Jonathan V. Last
@jvl.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
Matt Pearce from the top rope:
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Matt Pearce from the top rope:
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
On the one hand, I admire what MTG is doing.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
Marge Greene announces she is resigning from Congress, that she doesn’t want to go through a brutal primary against a Trump backed opponent, and says Trump has treated her like a battered wife and has been hateful to her and is trying to destroy her.
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
On the one hand, I admire what MTG is doing.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
On the other hand, only monsters put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving.
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
Socialism is bad if the socialists try to expand access to healthcare.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Socialism is bad if the socialists try to expand access to healthcare.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
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On the ATMA bonus episode this week, we discussed the concurrent decline of movie theaters and movie stars. Peter asked Alyssa and me the million dollar question: movieaisle.substack.com/p/can-movie-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On the ATMA bonus episode this week, we discussed the concurrent decline of movie theaters and movie stars. Peter asked Alyssa and me the million dollar question: movieaisle.substack.com/p/can-movie-...
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The disruption the Epstein saga has caused—and the momentum it provided to their party—has sparked a reimagining of the playbook for taking on Trump.
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
Throw Everything at the Wall
After the Epstein vote, Dems debate shifting from just ‘kitchen table’ issues to an ‘even the kitchen sink’ approach.
www.thebulwark.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The disruption the Epstein saga has caused—and the momentum it provided to their party—has sparked a reimagining of the playbook for taking on Trump.
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/throw-ever...
It would be tragic except that they voted for it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It would be tragic except that they voted for it.
Optimism is uncomfortable. But here we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
Spoiler: We . . . Win?
I come to you at the turning of the tide.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Optimism is uncomfortable. But here we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...
I am plenty worried. But part of the reason Germany has been so peaceful is that the US is the counterweight to Europe, but sits across an ocean.
Remove that counterweight and Europe is back on the road to great power politics.
Remove that counterweight and Europe is back on the road to great power politics.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am plenty worried. But part of the reason Germany has been so peaceful is that the US is the counterweight to Europe, but sits across an ocean.
Remove that counterweight and Europe is back on the road to great power politics.
Remove that counterweight and Europe is back on the road to great power politics.
This is a tremendous idea. What could possibly go wrong.
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a tremendous idea. What could possibly go wrong.
[Costanza voice] Is that . . . wrong?
Comey hearing just ended. Govt admits 2d indictment never shown to full grand jury. Judge concerned. AUSA also admits DAG Blanche’s office told him not to disclose if previous prosecutors prepared a declination memo (saying why there was no case).
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
[Costanza voice] Is that . . . wrong?
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The authoritarian threat is serious, and people should take it seriously.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
Kimmel and Comey Highlight the Trump Regime's Limitations
Their desire for authoritarian abuse is bottomless, their ability to carry it out is not
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November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The authoritarian threat is serious, and people should take it seriously.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
AND the threat is under-resourced and full of incompetents who got their job because they put breaking the law for Trump above personal integrity or fear of consequences.
Push the regime beyond its limits and it'll break.
When you pay attention to Trump talking for long stretches, his mental decline is frightfully obvious.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
Trump is not have all the mentals. McDonald’s. Water. Sir! (Very strong.)
An examination of the president's cognitive functioning at Monday’s McDonald’s summit.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When you pay attention to Trump talking for long stretches, his mental decline is frightfully obvious.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...
In the Shameless Hall of Fame, this is up there with voting against the Biden infrastructure bill and then campaigning on the infrastructure projects in your district.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In the Shameless Hall of Fame, this is up there with voting against the Biden infrastructure bill and then campaigning on the infrastructure projects in your district.
I was early on MTG because anyone who sincerely believed the MAGA stuff would eventually *have* to walk away from Trump.
And my read on MTG is that, whatever else she might be, she's earnest.
www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
And my read on MTG is that, whatever else she might be, she's earnest.
www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
Marjorie Taylor Greene and ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
On bloomin’ onions and the importance of being earnest.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I was early on MTG because anyone who sincerely believed the MAGA stuff would eventually *have* to walk away from Trump.
And my read on MTG is that, whatever else she might be, she's earnest.
www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
And my read on MTG is that, whatever else she might be, she's earnest.
www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
Can a lawyer go to jail for this sort of thing?
OMG. This is potentially very, very, very bad.
@kenwhite.bsky.social do you generally recommend that a client fabricate grand jury records (at least in part) in order to rush out an indictment before the statute of limitations hits in order to please Dear Leader?
Asking for El Jefe's most loyal real estate lawyer.
Asking for El Jefe's most loyal real estate lawyer.
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Can a lawyer go to jail for this sort of thing?
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A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
I mean, we suspected it was bad. Now we *know* that it was bad.
But what if it was even worse than that?
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
But what if it was even worse than that?
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
What If the Trump-Epstein Relationship Was Even Worse Than We Thought?
Four questions about Trump and Epstein.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I mean, we suspected it was bad. Now we *know* that it was bad.
But what if it was even worse than that?
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
But what if it was even worse than that?
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
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"The MAGA faithful fervently pray for mass arrests in which the guilty will at last be separated from the innocent—a kind of secular Rapture." It was fine for Trump and the rest as long as the base thought only Democrats were the guilty ones.
The MAGA Revolution Is Eating Its Own
After years of stoking conspiracy theories, Trump and his allies now find themselves unable to dispel one.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The MAGA faithful fervently pray for mass arrests in which the guilty will at last be separated from the innocent—a kind of secular Rapture." It was fine for Trump and the rest as long as the base thought only Democrats were the guilty ones.
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I'm waiting to hear some Turley type telling me it's not that Trump is worried about what's in these documents. It's about preserving the institutional statutory rape prerogatives of the office for future presidents.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm waiting to hear some Turley type telling me it's not that Trump is worried about what's in these documents. It's about preserving the institutional statutory rape prerogatives of the office for future presidents.
I mean, it's not nothing?
Trump dips below 40% approval on @gelliottmorris.com's tracker for the first time.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I mean, it's not nothing?
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Seriously: What if QAnon was right about everything except the role Trump played in the conspiracy? www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-spen...
Trump ‘Spent Hours’ With an Epstein Victim, Epstein Said
What if Qanon was right?
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November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Seriously: What if QAnon was right about everything except the role Trump played in the conspiracy? www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-spen...