much cleaner and safer and prettier -esthetically-Than any city in the United States. https://t.co/Wpcp26UmZJ Tucker Carlson: The city of MoscowIts so much nicer than any city in my countryIts so much cleaner and safer and prettier -esthetically-Than any city in the United States. https://t.co/Wpcp26UmZJ" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1757418250269315513) 2024-02-13T14:55Z 1M followers, 682.6K engagements "The senior military officers: Their silence was golden. Trump and Hegseth: At once clownish and dangerous" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1973042414366634161) 2025-09-30T15:09Z 1M followers, 3.4M engagements ""Donald Trump calls himself the Peace President. But this week as he outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil his real agenda became obvious. Its not peace. Its extortion conquest and theft." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-politics-of-plunder-trump-panama-ukraine-nato-allies-greenland-companies-corruption-elections-putin-peace-planutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2004553702250844540) 2025-12-26T14:03Z 1M followers, 263.6K engagements ""The odds arent terrific. But theyre not terrible. The fight is winnable. And as Thomas Paine reminds us 'Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph.'" https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/five-paths-for-america-in-2026-trump-congress-republican-supreme-court-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/five-paths-for-america-in-2026-trump-congress-republican-supreme-court-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2007100822300303862) 2026-01-02T14:45Z 1M followers, 16.6K engagements "Well said by @Timodc. Id add that no one is under any obligation to answer metaphysical or theological questions. Having said that I suppose if I were asked Id answer: Yes. It seems pretty clear-cut to me. I mean I personally know adults who were men and are now women. Can a man become a woman is such a rage bait bullshit question. It has no bearing on policy. In a free country an adult can become whatever they want if they dont harm others. The DHS Secretary has an entirely new face & the president wears more makeup than most drag queens. Can a man become a woman is such a rage bait bullshit" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2013326812286222480) 2026-01-19T19:04Z 1M followers, 1.4M engagements "Too obvious a point even to make perhaps. But there was no unrest in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaosand the killings. Get them out of there" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2015136419551826115) 2026-01-24T18:55Z 1M followers, 934.6K engagements "Honestly glad to see all the cards out on the table. [--]. People can stop being surprised by how radical and thorough-going the reactionary agenda is. 2) This is a chance to cause some rifts and wedges in Trump/MAGA world. 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn Obergefell. The campaign declares that children are "Greater Than" so-called "Equality." Marriage and family law should prioritize the needs of children not the predilections of adults. Here's https://t.co/yAtp9tDbrf 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016931147213611199) 2026-01-29T17:47Z 1M followers, 411.8K engagements ""Its easy to see how Trump will try to tilt the playing field. His DOJ has already been seeking to interfere.The easiest path will be to intimidate voters corrupt the vote count and subvert free and fair elections in blue cities." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-isnt-what-de-escalation-looks-like-trump-ice-border-patrol-minneapolis-election-texas-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018457717942186490) 2026-02-02T22:53Z 1M followers, 57.2K engagements ""CLASSIFICATION: SUPER-DUPER DOUBLE SECRET. TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF SUSIE L. WILES. CALL INITIATED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT 4:17 A.M. THURSDAY FEBRUARY [--] 2026." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019523920878326166) 2026-02-05T21:29Z 1M followers, 159.2K engagements ""There are ways to root for your team without endorsing its government. Cheer for the athletes on Team USA who embody the virtues of hard work and dedicationand especially those who have spoken out against the administrations lawlessness." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/lets-not-sportswash-trumps-authoritarianism-olympics-italy-world-cuputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/lets-not-sportswash-trumps-authoritarianism-olympics-italy-world-cuputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019765866905157983) 2026-02-06T13:31Z 1M followers, 12.9K engagements "A few tickets left for the Wednesday Feb. [--] Minneapolis Bulwark show in which we'll be talking about analyzing and discussing the state of play in the nation--and will be paying tribute to the brave people of Minneapolis. https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06006443C6C74FB8_gl=1*2yk054*_gcl_au*MTE0MDc1NTYzMy4xNzY5NjM1MDc1 https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06006443C6C74FB8_gl=1*2yk054*_gcl_au*MTE0MDc1NTYzMy4xNzY5NjM1MDc1" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019776239704092785) 2026-02-06T14:12Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "The NSA detected an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close toTrumpGabbard took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to WilesOne day after Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the report. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020189731561029816) 2026-02-07T17:35Z 1M followers, 173.3K engagements "Important new piece from @jkbjournalist and @clurhealy. It's all--the predation and the coverup--as bad as you think. Lots of interesting details here. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article314609810.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article314609810.html" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020223380813762904) 2026-02-07T19:49Z 1M followers, 32.3K engagements ""Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. Trump is on that list as well as a number of other powerful people." https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020224786291408957) 2026-02-07T19:54Z 1M followers, 49.7K engagements "It's usually the ones you most suspect. Howard Lutnick went to Jeffrey Epstein's island [--] days before Lutnick and Epstein went into business together. 12/23/2012 Lutnick goes to Epstein's island. 12/28/2012 Lutnick and Epstein sign a stock purchase agreement. https://t.co/debzVpo7Yh Howard Lutnick went to Jeffrey Epstein's island [--] days before Lutnick and Epstein went into business together. 12/23/2012 Lutnick goes to Epstein's island. 12/28/2012 Lutnick and Epstein sign a stock purchase agreement. https://t.co/debzVpo7Yh" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020236434918248785) 2026-02-07T20:41Z 1M followers, 144.7K engagements "Actually it's not. Listening to athletes opine on politics is going to ruin the Olympics Listening to athletes opine on politics is going to ruin the Olympics" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020517637587964189) 2026-02-08T15:18Z 1M followers, 76.5K engagements "There are some people I suppose in the higher reaches of the Trump Administration who are not sexual predators. But it appears not many Doocy: "The new face of https://t.co/wJ6ksYcaXZ is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear" RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him." https://t.co/HhWvW0pRFY Doocy: "The new face of https://t.co/wJ6ksYcaXZ is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear" RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020548478565327008) 2026-02-08T17:21Z 1M followers, 75.5K engagements "In advance of Maxwells stonewalling Khanna has submitted in advance the questions he intends to ask Maxwell and asks Comer to confirm whether she will invoke the Fifth in response to each one. Those questions go to the core of the Epstein scandal. https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/exclusive-read-ro-khanna-letter-onr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/exclusive-read-ro-khanna-letter-onr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020549539799736616) 2026-02-08T17:25Z 1M followers, 29.9K engagements "Yes Democrats could win the Senate. Ron Brownstein explains the obstacles the opportunities and the key variables to watch. You dont have to be a political junkie to love this conversation. But if you are a political junkie I think its a must watch. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=69fx34HYtMI https://www.youtube.com/watchv=69fx34HYtMI" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020551553279565912) 2026-02-08T17:33Z 1M followers, 87.2K engagements "Some Olympic athletes commonsensically and even eloquently distinguish love of country from approval of Trump administration actions that are a blight upon the country. Trump and MAGA squeal and whine. Trumpist bullies are the most fragile snowflakes" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020560158963765698) 2026-02-08T18:07Z 1M followers, 124.5K engagements ""The people of Minneapolis have been courageously confronting the Trump administrations bullies in the streets. The least Democratic elected officials can do is confront the administration seriously in Congress. Speak out and fight. Be like Bad Bunny." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020876170657403362) 2026-02-09T15:03Z 1M followers, 13.6K engagements "Maxwell's lawyer publicly offering a quid pro quo: She'll clear Trump of wrongdoing related to Epstein if granted clemency by Trump. This suggests that if Maxwell doesn't "clear" Trump things will come out that will further implicate him. Otherwise the offer makes no sense" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020961187987587126) 2026-02-09T20:41Z 1M followers, 87.9K engagements "The spirit of No Kingsthe law should be kingis more alive in the British government than in ours. BREAKING: Buckingham Palace confirms King Charles will fully support a police investigation into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. An extraordinary royal moment. BREAKING: Buckingham Palace confirms King Charles will fully support a police investigation into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. An extraordinary royal moment" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020993935519170959) 2026-02-09T22:51Z 1M followers, 68.3K engagements "But for now the best Congress can do is deny Trumps paramilitary forces an additional $16 billion. This would at least put a dent in their already built-in growth. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rock https://www.thebulwark.com/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rock" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021047227968352544) 2026-02-10T02:23Z 1M followers, 11.5K engagements "Important from Arne Duncan and David Pressman: "There is little effort among university leaders to coordinate a political response to attacks on academic independence by the administration. Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/09/colleges-universities-trump-administration-political-interference/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/09/colleges-universities-trump-administration-political-interference/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021195057580200095) 2026-02-10T12:10Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "Trump appointee to his "Religious Liberty Commission" embraces Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson claims that "Catholics do not embrace Zionism." https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/religious-liberty-commission-antisemitism-hearing-israel-contentious/smid=tw-share https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/religious-liberty-commission-antisemitism-hearing-israel-contentious/smid=tw-share" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021208770303476105) 2026-02-10T13:04Z 1M followers, 10.4K engagements ""Massie on CNN on Sunday was asked on CNN on Sunday if Lutnick should come and testify before Congress about Epstein. 'No he should just resign' Massie said." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/howard-lutnick-trumps-commerce-secretary-faces-calls-resign/storyid=130002715 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/howard-lutnick-trumps-commerce-secretary-faces-calls-resign/storyid=130002715" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021212520728477889) 2026-02-10T13:19Z 1M followers, 106.6K engagements "Is there anything in Trumps past that suggests he would willingly relinquish an asset that is valuable to him and his family I dont think soI expect he will attempt to maintain his position as Republican capo di tutti capi until his dying breath. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-happens-when-trump-loses-guide-to-chaos-aheadr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-happens-when-trump-loses-guide-to-chaos-aheadr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021309169152786792) 2026-02-10T19:43Z 1M followers, 18.1K engagements ""The public is increasingly alarmed about the dangers of Trump and Trumpism. The elites are slower.Their behavior brings to mind the alleged remark by Alexandre Ledru-Rollin in 1848: 'There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.' https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuitutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuitutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021533168462090612) 2026-02-11T10:34Z 1M followers, 11.4K engagements ""The publics rallying to the cause of democracy and liberty is heartening. Lincoln said Public sentiment is everything. But as Lincoln knew public sentiment isnt self-effectuating. Elected officials have to turn public opinion into political power." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-people-are-leading-the-leaders-should-follow-congress-sentate-dhs-ice-border-patrol-funding-minnesotautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021681152528908689) 2026-02-11T20:22Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "RT @franklinleonard: Whole Cabinet chock-full of people desperate for Epstein's approval" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021962310164918704) 2026-02-12T14:59Z 1M followers, [---] engagements "A sultan from UAE who sent a torture video to Epstein attended Trumps first inauguralThe country where the royal family secretly bought half of the Trump familys crypto venture. Sultan bin Sulayem was one of six men whose names were redacted. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7sYMZ6CluTg https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7sYMZ6CluTg" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021377136766914608) 2026-02-11T00:13Z 1M followers, 73.1K engagements "Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after [--] decades. I learn from their website that Gallup is proud of all the contracts they have with many federal agencies. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021689984181317813) 2026-02-11T20:57Z 1M followers, 895.9K engagements "Yesterday was "a moderately frabjous day" for the resistance. From victory for the intrepid residents of Minneapolis to Senate Dems hanging tough to Judge Leon's decision slapping down Hegseth to the Epstein coverup under increased assault. Onward https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-iceutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022322807451885835) 2026-02-13T14:51Z 1M followers, 13.1K engagements "I have a challenge to all the patriots out there who fly Dont Tread on Me flags and talk about upholding the Constitution. This is your moment. Youve spent your entire lives talking about resisting tyranny. Now it is happening before your eyes. https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5735757-constitutional-rights-threat-immigrants/ https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5735757-constitutional-rights-threat-immigrants/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022466911028822183) 2026-02-14T00:24Z 1M followers, 32K engagements "I repeat: If you say No Kings is a We Hate America rally then youre the one who hates America. Daines on No Kings: "This is a 'We Hate America' rally" https://t.co/gwo5lopf4z Daines on No Kings: "This is a 'We Hate America' rally" https://t.co/gwo5lopf4z" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1978848233469190494) 2025-10-16T15:39Z 1M followers, 272.7K engagements ""And Trump Its hard to deny that he is by far the most consequential figure of American politics in the twenty-first century.His legacy would be a destructive one.But he may turn out to be as important a historical figure as FDR or Reagan." