Will Saletan

How did authoritarianism arise in America in our time? By tracking the gradual corruption of one man, I set out to explain how it happened: the rationales, the self-deceptions, the descent into madness. His story is a warning. Our democracy is not safe. bit.ly/42E8GQl

"Trump doesn't just work to protect autocrats from justice in their own countries. He also defends them against justice in the US." Great idea from @saletan here fleshing out the pattern of Trump helping fellow criminal elites internationally: thebulwark.com/p/trump-foreig…

Tulsi Gabbard's latest attempt to discredit the evidence of Russia's 2016 election interference is a total scam. This @CathyYoung63 dissection masterfully exposes Gabbard's dishonesty. A thorough beatdown with receipts. lnk.thebulwark.com/44S7wn6

Trump actually is an internationalist and a global meddler, except in all of the worst possible ways for our nation's interests. @saletan on Trump's "felons first" foreign policy: thebulwark.com/p/trump-foreig…

Trump proved he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and keep his base. But reject a conspiracy theory? That’s a bridge too far. As @saletan puts it, "Shooters are okay, but groomers are out."

Trump 1) refuses to release the Epstein files, 2) claims “These files were made up by Comey,” and 3) fires Comey’s daughter, one of the prosecutors in the case. It’s becoming difficult to explain the president’s behavior as the conduct of an innocent man. nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyr…

Gallup data via @Carrasquillo: - Percent who want less immigration has plunged from 55 to 30 - 7 in 10 independents disapprove of Trump’s handling - 8-point rise in “support for giving immigrants living in the US illegally the chance to become US citizens” lnk.thebulwark.com/4kJf3ue

Epstein scandal splits MAGA! Plus, Trump’s Ukraine pivot shocks JD Vance & base — andTariffs spike prices. Broken promises? Watch @Saletan and your struly unpack the chaos. youtu.be/dtdXfPHVn70

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"My role [is] to take the low road so our candidates ... can take the high road. My job is to throw punches. I didn’t come here to make friends." "My job is to win—and to call [Republicans] out for their bullshit." @kenmartin73 unloads to @Lauren_V_Egan. lnk.thebulwark.com/452xoxJ

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Trump is fundamentally a criminal, and his foreign policy is about aiding his fellow criminals. New from @saletan: thebulwark.com/p/trump-foreig…

"Buried in the big budget bill" is a provision that "could fund more complexes" like Alligator Alcatraz. It offers $3.5 billion to states, in part for "detention of aliens." And as @GregTSargent reports, Republican opportunists are beginning to cash in. newrepublic.com/article/197899…

Bolsonaro. Le Pen. Putin. Netanyahu. Bukele. MBS. Why does Trump tell other countries—and ours—to go easy on authoritarian criminals and defendants? Because he’s a criminal. He’s using American power not to serve us, but to protect his fellow scoundrels. lnk.thebulwark.com/3IplOUJ

"Senators who voted to make the 'one big, beautiful bill' law are discovering it has more items in it than they were aware of ... because they didn’t read the whole thing," writes @JoePerticone. Now, "frantic attempts to undo parts of [it] have begun." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ePBUTQ

In 2024, Trump focused attention on "fixing a porous southern border," notes @BillKristol. "But the center of gravity of the immigration issue has changed. It’s now Trump’s mass-deportation agenda." And "There appears to be growing unease in the churches." lnk.thebulwark.com/40M3dZ7

I have a dream that some day, someone will invent a signal that you can flash from your car to let other drivers know you're planning to make a turn.

Don't just repeal the Medicaid cuts, says @ZekeEmanuel. Replace them with an improved program: 1) universal coverage 2) "simple to use without Kafkaesque rules and paperwork" 3) separate long-term care "to stop forcing families to impoverish themselves" lnk.thebulwark.com/3TtRpa0

Watch: @saletan rounds up Trump's unpatriotic Independence Day tirades: thebulwark.com/p/all-of-the-u…

Trump's message on July 4th was that without him, America was a joke. @saletan breaks it down: youtube.com/watch?v=Yj_86S…

Bondi said the Epstein client list was "sitting on my desk." Now her DOJ says there's no such list. @willsommer on the "bind the administration finds itself in after promising to uncover evidence of conspiracy theories that, apparently, just don’t exist." lnk.thebulwark.com/4kwX8XM

How did Trump spend the week of July 4th? "Bashing our country and everything it stands for." My roundup of his grotesque abuse of America's birthday. youtube.com/watch?v=Yj_86S…