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"The protests will continue, and so will the attacks by police on the journalists whose job it is to cover them. That’s because a lawless president is an open invitation to law-breaking police." thebulwark.com/p/cops-join-tr…

If Trump does fire Powell and that firing makes its way to the Supreme Court, it is naïve to expect that the majority will draw a red line and tell him “no” because the law requires it to. thebulwark.com/p/if-trump-tri…

"'The goal of Medicaid is not to spend as little money as possible,' said Christen Linke Young, who is now a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution." That's the core disagreement right there, isn't it? thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt-d…

"....Which brings us to the final power center: JD Vance. And here’s where I’m going to unleash my personal conspiracy theory." thebulwark.com/p/is-jd-vance-…

Leavitt on the Epstein files: "If the DOJ and the FBI want to move forward with releasing any further credible evidence they should do so. As to why they have or have not or will, you should ask the FBI."

Did any reputable Democrats—or mainstream journalists—ever allege that Russian cyberwarfare targeting the 2016 U.S. election included actual vote-rigging? Gabbard certainly produces no examples of such claims. thebulwark.com/p/gabbard-garb…

The thing about running against Trump as prioritizing the interests of the rich at the expense of the rest of the country is that it applies to a lot of things he's done, from the BBB to the Epstein scandal. thebulwark.com/p/democrats-20…

Trump seems to have realized that just commanding people to stop paying attention to the Epstein story is not having the desired effect. Time to break out the "racist sports team names" move! thebulwark.com/p/andry-is-fre…

Bear in mind that the question of whether or not the “for cause” language holds is really a question about the power of Congress to pass laws creating executive branch agencies and defining their authority. How do you think that question fares right now? thebulwark.com/p/if-trump-tri…

More than 90 percent of Americans had health insurance as of last year, the highest level ever. But now Trump is in charge, and he’s governing in a dramatically different way. thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt-d…

There is one person—and only one—in the MAGA universe who stands to gain from the Epstein story. Today's Triad from JVL: thebulwark.com/p/is-jd-vance-…

Obama’s decision to order a review of the evidence of Russian hacking in early December 2016 wasn’t some bizarre whim explicable only by a plot to sabotage his Republican successor by portraying him as a Kremlin puppet. thebulwark.com/p/gabbard-garb…