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019037264110829831) 2026-02-04T13:16Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "Very much worth watching Bob Kagan with Tim Miller. Not happy talk but important and bracing: Trump is going to do what he can to hold onto his near monopoly on power. Anything to stall or stop a Democratic Congress in [----]. Whos going to stop him https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/robert-kagan-and-marianne-williamsonutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/robert-kagan-and-marianne-williamsonutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019396676671111393) 2026-02-05T13:04Z 1M followers, 21.4K engagements ""The Trump administrations handling of the Epstein files has been a scandal. But the collusion and complicity of a swath of Americas elite over a quarter century in Epsteins behavior is an even deeper scandal and outrage." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019789117236683245) 2026-02-06T15:03Z 1M followers, 19.6K engagements "Or to put it more starkly: A conservative with integrity is under present circumstances whether he realizes it or not basically a liberal. This lefty says that it is absolutely possible to be a conservative and an intellectual and to have integrity. I know some. I disagree with them and hope to argue with them again one day. But I agree with this because conservatives with integrity have no power in Trump's party This lefty says that it is absolutely possible to be a conservative and an intellectual and to have integrity. I know some. I disagree with them and hope to argue with them again one" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020185281195045375) 2026-02-07T17:17Z 1M followers, 43.9K engagements "The political class and business elites would be happy to see attention to Epstein fade away. But the broader public won't allow it. They correctly sense something is rotten about the earlier investigations (or the lack thereof) and the current coverup.and they're right" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020235568408588473) 2026-02-07T20:37Z 1M followers, 160.6K engagements "The Olympic athletes are better Americans than their MAGA critics; Dems should go on real offense over the DHS bill and pursue de-funding; Jon Ossoff's good speech; even National Review can't defend Trump's corruption. And I suggest Tim run for Senate. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/bill-kristol-magas-grievance-cultureutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/bill-kristol-magas-grievance-cultureutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020964867373674847) 2026-02-09T20:55Z 1M followers, 39K engagements "Trumps mass hypnosis of his closest supporters may be strong but its getting clearer to everyone outside the spell how insane the status quo has become. Nate Silver noted the share of Americans who strongly disapprove of Trump broke 46% yesterday. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021232298297839766) 2026-02-10T14:38Z 1M followers, 20.1K engagements ""Protesters in Minneapolis. Survivors of Epsteins sex crimes. A grand jury in Washington D.C. These are the true leaders of the resistance to Trumps authoritarian project. Surely its time for our elected officials to hurry to catch up." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-people-are-leading-the-leaders-should-follow-congress-sentate-dhs-ice-border-patrol-funding-minnesotautm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021606391920656871) 2026-02-11T15:24Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "RT @franklinleonard: I'm officially offer a $100 reward for the person who can get him to accept the most ridiculous trophy" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021962415886241932) 2026-02-12T14:59Z 1M followers, [---] engagements "RT @ReichlinMelnick: Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls immigrants whove fallen into drug addiction the worst of the worst crimi" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022069192548311069) 2026-02-12T22:03Z 1M followers, [---] engagements ""Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list." Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said update the "final list" to include it. https://politi.co/4t6pxt0 https://politi.co/4t6pxt0" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019078727078977951) 2026-02-04T16:00Z 1M followers, 314.6K engagements "The Trump administration back turned and eyes averted from the truth about Epstein" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021762711609389077) 2026-02-12T01:46Z 1M followers, 28.7K engagements "We live in challenging times. But these are also clarifying times where the choices are clear and we have examples to admire. All honor to the Epstein survivors. All honor to the people of Minneapolis. All honor to the people of Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021931517635965097) 2026-02-12T12:56Z 1M followers, 83.5K engagements "What hes doing with ICE is the worst thing. I would say the economy is the second worst thing. Im getting ready to retire and Im wondering how Im going to make it. But Im blessed. I dont have to hide in the basement because my skin is brown. https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-ice-minneapolis-deportation-42aff472ccf1ecd7b92ba0c90469c9e7utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-ice-minneapolis-deportation-42aff472ccf1ecd7b92ba0c90469c9e7utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022013017438007359) 2026-02-12T18:20Z 1M followers, 14.4K engagements "NEW. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Trump's mass deportation regime. The government wants to arrest detain and deport one in every [--] people4% of the population. That can't be done without transforming who we are and our relationship to law enforcement. https://youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTMsi=JiGN9m8kY6pbcC-d https://youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTMsi=JiGN9m8kY6pbcC-d" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022035142571864553) 2026-02-12T19:48Z 1M followers, 45.6K engagements "Are "legitimate federal law enforcement agencies" run by people who take $50000 in cash in a paper bag Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process." https://t.co/aSJXjgTFi4 Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process." https://t.co/aSJXjgTFi4" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022036870222512249) 2026-02-12T19:55Z 1M followers, 27.2K engagements ""ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers." Senate Democrats: Do not appropriate any more funds for ICE. https://wapo.st/3OfarSk https://wapo.st/3OfarSk" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022414973516018104) 2026-02-13T20:57Z 1M followers, 31.8K engagements "Shouldnt Senate Dems introduce legislation providing full funding TSA Coast Guard FEMA etc.and no new funding for ICE and CBP Seems like pretty good ground to fight on. Offer to come back and pass it Tuesday" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022463052457574404) 2026-02-14T00:09Z 1M followers, 42.7K engagements "Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: "The Trump administration has been finding ways to shortcut the removal process.a lot of tactics and legal maneuvers that weve never really seen before.bureaucratic attacks on due process for the mass deportation campaign that weve been seeing."" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022478373432242325) 2026-02-14T01:09Z 1M followers, 18.6K engagements "The only greater sign of decline is the capitulation of U.S. elites to Trump. There is no greater sign of the "decline" of the west than the reality that a large percentage of the US population listened to and selected Donald Trump to lead them. There is no greater sign of the "decline" of the west than the reality that a large percentage of the US population listened to and selected Donald Trump to lead them" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022739929714016587) 2026-02-14T18:29Z 1M followers, 28.2K engagements "It really is as @SarahLongwell25 said the Epstein administration. Whooops: Tom Barrack the US Ambassador to Turkey is asked by Epstein to send photos of 'child' to make him smile https://t.co/xrAEXAL2Kv Whooops: Tom Barrack the US Ambassador to Turkey is asked by Epstein to send photos of 'child' to make him smile https://t.co/xrAEXAL2Kv" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022740160086163864) 2026-02-14T18:30Z 1M followers, 87.1K engagements "I obtained through the deepest of deep state sources and the most concealed of Never Trump conspiracies a double-secret transcript of Donald Trump's phone call this morning to his chief of staff Susie Wiles. BLUF: Stephen Miller's days are numbered. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019429631733166343) 2026-02-05T15:15Z 1M followers, 331.8K engagements "Buried in a footnote of Ghislaine Maxwells court filing she makes the bombshell claim that there are twenty-five accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein who entered into secret settlements and that there are four unnamed employee co-conspirators of Epstein. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelpopok/p/ghislaine-maxwells-bombshell-filingr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelpopok/p/ghislaine-maxwells-bombshell-filingr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020162446787301512) 2026-02-07T15:47Z 1M followers, 631.6K engagements ""In [----] the economy added [--] million jobs. In [----] still under Biden it added [---] million jobs. In [----] under Trump it added just [------] jobs. This is a story about an economy getting throttled by one man's capricious destructive governance." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/shock-poll-americans-miss-joe-bidens-economyutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/shock-poll-americans-miss-joe-bidens-economyutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021679879876759676) 2026-02-11T20:16Z 1M followers, 115.1K engagements "Minneapolis has to be the first locality ICE leaves not the last. No funds for ICE. ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/ice-small-towns.htmlsmid=bs-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/ice-small-towns.htmlsmid=bs-share" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022421194717475239) 2026-02-13T21:22Z 1M followers, 13.1K engagements "Joe Rogan questioned the redaction of names in the files arguing if someone is not a victim there should be no reason to withhold their identity and saying the situation reflects poorly on the Trump administration. Rogan added the matter is serious https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronparnas/p/news-trump-lashes-out-as-epsteinr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronparnas/p/news-trump-lashes-out-as-epsteinr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022698414123688168) 2026-02-14T15:44Z 1M followers, 15.2K engagements "Sometimes I feel that were getting into negative cheers for capitalism territory. A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in [----] after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out and fired after raising the issue. Management kept the https://t.co/Oi0tJIWIrD A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in [----] after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022736726863860018) 2026-02-14T18:16Z 1M followers, 30.2K engagements "Very well said. Mark Kelly is basically saying the quiet part out loud: the big rupture is not that Europe suddenly changed its values or that democracies woke up and decided alliances are boring. The rupture is that the United States under Donald Trump started vandalising the very system https://t.co/GopQwOPpdx Mark Kelly is basically saying the quiet part out loud: the big rupture is not that Europe suddenly changed its values or that democracies woke up and decided alliances are boring. The rupture is that the United States under Donald Trump started vandalising the very system" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022741779632787573) 2026-02-14T18:36Z 1M followers, 46.2K engagements "Abolish ICE. Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator and the woman driving the car was very disorderly obstructing and resisting who then https://t.co/strH301LId Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator and the woman driving the car was very disorderly obstructing and resisting who then https://t.co/strH301LId" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2009001272104583660) 2026-01-07T20:36Z 1M followers, 1.8M engagements "If they want to name a NY landmark after Trump how about the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant the largest sewage treatment facility in NYC in Brooklyn As for the DC area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility in northeast DC https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020198879300292754) 2026-02-07T18:12Z 1M followers, 31.9K engagements ""President Trumps State of the Union address is scheduled for two weeks from now. Perhaps Democratic members of Congress should accept that we arent living in business-as-usual times Perhaps they should choose not to attend the State of the Union" https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-people-are-leading-the-leaders-should-follow-congress-sentate-dhs-ice-border-patrol-funding-minnesotautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021606859472285871) 2026-02-11T15:26Z 1M followers, 12.5K engagements "They didnt count on how the survivors would mobilize into a force to be reckoned with and that the public would rally to support them. As Bondi screamed I thought of Epsteins survivorsAnd how they have been screaming for years to deaf ears. https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/bondis-charader=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/bondis-charader=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021733287236911318) 2026-02-11T23:49Z 1M followers, 36.3K engagements ""It can be dispiriting to see Trump temporarily occupying (and temporarily vulgarizing) our White House. But its heartening to remember that when the Trump era is consigned to the ash heap of history the example of Lincoln will remain." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/zionism-is-splitting-maga-in-two-antisemitism-religious-liberty-israel-carlson-owens-fuentes-trumputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021960969019437212) 2026-02-12T14:53Z 1M followers, 11.3K engagements "Long exposure to Donald Trump shouldnt dull us to how loathsome a character he is and to how humiliating it is that he is our president" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1264408362797748225) 2020-05-24T04:10Z 1M followers, 88.7K engagements "This morning up above" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1324688954273181698) 2020-11-06T12:23Z 1M followers, 54.5K engagements "Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other soon after WWII. One Rob Reiner lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing. The other Donald Trump will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2000700159550738930) 2025-12-15T22:51Z 1M followers, 1.2M engagements "This survey adds to a growing mountain of evidence that kitchen table issues are not in fact all that matters to voters and that they care about their rights and freedoms and our democratic system as well. