Sam Stein
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Bulwark/MSNBC/stein at thebulwark dot com
NEW: Two Nobel-winning economists at MIT (currently embroiled in a fight with the Trump administration) are decamping for the University of Zurich next academic year—a pretty clear illustration of brain drain.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEW: Two Nobel-winning economists at MIT (currently embroiled in a fight with the Trump administration) are decamping for the University of Zurich next academic year—a pretty clear illustration of brain drain.
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Coming soon to a pod near you
August 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Coming soon to a pod near you
August 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
August 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Fun conversation in studio today. some newsy bits too. coming later today on bulwark takes
July 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Fun conversation in studio today. some newsy bits too. coming later today on bulwark takes
NEW: The law firms that capitulated to Trump are privately telling congressional Dems they're under no obligation to take on pro-bono clients the president demands, per letters we obtained. It's unclear if Trump reads the deal the same way. The WH didn't comment.
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May 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NEW: The law firms that capitulated to Trump are privately telling congressional Dems they're under no obligation to take on pro-bono clients the president demands, per letters we obtained. It's unclear if Trump reads the deal the same way. The WH didn't comment.
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The VA is trying to sniff out anti-Christian bias within the ranks, even setting up a hotline for employees to rat out colleagues: [email protected]
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April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The VA is trying to sniff out anti-Christian bias within the ranks, even setting up a hotline for employees to rat out colleagues: [email protected]
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NEW -- More than 2,000 fired probationary employees filed complaints to The Office of Special Counsel saying they were wrongly terminated by DOGE/Trump.
Yesterday, the office rejected their claims.
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Yesterday, the office rejected their claims.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NEW -- More than 2,000 fired probationary employees filed complaints to The Office of Special Counsel saying they were wrongly terminated by DOGE/Trump.
Yesterday, the office rejected their claims.
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Yesterday, the office rejected their claims.
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Anger inside the department of labor after Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer threw herself a birthday party amid all the DOGE cuts
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April 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Anger inside the department of labor after Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer threw herself a birthday party amid all the DOGE cuts
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NEW: Six University in Georgia international grad students in the STEMs fields have had their visas revoked. The school, i'm told, is shocked and figuring out how to respond
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April 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW: Six University in Georgia international grad students in the STEMs fields have had their visas revoked. The school, i'm told, is shocked and figuring out how to respond
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Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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NEW: Elon famously demanded 5 bullet point emails, saying it was management 101 and govt. officials could very well be dead.
Four weeks later, the program is a bust. A number of officials are getting bounce backs cuz the inbox is full. Others have stopped sending entirely
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Four weeks later, the program is a bust. A number of officials are getting bounce backs cuz the inbox is full. Others have stopped sending entirely
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March 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW: Elon famously demanded 5 bullet point emails, saying it was management 101 and govt. officials could very well be dead.
Four weeks later, the program is a bust. A number of officials are getting bounce backs cuz the inbox is full. Others have stopped sending entirely
t.co/CUkrfogQeE
Four weeks later, the program is a bust. A number of officials are getting bounce backs cuz the inbox is full. Others have stopped sending entirely
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We're approaching untenable territory here
March 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We're approaching untenable territory here
NEW: Marco Rubio announced this morning that the review was done and that they'd be cutting 83% of USAID programs. it was news to state officials who were told LAST WEEK that they had until Wednesday to submit paperwork for the review process
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March 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: Marco Rubio announced this morning that the review was done and that they'd be cutting 83% of USAID programs. it was news to state officials who were told LAST WEEK that they had until Wednesday to submit paperwork for the review process
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word's gone out that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is officially a DEI hire
March 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
word's gone out that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is officially a DEI hire
The HHS guidance to workers on how to respond to Elon's What Did You Do This Week email is something.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The HHS guidance to workers on how to respond to Elon's What Did You Do This Week email is something.
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NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.
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For a good sense of how congressional Republicans are changing their tune on Elon. Check out the different Ted Budd constituent letters from early February (left) to this past week (right)
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For a good sense of how congressional Republicans are changing their tune on Elon. Check out the different Ted Budd constituent letters from early February (left) to this past week (right)
February 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Shot: We must stop the politicization of the Justice Department once and for all
Chaser: "As President Trump's lawyers...."
Chaser: "As President Trump's lawyers...."
February 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Shot: We must stop the politicization of the Justice Department once and for all
Chaser: "As President Trump's lawyers...."
Chaser: "As President Trump's lawyers...."
NIH, by contrast, is encouraging folks to hold off on responding for now
February 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NIH, by contrast, is encouraging folks to hold off on responding for now
RFK Jr. urging his staff to respond to Elon's email
February 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
RFK Jr. urging his staff to respond to Elon's email
