The New York case isn't looking great for Trump, but the good news for him is it's the only case that's going anywhere before November. ICYMI Kimberly Wehle with the Trump legal scorecard for this week: thebulwark.com/p/justice-dela…

You that thing we say about Trump ruining everything he touches? Add libertarianism to the list - or at least its national party. ICYMI Tyler Groenendal on the Libertarian Party crackup: thebulwark.com/p/the-libertar…

'The problem is that there are no incentives to resolve arguments—not through persuasion, not through compromise, and not through outright majoritarianism. All the incentives are just to keep arguing.' The problem for us and the world order. thebulwark.com/p/american-pol…

'In his office at Donald Trump's campaign headquarters, pollster Tony Fabrizio has three Post-it notes with one word each: Weak. Failed. Dishonest. 'Those are the three words we’re going to use every chance we get to define Joe Biden.'' ICYMI Marc Caputo: thebulwark.com/p/tony-fabrizi…

'Hamas, like the Taliban, is a terrorist organization, and they don’t share our values. They want to kill Jews, regardless of what we offer them. Even the most attractive aid package will not prevent them from being a genocidal terrorist organization.' thebulwark.com/p/for-hamas-su…

'I’m anti-Stefanik. But I’m also anti-this response to Stefanik, from the popular lefty podcast host, Will Menaker: 'Any student who actually cares about attending their commencement is a rube of the highest order.'' thebulwark.com/p/two-cheers-f…

'The radical nature of this party overhaul is sometimes shrouded by the fact that so many pre-Trump, non-MAGA Republicans are still hanging around. While some pre-Trump pols have retired or been forced out, more have adapted and remained.' thebulwark.com/p/the-great-go…

'Maybe gas prices go up? It is in OPEC’s interest for Trump to be reelected and the summer driving season always sees increases in oil prices. But that’s it. That’s the available 'good news' for Trump.' As we approach November, it gets better for Biden. thebulwark.com/p/november-wil…

'Maybe President Biden doesn’t want to address the 'Genocide Joe' accusations directly from fear of appearing defensive. But it isn’t just him that that charge implicates. It’s a slander against both Israel and the United States.' thebulwark.com/p/biden-muddie…

'And once Trumpism infected the Catholic Church in America, it attracted those types of people to Catholicism, too. I think that’s where traddie culture comes from.' thebulwark.com/p/tradwives-tr…

'Word got around about the artist from Pécs. Other officers ordered Erna to sketch them, too. She drew what she knew would please. She must have struggled drawing flattering portraits of men who wanted to murder her.' Fascinating, alarming, heartbreaking: thebulwark.com/p/reconstructi…

'While Gaza is a negative issue for Biden, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an electoral liability.' ICYMI Nicholas Grossman on Biden, Gaza, and the polls: thebulwark.com/p/israel-gaza-…

'It seems at times that Velshi is making the case that life is just better in Canada—which may be true but is still sort of irritating. Most people don’t get to choose what country they live in or continent they live on.' But not quite. ICYMI Bill Lueders: thebulwark.com/p/ali-velshi-l…

'This is, it’s safe to say, one of the very few instances in which the ACLU and far-right Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene have been on the same side of an issue.' Are they right? Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 on the Antisemitism Awareness Act: thebulwark.com/p/fighting-ant…

One of the weaknesses of the prosecution in the hush money case is Cohen's record as a liar. The testimony of Hope Hicks - *not* a convicted perjurer - appears to back up the prosecution's argument. ICYMI Kimberly Wehle: thebulwark.com/p/why-hope-hic…

'For every young American screaming at 'Genocide Joe,' there are far more voters in the middle who find the normalcy Biden promised four years ago nowhere in sight. In 2024, Biden is the chaos candidate. Fair or unfair, in politics perception is reality.' thebulwark.com/p/biden-chaos-…

''Witness,' for which he received his only Academy Award nomination, seemed to have unlocked something in Ford: that he could be both a huge movie star and a serious actor.' BILL RYAN from the archives: thebulwark.com/why-harrison-f…

'This perception of a Christian nation in religious freefall fits almost seamlessly with QAnon’s conviction that the United States is under spiritual assault.' Daniel N. Gullotta ⚓️ from the archives: thebulwark.com/qanon-and-the-…

'To some degree, then, this nurture-trauma problem is present all around us, affecting our society and economy in ways we often don’t recognize. It is the ugly wallpaper surrounding us, taken for granted, not even noticed anymore.' Brent Orrell: thebulwark.com/what-ails-our-…

'It’s hard to hate a movie in which Tony the Tiger is dressed up to resemble the QAnon Shaman as he leads a January 6-style insurrection against the decent folks of Kellogg’s marketing department.' thebulwark.com/p/unfrosted-or…