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021234092847595991) 2026-02-10T14:45Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "Surely the legislation passed in November meant that DOJ was expected to override Patels FBIs March redactions and provide unredacted documents per the laws requirements. By transmitting docs with Patels redactions wasnt DOJ failing to obey the laws clear intent NEW: I just spoke with Congressman @RoKhanna who confirmed that most of the unredacted files remain redacted because the FBI scrubbed them in March and gave DOJ redacted copies. DOJ seemingly never asked for new unredacted versions. NEW: I just spoke with Congressman @RoKhanna who confirmed that most of the unredacted files remain" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021299756249620942) 2026-02-10T19:06Z 1M followers, 42.9K engagements "Agree with @ChrisMurphyCT. I'd add: When the Trump administration starts trying to arrest senators for dissent Democratic senators should consider refusing to attend Trump's State of Union. They could instead spend that time meeting with MN protestors or Epstein survivors. For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines. For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021604408270655912) 2026-02-11T15:17Z 1M followers, 54.7K engagements "Masked thugs on streets. Measles outbreaks across the nation. Blatant government corruption. Coverup of elite sex offenders. Ruling party trying to rig elections. Leader building grandiose monuments to himself. Destruction of nonpartisan civil service. Third world America" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018842609201106960) 2026-02-04T00:22Z 1M followers, 283K engagements "Mayor Jacob Frey remarked that Minnesotans had shown that a love for our neighbors and a resolve to endure can outlast an occupation. This was a real if limited victory in the fight against Trumps mass-deportation and mass-intimidation regime. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022440871593951310) 2026-02-13T22:40Z 1M followers, 15.4K engagements "Here Noem says the quiet part out loud. Trump's DHS is not a traditional Cabinet agency a part of the U.S. government established and constrained by laws regulations and court rulings. DHS is now an arm of Trump and MAGA used against citizens the administration disfavors. Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders to lead this country." https://t.co/p6v6u1Nyhj Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders to lead" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022713213675049336) 2026-02-14T16:43Z 1M followers, 270.7K engagements "In August [----] Barrack emailed Epstein and said just saw Sultan who likes you a lot I told him you are the best that you are a first class brain inside of a first class human being Miss u. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-barrack-jeffrey-epstein-files/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-barrack-jeffrey-epstein-files/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022769348301971894) 2026-02-14T20:26Z 1M followers, 62K engagements "Also may I say that I dont agree with people saying ICE and CBP need more training. Theyre doing exactly what this administration has trained them toimpose a reign of fear in blue cities. They dont need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2015198493258723499) 2026-01-24T23:02Z 1M followers, 1.2M engagements "This is the ICE Republican senators want to protect. Durango CO A masked ICE agent is seen on video snatching a phone from an elderly woman filming during a peaceful protest then physically attacking her and throwing her down a hill. Other federal agents are seen assisting in the assault before retreating behind a fence. via: https://t.co/iHlSjDeeK5 Durango CO A masked ICE agent is seen on video snatching a phone from an elderly woman filming during a peaceful protest then physically attacking her and throwing her down a hill. Other federal agents are seen assisting in the assault before" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016967204160368653) 2026-01-29T20:10Z 1M followers, 232.1K engagements ""It has routinely opposed efforts to kick right-wing antisemites out of its political coalition.White House employees who brag in leaked texts about having a Nazi streak dont even lose their administration jobs." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/zionism-is-splitting-maga-in-two-antisemitism-religious-liberty-israel-carlson-owens-fuentes-trumputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/zionism-is-splitting-maga-in-two-antisemitism-religious-liberty-israel-carlson-owens-fuentes-trumputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021959543404867866) 2026-02-12T14:48Z 1M followers, 14.5K engagements "A tactical withdrawal by the Trump administration from Minneapolis--which is a well-deserved victory for the people of Minneapolis. But no backing down on "the promise of mass deportation." Which means the fight continues and there will be more Minneapolises across the nation. Tom Homan: I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation concludeWe will continue to enforce Title A immigration law throughout this nationThose who say we are backing down from immigration enforcement or the promise of mass deportations you https://t.co/cY827bSEuU Tom Homan: I have" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021960368092831744) 2026-02-12T14:51Z 1M followers, 37.9K engagements "RFK Jr.: Making toilet seats great again. RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. https://t.co/4yrT7W2Slh RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. https://t.co/4yrT7W2Slh" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022068454761848869) 2026-02-12T22:01Z 1M followers, 48.8K engagements "The Trump years have been and remain all too real and were not going suddenly to wake up and discover that all is back to normal. But yesterday offered some promise that a hard-earned awakening could lie ahead. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022434042793112018) 2026-02-13T22:13Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "A political movement that insists on solving a problem the data cannot substantiate is not engaged in reform. It is redefining the electorate through procedural filtration& structural barriersthe issue is not fraud prevention but power allocation. https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-save-act-and-the-myth-of-a-voterr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-save-act-and-the-myth-of-a-voterr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022731813668741614) 2026-02-14T17:56Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "Actually the first step to fix it is to abolish ICE as it currently exists. This [--] year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged both as an American and as a father to two boys. Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state. This [--] year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged both as an American and as a father to two boys. Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022740595358540134) 2026-02-14T18:31Z 1M followers, 50.2K engagements "Courts have ruled [----] times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasnt stopped. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022749777633358203) 2026-02-14T19:08Z 1M followers, 51.7K engagements "Its all such a disgrace. Written about in detail eight years ago. Complaint filed by victims lawyers in [----] DOJ declined to investigate. Written about in detail eight years ago. Complaint filed by victims lawyers in [----] DOJ declined to investigate" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2022783292030812188) 2026-02-14T21:21Z 1M followers, 18.4K engagements "Republican members of Congress announce they will hold the president accountable for obstruction of justice" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1138093913561075714) 2019-06-10T14:41Z 1M followers, 17.7K engagements "If Liz runs for the Republican nomination in [----] I'll donate. I'd vote for her in the VA primary if it could make a difference. But I'm doubtful that will be the case. I think it's more likely that in [----] I'll be voting not for a Reagan Republican but for a Zelensky Democrat" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1503719031777501188) 2022-03-15T13:05Z 1M followers, 15.2K engagements ""To bring a democracy under authoritarian control you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public as we slide toward one-man rule that nothing odd is happening. Thats the role Johnson is playing in Trumps takeover." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-abetting-trump-authoritarianismr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-abetting-trump-authoritarianismr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1977710055144239474) 2025-10-13T12:16Z 1M followers, 343.2K engagements ""And so when millions of Americans gather tomorrow under the banner of No Kings they will do so in the spirit of Jefferson and Madison and in loyalty to the Declaration and the Constitution." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-very-own-basket-of-deplorables-extreme-rhetoric-no-kings-tariffs-russia-ukraine-epsteinr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-very-own-basket-of-deplorables-extreme-rhetoric-no-kings-tariffs-russia-ukraine-epsteinr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1979182094140997846) 2025-10-17T13:45Z 1M followers, 130.6K engagements "Weak man. Fake arena. Man in the Arena. https://t.co/BMpnhH8SzJ Man in the Arena. https://t.co/BMpnhH8SzJ" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1982444777556590938) 2025-10-26T13:50Z 1M followers, 1.5M engagements ""The story of Trumps authoritarian takeover is primarily a story of what Trump and his executive branch apparatchiks have done. But it wouldnt be happening without an extraordinary degree of complicity and cowardice of congressional Republicans." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/regular-americans-are-about-to-take-it-on-the-chin-government-shutdown-aca-subsidies-snap-benefitsr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1983532565228089848) 2025-10-29T13:53Z 1M followers, 177.3K engagements "I also feel bad about leaving out Lutnik. So many clowns so little space" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1992952193042022432) 2025-11-24T13:43Z 1M followers, 31K engagements ""When I said that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trumps-deportations-are-ripping-mothers-babies-venezuela-el-salvador-cecot-immigrationutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1999063723663606201) 2025-12-11T10:28Z 1M followers, 79.1K engagements "To repeat: Abolish ICE" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2015094733224231196) 2026-01-24T16:09Z 1M followers, 253.9K engagements "I can speak only for myself but I want to assure all Danes that many of us in the United Stats--yes most of us--yes a large majority of us--respect and appreciate our friends and allies in Denmark and are appalled by this as by so many actions of the Trump administration. Danish vererans put [--] reeds with flags at the US Embassy Copenhagen. Each bearing the name of a Dane killed in action. The Embassy has removed the flags. I'm lost for words. https://t.co/APb2UmzBHl Danish vererans put [--] reeds with flags at the US Embassy Copenhagen. Each bearing the name of a Dane killed in action. The" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016504506754682943) 2026-01-28T13:31Z 1M followers, 177.6K engagements "An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News admitting that these de-escalatory measures are about placating Senate Democrats so they dont seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package. https://newrepublic.com/article/205768/donald-trump-scared-ice-minneapolis https://newrepublic.com/article/205768/donald-trump-scared-ice-minneapolis" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016512590709477497) 2026-01-28T14:04Z 1M followers, 569.1K engagements "The extent to which residents of Minneapolis are more civic courageous and patriotic than business elites conservative luminaries and Republican members of Congress is really striking. Its a lesson not to be forgotten. Its one that would not have surprised Hubert Humphrey" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016532285508436212) 2026-01-28T15:22Z 1M followers, 149K engagements ""Its time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in [----] and the outcome in [----]. That he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of how many guardrails he has steamrolled." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-is-still-obsessed-with-stealing-elections-georgia-fulton-fbi-2020-2026-2028utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-is-still-obsessed-with-stealing-elections-georgia-fulton-fbi-2020-2026-2028utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016893436322816091) 2026-01-29T15:17Z 1M followers, 150.6K engagements ""Who is going to get out to vote for nebbishness when federal officers are shooting Americans in the street People are angry and want someone who will fight for them. It seems impossible to fight the fires of Trumpism with the tepid water of centrism." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-great-midwestern-divide-clive-iowautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-great-midwestern-divide-clive-iowautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2016966732829638763) 2026-01-29T20:08Z 1M followers, 17.4K engagements "Trump already has key national security agencies--DOJ FBI CIA--involved in the plot to subvert free and fair elections in both [----] and [----]. Teed up behind them are DOD and importantly DHS. This is why today's fight against ICE and CBP is so crucial. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/defang-ice-save-the-midterms-georgia-senate-spending-gabbard-fbi-justice-trump-2026-2028-minnesota-homanutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2017246034955575319) 2026-01-30T14:38Z 1M followers, 44.7K engagements "ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glassfrom car windows to store fronts to homes. Its an expression of unchecked power and dominance: Were in charge. We break and shatter what we want. And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2017596633236529355) 2026-01-31T13:51Z 1M followers, 371.4K engagements "Defund ICE. Disable the grift. Disempower the Epstein class. Defy authoritarianism. Discredit Trumpism. Deconstruct MAGA. Defeat the GOP. Thank you for your attention to these matters" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2017965966760493515) 2026-02-01T14:19Z 1M followers, 105.5K engagements "So humiliating that a nation whose soldiers fought and died side by side with our own had to remind our president of that fact. But Trump couldnt care less about our soldiers who fought and died either. He has no more respect for the honorable service of Americans than of Danes. Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trumps desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the countrys leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all [--] Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US https://t.co/PvNHxoKagP Such is the" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018068188936728602) 2026-02-01T21:05Z 1M followers, 72.2K engagements ""The Department of Homeland Security spent the last year building ICE into something that looks less like a disciplined law enforcement agency than a small paramilitary force." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-isnt-what-de-escalation-looks-like-trump-ice-border-patrol-minneapolis-election-texas-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-isnt-what-de-escalation-looks-like-trump-ice-border-patrol-minneapolis-election-texas-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018337139784568989) 2026-02-02T14:54Z 1M followers, 21K engagements "We cant say that we werent warned. Trump calls in to the Dan Bongino Show: "The Republicans should say 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting.'" https://t.co/DqHFgfL97v Trump calls in to the Dan Bongino Show: "The Republicans should say 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting.'" https://t.co/DqHFgfL97v" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018386767284519372) 2026-02-02T18:11Z 1M followers, 562.6K engagements "Tim and I discuss the scandals of the Epstein files and the Epstein class the fake populism of JD Vance and Steve Bannon and the out-of-control Border Patrol and ICE. But there's good news too--the TX special election and Bad Bunny tells the truth. https://youtu.be/bbesKdsPtNksi=JIrKsOEryRGoUibd https://youtu.be/bbesKdsPtNksi=JIrKsOEryRGoUibd" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018456307234480305) 2026-02-02T22:47Z 1M followers, 28.6K engagements ""Im all for different deckhands but they wont right this ship. Trump built it. He set it on its course.Pretti and Good arent dead because of bad advice. Theyre dead because of bad men acting out the script that a bad president wrote for them." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/trump-failure-minnesota.htmlsmid=tw-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/trump-failure-minnesota.htmlsmid=tw-share" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018624676650696734) 2026-02-03T09:56Z 1M followers, 49.9K engagements ""Are Trump and his mooks going to try to steal the midterm elections Trump is saying more openly than ever that hed like to do just that.Well keep asking: Does that sound like a guy whos going to sit back and let the people vote for a blue wave" https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018704222045319414) 2026-02-03T15:12Z 1M followers, 20.9K engagements ""We dont face a formidable foe of the sort Lincoln imagined. We have been unable to defeat the designs of a second-rate demagogue and grifter aided by third-rate bigots and authoritarians and surrounded by fourth-rate opportunists and conspiracists." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018705140333637699) 2026-02-03T15:16Z 1M followers, 35K engagements ""This is happening not after the great shocks of a depression or a world war not when the country was reeling from earth-shattering events.The rise of Trump came at a time of relative peace and prosperity. We have no excuse for having succumbed to the degree we already have."" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018705568223916238) 2026-02-03T15:18Z 1M followers, 37.4K engagements "I've had no beef with @ColinAllredTX and have no strong view one way or the other on @jamestalarico. But this charge by Allred seems to be total horseshit and designed to help keep Texas's senate seat--if Allred can't have it--in Republican hands. Hey 👋🏽 @jamestalarico dont come for me unless I send for you. https://t.co/ryVA6irNWY Hey 👋🏽 @jamestalarico dont come for me unless I send for you. https://t.co/ryVA6irNWY" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018725259902660932) 2026-02-03T16:36Z 1M followers, 154K engagements "Break up DHS. EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon In October a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. GIFT ARTICLE https://t.co/pt18P7Kuxt EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon In October a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. GIFT ARTICLE https://t.co/pt18P7Kuxt" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2018826740584640989) 2026-02-03T23:19Z 1M followers, 94.8K engagements "Democrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall. Steve Bannon: Were gonna have ICE surround the pollsWell never again allow an election to be stolen. https://t.co/9R9tZdolHx Steve Bannon: Were gonna have ICE surround the pollsWell never again allow an election to be stolen. https://t.co/9R9tZdolHx" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019038366118109246) 2026-02-04T13:20Z 1M followers, 160.8K engagements ""Trump lamented he failed to activate the National Guard to seize voting machines in [----]. The Fulton raid should set alarm bells ringing about Trumps willingness to abuse the power of his office to undermine free and fair elections in [----] and 2028." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/warning-signs-of-election-interference-fulton-county-raidutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/warning-signs-of-election-interference-fulton-county-raidutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019041609703440832) 2026-02-04T13:33Z 1M followers, 10.5K engagements "Good point from @SonnyBunch. Cf. 'Persecution and the Art of Writing' passim. (That said the esoteric reading of the line mostly celebrates her zealous dedication to her external presentation could potentially offer a rich vein of commentary on the use of language by artists and thinkers zealously monitored by the censors of The Prince.) https://t.co/CZG4jRn5HD (That said the esoteric reading of the line mostly celebrates her zealous dedication to her external presentation could potentially offer a rich vein of commentary on the use of language by artists and thinkers zealously monitored by" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019042496123380068) 2026-02-04T13:36Z 1M followers, 17K engagements ""Democrats will now get the fight they should want: a hardball negotiation over DHS funding alone.ICE is terrorizing Americas streets right now. Democrats have the ability and the leverage to play hardball for some of these reforms right now." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/dont-look-now-but-dems-are-winning-dhs-funding-fight-ice-shutdown-springfield-ohio-haitians-tpsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019074833816940849) 2026-02-04T15:45Z 1M followers, 19.7K engagements "Vance is impressively loathsome. Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti Vance: For what Reporter: For labeling him an assassin. Vance: Hes a guy who showed up with ill intent to an ICE protest. https://t.co/sjzrIAtrj1 Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti Vance: For what Reporter: For labeling him an assassin. Vance: Hes a guy who showed up with ill intent to an ICE protest. https://t.co/sjzrIAtrj1" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019082272863862842) 2026-02-04T16:15Z 1M followers, 240.7K engagements "Abolish ICE. SEN. @Hickenlooper: Death cards left behind by ICE agents cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty." (H/T @LULAC) https://t.co/hBjRT9khrj SEN. @Hickenlooper: Death cards left behind by ICE agents cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty." (H/T @LULAC) https://t.co/hBjRT9khrj" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019091412784975934) 2026-02-04T16:51Z 1M followers, 45.5K engagements "If a newspapers publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the papernone of this is really about the money is it https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-washington-post-dies-in-broad-daylight-bezos-lewis-layoffsr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-washington-post-dies-in-broad-daylight-bezos-lewis-layoffsr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019116605284950133) 2026-02-04T18:31Z 1M followers, 57.5K engagements "New Q poll: ICE approval 34%-63% down from 40%-57% on Jan. [--]. 60% think ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis while 36% think ICE should continue its operations in Minneapolis. https://poll.qu.edu/poll-releasereleaseid=3946 https://poll.qu.edu/poll-releasereleaseid=3946" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019160461548392692) 2026-02-04T21:25Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "They havent seen federal agents de-escalateIn fact the agents have moved to aggressively pursuing or using dangerous tactics to try to box them inI think theyre getting angry that were winning and the country is rallying around us. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/pursued-by-federal-agents-suburban-ice-observers-remain-resolved https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/pursued-by-federal-agents-suburban-ice-observers-remain-resolved" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019208431698407545) 2026-02-05T00:36Z 1M followers, 20.4K engagements "An impressive young Democrat Navy veteran and state senator Patrick Schmidt is in the Kansas U.S. Senate race to challenge the weak Republican incumbent Roger Marshall. A recent poll had Trump's approval at only 48% in KS. A winnable Senate seat IMO. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/patrick-schmidt-1 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/patrick-schmidt-1" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019403110079168779) 2026-02-05T13:29Z 1M followers, 31.8K engagements ""These protestationshe isnt involved in his administrations election-meddling efforts and the DNI was there because foreign actors were involved in the Great Fulton Rigged Election of 2020ring hollow.Whatevers going on you can bet its sinister." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019430849608052823) 2026-02-05T15:20Z 1M followers, [----] engagements "Its now impossible for Democrats to change the subject from the United States descent into authoritarianism and they shouldnt want to. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupid https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupid" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019439494307450966) 2026-02-05T15:54Z 1M followers, 12.1K engagements "Our civil society will never recover if it cant mobilize against an autocrat who tried to shatter the bedrock of American democracy. Our democracy is in grave danger and its long past time to say so. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupidr=1emko https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupidr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019440827873853616) 2026-02-05T15:59Z 1M followers, 20.4K engagements "Anti-woke worsea lot worse tbhthan woke. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes No longer calling his murderer a racist. https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/ https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019445545840877770) 2026-02-05T16:18Z 1M followers, 20.3K engagements "Nonsense from Marco. "Faith in God" can be a very good thing--though that depends on its actual content. But many peoples have had faith in God--and they haven't become great nations. What's made us great is a system of civil and religious liberty that is rare in human history. Under President Trump the United States has the opportunity to become more faithful than it has ever been before. Prayer has always been this countrys superpower. Faith in God is what has made it great. Under President Trump the United States has the opportunity to become more faithful than it has ever been before." [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019523108001190355) 2026-02-05T21:26Z 1M followers, 57.3K engagements ""Donald Trump posts a lot of election conspiracy theories online and he posts a lot of racist memes too. But its not every day that he makes an elections-conspiracy-theory post that is also insanely racist." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019787206248759353) 2026-02-06T14:56Z 1M followers, 19.3K engagements ""Yesterday Trump offered the clearest formulation yet of his own bespoke soteriology. Dont worry he reassured the audience: Hed been mostly kidding when he said he wasnt heaven-bound. 'I really think I probably should make it he said.' https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019787792805478901) 2026-02-06T14:58Z 1M followers, 12.8K engagements ""This is part of what makes Trump-brand Christianity as a cultural and political force so dangerous. Trumps political project is seen by the MAGA faithful as utterly righteous.But he has license to transgress moral boundaries as he does that work." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019788592076259436) 2026-02-06T15:01Z 1M followers, 12.9K engagements "Does DHS ever not lie An FBI affidavit admits that an ICE agent shot a man while he was fleeing from [--] feet away not--as DHS claimed--while the agent was being beaten with a shovel. https://t.co/xpTrjxv4i1 An FBI affidavit admits that an ICE agent shot a man while he was fleeing from [--] feet away not--as DHS claimed--while the agent was being beaten with a shovel. https://t.co/xpTrjxv4i1" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019877985072083306) 2026-02-06T20:56Z 1M followers, 98.2K engagements "Pro-U.S. anti-Vance. Its very rare to hear boos at an Olympic opening ceremony. In my [--] Olympics it probably has happened but I sure dont remember it. Vice President JD Vance just got booed when he appeared on the big screen. The US athletes on the other hand received loud cheers. Its very rare to hear boos at an Olympic opening ceremony. In my [--] Olympics it probably has happened but I sure dont remember it. Vice President JD Vance just got booed when he appeared on the big screen. The US athletes on the other hand received loud cheers" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019905342855880930) 2026-02-06T22:45Z 1M followers, 96.4K engagements "What is the domestic terrorist app to which the ICE agent refers Seems like Congress might want to find out about this before appropriating any more funds for ICE "domestic terrorist app" "domestic terrorist app"" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2019927242999222445) 2026-02-07T00:12Z 1M followers, 36.2K engagements "For those outside the citadel the Epstein revelations tell a sordid story theyve long suspected. Here they are the rich and powerful some of them expressing sympathy for a criminal in their midst often as a means to protect their own. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-files-web-39746b9b https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-files-web-39746b9b" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020146957470015723) 2026-02-07T14:45Z 1M followers, 13.5K engagements "Its blindingly obvious that the Trump administration has no interest in our learning more about Epstein. Its also obvious the web of corruption and complicity around Epstein was large and intricate and that there is much more we deserve to know. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epstein https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epstein" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020148087738507340) 2026-02-07T14:50Z 1M followers, 26.5K engagements "Democrats should talk about ICETrumps immigration enforcement agenda is deeply unpopular once voters see the real-world consequences. Support for ICE reforms is overwhelmingPolling toplines understate how intense anti-ICE sentiment has become https://open.substack.com/pub/gelliottmorris/p/yes-democrats-should-run-on-icer=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/gelliottmorris/p/yes-democrats-should-run-on-icer=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020149190148468945) 2026-02-07T14:54Z 1M followers, [----] engagements ""Trump has promised to revive brawny blue-collar industries that apparently remind him of when America was great. These tend to be male-dominated sectors that have been in long-term structural decline.But these sectors continue to fall behind." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/donald-trump-alpha-president-economy-manufacturing-coal-disasterutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/donald-trump-alpha-president-economy-manufacturing-coal-disasterutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020218615987949617) 2026-02-07T19:30Z 1M followers, 10.6K engagements "Defund ICE. UPDATE: We spoke with Alberto the man whose [--] skull fractures ICE blamed on a brick wall He says @ICEgov beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows "There was never a wall" w/@NewsDudeAP @jack_brook96 @APCedar https://t.co/gLxIdhRjmC UPDATE: We spoke with Alberto the man whose [--] skull fractures ICE blamed on a brick wall He says @ICEgov beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows "There was never a wall" w/@NewsDudeAP @jack_brook96 @APCedar https://t.co/gLxIdhRjmC" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020218844359344193) 2026-02-07T19:31Z 1M followers, 57.4K engagements ""Did the feds do everything possible to investigate these men in this 2019-2025 phase of the Epstein case If so why dont they present it Why are whole entire pages redacted where are the [---] interviews from those victims and witnesses" https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020228216628379777) 2026-02-07T20:08Z 1M followers, 25.1K engagements "The proposal sitting before the Senate gives ICE and CBP more funds. Instead of cutting those agencies another big check from taxpayer money Congress should use its constitutional power over spending to pull back the funding it gave DHS in July. https://www.justsecurity.org/130972/expert-survey-dhs-cbp-ice-reforms/ https://www.justsecurity.org/130972/expert-survey-dhs-cbp-ice-reforms/" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020238760525590719) 2026-02-07T20:50Z 1M followers, 16.6K engagements ""That would leave only the proposed $10b funding for ICE and $6b for the Border Patrol unappropriated. Good. Theres no reason to appropriate any of it. The less new funding that goes to ICE and the Border Patrol the better." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020874612188295366) 2026-02-09T14:57Z 1M followers, 11.3K engagements ""Democrats have demanded a host of new restrictions on immigration enforcement operations. Many of these are desirable. None is nearly as important as simply depriving ICE and the Border Patrol of funds. The money matters most." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020875128372924688) 2026-02-09T14:59Z 1M followers, 13.1K engagements "We continue to fight for what survivors were promised the release of all the files protection of their identities and accountability for the men who perpetrated and conspired in the abuse. None of that has happened. https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/the-epstein-files-release-is-a-failureselection=67eb8220-db47-4910-bcd7-04ec33388c13 https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/the-epstein-files-release-is-a-failureselection=67eb8220-db47-4910-bcd7-04ec33388c13" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2020984147167350914) 2026-02-09T22:12Z 1M followers, 14K engagements "What makes Trumpism distinctive is not the invention of misogyny but its normalization as a public governing style. https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-politics-of-the-other-how-contemptr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-politics-of-the-other-how-contemptr=1emko" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2021000100714078545) 2026-02-09T23:15Z 1M followers, 12.3K engagements ".@realDonaldTrump. How about his old boss Does he apologize Trump & Hillary--two oldsters who've made a career of ducking responsibility" [X Link](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/657282182294192129) 2015-10-22T19:47Z 1M followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social category influence celebrities #3162 countries #5859 finance 4% automotive brands 2% travel destinations 1.33% musicians 1.33% stocks 1.33% technology brands 0.67%
Social topic influence ice #285, donald trump #313, in the 6%, jeffrey epstein #811, united states #4047, doj #323, staff #172, maga 2.67%, the most 2.67%, dems #35
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"McSally calling a reporter a liberal hack for asking a question and then taking high fives from todays conservatives for doing so tempts me to say: If its liberal to hold public officials in our liberal democracy accountable for doing their job then I guess Im liberal"
X Link 2020-01-17T13:00Z 1M followers, 53.6K engagements
"By the way as a place to live as a free citizen in a free country: Moscow Idaho Moscow Russia. Tucker Carlson: The city of MoscowIts so much nicer than any city in my countryIts so much cleaner and safer and prettier -esthetically-Than any city in the United States. https://t.co/Wpcp26UmZJ Tucker Carlson: The city of MoscowIts so much nicer than any city in my countryIts so much cleaner and safer and prettier -esthetically-Than any city in the United States. https://t.co/Wpcp26UmZJ"
X Link 2024-02-13T14:55Z 1M followers, 682.6K engagements
"The senior military officers: Their silence was golden. Trump and Hegseth: At once clownish and dangerous"
X Link 2025-09-30T15:09Z 1M followers, 3.4M engagements
""Donald Trump calls himself the Peace President. But this week as he outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil his real agenda became obvious. Its not peace. Its extortion conquest and theft." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-politics-of-plunder-trump-panama-ukraine-nato-allies-greenland-companies-corruption-elections-putin-peace-planutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2025-12-26T14:03Z 1M followers, 263.6K engagements
""The odds arent terrific. But theyre not terrible. The fight is winnable. And as Thomas Paine reminds us 'Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph.'" https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/five-paths-for-america-in-2026-trump-congress-republican-supreme-court-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/five-paths-for-america-in-2026-trump-congress-republican-supreme-court-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-01-02T14:45Z 1M followers, 16.6K engagements
"Well said by @Timodc. Id add that no one is under any obligation to answer metaphysical or theological questions. Having said that I suppose if I were asked Id answer: Yes. It seems pretty clear-cut to me. I mean I personally know adults who were men and are now women. Can a man become a woman is such a rage bait bullshit question. It has no bearing on policy. In a free country an adult can become whatever they want if they dont harm others. The DHS Secretary has an entirely new face & the president wears more makeup than most drag queens. Can a man become a woman is such a rage bait bullshit"
X Link 2026-01-19T19:04Z 1M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Too obvious a point even to make perhaps. But there was no unrest in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaosand the killings. Get them out of there"
X Link 2026-01-24T18:55Z 1M followers, 934.6K engagements
"Honestly glad to see all the cards out on the table. [--]. People can stop being surprised by how radical and thorough-going the reactionary agenda is. 2) This is a chance to cause some rifts and wedges in Trump/MAGA world. 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn Obergefell. The campaign declares that children are "Greater Than" so-called "Equality." Marriage and family law should prioritize the needs of children not the predilections of adults. Here's https://t.co/yAtp9tDbrf 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:47Z 1M followers, 411.8K engagements
""Its easy to see how Trump will try to tilt the playing field. His DOJ has already been seeking to interfere.The easiest path will be to intimidate voters corrupt the vote count and subvert free and fair elections in blue cities." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-isnt-what-de-escalation-looks-like-trump-ice-border-patrol-minneapolis-election-texas-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:53Z 1M followers, 57.2K engagements
""CLASSIFICATION: SUPER-DUPER DOUBLE SECRET. TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF SUSIE L. WILES. CALL INITIATED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT 4:17 A.M. THURSDAY FEBRUARY [--] 2026." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:29Z 1M followers, 159.2K engagements
""There are ways to root for your team without endorsing its government. Cheer for the athletes on Team USA who embody the virtues of hard work and dedicationand especially those who have spoken out against the administrations lawlessness." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/lets-not-sportswash-trumps-authoritarianism-olympics-italy-world-cuputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/lets-not-sportswash-trumps-authoritarianism-olympics-italy-world-cuputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:31Z 1M followers, 12.9K engagements
"A few tickets left for the Wednesday Feb. [--] Minneapolis Bulwark show in which we'll be talking about analyzing and discussing the state of play in the nation--and will be paying tribute to the brave people of Minneapolis. https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06006443C6C74FB8_gl=1*2yk054*_gcl_au*MTE0MDc1NTYzMy4xNzY5NjM1MDc1 https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06006443C6C74FB8_gl=1*2yk054*_gcl_au*MTE0MDc1NTYzMy4xNzY5NjM1MDc1"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:12Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"The NSA detected an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close toTrumpGabbard took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to WilesOne day after Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the report. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:35Z 1M followers, 173.3K engagements
"Important new piece from @jkbjournalist and @clurhealy. It's all--the predation and the coverup--as bad as you think. Lots of interesting details here. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article314609810.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article314609810.html"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:49Z 1M followers, 32.3K engagements
""Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. Trump is on that list as well as a number of other powerful people." https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:54Z 1M followers, 49.7K engagements
"It's usually the ones you most suspect. Howard Lutnick went to Jeffrey Epstein's island [--] days before Lutnick and Epstein went into business together. 12/23/2012 Lutnick goes to Epstein's island. 12/28/2012 Lutnick and Epstein sign a stock purchase agreement. https://t.co/debzVpo7Yh Howard Lutnick went to Jeffrey Epstein's island [--] days before Lutnick and Epstein went into business together. 12/23/2012 Lutnick goes to Epstein's island. 12/28/2012 Lutnick and Epstein sign a stock purchase agreement. https://t.co/debzVpo7Yh"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:41Z 1M followers, 144.7K engagements
"Actually it's not. Listening to athletes opine on politics is going to ruin the Olympics Listening to athletes opine on politics is going to ruin the Olympics"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:18Z 1M followers, 76.5K engagements
"There are some people I suppose in the higher reaches of the Trump Administration who are not sexual predators. But it appears not many Doocy: "The new face of https://t.co/wJ6ksYcaXZ is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear" RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him." https://t.co/HhWvW0pRFY Doocy: "The new face of https://t.co/wJ6ksYcaXZ is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear" RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:21Z 1M followers, 75.5K engagements
"In advance of Maxwells stonewalling Khanna has submitted in advance the questions he intends to ask Maxwell and asks Comer to confirm whether she will invoke the Fifth in response to each one. Those questions go to the core of the Epstein scandal. https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/exclusive-read-ro-khanna-letter-onr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/exclusive-read-ro-khanna-letter-onr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:25Z 1M followers, 29.9K engagements
"Yes Democrats could win the Senate. Ron Brownstein explains the obstacles the opportunities and the key variables to watch. You dont have to be a political junkie to love this conversation. But if you are a political junkie I think its a must watch. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=69fx34HYtMI https://www.youtube.com/watchv=69fx34HYtMI"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:33Z 1M followers, 87.2K engagements
"Some Olympic athletes commonsensically and even eloquently distinguish love of country from approval of Trump administration actions that are a blight upon the country. Trump and MAGA squeal and whine. Trumpist bullies are the most fragile snowflakes"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:07Z 1M followers, 124.5K engagements
""The people of Minneapolis have been courageously confronting the Trump administrations bullies in the streets. The least Democratic elected officials can do is confront the administration seriously in Congress. Speak out and fight. Be like Bad Bunny." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:03Z 1M followers, 13.6K engagements
"Maxwell's lawyer publicly offering a quid pro quo: She'll clear Trump of wrongdoing related to Epstein if granted clemency by Trump. This suggests that if Maxwell doesn't "clear" Trump things will come out that will further implicate him. Otherwise the offer makes no sense"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:41Z 1M followers, 87.9K engagements
"The spirit of No Kingsthe law should be kingis more alive in the British government than in ours. BREAKING: Buckingham Palace confirms King Charles will fully support a police investigation into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. An extraordinary royal moment. BREAKING: Buckingham Palace confirms King Charles will fully support a police investigation into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. An extraordinary royal moment"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:51Z 1M followers, 68.3K engagements
"But for now the best Congress can do is deny Trumps paramilitary forces an additional $16 billion. This would at least put a dent in their already built-in growth. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rock https://www.thebulwark.com/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rock"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:23Z 1M followers, 11.5K engagements
"Important from Arne Duncan and David Pressman: "There is little effort among university leaders to coordinate a political response to attacks on academic independence by the administration. Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/09/colleges-universities-trump-administration-political-interference/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/09/colleges-universities-trump-administration-political-interference/"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:10Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"Trump appointee to his "Religious Liberty Commission" embraces Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson claims that "Catholics do not embrace Zionism." https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/religious-liberty-commission-antisemitism-hearing-israel-contentious/smid=tw-share https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/religious-liberty-commission-antisemitism-hearing-israel-contentious/smid=tw-share"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:04Z 1M followers, 10.4K engagements
""Massie on CNN on Sunday was asked on CNN on Sunday if Lutnick should come and testify before Congress about Epstein. 'No he should just resign' Massie said." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/howard-lutnick-trumps-commerce-secretary-faces-calls-resign/storyid=130002715 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/howard-lutnick-trumps-commerce-secretary-faces-calls-resign/storyid=130002715"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:19Z 1M followers, 106.6K engagements
"Is there anything in Trumps past that suggests he would willingly relinquish an asset that is valuable to him and his family I dont think soI expect he will attempt to maintain his position as Republican capo di tutti capi until his dying breath. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-happens-when-trump-loses-guide-to-chaos-aheadr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-happens-when-trump-loses-guide-to-chaos-aheadr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:43Z 1M followers, 18.1K engagements
""The public is increasingly alarmed about the dangers of Trump and Trumpism. The elites are slower.Their behavior brings to mind the alleged remark by Alexandre Ledru-Rollin in 1848: 'There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.' https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuitutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuitutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:34Z 1M followers, 11.4K engagements
""The publics rallying to the cause of democracy and liberty is heartening. Lincoln said Public sentiment is everything. But as Lincoln knew public sentiment isnt self-effectuating. Elected officials have to turn public opinion into political power." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-people-are-leading-the-leaders-should-follow-congress-sentate-dhs-ice-border-patrol-funding-minnesotautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:22Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"RT @franklinleonard: Whole Cabinet chock-full of people desperate for Epstein's approval"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:59Z 1M followers, [---] engagements
"A sultan from UAE who sent a torture video to Epstein attended Trumps first inauguralThe country where the royal family secretly bought half of the Trump familys crypto venture. Sultan bin Sulayem was one of six men whose names were redacted. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7sYMZ6CluTg https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7sYMZ6CluTg"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:13Z 1M followers, 73.1K engagements
"Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after [--] decades. I learn from their website that Gallup is proud of all the contracts they have with many federal agencies. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:57Z 1M followers, 895.9K engagements
"Yesterday was "a moderately frabjous day" for the resistance. From victory for the intrepid residents of Minneapolis to Senate Dems hanging tough to Judge Leon's decision slapping down Hegseth to the Epstein coverup under increased assault. Onward https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-iceutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:51Z 1M followers, 13.1K engagements
"I have a challenge to all the patriots out there who fly Dont Tread on Me flags and talk about upholding the Constitution. This is your moment. Youve spent your entire lives talking about resisting tyranny. Now it is happening before your eyes. https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5735757-constitutional-rights-threat-immigrants/ https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5735757-constitutional-rights-threat-immigrants/"
X Link 2026-02-14T00:24Z 1M followers, 32K engagements
"I repeat: If you say No Kings is a We Hate America rally then youre the one who hates America. Daines on No Kings: "This is a 'We Hate America' rally" https://t.co/gwo5lopf4z Daines on No Kings: "This is a 'We Hate America' rally" https://t.co/gwo5lopf4z"
X Link 2025-10-16T15:39Z 1M followers, 272.7K engagements
""And Trump Its hard to deny that he is by far the most consequential figure of American politics in the twenty-first century.His legacy would be a destructive one.But he may turn out to be as important a historical figure as FDR or Reagan." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:16Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"Very much worth watching Bob Kagan with Tim Miller. Not happy talk but important and bracing: Trump is going to do what he can to hold onto his near monopoly on power. Anything to stall or stop a Democratic Congress in [----]. Whos going to stop him https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/robert-kagan-and-marianne-williamsonutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/robert-kagan-and-marianne-williamsonutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:04Z 1M followers, 21.4K engagements
""The Trump administrations handling of the Epstein files has been a scandal. But the collusion and complicity of a swath of Americas elite over a quarter century in Epsteins behavior is an even deeper scandal and outrage." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:03Z 1M followers, 19.6K engagements
"Or to put it more starkly: A conservative with integrity is under present circumstances whether he realizes it or not basically a liberal. This lefty says that it is absolutely possible to be a conservative and an intellectual and to have integrity. I know some. I disagree with them and hope to argue with them again one day. But I agree with this because conservatives with integrity have no power in Trump's party This lefty says that it is absolutely possible to be a conservative and an intellectual and to have integrity. I know some. I disagree with them and hope to argue with them again one"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:17Z 1M followers, 43.9K engagements
"The political class and business elites would be happy to see attention to Epstein fade away. But the broader public won't allow it. They correctly sense something is rotten about the earlier investigations (or the lack thereof) and the current coverup.and they're right"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:37Z 1M followers, 160.6K engagements
"The Olympic athletes are better Americans than their MAGA critics; Dems should go on real offense over the DHS bill and pursue de-funding; Jon Ossoff's good speech; even National Review can't defend Trump's corruption. And I suggest Tim run for Senate. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/bill-kristol-magas-grievance-cultureutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/bill-kristol-magas-grievance-cultureutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:55Z 1M followers, 39K engagements
"Trumps mass hypnosis of his closest supporters may be strong but its getting clearer to everyone outside the spell how insane the status quo has become. Nate Silver noted the share of Americans who strongly disapprove of Trump broke 46% yesterday. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:38Z 1M followers, 20.1K engagements
""Protesters in Minneapolis. Survivors of Epsteins sex crimes. A grand jury in Washington D.C. These are the true leaders of the resistance to Trumps authoritarian project. Surely its time for our elected officials to hurry to catch up." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-people-are-leading-the-leaders-should-follow-congress-sentate-dhs-ice-border-patrol-funding-minnesotautm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:24Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"RT @franklinleonard: I'm officially offer a $100 reward for the person who can get him to accept the most ridiculous trophy"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:59Z 1M followers, [---] engagements
"RT @ReichlinMelnick: Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls immigrants whove fallen into drug addiction the worst of the worst crimi"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:03Z 1M followers, [---] engagements
""Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list." Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said update the "final list" to include it. https://politi.co/4t6pxt0 https://politi.co/4t6pxt0"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:00Z 1M followers, 314.6K engagements
"The Trump administration back turned and eyes averted from the truth about Epstein"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:46Z 1M followers, 28.7K engagements
"We live in challenging times. But these are also clarifying times where the choices are clear and we have examples to admire. All honor to the Epstein survivors. All honor to the people of Minneapolis. All honor to the people of Ukraine"
X Link 2026-02-12T12:56Z 1M followers, 83.5K engagements
"What hes doing with ICE is the worst thing. I would say the economy is the second worst thing. Im getting ready to retire and Im wondering how Im going to make it. But Im blessed. I dont have to hide in the basement because my skin is brown. https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-ice-minneapolis-deportation-42aff472ccf1ecd7b92ba0c90469c9e7utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-ice-minneapolis-deportation-42aff472ccf1ecd7b92ba0c90469c9e7utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:20Z 1M followers, 14.4K engagements
"NEW. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Trump's mass deportation regime. The government wants to arrest detain and deport one in every [--] people4% of the population. That can't be done without transforming who we are and our relationship to law enforcement. https://youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTMsi=JiGN9m8kY6pbcC-d https://youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTMsi=JiGN9m8kY6pbcC-d"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:48Z 1M followers, 45.6K engagements
"Are "legitimate federal law enforcement agencies" run by people who take $50000 in cash in a paper bag Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process." https://t.co/aSJXjgTFi4 Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process." https://t.co/aSJXjgTFi4"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:55Z 1M followers, 27.2K engagements
""ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers." Senate Democrats: Do not appropriate any more funds for ICE. https://wapo.st/3OfarSk https://wapo.st/3OfarSk"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:57Z 1M followers, 31.8K engagements
"Shouldnt Senate Dems introduce legislation providing full funding TSA Coast Guard FEMA etc.and no new funding for ICE and CBP Seems like pretty good ground to fight on. Offer to come back and pass it Tuesday"
X Link 2026-02-14T00:09Z 1M followers, 42.7K engagements
"Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: "The Trump administration has been finding ways to shortcut the removal process.a lot of tactics and legal maneuvers that weve never really seen before.bureaucratic attacks on due process for the mass deportation campaign that weve been seeing.""
X Link 2026-02-14T01:09Z 1M followers, 18.6K engagements
"The only greater sign of decline is the capitulation of U.S. elites to Trump. There is no greater sign of the "decline" of the west than the reality that a large percentage of the US population listened to and selected Donald Trump to lead them. There is no greater sign of the "decline" of the west than the reality that a large percentage of the US population listened to and selected Donald Trump to lead them"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:29Z 1M followers, 28.2K engagements
"It really is as @SarahLongwell25 said the Epstein administration. Whooops: Tom Barrack the US Ambassador to Turkey is asked by Epstein to send photos of 'child' to make him smile https://t.co/xrAEXAL2Kv Whooops: Tom Barrack the US Ambassador to Turkey is asked by Epstein to send photos of 'child' to make him smile https://t.co/xrAEXAL2Kv"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:30Z 1M followers, 87.1K engagements
"I obtained through the deepest of deep state sources and the most concealed of Never Trump conspiracies a double-secret transcript of Donald Trump's phone call this morning to his chief of staff Susie Wiles. BLUF: Stephen Miller's days are numbered. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:15Z 1M followers, 331.8K engagements
"Buried in a footnote of Ghislaine Maxwells court filing she makes the bombshell claim that there are twenty-five accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein who entered into secret settlements and that there are four unnamed employee co-conspirators of Epstein. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelpopok/p/ghislaine-maxwells-bombshell-filingr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelpopok/p/ghislaine-maxwells-bombshell-filingr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:47Z 1M followers, 631.6K engagements
""In [----] the economy added [--] million jobs. In [----] still under Biden it added [---] million jobs. In [----] under Trump it added just [------] jobs. This is a story about an economy getting throttled by one man's capricious destructive governance." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/shock-poll-americans-miss-joe-bidens-economyutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/shock-poll-americans-miss-joe-bidens-economyutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:16Z 1M followers, 115.1K engagements
"Minneapolis has to be the first locality ICE leaves not the last. No funds for ICE. ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/ice-small-towns.htmlsmid=bs-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/ice-small-towns.htmlsmid=bs-share"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:22Z 1M followers, 13.1K engagements
"Joe Rogan questioned the redaction of names in the files arguing if someone is not a victim there should be no reason to withhold their identity and saying the situation reflects poorly on the Trump administration. Rogan added the matter is serious https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronparnas/p/news-trump-lashes-out-as-epsteinr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronparnas/p/news-trump-lashes-out-as-epsteinr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:44Z 1M followers, 15.2K engagements
"Sometimes I feel that were getting into negative cheers for capitalism territory. A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in [----] after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out and fired after raising the issue. Management kept the https://t.co/Oi0tJIWIrD A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in [----] after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:16Z 1M followers, 30.2K engagements
"Very well said. Mark Kelly is basically saying the quiet part out loud: the big rupture is not that Europe suddenly changed its values or that democracies woke up and decided alliances are boring. The rupture is that the United States under Donald Trump started vandalising the very system https://t.co/GopQwOPpdx Mark Kelly is basically saying the quiet part out loud: the big rupture is not that Europe suddenly changed its values or that democracies woke up and decided alliances are boring. The rupture is that the United States under Donald Trump started vandalising the very system"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:36Z 1M followers, 46.2K engagements
"Abolish ICE. Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator and the woman driving the car was very disorderly obstructing and resisting who then https://t.co/strH301LId Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator and the woman driving the car was very disorderly obstructing and resisting who then https://t.co/strH301LId"
X Link 2026-01-07T20:36Z 1M followers, 1.8M engagements
"If they want to name a NY landmark after Trump how about the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant the largest sewage treatment facility in NYC in Brooklyn As for the DC area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility in northeast DC https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:12Z 1M followers, 31.9K engagements
""President Trumps State of the Union address is scheduled for two weeks from now. Perhaps Democratic members of Congress should accept that we arent living in business-as-usual times Perhaps they should choose not to attend the State of the Union" https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-people-are-leading-the-leaders-should-follow-congress-sentate-dhs-ice-border-patrol-funding-minnesotautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:26Z 1M followers, 12.5K engagements
"They didnt count on how the survivors would mobilize into a force to be reckoned with and that the public would rally to support them. As Bondi screamed I thought of Epsteins survivorsAnd how they have been screaming for years to deaf ears. https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/bondis-charader=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/bondis-charader=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:49Z 1M followers, 36.3K engagements
""It can be dispiriting to see Trump temporarily occupying (and temporarily vulgarizing) our White House. But its heartening to remember that when the Trump era is consigned to the ash heap of history the example of Lincoln will remain." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/zionism-is-splitting-maga-in-two-antisemitism-religious-liberty-israel-carlson-owens-fuentes-trumputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:53Z 1M followers, 11.3K engagements
"Long exposure to Donald Trump shouldnt dull us to how loathsome a character he is and to how humiliating it is that he is our president"
X Link 2020-05-24T04:10Z 1M followers, 88.7K engagements
"This morning up above"
X Link 2020-11-06T12:23Z 1M followers, 54.5K engagements
"Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other soon after WWII. One Rob Reiner lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing. The other Donald Trump will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation"
X Link 2025-12-15T22:51Z 1M followers, 1.2M engagements
"This survey adds to a growing mountain of evidence that kitchen table issues are not in fact all that matters to voters and that they care about their rights and freedoms and our democratic system as well. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit https://www.thebulwark.com/p/department-of-government-embezzlement-elon-musk-doge-trump-treasury-irs-lawsuit"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:45Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"Surely the legislation passed in November meant that DOJ was expected to override Patels FBIs March redactions and provide unredacted documents per the laws requirements. By transmitting docs with Patels redactions wasnt DOJ failing to obey the laws clear intent NEW: I just spoke with Congressman @RoKhanna who confirmed that most of the unredacted files remain redacted because the FBI scrubbed them in March and gave DOJ redacted copies. DOJ seemingly never asked for new unredacted versions. NEW: I just spoke with Congressman @RoKhanna who confirmed that most of the unredacted files remain"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:06Z 1M followers, 42.9K engagements
"Agree with @ChrisMurphyCT. I'd add: When the Trump administration starts trying to arrest senators for dissent Democratic senators should consider refusing to attend Trump's State of Union. They could instead spend that time meeting with MN protestors or Epstein survivors. For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines. For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:17Z 1M followers, 54.7K engagements
"Masked thugs on streets. Measles outbreaks across the nation. Blatant government corruption. Coverup of elite sex offenders. Ruling party trying to rig elections. Leader building grandiose monuments to himself. Destruction of nonpartisan civil service. Third world America"
X Link 2026-02-04T00:22Z 1M followers, 283K engagements
"Mayor Jacob Frey remarked that Minnesotans had shown that a love for our neighbors and a resolve to endure can outlast an occupation. This was a real if limited victory in the fight against Trumps mass-deportation and mass-intimidation regime. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:40Z 1M followers, 15.4K engagements
"Here Noem says the quiet part out loud. Trump's DHS is not a traditional Cabinet agency a part of the U.S. government established and constrained by laws regulations and court rulings. DHS is now an arm of Trump and MAGA used against citizens the administration disfavors. Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders to lead this country." https://t.co/p6v6u1Nyhj Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders to lead"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:43Z 1M followers, 270.7K engagements
"In August [----] Barrack emailed Epstein and said just saw Sultan who likes you a lot I told him you are the best that you are a first class brain inside of a first class human being Miss u. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-barrack-jeffrey-epstein-files/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-barrack-jeffrey-epstein-files/"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:26Z 1M followers, 62K engagements
"Also may I say that I dont agree with people saying ICE and CBP need more training. Theyre doing exactly what this administration has trained them toimpose a reign of fear in blue cities. They dont need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch"
X Link 2026-01-24T23:02Z 1M followers, 1.2M engagements
"This is the ICE Republican senators want to protect. Durango CO A masked ICE agent is seen on video snatching a phone from an elderly woman filming during a peaceful protest then physically attacking her and throwing her down a hill. Other federal agents are seen assisting in the assault before retreating behind a fence. via: https://t.co/iHlSjDeeK5 Durango CO A masked ICE agent is seen on video snatching a phone from an elderly woman filming during a peaceful protest then physically attacking her and throwing her down a hill. Other federal agents are seen assisting in the assault before"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:10Z 1M followers, 232.1K engagements
""It has routinely opposed efforts to kick right-wing antisemites out of its political coalition.White House employees who brag in leaked texts about having a Nazi streak dont even lose their administration jobs." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/zionism-is-splitting-maga-in-two-antisemitism-religious-liberty-israel-carlson-owens-fuentes-trumputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/zionism-is-splitting-maga-in-two-antisemitism-religious-liberty-israel-carlson-owens-fuentes-trumputm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:48Z 1M followers, 14.5K engagements
"A tactical withdrawal by the Trump administration from Minneapolis--which is a well-deserved victory for the people of Minneapolis. But no backing down on "the promise of mass deportation." Which means the fight continues and there will be more Minneapolises across the nation. Tom Homan: I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge operation concludeWe will continue to enforce Title A immigration law throughout this nationThose who say we are backing down from immigration enforcement or the promise of mass deportations you https://t.co/cY827bSEuU Tom Homan: I have"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:51Z 1M followers, 37.9K engagements
"RFK Jr.: Making toilet seats great again. RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. https://t.co/4yrT7W2Slh RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. https://t.co/4yrT7W2Slh"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:01Z 1M followers, 48.8K engagements
"The Trump years have been and remain all too real and were not going suddenly to wake up and discover that all is back to normal. But yesterday offered some promise that a hard-earned awakening could lie ahead. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-resistance-gains-momentum-trump-courts-hegseth-kelly-senate-dhs-funding-house-tariffs-homan-minnesota-ice"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:13Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"A political movement that insists on solving a problem the data cannot substantiate is not engaged in reform. It is redefining the electorate through procedural filtration& structural barriersthe issue is not fraud prevention but power allocation. https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-save-act-and-the-myth-of-a-voterr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-save-act-and-the-myth-of-a-voterr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:56Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"Actually the first step to fix it is to abolish ICE as it currently exists. This [--] year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged both as an American and as a father to two boys. Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state. This [--] year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged both as an American and as a father to two boys. Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:31Z 1M followers, 50.2K engagements
"Courts have ruled [----] times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasnt stopped. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:08Z 1M followers, 51.7K engagements
"Its all such a disgrace. Written about in detail eight years ago. Complaint filed by victims lawyers in [----] DOJ declined to investigate. Written about in detail eight years ago. Complaint filed by victims lawyers in [----] DOJ declined to investigate"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:21Z 1M followers, 18.4K engagements
"Republican members of Congress announce they will hold the president accountable for obstruction of justice"
X Link 2019-06-10T14:41Z 1M followers, 17.7K engagements
"If Liz runs for the Republican nomination in [----] I'll donate. I'd vote for her in the VA primary if it could make a difference. But I'm doubtful that will be the case. I think it's more likely that in [----] I'll be voting not for a Reagan Republican but for a Zelensky Democrat"
X Link 2022-03-15T13:05Z 1M followers, 15.2K engagements
""To bring a democracy under authoritarian control you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public as we slide toward one-man rule that nothing odd is happening. Thats the role Johnson is playing in Trumps takeover." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-abetting-trump-authoritarianismr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-abetting-trump-authoritarianismr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"
X Link 2025-10-13T12:16Z 1M followers, 343.2K engagements
""And so when millions of Americans gather tomorrow under the banner of No Kings they will do so in the spirit of Jefferson and Madison and in loyalty to the Declaration and the Constitution." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-very-own-basket-of-deplorables-extreme-rhetoric-no-kings-tariffs-russia-ukraine-epsteinr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-very-own-basket-of-deplorables-extreme-rhetoric-no-kings-tariffs-russia-ukraine-epsteinr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"
X Link 2025-10-17T13:45Z 1M followers, 130.6K engagements
"Weak man. Fake arena. Man in the Arena. https://t.co/BMpnhH8SzJ Man in the Arena. https://t.co/BMpnhH8SzJ"
X Link 2025-10-26T13:50Z 1M followers, 1.5M engagements
""The story of Trumps authoritarian takeover is primarily a story of what Trump and his executive branch apparatchiks have done. But it wouldnt be happening without an extraordinary degree of complicity and cowardice of congressional Republicans." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/regular-americans-are-about-to-take-it-on-the-chin-government-shutdown-aca-subsidies-snap-benefitsr=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"
X Link 2025-10-29T13:53Z 1M followers, 177.3K engagements
"I also feel bad about leaving out Lutnik. So many clowns so little space"
X Link 2025-11-24T13:43Z 1M followers, 31K engagements
""When I said that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trumps-deportations-are-ripping-mothers-babies-venezuela-el-salvador-cecot-immigrationutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2025-12-11T10:28Z 1M followers, 79.1K engagements
"To repeat: Abolish ICE"
X Link 2026-01-24T16:09Z 1M followers, 253.9K engagements
"I can speak only for myself but I want to assure all Danes that many of us in the United Stats--yes most of us--yes a large majority of us--respect and appreciate our friends and allies in Denmark and are appalled by this as by so many actions of the Trump administration. Danish vererans put [--] reeds with flags at the US Embassy Copenhagen. Each bearing the name of a Dane killed in action. The Embassy has removed the flags. I'm lost for words. https://t.co/APb2UmzBHl Danish vererans put [--] reeds with flags at the US Embassy Copenhagen. Each bearing the name of a Dane killed in action. The"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:31Z 1M followers, 177.6K engagements
"An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News admitting that these de-escalatory measures are about placating Senate Democrats so they dont seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package. https://newrepublic.com/article/205768/donald-trump-scared-ice-minneapolis https://newrepublic.com/article/205768/donald-trump-scared-ice-minneapolis"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:04Z 1M followers, 569.1K engagements
"The extent to which residents of Minneapolis are more civic courageous and patriotic than business elites conservative luminaries and Republican members of Congress is really striking. Its a lesson not to be forgotten. Its one that would not have surprised Hubert Humphrey"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:22Z 1M followers, 149K engagements
""Its time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in [----] and the outcome in [----]. That he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of how many guardrails he has steamrolled." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-is-still-obsessed-with-stealing-elections-georgia-fulton-fbi-2020-2026-2028utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-is-still-obsessed-with-stealing-elections-georgia-fulton-fbi-2020-2026-2028utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:17Z 1M followers, 150.6K engagements
""Who is going to get out to vote for nebbishness when federal officers are shooting Americans in the street People are angry and want someone who will fight for them. It seems impossible to fight the fires of Trumpism with the tepid water of centrism." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-great-midwestern-divide-clive-iowautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-great-midwestern-divide-clive-iowautm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:08Z 1M followers, 17.4K engagements
"Trump already has key national security agencies--DOJ FBI CIA--involved in the plot to subvert free and fair elections in both [----] and [----]. Teed up behind them are DOD and importantly DHS. This is why today's fight against ICE and CBP is so crucial. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/defang-ice-save-the-midterms-georgia-senate-spending-gabbard-fbi-justice-trump-2026-2028-minnesota-homanutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:38Z 1M followers, 44.7K engagements
"ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glassfrom car windows to store fronts to homes. Its an expression of unchecked power and dominance: Were in charge. We break and shatter what we want. And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:51Z 1M followers, 371.4K engagements
"Defund ICE. Disable the grift. Disempower the Epstein class. Defy authoritarianism. Discredit Trumpism. Deconstruct MAGA. Defeat the GOP. Thank you for your attention to these matters"
X Link 2026-02-01T14:19Z 1M followers, 105.5K engagements
"So humiliating that a nation whose soldiers fought and died side by side with our own had to remind our president of that fact. But Trump couldnt care less about our soldiers who fought and died either. He has no more respect for the honorable service of Americans than of Danes. Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trumps desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the countrys leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all [--] Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US https://t.co/PvNHxoKagP Such is the"
X Link 2026-02-01T21:05Z 1M followers, 72.2K engagements
""The Department of Homeland Security spent the last year building ICE into something that looks less like a disciplined law enforcement agency than a small paramilitary force." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-isnt-what-de-escalation-looks-like-trump-ice-border-patrol-minneapolis-election-texas-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-isnt-what-de-escalation-looks-like-trump-ice-border-patrol-minneapolis-election-texas-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-02T14:54Z 1M followers, 21K engagements
"We cant say that we werent warned. Trump calls in to the Dan Bongino Show: "The Republicans should say 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting.'" https://t.co/DqHFgfL97v Trump calls in to the Dan Bongino Show: "The Republicans should say 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting.'" https://t.co/DqHFgfL97v"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:11Z 1M followers, 562.6K engagements
"Tim and I discuss the scandals of the Epstein files and the Epstein class the fake populism of JD Vance and Steve Bannon and the out-of-control Border Patrol and ICE. But there's good news too--the TX special election and Bad Bunny tells the truth. https://youtu.be/bbesKdsPtNksi=JIrKsOEryRGoUibd https://youtu.be/bbesKdsPtNksi=JIrKsOEryRGoUibd"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:47Z 1M followers, 28.6K engagements
""Im all for different deckhands but they wont right this ship. Trump built it. He set it on its course.Pretti and Good arent dead because of bad advice. Theyre dead because of bad men acting out the script that a bad president wrote for them." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/trump-failure-minnesota.htmlsmid=tw-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/trump-failure-minnesota.htmlsmid=tw-share"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:56Z 1M followers, 49.9K engagements
""Are Trump and his mooks going to try to steal the midterm elections Trump is saying more openly than ever that hed like to do just that.Well keep asking: Does that sound like a guy whos going to sit back and let the people vote for a blue wave" https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:12Z 1M followers, 20.9K engagements
""We dont face a formidable foe of the sort Lincoln imagined. We have been unable to defeat the designs of a second-rate demagogue and grifter aided by third-rate bigots and authoritarians and surrounded by fourth-rate opportunists and conspiracists." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:16Z 1M followers, 35K engagements
""This is happening not after the great shocks of a depression or a world war not when the country was reeling from earth-shattering events.The rise of Trump came at a time of relative peace and prosperity. We have no excuse for having succumbed to the degree we already have.""
X Link 2026-02-03T15:18Z 1M followers, 37.4K engagements
"I've had no beef with @ColinAllredTX and have no strong view one way or the other on @jamestalarico. But this charge by Allred seems to be total horseshit and designed to help keep Texas's senate seat--if Allred can't have it--in Republican hands. Hey 👋🏽 @jamestalarico dont come for me unless I send for you. https://t.co/ryVA6irNWY Hey 👋🏽 @jamestalarico dont come for me unless I send for you. https://t.co/ryVA6irNWY"
X Link 2026-02-03T16:36Z 1M followers, 154K engagements
"Break up DHS. EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon In October a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. GIFT ARTICLE https://t.co/pt18P7Kuxt EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon In October a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. GIFT ARTICLE https://t.co/pt18P7Kuxt"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:19Z 1M followers, 94.8K engagements
"Democrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall. Steve Bannon: Were gonna have ICE surround the pollsWell never again allow an election to be stolen. https://t.co/9R9tZdolHx Steve Bannon: Were gonna have ICE surround the pollsWell never again allow an election to be stolen. https://t.co/9R9tZdolHx"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:20Z 1M followers, 160.8K engagements
""Trump lamented he failed to activate the National Guard to seize voting machines in [----]. The Fulton raid should set alarm bells ringing about Trumps willingness to abuse the power of his office to undermine free and fair elections in [----] and 2028." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/warning-signs-of-election-interference-fulton-county-raidutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/warning-signs-of-election-interference-fulton-county-raidutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:33Z 1M followers, 10.5K engagements
"Good point from @SonnyBunch. Cf. 'Persecution and the Art of Writing' passim. (That said the esoteric reading of the line mostly celebrates her zealous dedication to her external presentation could potentially offer a rich vein of commentary on the use of language by artists and thinkers zealously monitored by the censors of The Prince.) https://t.co/CZG4jRn5HD (That said the esoteric reading of the line mostly celebrates her zealous dedication to her external presentation could potentially offer a rich vein of commentary on the use of language by artists and thinkers zealously monitored by"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:36Z 1M followers, 17K engagements
""Democrats will now get the fight they should want: a hardball negotiation over DHS funding alone.ICE is terrorizing Americas streets right now. Democrats have the ability and the leverage to play hardball for some of these reforms right now." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/dont-look-now-but-dems-are-winning-dhs-funding-fight-ice-shutdown-springfield-ohio-haitians-tpsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:45Z 1M followers, 19.7K engagements
"Vance is impressively loathsome. Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti Vance: For what Reporter: For labeling him an assassin. Vance: Hes a guy who showed up with ill intent to an ICE protest. https://t.co/sjzrIAtrj1 Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti Vance: For what Reporter: For labeling him an assassin. Vance: Hes a guy who showed up with ill intent to an ICE protest. https://t.co/sjzrIAtrj1"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:15Z 1M followers, 240.7K engagements
"Abolish ICE. SEN. @Hickenlooper: Death cards left behind by ICE agents cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty." (H/T @LULAC) https://t.co/hBjRT9khrj SEN. @Hickenlooper: Death cards left behind by ICE agents cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty." (H/T @LULAC) https://t.co/hBjRT9khrj"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:51Z 1M followers, 45.5K engagements
"If a newspapers publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the papernone of this is really about the money is it https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-washington-post-dies-in-broad-daylight-bezos-lewis-layoffsr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-washington-post-dies-in-broad-daylight-bezos-lewis-layoffsr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:31Z 1M followers, 57.5K engagements
"New Q poll: ICE approval 34%-63% down from 40%-57% on Jan. [--]. 60% think ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis while 36% think ICE should continue its operations in Minneapolis. https://poll.qu.edu/poll-releasereleaseid=3946 https://poll.qu.edu/poll-releasereleaseid=3946"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:25Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"They havent seen federal agents de-escalateIn fact the agents have moved to aggressively pursuing or using dangerous tactics to try to box them inI think theyre getting angry that were winning and the country is rallying around us. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/pursued-by-federal-agents-suburban-ice-observers-remain-resolved https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/pursued-by-federal-agents-suburban-ice-observers-remain-resolved"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:36Z 1M followers, 20.4K engagements
"An impressive young Democrat Navy veteran and state senator Patrick Schmidt is in the Kansas U.S. Senate race to challenge the weak Republican incumbent Roger Marshall. A recent poll had Trump's approval at only 48% in KS. A winnable Senate seat IMO. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/patrick-schmidt-1 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/patrick-schmidt-1"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:29Z 1M followers, 31.8K engagements
""These protestationshe isnt involved in his administrations election-meddling efforts and the DNI was there because foreign actors were involved in the Great Fulton Rigged Election of 2020ring hollow.Whatevers going on you can bet its sinister." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/what-trump-really-thinks-about-stephen-miller-ice-polls-midtermsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:20Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
"Its now impossible for Democrats to change the subject from the United States descent into authoritarianism and they shouldnt want to. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupid https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupid"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:54Z 1M followers, 12.1K engagements
"Our civil society will never recover if it cant mobilize against an autocrat who tried to shatter the bedrock of American democracy. Our democracy is in grave danger and its long past time to say so. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupidr=1emko https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-the-democracy-stupidr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:59Z 1M followers, 20.4K engagements
"Anti-woke worsea lot worse tbhthan woke. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes No longer calling his murderer a racist. https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/ https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:18Z 1M followers, 20.3K engagements
"Nonsense from Marco. "Faith in God" can be a very good thing--though that depends on its actual content. But many peoples have had faith in God--and they haven't become great nations. What's made us great is a system of civil and religious liberty that is rare in human history. Under President Trump the United States has the opportunity to become more faithful than it has ever been before. Prayer has always been this countrys superpower. Faith in God is what has made it great. Under President Trump the United States has the opportunity to become more faithful than it has ever been before."
X Link 2026-02-05T21:26Z 1M followers, 57.3K engagements
""Donald Trump posts a lot of election conspiracy theories online and he posts a lot of racist memes too. But its not every day that he makes an elections-conspiracy-theory post that is also insanely racist." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:56Z 1M followers, 19.3K engagements
""Yesterday Trump offered the clearest formulation yet of his own bespoke soteriology. Dont worry he reassured the audience: Hed been mostly kidding when he said he wasnt heaven-bound. 'I really think I probably should make it he said.' https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:58Z 1M followers, 12.8K engagements
""This is part of what makes Trump-brand Christianity as a cultural and political force so dangerous. Trumps political project is seen by the MAGA faithful as utterly righteous.But he has license to transgress moral boundaries as he does that work." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epsteinutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:01Z 1M followers, 12.9K engagements
"Does DHS ever not lie An FBI affidavit admits that an ICE agent shot a man while he was fleeing from [--] feet away not--as DHS claimed--while the agent was being beaten with a shovel. https://t.co/xpTrjxv4i1 An FBI affidavit admits that an ICE agent shot a man while he was fleeing from [--] feet away not--as DHS claimed--while the agent was being beaten with a shovel. https://t.co/xpTrjxv4i1"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:56Z 1M followers, 98.2K engagements
"Pro-U.S. anti-Vance. Its very rare to hear boos at an Olympic opening ceremony. In my [--] Olympics it probably has happened but I sure dont remember it. Vice President JD Vance just got booed when he appeared on the big screen. The US athletes on the other hand received loud cheers. Its very rare to hear boos at an Olympic opening ceremony. In my [--] Olympics it probably has happened but I sure dont remember it. Vice President JD Vance just got booed when he appeared on the big screen. The US athletes on the other hand received loud cheers"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:45Z 1M followers, 96.4K engagements
"What is the domestic terrorist app to which the ICE agent refers Seems like Congress might want to find out about this before appropriating any more funds for ICE "domestic terrorist app" "domestic terrorist app""
X Link 2026-02-07T00:12Z 1M followers, 36.2K engagements
"For those outside the citadel the Epstein revelations tell a sordid story theyve long suspected. Here they are the rich and powerful some of them expressing sympathy for a criminal in their midst often as a means to protect their own. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-files-web-39746b9b https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-files-web-39746b9b"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:45Z 1M followers, 13.5K engagements
"Its blindingly obvious that the Trump administration has no interest in our learning more about Epstein. Its also obvious the web of corruption and complicity around Epstein was large and intricate and that there is much more we deserve to know. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epstein https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-at-the-pearly-gates-national-prayer-breakfast-heaven-christians-evangelicals-epstein"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:50Z 1M followers, 26.5K engagements
"Democrats should talk about ICETrumps immigration enforcement agenda is deeply unpopular once voters see the real-world consequences. Support for ICE reforms is overwhelmingPolling toplines understate how intense anti-ICE sentiment has become https://open.substack.com/pub/gelliottmorris/p/yes-democrats-should-run-on-icer=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/gelliottmorris/p/yes-democrats-should-run-on-icer=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:54Z 1M followers, [----] engagements
""Trump has promised to revive brawny blue-collar industries that apparently remind him of when America was great. These tend to be male-dominated sectors that have been in long-term structural decline.But these sectors continue to fall behind." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/donald-trump-alpha-president-economy-manufacturing-coal-disasterutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/donald-trump-alpha-president-economy-manufacturing-coal-disasterutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:30Z 1M followers, 10.6K engagements
"Defund ICE. UPDATE: We spoke with Alberto the man whose [--] skull fractures ICE blamed on a brick wall He says @ICEgov beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows "There was never a wall" w/@NewsDudeAP @jack_brook96 @APCedar https://t.co/gLxIdhRjmC UPDATE: We spoke with Alberto the man whose [--] skull fractures ICE blamed on a brick wall He says @ICEgov beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows "There was never a wall" w/@NewsDudeAP @jack_brook96 @APCedar https://t.co/gLxIdhRjmC"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:31Z 1M followers, 57.4K engagements
""Did the feds do everything possible to investigate these men in this 2019-2025 phase of the Epstein case If so why dont they present it Why are whole entire pages redacted where are the [---] interviews from those victims and witnesses" https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/here-is-the-fbis-epstein-listutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:08Z 1M followers, 25.1K engagements
"The proposal sitting before the Senate gives ICE and CBP more funds. Instead of cutting those agencies another big check from taxpayer money Congress should use its constitutional power over spending to pull back the funding it gave DHS in July. https://www.justsecurity.org/130972/expert-survey-dhs-cbp-ice-reforms/ https://www.justsecurity.org/130972/expert-survey-dhs-cbp-ice-reforms/"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:50Z 1M followers, 16.6K engagements
""That would leave only the proposed $10b funding for ICE and $6b for the Border Patrol unappropriated. Good. Theres no reason to appropriate any of it. The less new funding that goes to ICE and the Border Patrol the better." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:57Z 1M followers, 11.3K engagements
""Democrats have demanded a host of new restrictions on immigration enforcement operations. Many of these are desirable. None is nearly as important as simply depriving ICE and the Border Patrol of funds. The money matters most." https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/good-bunny-bad-super-bowl-defund-ice-dhs-democrats-congress-seahawks-patriots-trump-kid-rockutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:59Z 1M followers, 13.1K engagements
"We continue to fight for what survivors were promised the release of all the files protection of their identities and accountability for the men who perpetrated and conspired in the abuse. None of that has happened. https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/the-epstein-files-release-is-a-failureselection=67eb8220-db47-4910-bcd7-04ec33388c13 https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/the-epstein-files-release-is-a-failureselection=67eb8220-db47-4910-bcd7-04ec33388c13"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:12Z 1M followers, 14K engagements
"What makes Trumpism distinctive is not the invention of misogyny but its normalization as a public governing style. https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-politics-of-the-other-how-contemptr=1emko https://open.substack.com/pub/therationalleague/p/the-politics-of-the-other-how-contemptr=1emko"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:15Z 1M followers, 12.3K engagements
".@realDonaldTrump. How about his old boss Does he apologize Trump & Hillary--two oldsters who've made a career of ducking responsibility"
X Link 2015-10-22T19:47Z 1M followers, [---] engagements
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